A Resource about Resources

I normally like to add a little flare to what I post but this week I am behind (actually last week I was behind so I am posting this week) so there isn't much flare.  This week is all about the content.

For this week’s blog I am going to showcase some other blogs and resources for teachers to use when they want to search for different technologies to use in their classrooms.  When I am looking for things to use in my classroom these are some of the locations I go to.  This is probably something akin to blog suicide since I am writing a blog telling you to go to other blogs.  After you do, come back...please.

The first is our own GCS technology and innovation website http://www.gcsnc.com/education/school/school.php?sectionid=37404&.  There are two links from this main page to useful resources.  The first in the LiveBinder link.  It is the link that is the second from the bottom.  This LiveBinder contains information and training for various technologies that GSC supports and encourages.  The second is the resources tab which has many resources broken up into categories such as Creativity tools and Presentation tools.

The second set of resource is a set of blogs that are updated weekly (mostly weekly).  They tend to give one resource each week that they particularly like.

http://edtechpicks.org/

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

http://tammyworcester.com/tech-tip-of-week/ This website has other tabs aside from these resources that are also very useful.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/06/2013-honor-roll-edtechs-must-read-k-12-it-blogs This is an EdTech Magazine article highlighting the best education technology blogs of 2013.  Go here if you want to check out some additional technology blogs.

The third resource is a wiki called “Cool Tools for Schools”.  It is an incredibly robust list of thousands of resources split up by categories.  http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Home

The last resource is a shout out to a friend of mine, Erica Speaks.  This is normally more of a political education blog (an exceptional one at that) which I know many of you will want to read for that purpose.  I added it to this list because in December she posted a list of technologies that she like and didn’t like that she has used in her classes over the past year (It is post #49).  She also had a post of the world of EdTech in pictures (Post #51) http://teachingspeaksvolumes.com/2013/12/

There you have it.  Go forth and do some investigating to find some ideas to integrate into your classes for 2^nd semester.