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Technology Policies & Guidelines
Below are some sample policies and guidelines for students to adhere to while utilizing certain Ed Tech tools. They can be adapted to fit any course or assignment.

[|Wiki Student Contract.doc] [|Wiki Discussion Guidelines.doc]

Resources for the Classroom
[|Audacity] Audacity is a free software service that can be used like a digital tape recorder. It's a very useful tool for teachers who do projects that require students to turn in copies of interviews in various languages or for other types of projects. The recordings that are created can be edited and turned into MP3 files that can be later added to an IPOD.

[|Chatzy] Chatzy is a website that allows you to create a disposable chat room. This is one of the rooms that Karen Bosch shared with us during her 21st century learners workshop.

[|Edublogs-] Edublogs.org is a website that hosts blogs specifically for educators and their students. The site also has a host of resources that provide useful tips on how to use blogs in your classroom no matter what the content area. Most importantly a basic subscription is absolutely free!

[|Google Docs] Allows users to work collaboratively on various documents (PowerPoints, MS Word Docs, Excel Spreadsheets). Users can edit these documents simulataneously on different computers and save them online. This tools lends itself to group work on projects and helps compensate for limited face time due to schedule conflicts.

[|Google Reader] Google reader is one of the many free web applications offered by Google through Gmail. It is a rss reader that collects any and all rss feeds that you subscribe to in one place. It allows you to organize your subscriptions by topic area and search for other websites of interest to which you can subscribe. This application eliminates the problem of having too many bookmarks and saves time by making the research come to you.

[|Google Scholar] Phenomenal search engine powered by Google that //**only**// returns scholarly articles and books. The results also contain information regarding how often these articles are cited by other people and includes other topic related links.

[|ProProfs] ProfProfs is a website for educators that offers several useful resources and services. Among them are online quiz and poll creation as well as a flashcard creator function that allows user to create illustrated flashcards to be viewed online and printed if necessary.

[|Skype] Free software that allows you to chat via audio, video, and text with anyone anywhere in the world. Skype completely revolutionizes the traditional penpal projects. You could potentially use this software to set up video chats with your class and a missionary, teacher, or classroom in another country. The possibilities are limitless.

[|TeacherTube] Created in 2007 by a veteran teacher, TeacherTube is an online community for teachers, students, and home schoolers. The site allows teachers to view, upload, and share videos of lessons, student projects, and professional development. While every website should be prescreened, TeacherTube was created to be a safe and focused online educational environment.

Instructional Videos
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Online Professional Development Resources
[|Best Practices] [|PD ToGo] A collection of professional development podcasts for busy educators. [|K12 Online Conference] This website is the home of an annual online conference that includes both video and audio podcast workshops created by educators on various topics. Archives of conferences held for the past three years are available online as well.

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