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Recording (video):
http://vimeo.com/11956542


Topic: Online Learning: Moodle and Elluminate

Special Guest: Tammy Moore

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am Link for 5/22/2010: http://gl.am/Cq234


http://www.virtualhomeschoolgroup.com/  (Tammy Moore: Virtual Home School Group Moodle site)
Useful courses within VHSG (guest access enabled):
http://twitter.com/armoorefam (Tammy Moore on Twitter)
http://www.learncentral.org/profile/armoorefam  (Tammy Moore's LearnCentral profile page-with useful files in the portfolio tab)
http://www.learncentral.org/resource/view/76007/Tammy-Moore-audio-interview(vRoom Best Practices: Interview with Tammy Moore)
Moodle Course Examples
http://moodle.mrjwilliams.com/course/view.php?id=4  (Moodle Math Intervention course for 6th grade students by JD Williams-still under development)
http://promontorystudents.sd33.bc.ca/course/view.php?id=19  (Math 2.0: Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Learners- Moodle Course-login as guest)http://promontorystudents.sd33.bc.ca/course/view.php?id=59 (Science course-Snails Grade 1 created by Wade Gemmell)
http://caisefiles.edumoot.com/course/view.php?id=11  (Kim Caise: Math Problem Solving course for teachers to learn to use VoiceThread to create mathcasts-login as guest)

Networks/communities to collaborate on Moodle and/or Elluminate:
http://www.moodlemayhem.com (Moodle community for learning and sharing Moodle courses and information)
http://www.mguhlin.org/2010/03/exploring-moodle-mayhem-concept.html (Exploring the Moodle Mayhem Concept by Miguel Guhlin)
http://www.learncentral.org/group/2975/moodle (Moodle Support group on Learn Central created by Lorna Costantini)
http://moodlemeet.ning.com/  (Moodle Meet Ning created by Laurie Korte)
http://imoodle.ning.com/ (iMoodle Ning network for discussing all things Moodle)
http://grou.ps/moodlersonline/home (Moodlers Online-new group location-formerly on Ning)
http://moodle.org/ (Official support community for Moodle users)
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Getting_started_for_teachers (Moodle tutorials: Getting Started for Teachers-overview of Moodle to a new user of Moodle)http://treadwell.cce.cornell.edu/moodle_doc/intro/index.html  (Introductory video for new online Moodle learners-student tutorial)http://www.mguhlin.org/2009/06/moodle-conversations-tapping-into.html (Miguel Guhlin: 4 workshops with many resources and examples for Moodle presented at SOSCON09)http://www.mguhlin.org/search/label/Moodle  (Miguel Guhlin: all blog posts related to Moodle)http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/moodle/  (Shamblesguru-AKA Chris Smith-tons of links for Moodle resources)http://www.moodleman.net/   (Moodleman Blog-AKA Julian Ridden-Moodle resources for everything)  http://www.moodleman.net/archives/281  (Moodleman blog post: Allowing Parent Access in Moodle)
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dg9jb7b_5cxtxktgz (Paula Clough: Creative Uses of Moodle Modules-presentation at MEC10)http://bethanyvsmith.pbworks.com/Moodle  (Bethany Smith: presentation wiki for Moodle)
http://www.keytoschool.com/ (Key to School: Site for free Moodle hosting-2.5 GB storage, 50 GB of bandwidth, FTP access, Moodle Themes, No ads)
http://www.learncentral.org (LearnCentral Home page where you can join and connect with many educators sharing and exploring the use of Elluminate for collaboration and instruction)
http://www.learncentral.org/group/3431/explore-learncentral (LearnCentral group for information and help for new users in Learn Central)
http://www.learncentral.org/group/39544/whiteboard-warehouse  (Elluminate Whiteboard Warehouse: Need a Whiteboard? Take one, or deposit one...chances are someone else may need yours!)
http://www.learncentral.org/group/2661/shannons-bright-ideas-center  (Shannon's Bright Ideas group on Learn Central for sharing and learning about Elluminate uses)
http://www.learncentral.org/group/3851/vspaces-best-practices (vSpaces Best Practices-vRoom,vOffice & vClass users meet to discuss best practices, user stories, get assistance & offer help to others)http://www.learncentral.org/group/3432/host-your-own-webinars  (Host Your Own Webinar group in Learn Central-webinars must be open to the public and can be recorded and archived)
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Archives and Resources for all recordings and links)
http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom-20-live (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Diigo Group-please join and share)
 
 
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Recording (video):
http://vimeo.com/11828083


Topic: Yolink


Special Guests: Brian Cheek and Jill Tinsley

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am Link for 5/15/2010: http://gl.am/kQb3v

http://www.yolink.com (Yolink home page)
http://www.yolinkeducation.com (Education companion for using yolink in the classroom that includes content for developing web literacy skills)
http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/pdf/yolink_in_the_classroom.pdf (yolink in the Classroom Educator Resources-downloadable PDF)
http://www.yolinkeducation.com/education/pdf/yolink_teacher_guide.pdf   (yolink Teacher's Guide-downloadable PDF)
http://www.diigo.com  (Diigo home page)
http://www.easybib.com/  (EasyBib: free automatic bibliography and citation maker)
http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/ (yolink education blog)
http://www.evernote.com/about/learn_more/  (What is Evernote?)
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html  (Google for Educators)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/google-gives-its-search-results-a-facelift/?ref=technology  (Google Gives Its Search Results a Facelift by Brad Stone)

http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-first-pilot-ps-254.html (Our first pilot with PS 254 in Brooklyn, NY)
http://montaperto.weebly.com/2/post/2009/12/what-do-you-think-of-yolink.html#comments (Classroom Blog from our first pilot with PS 254 in Brooklyn)
http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/2010/01/vancouver-school-district.html (Vancouver school district staff development)
http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/2010/01/cherry-creek-pilots.html (Cherry Creek Pilots in CO)

http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/2010/01/marshall-elementary-pilot.html (Marshall Elementary Pilot in WA)
http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/2010/02/heritage-high-school-language-and-comp.html (Heritage High School in WA)
http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/2010/03/la-costa-canyon-high-school.html (La Costa Canyon High School in CA)
http://yolinkedu.blogspot.com/2010/05/pleasant-ridge-elementary-school-pilot.html (Pleasant Ridge Elementary School Pilot-4th grade class experience with yolink)
http://www.sweetsearch.com/ (Search engine for students)
http://karenblumberg.com/yolink-and-sweet-search-and-research-oh-my (Karen Blumberg's technology blog)

http://www.twitter.com/yolinktweet (yolink's twitter account, our hashtag is #yolink)
http://tinyurl.com/globaledcon   2010 Global Education Conference - Call for Participation
http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources.html (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Archives and Resources for all recordings and links)
http://groups.diigo.com/group/classroom-20-live (Classroom 2.0 LIVE Diigo Group-please join and share your links with everyone)
http://bit.ly/boZGOb  (Sign up form for Connected Leadership MoodleMeet-May 16-21, 2010)
http://www.shambles.net/safesearching/ (Shamblesguru: Safe Searching resources)
 
 
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Recording (video): http://blip.tv/file/3597219

Topic: PicLits: Creative Writing with Images and Keywords

Special Guests: Terry Friedlander and Carrie Lightner

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:


http://www.PicLits.comhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/31038678/PicLit-Samples  (Scribd document with PicLits Samples)http://www.scribd.com/doc/31052541/PicLits-BIBLIO  (Scribd document for PicLits Bibliography links-links to writing, technology and teaching articles of interest)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31059450/Piclits-Press-Links (Scribe document for PicLits videos, tutorials, articles, and other testimonials from users/reviewers)
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/morning_news/my_tech_guy/090213_website_day_write_picture (MyFoxHouston - Can you really "write" a picture? Doug Delony, Senior Web Producer)
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2009/03/07/piclit-eases-the-way-into-writing (Discovery Education blog post: PicLit Eases the Way into Writing)
http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/12/16/piclits-online-resource/ (Blog post by Paul Hamilton: PicLits: Online Resource)
http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=1958&cpage=1  (Blog post by Kevin Jarrett: Pic-Lits: proof that a picture is, in fact, worth a thousand words!)
http://annemarie80.edublogs.org/2009/01/13/piclits/  (Blog post with example of how she created a SmartBoard lesson for 3rd graders using PicLits with links to student examples)
http://nclearningonline.learnnc.org/node/44  (Blog post by high school English teacher: Creat(ing) Writing Using PicLits)
http://instructify.com/2009/01/21/picture-prompts-for-poetry-at-piclits/  (Alice Mercer's blog post/review of PicLits)
http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/PicLits  (Wiki created by Wendy Drexler for teaching with web 2.0 tools that describes strengths, weaknesses, ideas for classroom use)
http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=721  (iLearn Technology blog post about PicLits with ideas for both individual, group and whole class uses)
http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/   (FiveCardFlickr: designed to foster visual thinking-five random photos and your task is to select one to add to a selection of images, that taken together as a final set of 5 images- tell a story in pictures. When you are done, you have the option to add a title and explanation)
http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/show.php?id=5271  (Example of a FiveCardFlickr story: Time for Change)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/858082@N25/pool/  (Flickr group pool of photos with quotations "Great Quotes about Learning and Change"-join the group and contribute your PicLit creations)
http://bighugelabs.com (BigHugeLabs: free and premium services for creating posters, games, puzzles, and many other projects using photos from Flickr)
http://www.betterenglish.org.ph/creative%20writing%20through%20photographs.htm  (Learning English and creative writing through the use of photographs: discussions and interactive exercises)
http://www.creativity-portal.com/howto/writing/writing.prompts.html  (Writing, Blogging and Creative Photo Prompts: Topic Starters, Picture Prompts, and Thought-Provoking Questions for You to Answer)
http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/365/pictures.html  (365 Pictures-Prompts to Inspire Creativity: One picture and text prompt per day to inspire your creative life)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/EnglishP/Write/ (Shamblesguru: Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom)
 
 
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Recording (video):
http://blip.tv/file/3564814

Topic: ISTE 2010 Plans and Preparation

Special Guest: Steve Hargadon

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

Gl.am Link for 5/01/2010: 
http://gl.am/Bo2ct

http://www.iste.org/  (ISTE Home Page)http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/  (ISTE Conference Main Site)
http://www.iste2010.org/  (ISTE Conference Ning)
http://istelearning.org/  (ISTE Learning-online community for professional development where educators can sample free concepts, buy cool resources and exchange creative ideas)
http://www.isteconnects.org/ (ISTE Connects Blog)
http://www.neccunplugged.com/ (Steve Hargadon: ISTE Unplugged Wiki)
http://www.istevision.org/  (ISTE Vision Network: place to post and share ed tech videos and resources)
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/Member_Networking/ISTE_Member_Networking_Opportunities.htm  (ISTE Member Networking site with links to all of the ISTE sites-Nings, Second Life, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107400319298257&index=1 (ISTE 2010 on Facebook)
http://twitter.com/iste10 (Follow ISTE 2010 on Twitter)
http://www.edubloggercon.com/ (EduBloggerCon Wiki Home-Pre-ISTE 2010 unconference-Saturday, June 26, 2010)
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/installinfo/playback?psid=2009-04-11.0929.M.718FC641983B295CE984DBA7FBBFBC.vcr (NECC 2009 brainstorming on Classroom 2.0 LIVE-Elluminate archived recording)
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/2010/program/keynotes.php  (ISTE 2010 Keynotes: opening/closing)
http://www.iste2010.org/groups (Find a group or several that interest you to get actively involved in conference conversations)
http://www.iste2010.org/group/newbiegroup  (Conference Newbie Group for people who want to get tips for attending conference for first time)
http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2010/04/17/constructivist-celebration-iste-2010/ (Blog post by Sylvia Martinez: Constructivist Celebration at ISTE 2010, Sunday, June 27, 8:30-3:30)
http://constructivistconsortium.org/cc2010/index.html  (Constructivist Celebration Home Page for information and registration)