Educator+Resources

= = =Educator Resources =

** Technology in the Classroom **  **I am thrilled to collaborate with teachers for classroom technology projects! If you are interested in collaborating, have ideas, or need technology assistance, please email me eb_sower@yahoo.com **  Check out this **VoiceThread ** for some ideas about getting comfortable with technology use in the classroom: [|****Do It Yourself Technology****] by Liz Sower

**Technology Resources for Educators **

 * Please email me your website suggestions so I may share them with our colleagues. (**eb_sower@yahoo.com**)
 * I am available for one-on-one or group training sessions for any technology tools as well!

**INFORMATION RESOURCES ** [|ALA Great Websites for Kids] The name says it all!

[|GoogleNews Timeline] This interactive search site allows users to search for past and present news items. A very interactive and visual experience!

**COLLABORATIVE TOOLS ** [|Animoto] Animoto is a website that produces videos from user-selected photos, video clips and music. The site analyses the users selections and creates a 30 second video, much like a movie trailer, out of them for free! Check out one of our library marketing videos on Animoto [|here] .

[|Delicious] Delicious is a web-based bookmarking website that allows you to organized your favorite websites online. The site allows you to access bookmarked sites may be accessed from any computer! Check out my Delicious List [|here].

[|VoiceThread] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">"A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam)." <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Geneva,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(http://voicethread.com/about/). // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"> Check out a sample VoiceThread <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">[|here] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">.