Use the iTunes Link Maker to create links to pre-selected podcast channels. See an example of EdTech 101 Podcast Series, click on the iTunes button below. A new page will be opened in your browser listing all of the available podcast, and if you have iTunes installed on your computer, iTunes will be opened to the series. Have fun linking to your favorite resources in iTunes!

If you know a little HTML you can edit the HTML code to create a text link instead. View the EdTech 101 Podcast series by Brian C. Dvorak. Review EdTech 40: Weebly (4:55) before class on Monday.

If you don’t know any HTML and want to utilize the text link, run the iTunes Link Maker, select the channel you want to view, click on the iTunes button just above the generated code to test the link. Then copy the url from the browsers address bar. Now you can add a link in your favorite program.

Now I’m going to add bookmarks my netvibes.com account for all of my favorite podcast channels.

Teachers can add the Weboword widget to their blog or homepage.

Users need to have a Skitch account (free) and will need to login with their email address and password when launching the desktop application.  Students will be sharing their drawings with family and friends in minutes. Take a look at all the news ways you can share images using SKITCH.COM.

Here is an image that was created using Doozla (which is also from plasq.com) and saved to my computer. I dragged the image into skitch.com and quickly uploaded it. Then copied and pasted the HTML for “Full Size” image. The original full size image is too large for a blog post, so I appended the width=”500″ attribute to the code to constrain the image size. Pretty slick.

ENJOY!

If you are an educator and are looking for some examples of how blogs are being used in the classroom perhaps you will find some inspiration or form a new friendship from this short list of educators:

High School:

1. Ka Hulinu`u — The Highest Mark – AP Literature - by Laura Tavares. (AP Literature) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/latavare
2. Write Here, Right Now! – 9th Grade Language Arts – by Laura Tavares http://blogs.ksbe.edu/latavare9
3. Grade 10 English -10th Grade Language Arts – by Kim Enanoria http://blogs.ksbe.edu/kienanor
4. Mr. Rose’s Math blog - AP Calculus – Mr. Kawika Rose http://blogs.ksbe.edu/karose
5. Chemistry in the Community - The chemistry of everyday life - by Ms. Correia http://blogs.ksbe.edu/micorrei
6. Wahi a kekahi! – Mauloa ka`ike pono o Hawai’i! – By Kumu Akina http://blogs.ksbe.edu/adakina
7. Richard Hamasaki -Two Courses: Honors English 10 Hawaiian, Pacific and World Literature & Reading Enrichment http://blogs.ksbe.edu/rihamasa
   

Middle School:

1. Ideas to Inspire- Ms. Cathy Ikeda (Grade 6, 7 and 8th) A journey through my education, literacy and technology life (Middle School Reading Resource Teacher) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda
2. In the Art Studio – Ms. Nahulu Kirsch (Grades: 6,7, and 8th) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/aukirsch
3. Technology Class- Mr. Kerry Kamisato (Grades: 6, 7, and 8th) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/kekamisa
4. Grade 6 Social Studies- Ms. Amy Kaawaloa (Grade 6) We read, we interpret, we post, we learn http://blogs.ksbe.edu/amkaawal
5. Grade 6 Language Arts- Ms. Kapua Helm (Grade 6) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/mahelm/
6. Vocational Technology and Applied Math – with Mr. Jay Chow (Grades: 6, 7 and 8th) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/jachow
7. Drama – By Leslie Ahuna (Grades: 6, 7 and 8th) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/leahuna
8. Grade 8 Social Studies – by Ms. Makanui-Yoshida http://blogs.ksbe.edu/jemakanu
9. Uncle N8′s Workshop - Mr. Nate Javellana (Grades: 6, 7, and 8th) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/najavell/
10. Curriculum Corner – Mr. Scott DeSa (Grades: 6,7, and 8th) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/scdesa/

Elementary School:

1. Gayla S. Traylor (2nd Grade) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/gatraylo
2. My Technology Journey – As a Learner and a Teacher (Technology K-5) http://kamanu.wordpress.com/
3. Technology Class - Kumu Laea-Honda (Technology K-5) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/lihonda
4. Keiki Scientists! by Heather Chang (K-5) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/hechang
5. Elementary Art - Ms. Tana Rosehill (Grades 3, 4, and 5) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/tarosehi/
6. School Library – by Kanani DeSa (K-5) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/shdesa
7. Wailele a me Wailani – Andy Chung (Grade 5) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/anchung

Schools:

1. Hawaiian Culture & Curriculum Specialist - Mr. Kilohana Hirano (K-12) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/aahirano/
2. Technology in the Classroom- Ms. Chandell Asuncion (K-12) http://blogs.ksbe.edu/chasunci
3. Classified Ads: Internal blogs are used to share information within an institution and has been an extremely successful form of communication and a great resource.Shared at the Punahou Technology Summer Lab School.
4. Kamehameha Alumni Relations Office - Ms. Jodi Kimura http://blogs.ksbe.edu/hawaiialumni

K-12 School Libraries:

1. http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=School_libraries

Blog Spam

This blog post has been the victim of blog spam. As a result the comments for this post have been turned off. I will continue to develop this post as more of our teachers begin to utilize this powerful communication tool in their classrooms. Comments on this blog will be accepted via email. If you have a post like this one that contains more than 3 links, and  your post is open for comments, you could be a target for Blog spam.  The best solution is to turn off comments on post like these. Open the post, and uncheck “Allow Comments” and “Allow Pings” under ”Discussion”. However if the post is for a specific session and you need to interact with an audience consider opening the post for comments for a short period of time. Changing the name of the post using the “Post Slug” is a temporary solution.

The Council for American Private Education (CAPE) has published details about the bill and its impact on private schools in a concise summary of the ARRA, on its website at   http://www.capenet.org/new.html.

Source: http://www.hais.org – Robert Witt, Executive Director and Cynthia Jordan, Communications Director

The 2009 Inauguration of President Barack Obama is being called the “People’s Inauguration” You can visit USA Today’s Flickr photo stream to see some of the best photos taken during the 2009 Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama, and read the transcript of his historic Inauguration speech. The photos taken by USA Today are copyright protected, however they are available for purchase directly from USA Today and are reasonably priced.

The photo shown above was taken by jurvetson who has made his photos available for us to use and remix, as long as you properly attribute his work and provide a link to  his Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

If you also feel that this is the “People’s Inauguration” and you are ready to accept the call from President Barack Obama to “roll up your sleeves” and proclaim your allegiance make a pledge today.

Here is a short video clip of celebrities who have come together to take the “The Presidential Pledge“.

Starbucks has joined this “Grass Roots” effort and is saluting everyone who is willing to pledge 5 hours of community service with a tall cup of brewed coffee. You can download a Pledge Card and your “I’m in” badge from their Pledge 5 champagne website.

What ever you pledge, whether it is to turn off the water while you brush your teeth, live a debt free life, or restore the Koa forest in Hawaii will be a significant contribution to “change”. Together we can make a difference in the world.

“Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but for greatness, because greatness is determined by service.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

Are you in? Make a pledge today.

~hope

To learn more about School Tube, visit the URL below:
Please visit http://www2.schooltube.com/AboutUS.aspx

View: Copyright Guidelines for SchoolTube -by MENC.org
“Because SchoolTube uses streaming technology, the videos you’ll be posting are considered “performances” rather than “recordings.” To determine if you need a performance license, first determine the type of musical work/performance.” (see guidelines for detailed information and links).

The Cyber Safety and Ethics Initiative (CSEI) http://www.rrcsei.org/research.html reports that children have unsupervised access to a computer and the internet at home as early as age 5, and that by age 7, 15% report that someone was mean to them online, while 7% admit they have been mean to someone online. We are seeing the onset of cyber bullying beginning in the second grade and it’s not always the adult predator. Reports show that 45% of the cases are friends victimizing friends.

One in three children ages 9-12 report they have committed some type of online deception, abuse or crime. They have posted personal information about themselves online, which might include their first and last name, their age, photos of themselves, where they go to school, the names of their parents, teachers and friends, where they hang out, and what teams they play on. Furthermore 23.2% admit to lying about their age online.

Reports also show that 1 in 4 children between the ages 9-18 report that they have been victimized online by one or more forms of abuse within the past school year that was not reported to a grown up.

During the past school year has someone…
1. used your password without your knowledge………..………11.9%
2. embarrassed you online………………………………………..10.3%
3. bullied or threatened you online…………………………….…..6.9%
4. requested pictures of you without clothes…………………….1.0%
5. showed you pictures of themselves without clothes…………2.3%
6. asked private things about your body…………………….…….1.5%
7. told you private things about their body…………………..….…2.3%

Five rules to keep your children safe online
1. Don’t post personal information and photos of yourself
2. People may not be who they say they are
3. Don’t open attachments from strangers
4. Tell an adult you trust if something online makes you feel uncomfortable
5. Meeting online strangers alone is dangerous

Provide your children an opportunity to share their online experiences with you by discussing what they are doing online.

Short daily summaries can be found below with a link to the original full version.

1. Day 1: It’s all about the “About” page. Your readers will want to know who the author is and what you will be writing about.
2. Day 2: Play in the traffic (site traffic). Although this is a very useful tool it is not available on your KS blog at this time.
3. Day 3: Write a thank you note: When it comes right down to it, a blog is like a business you have to let people know what you are doing, and thank them for their patronage and their references in order to grow your audience.
4. Day 4: Own your CContent. Protect your intellectual property by establishing a Creative Commons license based on your terms, either “All Rights Reserved” or “Some Rights Reserved”. NOTE: This post is very thorough and offers extended post with more helpful information.
5. Day 5: Globalize Your Blog using clustermaps and Google Translate. Clustermaps allow you and your visitors to see who is visiting your blog and where they are in the world. Google Translate allows your visitor to translate your blog into their native language, however Hawaiian is not available, yet.  BTW, the clustermap widget has already been added to your KS blog at the bottom of the page.
6. Day 6: Get Some Fresh Perspective: Is your site user friendly, clear and easy to navigate?
7. Day 7: Invite a Guest Blogger:
8. Day 8: Comment onto Others: