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 * Curriculum 21 Resources:**
 * **Backchanneling Sites:** TitanPad - [] Today's Meet - []
 * @http://casd.titanpad.com/2


 * **SAS** - @http://www.pdesas.org/
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/SAS+Keyword+Search%5B1%5D.pdf"]][|SAS Keyword Search[1.pdf]]
 * **Common Core Standards**
 * @http://www.corestandards.org/
 * @http://www.commoncore.org/maps/ - English Language Arts Curriculum Maps


 * **Twiddla**- interactive whiteboard/collaborative tool - @http://www.twiddla.com/
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 * [|www.scribblar.com] - interactive whiteboard with foreign language capabilities


 * PicLits** - inspired picture writing - @http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx
 * Pic Lits Advanced Lesson Plans - @http://www.piclits.com/educators.aspx - Using the outlines on this page, teachers can help students read poems for and write poems with the poetic devices defined, illustrated, and explained within
 * start typing....

Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories that are curiously fun to make, share, and read. Teachers love them because they inspire their most reluctant writers and readers and reward their most adventurous. Kids adore them because they feel empowered by the tools and supported by the social feedback. Sign up today for a free Class account! No student emails required
 * Storybird - @http://storybird.com/** - A new literacy tool for a new generation
 * Sign up and manage your students without requiring email addresses. Reset passwords when kids forget theirs.
 * ======‍‍‍Storybird has no chat function or personal profiles and administrators moderate all public books and comments.======
 * Start as many classes as you need and manage them from one simple dashboard. Tailor Class privacy settings, comments, and discussion threads to suit your students requirements or maturity.
 * Create thematic assignments within seconds to support your lesson plans. Assign privacy settings, turn Spellcheck on or off, and issue due dates. All using an intuitive interface.


 * Screencasting** - Screencasting is a quick and easy to use tool that can help you and your students create slick demonstration tutorials in any subject area, using any computer application. The software allows you to record a movie of what you are doing on a computer. Along with your movie, you can record voice-over audio to provide a series of instructions (from November Learning - see attachment) [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/screencasting.pdf"]] [|screencasting.pdf]
 * Example of a young student using screencasting to explain proporations - []
 * Jing- [|http://www.techsmith.com/jing/]

**Heidi Hayes-Jacobs Curriculum 21 Video**
 * What year are we preparing our students for?
 * What types of upgrades does she suggest? Can you provide some examples?
 * Why do we need new forms of teaching and learning?
 * How might we change school structures to assist with the types of changes she suggests?
 * Additional Comments/Suggestions

**21st Century Skills Maps** – The Partnership for 21st Century skills has forged alliances with key national organizations that represent the core academic subjects, including Social Studies, English, Math, Science, Geography and the Arts. As a result of these collaborations, the Partnership has developed these maps to illustrate the intersection between 21st Century Skills and the various content areas. The maps will enable educators, administrators and policymakers to gain concrete examples of how 21st Century Skills can be integrated into core subjects.

i. Arts Map - @http://www.p21.org/documents/P21_arts_map_final.pdf ii. Geography Map - @http://www.p21.org/documents/21stcskillsmap_geog.pdf iii. Science Map - @http://www.p21.org/documents/21stcskillsmap_science.pdf iv. Social Studies Map - @http://www.p21.org/documents/ss_map_11_12_08.pdf v. English Map - @http://www.p21.org/documents/21st_century_skills_english_map.pdf vi. World Languages Map - []
 * ICT Literacy Maps - **Subject-based 21st century tools for learning and thinking, and sample student outcomes in key skill areas.
 * Social Studies - [|h][|ttp://www.p21.org/images/stories/matrices/ICTmap_ss.pdf]
 * English - []
 * Math - []

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 * Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes **
 * Global awareness
 * Financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy
 * Civic literacy
 * Health literacy
 * Environmental literacy

**K12 Online Conference** - @http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=610 - Moral imperative to change

**Google more** : []
 * Google WonderWheels: @http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/Google Wonder Wheel is a wheel (of wonder) which shows related search terms to the current searched query and thus enable you to explore relevant search terms which might be the ones you originally wanted to search for, or simply give you more options to gain more information.
 * Google for Educators: http://www.google.com/educators/tools.htmlAt Google, we support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge.
 * Google SketchUp- @http://sketchup.google.com/ Redecorate your living room. Invent a new piece of furniture. Model your city for Google Earth. There's no limit to what you can create with SketchUp.\
 * Google Custom Search - @http://www.google.com/coop/cse/ - Provides anyone with a google account the ability to build a search engine targeting his/her own collection of sites. This search engine can be shared by embeddding into a blog or wiki (from November Learning - see attachment) [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/google+custom+search.pdf"]][|google custom search.pdf]
 * Google Docs and Forms-@https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=1209600&continue=https://docs.google.com/&followup=https://docs.google.com/&ltmpl=homepage
 * Google Lit Trips- @http://www.googlelittrips.org/
 * Google Translator- @http://translate.google.com/#
 * Google Special Tools:
 * @http://www.read-able.com/- paste url and calculate readability
 * @http://www.twurdy.com/index.php- readability levels- shows approximate age- color coded


 * Discovery Education Streaming:** @http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm
 * more than just a video streaming product- use to build background knowledge (young learners, ESL, etc...), engage all types of learning
 * **Teacher Resources**(before logging into DE)
 * Featured Programs
 * Web 20.11 Discovery Ed Tools and Trends- []- As our students' become more entrenched in technology, we need tools that can help us keep up with the ever-changing online landscape. Simple new tools make it easier than ever to plug in. This link has presentation tools, video tools, mobile tools, community tools, internet safety links, and media literacy.
 * My DE (once logged in) "on this day" drop down menu to explore other content area, view calendar for a particular day with preloaded videos and resources to be used in the classroom
 * **Keyword Search**
 * Sound effects
 * infer what the sound is and write about it
 * use in poetry
 * Audio
 * do a broad search and then on left narrow the search
 * related materials for some searched
 * JFK speech transcript use Wordle or WordSift [|www.wordsift.com] similar to Wordle but the words are hyper linked and will take you to Google and the Visual Thesaurus
 * Images
 * most popular images, use for writing prompts
 * zoom in
 * guess what this is a picture of?? Write about your thoughts, use is during science lessons, etc...
 * shark picture- count the shark's teeth for younger audiences
 * Write about what is happening in this picture, how was the person feeling, what's going on during this time.
 * Blabberize- makes images talk (simple process) @http://blabberize.com/
 * used to incorporate story telling
 * Good use for ESL students, special needs students, young learners
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 * Games- multiplication, fractions, skill builders in different content areas
 * Songs
 * download songs on iTunes
 * listen and write out words
 * act out lyrics
 * search Lodge McCammon songs- print out lyrics, teacher's guides
 * use Wordle to paste lyrics to generate a word cloud- helpful for analyzing text, presents the "big picture", can be used to help explain words they do or don't know
 * Advanced Search- search for publishers, copyright dates, languages
 * Curriculum Search
 * Common Core
 * drills down to standard
 * narrow results
 * "Great Book" series
 * Discovery Ed Atlas maps search- "fly" to a particular country to build background knowledge before a new lesson or assignment
 * Citation tab- cite sources
 * My Builder Tools- search for pre-built assigments, quizzes, and writing prompts

SchoolWorld Blog: []


 * **Poll Everywhere** : @http://www.polleverywhere.com/- Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It's the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print — anywhere.


 * **Top 100 Tools** - @http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/ view slideshow for the top web 2.0 tools

**Day 1 Exit Ticket:** @http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/casdcurriculum21

**Day 2- Curriculum 21**


 * 21st Century Project Exemplars - Kutztown Area High School**
 * Family Tree Project and Supporting Documents - [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Family+Tree+Project+w+Supporting+Handouts.docx"]][|Family Tree Project w Supporting Handouts.docx]

**INFORMATION LITERACY RESOURCES** - [|november learning handbook.pdf]
 * **Web Literacy - website validation strategy**
 * **R - Read the URL** (Domain name, extension, personal page?)
 * **E - Examine the Content** (Useful info, resources/links, last update, accuracy, contradictions, history?)
 * **A - Ask about the Author or Website Owner** (site ownership or publisher?)
 * **L - Look at the Links** (URLs of forward links, change in domain names, biased information, external links?)

**Below are a set of websites that can be used with students of varied ages. Use the REAL strategy to learn more about them.** If you teach anything about exploration, this site is a must. It’s smart, slick and cleverly done, plus has a host of great activities.
 * 1. All About Explorers: **__ http://www.allaboutexplorers.com __

Did you know about the Velcro shortage in California? Use this fun site to help students separate fact from fiction on the web.
 * 2. California’s Velcro Crop Under Challenge: **__ @http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html __

Who knew water could be so hazardous. A good site to use with middle school students. Have them click through the forward links on the site. Does the web site reference any other authors?
 * 3. Dihydrogen Monoxide: **__ http://www.dhmo.org __

A puppy dog paradise. Great site for all ages.
 * 4. Dog Island Free Forever: **__ http://www.thedogisland.com __

A fun site to use when teaching kids how to validate web resources. Science teachers take note! This site pokes fun at the scientific method.
 * 5. Feline Reactions to Bearded Men: **__ @http://improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html __

This seemingly innocent web site address calls for the abolition of Martin Luther King Day and promotes White Pride. Content is inappropriate for all ages.
 * 6. Martin Luther King: **__ http://www.martinlutherking.org __

The publishers of this site also host the Martin Luther King site. It may be blocked by an Internet filter.
 * 7. Stormfront: **__ http://www.stormfront.org __

Does the Octopus really exist? A great site to use with all ages. Have students click through the links and read web addresses carefully.
 * 8. The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: **__ @http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html __

A great site for all ages. It has even stumped historians. Have students truncate the web address down to [|http://www.bigredhair.com]. This will give them some insight into the validity of this site.
 * 9. Victorian Robots: ** __ @http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html __


 * [|http://www.easywhois.com] - easyWhois tells you the dates the site was created, specific contact names and addresses at which the organization is based. A helpful tool to research website owner information and to assist with determining the quality of information on the website.

**GLOBAL AWARENESS & RESOURCES**
 * **Around the World with 80 Schools** - []
 * **Skype An Author Network** - [] - ** The mission **of the Skype an Author Network is to provide K-12 teachers and librarians with a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits.
 * **Skype in the Classroom** - []- Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. It’s a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and share inspiration. This is a global initiative that was created in response to the growing number of teachers using Skype in their classrooms
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/using+skype.pdf"]][|using skype.pdf]
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/record+skype.pdf"]][|record skype.pdf]
 * **Connect All Schools** - Teachers and students all across the United States are invited to take part in the new **Connect All Schools Initiative**, which aims to connect EVERY school in the United States with the world by 2016. Through the Connect All Schools interactive website, schools share stories using text, photo and video about how they are currently connecting their students to the rest of the world through such activities as student and teacher exchanges, global issues curricula, video-conferences and "Exchanges 2.0,” the use of new media and communications technologies to expand, extend, and deepen international cross-cultural exchanges. []
 * **Global Broadcasting with Ustream** - [|http://www.ustream.tv] - A web-based tool that allows anyone to create shows that can be broadcasted live and archived, or simply taped off air to be presented to an audience at a later time. These broadcasts can be published for anyone to view or can be password protected for a private audience (from November Learning - see attachment)[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/global+broadcasting+ustream.pdf"]][|global broadcasting ustream.pdf]
 * Global Competency wikispace - http://globalcompetency.wikispaces.com
 * //Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World// (CCSSO EdSteps Initiative & Asia Society Partnership for Global Learning)[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/EducatingforGlobalCompetence.pdf"]][|EducatingforGlobalCompetence.pdf]
 * Gobalization 101- A Student’s Guide to Globalization - []
 * Global Competency Matrix [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image msword.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Global+Competency+Matrix.doc"]][|Global Competency Matrix.doc]

**ADDITIONAL TOOLS/RESOURCES:**
 * **Visual Thesaurus**: [] An online **thesaurus**and dictionary of over 145000 words that you explore using an interactive map. It's a tool for people who think visually.
 * **Wordle**: []Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends
 * **Word Sift**- @http://www.wordsift.com/ WordSift helps anyone easily sift through texts -- just cut and paste any text into WordSift and you can engage in a verbal quick-capture! The program helps to quickly identify important words that appear in the text. This function is widely available in various Tag Cloud programs on the web, but we have added the ability to mark and sort different lists of words important to educators. We have also integrated it with a few other functions, such as visualization of word thesaurus relationships (incorporating the amazing Visual Thesaurus® that we highly recommend in its own right) and Google® searches of images and videos. With just a click on any word in the Tag Cloud, the program displays instances of sentences in which that word is used in the text.
 * **VoiceThread**- [] - A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds [|images, documents, and videos] and allows people to navigate slides and leave [|comments in 5 ways] - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). [|Share]a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://casdcurriculum21.wikispaces.com/file/view/voicethread.pdf"]][|voicethread.pdf]
 * **Thinkfinity**- [|www.thinkfinity.org]Partnering with the most trusted names in education to bring you teaching and learning materials, as well as a community excited about education, just like you are.
 * **The Power of Story** - []The documentary process provides an excellent model for engaging students in seeking out and understanding history in their own communities while using the technologies that are part and parcel of their lives. The Power of Storyis a how-to guide to creating video histories of World War II witnesses so that students will better understand the value of recording individual histories — of one generation talking to another — and will seize the opportunity to tell stories of their communities and of individuals who might otherwise be overlooked. The guide can easily be adapted for classroom use.
 * **Photo Peach-** @http://photopeach.com/ similar to Photo Story, The idea is to help you **tell better stories online using photos**. With PhotoPeach you can create a rich slideshow in seconds to engage your friends or family. We also support background music, captions, and comments so you can elaborate on your story further.
 * **SnagFilms** - []- was created in 2008 to address the bottleneck in distribution for quality documentaries that left many great films unable to reach their potential audience or to provide a viable financial return. Now with more than 1,800 documentaries available for audiences to stream online for free, SnagFilms has become an important distribution channel for individual filmmakers frozen out of traditional distribution or racing to get a topical title before the public quickly, as well as established media companies with deep libraries of documentary films.
 * **Educationally Relevant Videos:**
 * **WatchKnow**- []- Free educational videos delivered over the Internet. Viewed any time, from anywhere. WatchKnow has indexed over 20,000 educational videos, placing them into a directory of over 3,000 categories. The videos are available without any registration or fees to teachers in the classroom and to students at home 24/7. Users can dive into our innovative directory or search for videos by subject and age level. Video titles, descriptions, age level information, and ratings are all edited for usefulness. Our Web site invites broad participation in a new kind of wiki system, guided by teachers. We have had a tremendously positive response from educators to the website. If we continue to work together, we can create an incredible, free, educational resource for students across the world.
 * NeoKiz- [] Educational Videos, Lessons and Games for K-12 School Kids
 * **Converting Videos:**
 * SafeShare- []
 * Zamzar- @http://www.zamzar.com/ allows you to convert YouTube videos (use wmv for PC and mov or mp4 for Mac)- can take 15 minutes to 24 hours until you get the email with the link. Can't download a html site
 * Keepvid- @http://keepvid.com/can't download a html site- that takes you to the site not the videos
 * **Teacher Training Videos** - []-
 * Russell Stannard is a principal teaching fellow at Warwick University. He teachers in the Applied Linguistics department where he teaches on the MA in TESOL with specialisation in Multimedia and ICT. This website provides excellent video tutorials on how to use a variety of technology tools. Some resources target the ESL classroom, but most are applicable to all content areas.