CEA Summer Leadership - July 27-29, 2009

Keystone, Colorado

Presentations by Dan Morris- dan.morris@coloradothinkfinity.org

July 27 - Thinkfinity

• Thinkfinity - Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resources. Thinkfinity.org also provides a wealth of educational and literacy resources for students, parents and after-school programs

• Colorado Thinkfinity - A Partnership Between Colorado Department of Education & Verizon Foundation

July 28 - Social Media/Networking (Social Networking in Plain English video)

• List of social networking websites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• Facebook

• Google Groups

  • Google Groups Tour

• Ning Communities - build your own community

  • Classroom 2.0 - Classroom 2.0 is a free, community-supported network. Good place for those who are "beginners" as this is a supportive community and a comfortable place to start being part of the digital dialog.

  • School 2.0

• Edutopia -

  • Social-Networking Sites Draw Teens In

  • How to Use New-Media Tools in Your Classroom -

    In these brief video clips, educators and others from around the country give lessons about specific technology and social-media tools you can use with your students

July 29 - Web 2.0 and More

• Recommended Applications
• Training videos in "plain english"

Extra - some excellent free teacher resource sites:

• Intel® Education Free Tools and Resources - Intel offers free, easily integrated tools and teaching resources to support collaborative student-centered learning.

• Thinkfinity - Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resources. Thinkfinity.org also provides a wealth of educational and literacy resources for students, parents and after-school programs
• Adventure of the American Mind offers educators innovative strategies and tools to bring primary sources into the classroom.
• Edutopia: What Works in Public Education