Time: 9:00am Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)
About Heidi:
Heidi Befort is an amazing gr. 4/5 teacher in Black Mountain Elementary School/Cave Creek Unified School District, AZ. She is a National Board Certified teacher/Middle Childhood and was named one of the top 10 educational bloggers of 2012 and 2013 by Education World. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/top-educator-blogs-2013.shtml She maintains a blog called "Globicate" that focuses on the earth, geographic knowledge, global awareness, shared responsibility for real-world issues and global community. It is loaded with free resources for teachers. Once a month she contributes a Common Core-friendly writing lesson (inspired by WritingFix) and a writer's notebook idea from her own website. http://writinglesson.ning.com
Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2013-05-04.0925.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Recording:
http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-HeidiBefort-FeaturedTeacher-5-4-13
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+MAY42013
Audio Recording (mp3):
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
LiveBinder Link: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=873608
(Note: Click on tab for "Heidi Befort-Featured Teacher" in the LiveBinder)
http://www.globicate.com (Heidi’s professional blog)
https://twitter.com/Globicate (Heidi Befort on Twitter @Globicate)
http://kidblog.org/MrsBefortsClass/ (Heidi’s Class Blog)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/top-educator-blogs-2013.shtml (Top educator blog award for Heidi Befort from Education World)
http://www.ccusd93.org/ (Cave Creek AZ School District Website)
http://www.ccusd93.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=7 (Black Mountain Elementary School website, Cave Creek AZ)
http://www.ccusd93.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=31276& (Heidi’s Weekly Parent Newsletter)
http://writinglesson.ning.com/ (Writing Lesson of the Month Ning Network)
http://www.globicate.com/p/freebies-and-links.html (Globicate: Freebies and Links)
http://www.globicate.com/2012/05/teacher-appreciation-jackpot.html (Teacher Appreciation Week Jackpot-2012; search on site for 2013 freebies)
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teacher-Appreciation-FREEBIE (Teachers Pay Teachers free download for Teacher Appreciation to help students show appreciation for people in your school who need a little love from Angelia GrimesGraeme.)
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teacher-Appreciation-Letter (Teacher Appreciation free download-Letter templates from Leslie Brouillette )
http://www.globicate.com/2012/06/intentional-writing-mapping-course.html (Intentional Writing: Mapping A Course)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Globicate/150891008326206?fref=ts (Globicate on Facebook)
http://www.edutopia.org/resources-growing-professional-learning-network (Resources for Growing Your Professional Learning Network)
http://edupln.ning.com/ (The Educators PLN)
http://www.allisonrossett.com/2012/07/17/the-connected-educator-building-a-professional-learning-network/ (The Connected Educator: Building a Professional Learning Network)
Pinterest (Heidi’s Board) http://pinterest.com/globicate/
WeAreTeachers http://www.weareteachers.com/
StumbleUpon http://www.stumbleupon.com/
Blogger http://blogger.com/home
Wordpress http://wordpress.org
Edublogs http://www.edublogs.org/
Weebly http://education.weebly.com/
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/
RSS feed examples
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/03/13/google-reader-is-being-shut-down-here-are-some-alternatives/
http://lifehacker.com/5990881/five-best-google-reader-alternatives
Feedly: http://www.feedly.com/
The Old Reader: http://theoldreader.com/
NewsBlur: http://www.newsblur.com/
Pulse: https://www.pulse.me/
Hivemined: http://hivemined.org/#wut
Netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com/en
GlogsterEDU http://www.edu.glogster.com/
Notability (Can be found in the iTunes App Store) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/notability-take-notes-annotate/id360593530?mt=8
Kidblog http://kidblog.org/
Edmodo http://www.edmodo.com/
Voki http://www.voki.com/
SpellingCity http://www.spellingcity.com/
XtraMath https://www.xtramath.org/
ScootPad http://scootpad.com/
PicCollage http://www.pic-collage.com/
Padlet (formerly WallWisher) http://www.padlet.com/
ePals http://www.epals.com/
GeniusHour http://www.geniushour.wikispaces.com/
The Global Classroom Project https://globalclassroom2012-13.wikispaces.com/
The Global School - Writer’s Club http://theglobalschool.net/writersclub/
Peace Corps Worldwise Schools http://wws.peacecorps.gov/
Roots & Shoots (Jane Goodall) http://www.rootsandshoots.org/
Disney Planet Challenge http://disney.go.com/planetchallenge/
Skype Classroom http://education.skype.com/
Soles for Souls http://www.solesforsouls.org/
Generation On http://generationon.org/teachers
GoogleTreks http://www.googletreks.org/
Connect-a-Blog http://www.connect-a-blog.com/
The Lesson Cloud http://www.the-lesson-cloud.com/
Links shared by participants in the chat log during the session:
http://jonathanwylie.com/2013/02/10/wallwisher-is-relaunched-as-padlet/ (Wallwisher is relaunced as Padlet)
http://www.kleinspiration.com/ (Erin Klein’s blog for web 2.0 resources)
http://learninginhand.com/ (Tony Vincent’s website)
http://globalforces.wikispaces.com/ (GlobalForces wiki)
https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?tab_layout=side&id=36761 (Kim Caise: Connecting Classrooms Globally using Web Conferencing and Tools)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2lists/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]: Some web2 reviews)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/classmanag/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]: What is Genius Hour?)
http://shambles.net/pages/learning/citizen/citiict/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]:
What is Digital Citizenship?)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/englishp/write/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]: 'Writing' resources inc The [Global] Writers Club)
http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/ (Flat Classroom Project website)
http://www.amazon.com/Flattening-Classrooms-Engaging-Minds-Collaboration/dp/0132610353/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1 (Flattening Classrooms: Engaging Minds by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/ictaup/ @shamblesguru [thailand]:
AUP acceptable use policies examples)
http://shambles.net/blogforest/index.htm (@shamblesguru [thailand]:
I've set up loads of Blogger 'Theme' Blogs ... I call them my "Blog Forest")
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/wallwisher/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]: Padlet Wallwisher resources)