Presentations

Adode CS5

Smashing Magazine - All Things Graphic Design

InDesign CS5
TV.Adobe - InDesign Video Tutorials
InDesign Templates from SharpDots
InDesign Templates from Adobe
InDesign Templates from Design Freebies
InDesign Plugin Page
David Blatner's InDesign Tools and Tips
Understanding Bleed

Photoshop CS5
TV.Adobe - Photoshop Video Tutorials
Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual (Google Books)
Photoshop Tutorials from Good Tutorials
Photoshop Tutorials from PSDtuts+
Photoshop Tutorials from Photoshop Star
Photoshop Tutorials and Templates
Free Photoshop Plugins from Tutorial Blog

Flash CS5
TV.Adobe - Flash Video Tutorials
Flash CS5: The Missing Manual (Google Books)
Entheos Flash Tutorials and Resources
Ron Kurtus' School for Champions: Creating Simple Flash Animations
Adobe Flash Projects for the Classroom

Premiere CS5
TV.Adobe - Premiere Video Tutorials
Adobe Premiere CS5 Keyboard Shortcuts

Backward Design Model
The Backward by Design Model was developed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

PRESENTATION: Creating Promethean ActivStudio Lessons According to the Backward Design Model
DOCUMENT: Understanding by Design Unit Planning Template

Blogging

LINK: Discovery Education
PRESENTATION: Build-a-Blog: Up and Running in 45 Minutes
PRESENTATION: Blogging for the Classroom Teacher
DOCUMENT: Blogging Ideas for the Classroom
PRINT TUTORIALS: Greenville County Schools Wordpress Blogging Manuals
VIDEO TUTORIALS: Greenville County Schools Wordpress Blogging Video Tutorials
DOCUMENT: Guide to Blogging
LINK: Blogging Code of Ethics for Students Sample
VIDEO: Edublogs User Tutorials
VIDEO: Blogs in Plain English at Common Craft
DOCUMENT: Writing, Technology and Teens
DOCUMENT: Collaborative Blogging as a Means to Develop Elementary Expository Writing Skills

Wordpress requires a current browser to properly display all of the editing tools. Most district computers have Internet Explorer 6 as the standard browser. Download and install one of the browsers below for editing your blog.

Web Browser Downloads: Internet Explorer 8, Firefox, Chrome, Safari

Common Core and the Uncommon Four
presented at the 2011 SCLME Conference

WEBSITES
Common Core Standards
Inside Mathematics
The Art of Problem Solving
Math247, Mathcast Wiki
Living Math Forum
Khan Academy
Virtual Nerd
MathTrain
Math Playground
Math Raps
How to Create Your Own Math Raps
Middle School Math Teacher Blog
Voicethread
Glogster
Google SkethUp Pro for Education [Download]
Many Eyes - Data Visualizations
Graph Jams
Instructables

PRESENTATION LINKS
Did You Know? version 3.0
Is this a 1,500 foot hole?
Shooting baskets - teaching parabola

PRESENTATION ACTIVITIES
Create a Math Rap or Song
Create or Modify a Blog
Use Google SketchUp
Create a Screencast with Jing
Create a Voicethread
Create a Survey with Google Docs

Creating Mind Maps with CMap Tools

WEBSITE: Cmap Tools Website
DOWNLOAD: Cmap Tools Free Download
PRESENTATION: Cmap Tools - Knowledge Modeling Software

Digital Camera Uses in the Classroom

LINK: Several ideas for incorporating digital cameras in to the classroom
DOCUMENT: Several ideas for incorporating digital cameras in to the classroom

Digital Storytelling - Photostory 3

PRESENTATION: Once Upon a Time - Digital Storytelling to Enhance your Students' Literacy Skills
DOCUMENT: Exhaustive List of Web 2.0 Digital Storytelling Sites
PRESENTATION: Digital Storytelling with Photostory 3 
DOCUMENT: PhotoStory 3 Users Manual
DOCUMENT: Digital Storytelling Storyboard
LINK: 63 Digital Storytelling Storyboard Templates
WEBSITE: Digital Booktalk

Digital Storytelling - Windows Movie Maker

PRESENTATION: Creating Documentaries with Windows Movie Maker
VIDEO TUTORIAL: Remixing UnitedStreaming Videos with Movie Maker
VIDEO TUTORIAL: Movie Maker Tips and Tricks from MightyCoach.com
VIDEO TUTORIAL: Video Tutorials from Atomic Learning
VIDEO TUTORIAL: Microsoft's "Get Started with Windows Movie Maker"
VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to convert FLIP videos to mp4 format for use in Movie Maker 2.6
DOCUMENT: Movie Maker Tutorial in PDF Format
LINK: VIdeo Content from Discovery Education (UnitedStreaming)
LINK: Movie Making Resources
LINK: Windows Movie Maker tips, tutorials, forums and more...
LINK: Student-Produced Movie Winners - Georgia Movie Academy
DOWNLOAD: Windows Movie Maker 2.6
DOCUMENT: Digital Storytelling Storyboard
LINK: 63 Digital Storytelling Storyboard Templates

Windows Live Movie Maker 2011

DOWNLOAD: Windows Live Essentials 2011 (includes latest version of Movie Maker for Windows 7)
VIDEO/PRINT TUTORIALS: Basic tutorials for Live Movie Maker 2011
VIDEO TUTORIALS: Movie Maker Tutorial 1
VIDEO TUTORIALS: Movie Maker Tutorial 2
VIDEO TUTORIALS: Movie Maker Tutorial 3
VIDEO TUTORIALS: Movie Maker Tutorial 4

Email for Students

WEBSITE: A Neophyte's Guide to Email
WEBSITE: How to Harness Email
WEBSITE: Email Etiquette for Students

Facebook for Educators

ARTICLE: Using Facebook in the Classroom by Juliette and Stephen Heppell
LINK: Facebook's "Safety for Educators" Articles
TUTORIAL: How to Put Facebook on a Privacy Lockdown
ARTICLE: Teachers and Facebook: Please, Miss, Can I Friend You On Facebook? by Ewan McIntosh
ARTICLE: Facebook Job Screening Agency Archiving All Facebook

FLIP Cameras in the Classroom

LINK: 44 Ways to Use a Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom
DOCUMENT: Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement with a FLIP Camera
TUTORIALS: Guides for Using the FLIP Video Camera
TUTORIAL: Trimming a Movie Using FlipShare software
DOWNLOAD: Download the latest Flipshare software

Google Docs

LINK: Tour of Google Docs
VIDEO: Google Docs in Plain English
LINK: Login to Google Docs
LINK: Using Google Docs in the Classroom - Tips and Tricks
DOCUMENT: Teacher Crib Sheet for Google Docs
LINK: How to Create a Survey (aka Form) Using Google Docs
VIDEO: Video Tutorial on How to Create a Survey Using Google Docs

Interactive PowerPoint

PRESENTATION: Interactive PowerPoint - Choose Your Own Adventure
DOCUMENT: Creating Interactive PowerPoint Presentations

Internet Safety

LINK: Cyberbullying - Legal Issues
LINK: Facebook - Report an Underage User
VIDEO: PBS Frontline - Growing Up Online
WEB GAME: Smokescreen - Excellent, free game for teens that teaches Internet safety

Website Browser for Kids
Kidzui

Search Engine for Kids
Yahoo! Kids
Ask Kids
Kids Click

Parental Control Software
SentryPC
Webroot Child Safe
Bsecure
SafetyWeb

Computer Training/Internet Safety for Parents
GCF Learn Free - Free Computer Training
iSafe - Video modules where parents can learn more about a range of Internet safety topics
NetSmartz - A place for parents to learn more about how they can keep their children safe online
STOP Cyberbullying - Resources (grouped by age range) for parents and community leaders
NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary - A tool to help you decipher the acronyms commonly used in texting and instant messaging