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request for web tools concerning teachers' training
Started this discussion. Last reply by yoram orad Apr 14, 2010. 14 Replies 0 Likes
I am looking for web environments - blogs, networks, wikis and so on, concerning teacher's training. Can anyone recommend me of some?
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"thank you for this E.cohen."
Katy Scott replied to yoram orad's discussion request for web tools concerning teachers' training"I write a blog called Stretch Your Digital Dollar. It's meant to give teachers free and low-cost options for integrating technology into their classrooms. Each post includes specific lesson ideas, which are also archived by grade level and…"
"Hello again,
I refer you to this free ebook:
http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/web2.../Amazing%20Web%202%20Projects.pdf
This will give you some great ideas for integrating technology.
Hope it helps."
"Thanks for the information Catherine. Have good luck with your course."
Catherine Laguna replied to yoram orad's discussion request for web tools concerning teachers' training"Yes, we meet face to face and then keep track of our agenda, lesson materials, and our practice on the wiki. For example, after learning google docs, we used a google doc to record small group discussions, saved it as a web page, and linked to it on…"
"Hello e. Cohen and thank you for your elaborate answer. Perhaps you are right and my is question need some clarification. What I mean is tools for using in the frame of teachers' training. I am training students in a college to be junior high…"
"Hi Catherine
I took a look into the site. It the way looks wonderful and I intend to watch it. Is your monthly meeting taking place in a face to face mode and the site is a complementary tool, or is the meeting is taking place only on the net?"
"One of the best things I have found is Teacher.TV - It is the website of a British Television Channel devoted to teachers. You have to figure out some of their technology (assuming you're not a British Teacher), but the shows are very…"
Catherine Laguna replied to yoram orad's discussion request for web tools concerning teachers' training"Hi,
We are using a wiki to host a teacher training experience in which teachers meet once each month, have a short discussion of Ken Robinson's book, The Element, and then we teach them a new web 2.0 tool that they can use in their own lives.…"
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