MILI Introduction 2009

MONTH 1 - PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Resources/tools discussed:

• Nuts & Bolts & PLNs
• Download Firefox Browser
  • Firefox Search Engines
  • Firefox Add-ons
  • Suggested Firefox Add-ons for 6 thru 12 Educators

• PLNs - Personal Learning Networks
  • Blogs
    • 100 Best Blogs for Teachers of the Future
    • Free Technology for Teachers blog
    • Follow fellow MILI participants
  • Twitter
    • Twitter Training Resources for Teachers
    • twitter4teachers wiki - find teachers to follow, add your own Twitter feed
    • 100 Twitter Feeds for Teaching Advice
    • 18 People to Follow for Real-Time Education
  • YouTube
    • 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers
    • Follow YouTube channels
      • All the Teacher Tube channels
      • mistermath
      • National Geographic
      • YouTube EDU
      • Science teachers - Periodic Table of Videos
      • Art teachers - Drawing Tutorials Online
      • Music teachers - Symphony Orchestra
  • Facebook - friend people you meet at conferences, meetings, work to always keep in contact
  • Nings
    • Classroom 2.0
    • NextGen Teachers
    • Teacher Librarian Network

• Ning Step-By-Step Instructions - Use these when setting up your Ning account
• Additional Ning Help- Taken directly from Ning Help pages
• Seth Godin & Tom Peters on Blogging (Video)
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• Plagiarism Proofing Assignments
• ART Evaluation of Assignments
• Research Project Calculator
• Dribbling Lessons  (Information Literacy Lessons Correlated with RPC)

• RSS in Plain English from Common Craft (Video)

• Google Reader

  • If you do NOT have a Google Reader account
    • Google Reader Help Video
    • Using Google Reader
  • If you DO have a Google Reader account
    • Try Google Reader keyboard shortcuts
    • Explore the Google Reader Help pages
• Subscribing to Blogs in Ning

• Customizable Homepages (iGoogle)

• Ideas for Keeping Up

• Additional info on Social Networking