http://techchicktips.net Two Texas Chicks who Love Technology and the Digital Lifestyle Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:29:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2006-2009 digimom@techchicktips.net (Two Tech Chicks) digimom@techchicktips.net (Two Tech Chicks) Educational Technology 1440 mac, apple, tips, teacher, education, web2.0, digital, integration Tips and tricks for educating 21st century learners with 21st century skills! The podcast is geared specifically to educators interested in integrating technology into their curriculum. Companion blog, forums and resources at: http://techchicktips.net/ Two Texas Chicks who Love Technology and the Digital Lifestyle Two Tech Chicks Two Tech Chicks digimom@techchicktips.net No no http://techchicktips.net/podcasts/techchicksh_144.jpg http://techchicktips.net 144 144 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/watinjhyrk0/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-session-preparing-global-thinkers-workers-and-leaders-a-21st-c-ed-plan/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:29:19 +0000 Helen http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-session-preparing-global-thinkers-workers-and-leaders-a-21st-c-ed-plan/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-session-preparing-global-thinkers-workers-and-leaders-a-21st-c-ed-plan/feed/ 0 http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-session-preparing-global-thinkers-workers-and-leaders-a-21st-c-ed-plan/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/x-U5G3rzZBQ/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-motion-leadership-with-michael-fullan/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:02:14 +0000 Helen http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-motion-leadership-with-michael-fullan/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-motion-leadership-with-michael-fullan/feed/ 0 http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-motion-leadership-with-michael-fullan/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/0ASqt-rL9j4/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-general-session-sat-10-am-saving-the-world-one-child-at-a-time-with-jeoffrey-canada/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:04:38 +0000 Helen http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-general-session-sat-10-am-saving-the-world-one-child-at-a-time-with-jeoffrey-canada/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-general-session-sat-10-am-saving-the-world-one-child-at-a-time-with-jeoffrey-canada/feed/ 0 http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/ascd-general-session-sat-10-am-saving-the-world-one-child-at-a-time-with-jeoffrey-canada/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/K29P-wpDAOE/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/cover-it-live-ascd-general-session-sat-800-am-yong-zhao-catching-up-or-leading-the-way/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:01:04 +0000 Helen http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/cover-it-live-ascd-general-session-sat-800-am-yong-zhao-catching-up-or-leading-the-way/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/cover-it-live-ascd-general-session-sat-800-am-yong-zhao-catching-up-or-leading-the-way/feed/ 0 http://techchicktips.net/2010/03/06/cover-it-live-ascd-general-session-sat-800-am-yong-zhao-catching-up-or-leading-the-way/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/yuIWi8su-Jo/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/02/18/0069tct-by-the-numbers/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:52:33 +0000 Helen http://techchicktips.net/?p=370 http://techchicktips.net/2010/02/18/0069tct-by-the-numbers/feed/ 0 20:42 Doodle 4 Google (1:15) "Doodle 4 Google is a competition where we invite K-12 students to work their artistic will upon our homepage logo. At ... Doodle 4 Google (1:15) "Doodle 4 Google is a competition where we invite K-12 students to work their artistic will upon our homepage logo. At Google we believe in thinking big and dreaming big, so this year we're inviting U.S. kids to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, "If I Could Do Anything, I Would hellip;"" Science of the Olympic Winter Games (4:07) NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, has teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to produce Science of the Olympic Winter Games, a 16-part video series that explores the science behind individual Olympic events, including Downhill and Aerial Skiing, Speed Skating and Figure Skating, Curling and Hockey, and Ski Jumping, Bobsledding and Snowboarding. Draw, Animate, and Collaborate #124; DoInk.com (6:22) DoInk is a place to enjoy art and animation, and make your own. DoInk brings two things to the table: a community of talented people, and all the tools they need to share their ideas. Once, you've signed up you can begin animating, drawing, and sharing. And to speed things up, you can re-use the work of thousands of other users. JOG THE WEB (8:54) "JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites. Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web sites allowing the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page is unique." 16 Interesting Ways to use Wallwisher in the Classroom (11:49) Google slideshow with examples for using Wall Wisher in the classroom Unlucky Arithmetic: Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader - Practically Paradise - Blog on School Library Journal (13:25) "Unlucky Arithmetic: Thirteen Ways to Raise a Nonreader" - SLJ blog post with a link to a poster using tongue-in-cheek strategies illustrating the importance of helping kids to become readers (really!!) The seven secrets behind great teaching - Features - TES Connect (15:15) "The TES magazine teamed up with business psychologists Crelos to analyse the personalities, motivations and behaviour of 15 award-winning teachers to uncover the seven habits that make them successful in the classroom." 5 Questions for Planning Successful Web-Based Activities (17:14) "Web-based instructional activities have an enormous potential to enhance and entice learning. Unfortunately integrating the internet into your curriculum in a way that has a positive impact on students' learning is often a difficult process. 5 questions to ask yourself to help you get started. " TCEA 2010 - iPhone/Touch Apps Member Suggestions (18:40) Google SS of apps that were compiled at TCEA 2010 podcast Two Tech Chicks no No http://techchicktips.net/2010/02/18/0069tct-by-the-numbers/http://techchicktips.net/podcasts/tct69.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/bzoH4O_XaS0/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/01/25/0068-tct-uhh-what-do-we-call-this-one/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:23:19 +0000 Helen http://techchicktips.net/?p=359 http://techchicktips.net/2010/01/25/0068-tct-uhh-what-do-we-call-this-one/feed/ 0 00:01:01 PollDaddy (2:18) "With your free account from PollDaddy you can create online surveys and polls for your website, blog and social network. " PrintWhatYouLike.com (4:33) "Tired of printing ... PollDaddy (2:18) "With your free account from PollDaddy you can create online surveys and polls for your website, blog and social network. " PrintWhatYouLike.com (4:33) "Tired of printing web pages only to find your printout is full of ads, empty space and other junk you don't want? PrintWhatYouLike is a free online editor that lets you format any web page for printing in seconds! MyNoteit (6:12) "Take, edit and share notes online; Easily search and share notes; Manage tasks with your to-do list; Don't forget anything with your calendar; Stay in the loop with class groups" CoSketch.com (8:20) "CoSketch is a multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as images." LinkBunch (10:06) "LinkBunch lets you put multiple links into one small link which you can share over IM, Twitter, email or even a mobile phone SMS." Copyright questions and answers about iTunes, Podcasts, and Fair Use (11:39) VideoBlocks (14:42) "VideoBlocks.com is the first subscription-based resource for stock footage, sound effects, special effects and looping motion backgrounds." Free Technology for Teachers: Google Earth Across the Curriculum (16:59) quick-start guide to introduce teachers to the basics of using Google Earth across the curriculum The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (18:15) "tools and resources to help the U.S. education system keep up by fusing the traditional 3 Rs with the essential 4 Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration and creativity and innovation)." A follow-up post to iPods-in-classroom article - Your Tech Weblog (19:31) A follow-up post to an iPods-in-classroom article--great list of apps that they use, as well as how they manage their iPod resources The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now - NYTimes.com (21:44) "In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site. This article discusses the three areas that FB users might want to double check." Chow Chat - Family Dinner Conversation Starter (23:51) "Chow Chat is an engaging, educational app that brings the family closer while encouraging critical thinking, language development and the sharing of diverse ideas. Chow Chat provides a yearrsquo;s worth of thought provoking discussion cards. Each card starts with an interesting fact, quote or proverb that helps stimulate the thought process. The related question that follows (and most cards actually have more than one question) encourages children and adults to share ideas and opinions not just by answering the question, but also by responding to the engaging nature of the facts, quotes and proverbs." iResponse ndash; Classroom Responder System (25:52) The iResponse system provides education and training institutions with the ability to use the iPhone and iPod touch to turn their lectures into an interactive learning experience. Posted from Diigo. podcast Two Tech Chicks no No http://techchicktips.net/2010/01/25/0068-tct-uhh-what-do-we-call-this-one/http://techchicktips.net/podcasts/tct68.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/cwcR-doUFpA/ http://techchicktips.net/2010/01/21/0067-tct-the-apptabulous-episode/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:56:44 +0000 Anna http://techchicktips.net/?p=356 http://techchicktips.net/2010/01/21/0067-tct-the-apptabulous-episode/feed/ 1 39:32 The show notes are coming soon-ish. We promise! In the meantime, you can just listen! Show notes are up! See below :D Haiti donations (1:10) 2010 ... The show notes are coming soon-ish. We promise! In the meantime, you can just listen! Show notes are up! See below :D Haiti donations (1:10) 2010 Earthquake in Haiti: The www.state.gov website serves as the State Departmentrsquo;s portal of information on U.S. foreign policy and information about the State Department. This site refers to information about the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Canadian ADE (3:58) ADE: Apple is currently accepting applications for the Class of 2010 ADEs in Canada. For more information and details on the application process review the guidelines for Canada on page 2 of the Contents section above. Deadline for application is February 13, 2010. iBoard (4:22) iboard player: Approx 400 resources for students and teachers to use with IWB. Subscription is needed, but there are 15 sample activities available. Kid Blog (7:12) Kidblog.org - Blogs for Teachers and Students: "Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog. Kidblog's simple, yet powerful tools allow students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs." Big Universe (9:30) Best Children's Picture Books Online - BigUniverse.com: Award-winning education website for grades K-8. This engaging web community uses beautiful picture books to instill the love of reading, writing and learning, while providing an anywhere-anytime, standards-based, education resource that connects teachers, students and parents. Audio Owl (15:22) AudioOwl - Free Audio Books - Download mp3 and iPod format today! Your source for free audio books. Downloads available in mp3, iPod and iTunes format Cellphone contract (18:01) Child Cellphone Usage Policy: Sample cellphone contract that can be used with children Toy to Tool Blog (20:42) From Toy to Tool: Cell Phones in Learning: "A conversation about integrating student cell phones into classroom curricula." iPod Touch in Education (24:10) iPod touch in Education: Resources for using the iPod Touch in education. Best Kids Apps (26:01) iPhone Games Reviews, Apps Reviews, Tips #38; Tricks #124; Best Kids Apps: Review blog for parents who want to find the best childrenrsquo;s iPhone applications without slogging through the entire iTunes Store. Written by moms. Categorized by age and type. Appolicious (28:00) iPhone Apps: Find, share and track #124; Appolicious trade; iPhone App Directory: Site where you can quickly find mobile apps yoursquo;ll love. Get recommendations from editors, peeps in your social network, and more. Search and view app names, ratings, reviews, social activity (which of your friends use the app) and media mentions, plus videos and pictures for the apps. AppsFire (29:19) Appsfire: easily share your favorite selection of iPhone apps with anyone. Appsfire was born in early 2009 out of an encounter, a user frustration and a challenge: 'crack' the iPhone sandbox to collect the list of user apps, thereby allowing the creation of a service to facilitate peer-to-peer app recommendations... a few months afterwards, Appsfire.com was born, starting with a Mac OS X client app and a web front, followed by a native iPhone app and a PC port of the sync app. AppsFire: Helen's Ed Apps: Widget created by Appsfire that has my picks for Education Apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch Best App Ever voting (31:29) 2009 Best App Ever Awards: Lots of categories, including several for kids of all ages. You can also vote for your fave until Jan 31, 2010! App Store Expense Monitor (33:02) WetFish Software raquo; Software raquo; App Store Expense Monitor: "This application gathers all iPhone applications from your iTunes folder on your computer, reads out the price information and presents the total amount of money you spent on the Apple App Store." Our app picks:... links,,podcast Two Tech Chicks no No http://techchicktips.net/2010/01/21/0067-tct-the-apptabulous-episode/http://techchicktips.net/podcasts/tct67.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/Nt75RAAG2_s/ http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/23/special-movie-review-episode/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:53:49 +0000 Anna http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/23/special-movie-review-episode/ http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/23/special-movie-review-episode/feed/ 0 7:40 Okay, it's not REALLY a special episode. Helen and I went to see New Moon yesterday. It's my family tradition (if it happens more than ... Okay, it's not REALLY a special episode. Helen and I went to see New Moon yesterday. It's my family tradition (if it happens more than twice, it's a tradition, right?) to podcast movie reviews immediately following a movie. So the Tech Chicks did a movie review podcast. Enjoy the little diversion. :) podcast Two Tech Chicks no No http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/23/special-movie-review-episode/http://yarimania.com/podcasts/reviews/NewMoon.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/RFazG7Ou44c/ http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/17/0066-tct-the-one-where-the-audio-really-buzzes/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:20:25 +0000 Anna http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/17/0066-tct-the-one-where-the-audio-really-buzzes/ http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/17/0066-tct-the-one-where-the-audio-really-buzzes/feed/ 0 20:27 First, an apology. The audio on this podcast is horrible. We know. But we didn't have time to re-record right then. We did the best ... First, an apology. The audio on this podcast is horrible. We know. But we didn't have time to re-record right then. We did the best we could to remove the noise but... well... at least the content is okay, right? A Thin Line http://www.athinline.org/ MTVrsquo;s A Thin Line campaign was developed to empower you to identify, respond to, and stop the spread of digital abuse in your life and amongst your peers. The campaign is built on the understanding that therersquo;s a ldquo;thin linerdquo; between what may begin as a harmless joke and something that could end up having a serious impact on you or someone else. (00:44) Chartle http://www.chartle.net/ Chartle.net tears down the complexity of online visualizations - offers simplicity, ubiquity and interactivity instead. (4:40) Pencil http://www.pencil-animation.org/ Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source. (6:50) Three-ly http://3.ly/ The shortest URL Shortener! (8:00) Super Teacher Tools http://www.superteachertools.com/index.php In the site, you will find a variety of review games, classroom management software, and other miscellaneous tools for educators. (9:30) Equity Index http://equity.4teachers.org/index.php The Equity Index is a searchable database designed to locate resources and tools to help you meet the needs of a diverse classroom. (11:20) Different Ways to Use Blogs and Wikis with Students http://checkitoutonetime.blogspot.com/2009/12/different-ways-to-use-blog-and-wiki.html Blog posting with 10 ways to use blogs and wikis in the classroom (13:25) National Educational Technology Plan https://edtechfuture.org/ The U.S. Department of Education is developing a new National Educational Technology Plan to provide a vision for how information and communication technologies can help transform American education. The plan will provide a set of concrete goals that can inform state and local educational technology plans as well as inspire research, development, and innovation. A draft plan is expected in early 2010. (14:30) Bonus: January/Winter-Themed Resources: http://www.suelebeau.com/january.htm http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson247.shtml iApps: Babelshot (http://babelshot.posterous.com/ ) $2.99 (15:55) Math Drills Lite (http://www.instantinteractive.com/drills_iphone.html ) Free (18:10) podcast Two Tech Chicks no No http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/17/0066-tct-the-one-where-the-audio-really-buzzes/http://techchicktips.net/podcasts/tct66.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techchicktips/TAvz/~3/UtHifpjlAps/ http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/07/tct6/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:06:53 +0000 Helen http://techchicktips.net/?p=343 http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/07/tct6/feed/ 3 http://techchicktips.net/2009/12/07/tct6/