This is this is the second post in the series today, I decided I needed a logo, so what do you think?

Anyway, this section each week or maybe even daily, will included links and brief descriptions to resources that teachers and likely anybody would find interesting as well as useful.  They will always be tagged Wow: What’s on the Web and they will also appear in the same Category. So, if you are looking for something and you know it was in WoW, that should make it easy for you to find.  Enjoy!

1. Ideas for Using Cell Phones in the Classroom:

The Debate: The use of cell phones in the classroom has been the subject of much debate recently. Many feel that it is an inappropriate use of technology because it is something that will be misused by students.  Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/68100.aspx#ixzz0pQuk1znB

2. 100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom

Social media may have started out as a fun way to connect with friends, but it has evolved to become a powerful tool for education and business. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter and tools such as Skype are connecting students to learning opportunities in new and exciting ways. Whether you teach an elementary class, a traditional college class, or at an online university, you will find inspirational ways to incorporate social media in your classroom with this list.  Read more: http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/05/100-inspiring-ways-to-use-social-media-in-the-classroom

3.  100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School

With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time.  Read more: http://www.eternalcode.com/100-google-tricks-that-will-save-you-time-in-school

4. In Defense of Teachers: What charter schools really tell us about education reform

Newsweek Magazine: I think it’s fair to say that most people know we’re in the midst of an educational emergency. Just this week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told CNN, “There isn’t one urban school district in the country—Chicago, L.A., New York, D.C., Philly, Baltimore—there’s not one urban system yet where the dropout rate is low enough and the graduation rate is high enough.” Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/05/28/in-defense-of-teachers.html

5. Teacher Development: Fueling Teachers to Go High-Tech

Edupotia: How one elementary school trains and supports its staff to blaze a new digital trail.  It isn’t polite to ask a lady’s age, but. . . let’s just say many of the faculty at Forest Lake Elementary School, in Columbia, South Carolina, have taught at the school for decades. The teachers, almost all women, hardly fit the stereotype of the young, male computer geek. Read more: http://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-teacher-development-technology

6. Miss Baker’s Biology Class Wiki!

This is a companion site to our class blog, Extreme Biology. A wiki allows users to add and edit content collectively. Go here if you want a more in-depth look at how we use this in our class!  Use the menu on the sidebar to get to the main pages in the wiki. If you can’t find something use the search box. The best way to learn how to use the wiki is to explore it! Have fun!  Read More: http://missbakersbiologyclasswiki.wikispaces.com/

7. iCivics| The Democracy Lab

iCivics is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support. Read more: http://www.icivics.org

8. 100 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom

These resources actually provide over 110 ideas for, and examples of, using Twitter in the classroom.  It’s been almost 8 months since I published the post, “6 Examples of Using Twitter in the Classroom”, about uses of the popular micro-blogging tool in the instructional setting. This post generated a lot of traffic, and continues to attract hundreds of viewers every week.  Read more: http://www.emergingedtech.com/2010/02/100-ways-to-teach-with-twitter/

9. How should we teach our future teachers?
Some leaders want to standardize training for the next generation.

MSNBC: SEATTLE – Hemant Mehta’s formal training taught him how to write a lesson plan and how public schooling began in the U.S., but it was useless when it came to keeping order in the classroom and getting students to pay attention.  To get through his first year teaching math to high school students in Naperville, Ill., the 27-year-old needed help from Twitter, math blogs on the Internet, TV sitcoms and experienced teachers down the hall. Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37366560/ns/us_news-education

10. 30 Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom Presentation

http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_118cfb8msf8

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