4Thursday


 * __8- noon__**
 * __Gary:__** lots of info about the "sport" of geocaching---see [|www.geocaching.com]


 * __Bill:__** [|www.prezi.com] "The Zooming Presentation Editor" --he often accompanies a presentation with a worksheet

__**Jen:**__ [|www.animoto.com] unlimited free video-making for educators

__**Vicki:**__ a 59-page pdf document full of way cool iPad or sometimes iPod "app"tivities: [] on p. 7 of the pdf doc: "show me interactive whiteboard" free app / "Educreations" p. 9--app for frog dissection p.12- app for "a story B4 bed" p.13- app called "CALIBRE"--free program to convert source files for a Kindle or other reader into a readable iBook for the iPad p.19--($2.99) Story Patch --allows you to create your own stories


 * __Noon - 5p.m.__**
 * __Kristine:__** [] similar to a blog; can post assignments, quizzes, polls, discussion questions


 * __Jamie:__** google docs and gmail

__**Kathie**__: [|www.bookshare.org], "read outloud" download and iPad app: 'read to go' ($19.99) Added by Robin: Don't forget that Kathie's Bookshare also allows much larger visual displays of print. Some visually impaired students do not want to just hear what is being read-they also want to see it. The link for the qualifying disabilities is: [] One important point: #6 from the link... It is very important to remember that __eligibility requirements are defined by copyright law, not education law__. While many of these questions imply that the requirements seem restrictive, the requirements come from the law, and it is the law that allows Bookshare to function legally.

__**Robin**__: [|www.livebinders.com], [|www.maryruthbooks.com] Do you all think that this wikispace page that was set up qualifies as a PLN? "Setting up a PLN" (Personal Learning Network) []

Some binders I liked: [] (Listening to Reading Websites) by Breannag423 [] Free Technology Tools for Teachers aka Totally Awesome Tech Tools by Mickie Mueller [] Excellent Sites for Young Learners: Reading One of my absolute favorites: The links to authors of upper level books are awesome....... [] Mrs. Lash's Leveled Library and Resources

Binders I am working on: [] Fun and Free Computer and SmartBoard Games [] (All Things Danny) [] (Reading With Your Child)