Wanted to share this PDF with you!  It contains 58 different ways to use document cameras in your classroom.

http://www.luidia.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/58_Ways_Teachers_Doc_Cam.pdf

How do YOU use document cameras in your classroom?

If you have a new teacher at your school that would like to be a part of our Language Arts Community here at ESU 10, have them log into this community (http://langarts.esu10.org) with their ODIE account!  That is IT! 

If they don't have an ODIE account, have them go to https://odie.esu10.org/accounts/NewAccountRequest.aspx.  There they can fill out the form requesting the account! 

Happy 2010-2011 School Year!

We are beginning to look at the possibilities that Moodle might hold for our school and I have begun to experiment with it as a "test pilot".  I am wondering if there are any Language Arts teachers out there who are using Moodle in their classrooms.  We are NOT a one-to-one laptop school and I'm having a tough time, conceptually, seeing how it would work in an occaisional lab and/or from home computer use classroom.  Thanks everyone!

Check it out!  Looks like eBay for education!  This is a new site so there aren't too many things here yet.  Might be worth a try if you are planning to spring clean!  http://www.hootofloot.com

Here is a free downloadable book on web-based projects for your classroom.  Check it out and share it with your colleagues!

http://www.ictineducation.org/free-stuff/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D9jiEYxzs

Check out our agenda and notes from today's  workshop at http://tr.im/langartsfeb2010!

Feel free to leave comments here to add to our discussion today!  Here are the highlights:

• Blogging
• Mimio boards
• Senior Projects
• Sharing time - Share favorite lessons, activities, and websites!

Contact John Stritt (jstritt@esu10.org) if you have questions about the connections, etc.

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Title:  Poetry Pals:

Status: Open

URL: http://projects.twice.cc/?l=collaboration&id=645

Connections: H.323

Grades: 11, 12

Subjects: Language Arts/English

Dates: March 1 - April 30

Description: Creative Writing teacher with one class of 11th and 12th graders seeks to work with one other teacher and class of students to share poetry. Would like to initially meet via Videoconference and then have students exchange ideas and poetry via email during March. We would culminate the project in a Poetry Slam in April via videoconference. Videoconferences would take place from 12:45 - 1:50 PM EST.

This looks like a REALLY fun project to do with your students!  If you have wanted to try blogging with students or some other collaborative, global projects, this is the one for you!  Check out this project web site! Even if you only want to try a portion of this, I think it would be worth your time.  This is for students from k-7th grade and it was started by a 2nd grade teacher!  Check it out and let me know if you want help!

http://sites.google.com/site/misschatz/home

Here are a few web sites that I thought you would like. 

• Good general lesson plan sites - http://tr.im/KjRO
• Science Fair site - http://www.sciencebob.com/sciencefair/index.php
• You Tube URL Tricks - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-youtube-url-tricks-you-should-know-about/
• ReTool Yourself (professional development ideas) - http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/25886
• 100 Web Tools for Collaboration - http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/26378

This last link is a video from a student demonstrating how her 7th grade science class is being run.  This looked like a very engaging science class!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY&feature=youtu.be&a