Blog Buzz: Yahoo! For Teachers

I thought I'd share a couple great blog posts by some folks who got a sneak peak at Yahoo! For Teachers at the Adaptive Path UX Week conference in Washington D.C. a week or so ago.

• WebProNews > Yahoo! For Teachers Shaping up Nicely
• Hacking Education with Yahoo! For Teachers

We appreciate the positive feedback and credit the contributions of the teachers who partnered with us last summer to develop Yahoo! Teachers, as well as the many educators who had the opportunity to use Yahoo! For Teachers at our national summer workshops.

You can learn more about Yahoo! For Teachers, sign-up for an invite, and join your colleagues on the Peer Network map over on our website.

Official Yahoo! For Teachers Groups

• Y! Groups > Yahoo! Teachers
• Y! Groups > Yahoo! Teachers + Educational Wikis
• del.icio.us + Yahoo! Teachers
• Flickr + Yahoo! Teachers

Back to School 2007: Get Your Wiki On!

You already know that PBwiki is the easiest and best wiki platform out there. But did you know that Atomic Learning has FREE tutorials on PBwiki?

These tutorials will help you learn step-by-step how to create a PBwiki. Hurry, the tutorials are only available for a short time!

Speaking of wiki's, Yahoo! For Teachers has a new group for educators where they can go to get advice, share experiences and best practices from other teachers who are using wiki's in their classroom.

Whether your a wiki veteran, or just getting started, come share what you know about using wiki's in an educational setting.

Related Resources

• PBWiki
  
• Atomic Learning
  
• PBWiki +Atomic Learning
  
• Video: PBWiki+Yackpack
  
• debaird.net + wiki
  
• Yahoo! For Teachers + WikiEDU

AT&T Education: Four Stars for Jumpcut!

Jumpcut, the free suite of video editing and remixing tools, was recently featured as the AT&T Education "Hot Site of the Week"!

Many thanks to our friends at AT&T Education for featuring Jumpcut. Come join the Jumpcut + Yahoo! For Teachers group and share your video project and clips with other educators.

Jumpcut is Yahoo! too, so if you already have a Yahoo! ID, you're all set to go!

Related Resources

• Jumpcut
• AT&T Education
• Yahoo! For Teachers
• Jumpcut Blog

Ed Tech & Lifelong Learning

Mr. Circe, one of the teachers who participated in the Yahoo! For Teachers workshop in NYC, has recently started a professional development/lifelong learning blog called ed/el/tech.

In this lifelong learning & professional development blog, Mr. C keeps tabs on the latest and greatest web tools and provides some terrific insight into how you can integrate social media into your curriculum.

Be sure to save ed/ed/tech in your favorite RSS reader or bookmark it in del.icio.us--this is good stuff! Thanks Mr. C!

Technology & Learning Digital Photography Contest

"Technology & Learning invites K-12 students to participate in the sixth annual digital photography contest.

The competition, open to all K-12 students, challenges you to capture - and share - your unique vision of the world in a "Digital Diary - Through My Lens."

If you have an artistic side, you also have the option to digitally enhance your photos with your favorite imaging software.

The best digitally enhanced photo wins a special prize from Adobe. Other prizes include a digital camera, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and more!"

More Info

• Adobe Digital Kids Club
• Technology & Learning
• FlickrEdu: Social Networking Goes to School

Talking about the iGeneration

Take a peek into the wired, mobile, & totally digital world of Gen Y.

Directory of Presentation Tools

Getting your PowerPoint presentations ready for your classes this semester? Before opening PowerPoint take a look at this list, “Directory of Learning - Presentation Tools” and discover many options to add to your presentations whether using PowerPoint or another great tool that is available for use on the Web2.0.

And if you’re still not sure exactly what is the Web 2.0, read "What is the Web2.0" from O’Reilly to get up-to-date.

Then click on go2web20 - and see for yourself the many new tools and sites that are available for you own use, or your students’ use.

Its not just PowerPoint anymore ;)