7/24/08 Extension Resources

Pre-registration closes this week!
Please join us on August 12, for the Second Annual Professionalism in
Practice Conference: Setting the Standard

Conference overview:
This educator-driven event showcases the work of school-based educators
who have successfully implemented exemplary practices that promote
increased learning in K-12 classrooms. Join us at Coffman Memorial Union
as we provide a forum for educators to share their expertise! Featured
Speaker: Julie Landsman <http://www.edchange.org/who.html#julie> ,
Author, Educational Equity and Diversity Consultant and former
Minneapolis Teacher.

Target Audience: K-12 teachers, principals, instructional coaches, and
teaching support staff. Others might include K-12 education students,
district personnel, staff and faculty from other colleges or
universities.

This full-day conference which runs 9:00am -3:30pm will include a
breakfast, luncheon, and opportunities for networking. Very affordable
cost of $20 for pre-registration includes breakfast, lunch and CEUs.
Visit: www.professionalisminpractice.org

7/16/08 Spoken Word Resources

http://www.urbanwordnyc.org/urbanword.html ---Cool organization that started using spoken word as an after school activity to reach teens who were "at risk."  They do summer workshops for teachers (to show their process) and have been doing them in Wisconsin.  They are working on a written curriculum, too.  The "community partners" page has interesting links, too.

7/14/08 Sandy Hayes Resources: (see also Sandy Hayes' Nicenet.org list of resources)

The Machine is (Us)ing us ---YouTube video by Michael Wesch

Read Write Think -- Interactive activities for online/digital tools related to literacy

Way Back Machine -- Archives websites from years back

Wordle.net -- site that makes graphic displays"word clouds" of word documents.

Nicenet.org -- Free softwared to set up online class forums

Voice Thread -- online free digital storytelling software