Technology embedded in Maine education.

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Tech Geeks

8 members Latest Activity: Jun. 30, 2008 Those with more tech expertise, perhaps tech integrators, tech coordinators, tech leads, or just those classroom teachers with geek aspirations and sk…
Visual Arts

4 members Latest Activity: Jun. 30, 2008 Art teachers pool your resources and project ideas here! What technology works in your classrooom? Share ideas and discuss tech issues/?s.

Teachers in Second Life

4 members Latest Activity: Aug. 13, 2008 Teachers who are interested in exploring Second Life or discussing topics related to MUVEs in education. Great place to start if you've never been in-…
Elementary Education

4 members Latest Activity: Jul. 28, 2008 Elementary educators join this group and share technology tools, successes, "road blocks", and questions.

Tech Novices

5 members Latest Activity: Aug. 12, 2008 Just starting out with technology or looking for assistance with new tools, ideas on using tech in the classroom.
Foreign Language Tech

3 members Latest Activity: Mar 23 What's new and tried and true in foreign language instruction and technology. Share your successes, best practices. Discuss challenges and failures.…

Career Preparation

3 members Latest Activity: Jun. 29, 2008 Join this group to share your tips for preparing students for their careers in the 21st century utilizing individual graduation plans (IGP's) started…
Technology Education

8 members Latest Activity: Jul. 2, 2008 Join this group to share project ideas and lessons from your wide range of technology classes. Ask your questions, and share your concerns and exper…

Connecting Kids and Classrooms

3 members Latest Activity: May 26 Create school to school or student to student consortiums here. Link lap tops and students; establish age appropriate student "epals"! Share projec…
Conference Connections

13 members Latest Activity: Aug 14 Group for folks attending a conference anywhere to share the links to ustreams, live blogs, podcasting, get a ride-share, etc. Start or look for the…

Language Arts

1 member Latest Activity: Jun. 27, 2008 Language Arts educators join here. Network w/other language arts people to discuss and share tech tips and questions
Mathematics

2 members Latest Activity: Jun. 27, 2008 Math educators join here. Discuss technology in your classroom, ask questions, share resources!

Science

3 members Latest Activity: Jun. 27, 2008 Science teachers join here! Discuss technology in your classroom, share resources, project ideas, and questions.
Music

3 members Latest Activity: Jun. 27, 2008 Music educators share your technology comments, questions, and ideas in this group

Middle School Educators

9 members Latest Activity: Jun. 27, 2008 Middle School teachers share your technology successes and challenges, resources, project ideas and tools
Best Practices

5 members Latest Activity: Jun. 28, 2008 Here's a place for us all to share questions and solutions, examples of best practices from your classroom uses of various tools, etc. If you have que…

Social Studies

2 members Latest Activity: Jun. 27, 2008 Social Studies educators join this group! Share and discuss how you're using technology in your classroom, pose questions, network w/others in your c…

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Audio
Voice Thread
iChat / Skype / Aim / Yahoo Chat / Meebo
Podcasting

Blogging
Blogger, EduBlog, WordPress
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Created by Keith Kelley Jun 28, 2008 at 10:34am. Last updated by Jeff Jewett Jul. 23, 2008.

Google Suite - Docs, Spreadsheet, Presently

Google Suite
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Created by Keith Kelley Jun 28, 2008 at 9:33am. Last updated by Jeff Jewett Jun. 29, 2008.

Screencasting Tools

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A screencast is a digital image or recording of your actions on the computer's sceen that may contain an audio narration. Screencast allows individuals to manage and share videos, images, documents, or any other items online. Screencast allows you to save your screen capture as a QuickTime® movie or screenshot that can be emailed, put up on the web, or pass

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Created by Denyell Jun 28, 2008 at 12:38pm. Last updated by Denyell Jun. 28, 2008.

Video Blogging

Video blogging is a quick way to share your ideas, comments, thoughts via video with a worldwide audience. The video blog can be as short or as long as you want. The video is posted to a site or service for others to see, rather than being a real-time dialog with others.

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Created by Cindy Estes Jun 28, 2008 at 12:51pm. Last updated by Cindy Estes Jun. 28, 2008.

Video Online Streaming

You too can create your own online video broadcast! UStream was developed in March 2007 as a web site that allows live casting and live video streams for anyone and any purpose. All you need is a computer, Internet connection, and webcam to use UStream. During the 2008 U. S. Presidential elections politicians used UStream to reach a larger political audience. UStream is used by schools, families, and our service men and women. UStream can be useful as a vehicle for students who are out of… Continue

Created by Maggie Bauer Jun 28, 2008 at 12:22pm. Last updated by Maggie Bauer Jun. 28, 2008.

Web Conferencing

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Web conferencing is used to conduct live meetings or presentations over the Internet. In a web conference, each participant sits at his or h

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Created by Chris Jun 28, 2008 at 11:09am. Last updated by Chris Jun. 28, 2008.

Communication (Audio, Visual, Text)

Real-time communication between two or more individuals exists using video, voice, or typed text. In some circumstances conversations may be logged for later reference. The communication (video, voice, or text) is transmitted through the use of computers connected over a network and allows for effective and efficient conversations due to the immediate transfer of information.

Some Great Communication Tools are:

AIM

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Created by Denyell Jun 28, 2008 at 11:29am. Last updated by Denyell Jun. 28, 2008.

Photo Sharing

Photo sharing is publishing digital photos online with others (whether publicly or privately). Photos may be tagged, commented upon, and creative commons licensed according to your choice. It's a great place to back up your digital images so they won't be lost.… Continue

Created by Cindy Estes Jun 28, 2008 at 11:12am. Last updated by Bridget Robbins Jun. 28, 2008.

Notes Home

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Tech4Me's notes are a place where we describe some of the technology tools and sites that we as teachers and integrators are experimenting with in and out of the classroom.

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Created by Sarah Sutter Jun 27, 2008 at 10:17am. Last updated by Thom Cosgrove Jun. 28, 2008.

RSS

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RSS stands for Rich Site Summary and is a means of receiving ever changing web content. Many web sites and blogs broadcast their information as an RSS feed. All information broadcasted with RSS can be delivered to you through Google Reader or any RSS feed reader.

Courtsey of http://blogspace.com check out these top pick… Continue

Created by Denyell Jun 28, 2008 at 10:17am. Last updated by Bridget Robbins Jun. 28, 2008.

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Fresh from STI 08

Just got home from the last day of STI - Belfast 08.
Phew!

Awesome projects and participants this year, however, we STILL seem to not be hitting the Southern Maine market of teachers... Strange..

Now to start preparing for STI-North, only a few months away.

Posted by Jay Baack on June 28, 2008 at 7:40pm — 2 Comments

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