Rachel's PG&S Logbook

One of our early TEAM assignments was to keep track of our Professional Growth and Scholarship resources.  We were invited to do this in any format we like.  Suggested formats included Word documents or index cards.  Since I love working on the Montauk School Library Media Center Web Page (and telling everyone about it too!), I decided to use that web space to keep track of, organize and publicize my Professional Growth and Scholarship resources.  I later "copy and pasted" the information here in this Dreamweaver page. Scroll down, click around and see what's here.  Feedback and reactions are wanted and welcomed . . .
Planning to tranfer all of this to my del.icio.us . . . be sure to check it out!

DATE
TITLE/URL/TOOL/RESOURCE/TRICK
 CATEGORY
10/15/05 School Portals

school district portals

If you know of others you would like us to add, just e-mail them to Dr. Schneiderman.

Take a special look at the Half Hollow Hills School District Web Site

After you look around, please study:

  
10/15/05

http://del.icio.us/
Amazing! Does what I tried to do here - but soooo much better! Love the "cloud" view!
About: http://del.icio.us/doc/about
David Van's: http://del.icio.us/DavidVan
Mine: http://del.icio.us/rkleinberg
David Weinberger on All Things Considered on Tagging and del.icio.us: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4856924

 TOOL
10/15/05

http://www.librarything.com
"Timothy Spalding has put together this really interesting site, called LibraryThing, that lets you list your books, tag them, and share the list with others. One of the cool things: You enter a book into your list by typing in sloppy information."
David Weinberger (author of Small Things Loosely Joined)

Like del.icio.us for books!

 TOOL
9/7/05

ebrary
ebrary's mission: To become the global standard for secure distribution, acquisition, and management of valuable authoritative documents over computer networks.
http://www.ebrary.com

  
9/7/05 Muzzy Lane
Managed Gaming for Learning
. . . develops multiplayer games, complete with a hosting platform and authoring tools, specifically designed for education . . .
http://www.muzzylane.com/		  
9/7/05

Coalition of Essential School National Web at http://www.essentialschools.org
"Our mission is to create and sustain equitable, intellectually vibrant, personalized schools and to make such schools the norm of American public education."
(Mentioned and highlighted by Dr. Byrne during class discussion . . .)
Includes job board and place to post resumes.

 PROFESSIONAL
9/7/05 PresentationZen at http://www.presentationzen.com/
Garr Reynolds' Blog on issues related to professional presentation design. 		 
6/11/05 Educators for Social Responsibility: Online Teacher Center 
http://www.esrnational.org/home.htm
From Blue Web'n Newsletter:
Educators for Social Responsibility has opened its Online Teacher
Center, a free source of K-12 lesson plans and resources on
international security, conflict resolution, peacemaking, violence
prevention, and social responsibility. Materials are timely and
designed to help teach effectively about current issues and world
events. (A good resource for Critical Pedagogical teachings.) (added
6/3/05, reviewed 6/3/05)		 PROFESSIONAL
6/8/05

Educational Bloggers' Network
http://www.ebn.weblogger.com/ Sponsored by the Bay Area Writing Project and Weblogger.com, the Educational Blogger Network (eBN) is a community of teachers and education professionals and supporters who use weblogs for  teaching and learning. The network assists members to advance weblog integration in education.

BLOG
6/1/05 From Dr. Byrne:
Study: These factors retard digital teaching
By Robert Brumfield, Assistant Editor, eSchool News
June 1, 2005 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStoryts.cfm?ArticleID=5706
ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THE REPORT DISCUSSED IN THE ARTICLE:
Effective Access: Teachers' use of digital resources in STEM teaching		 THINKING
6/1/05 The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twentieth Centry
 by Thomas L. Friedman 		THINKING
6/1/05 http://www.septime-creation.com
super-cool wacked out design 		WEB DESIGN
6/1/05 http://www.rowentausa-morrison.com/
cool flash images & menus
also takes over browser and makes it "big"
gets rid of some of your toolbars, etc. 		WEB DESIGN
6/1/05 http://ojr.org/
Online Journalism Review
Web-based journal produced at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
Referenced by Dr. Byrne in class to address the up-and-coming-ness of blogs and their place in our communication realm. 		THINKING
6/1/05

http://www.molly.com/
Home page of Molly So-and-So: self-promotion, etc.
Blog-like format - uses a "blog engine" called WordPress
(which I don't like, but I think that is b/c it is new and I am now old)

WEB DESIGN
5/30/05

http://www.dunun.com/
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
Just about the coolest site entry I have ever seen - and lots of other neat stuff

WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://wneo.org/sharingart/sawebsites.htm
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
Companion to PBS program and related curriculum. Includes great links to art sites and an area for posted projects (like STT's Journeys Gallery someday) 		WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 Not for content but for structure and design, check out the Coca Colar site at http://www.coca-cola.com. Go into "The Coca-Cola Company" and then "Heritage" and "Heritage Timeline." (from Bette) WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://www.kottke.org/
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
Some guy's blog - posts, movie reviews, even educational tidbits on website stuff and blogging (ex. Mommy, what's a trackback?) 		WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://www.maxdesign.com.au/methodology_design.cfm
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
Max Design: Web design and graphic design - includes sample sites 		WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://www.bridgewater.edu/~rbowman/effective-web-sites.html
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
 "Effective Web Sites: Development & Evaluation"		 WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://www.carnrightdesign.com/color4business/color_communication.htm
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
"Communicate with your customers with color" 		WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://www.easyrgb.com/harmonies.php
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
Incorrect URL? 		WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://www.designweenie.com/blog/bookmarks.php
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
"I am apt at making the complex simple . . . I am also adroit at creating compelling visuals, with cultural references and clever visual puns."		 WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://in4mador.com/
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
"A collection of fun and interesting links." 		WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://www.coolhomepages.com
Design sites from Faye, Part I:
"Best web designs gallery - get some inspiration daily"
WEB DESIGN
5/30/05 http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.com/ COOL FOR SCHOOL
5/26/05

Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity & Human Understanding
Recommended by Faye: This site has only been in existence for about a year and growing.
http://chdhu.org/index.asp

COOL FOR SCHOOL
5/25/05 From Dr. B:
http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2005/05/13/columns_grid/
The group might find this interesting as they envision their layouts.
Also, the link to Subtraction.com at the bottom should give them another way to see the concepts of columns/grids.		 WEB DESIGN
5/16/05 From Faye:
start here http://webxact.watchfire.com/ for finding out how accessible your site is.
 ACCESSIBILITY
5/15/05 "Technology is Changing What's 'Fair Use' in Teaching - Again"
from Michele's workshop recommended by Faye on the Tech Help 2 Quicktopic 		COPYRIGHT
5/15/05 The Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
from Michele's workshop recommended by Faye on the Tech Help 2 Quicktopic 		COPYRIGHT
5/15/05 Copyright Info from ALA
(American Library Association)
Copyright information from the smartest people in the world. 		COPYRIGHT
5/15/05 Science, Optics & You
See the Milky Way closer and closer and closer!
Molecular Expressions website "Exploring the Worlsd of Optics and Microscopy!"		 COOL FOR SCHOOL
5/15/05 Puzzle Maker
http://puzzlemaker.com
Puzzle generation tool for teachers 		COOL FOR SCHOOL
5/15/05 Ball State Electronic Field Trips
http://www.bsu.edu/eft/0405/
Amazing electronic fieldtrips.  Way beyond a link and some lessons.  They actually work in conjunction with museum educators/curators to provide interactive visits.  This is a must for our collaboration.  Somehow we need to connect to this. 		COLLABORATION
5/15/05 Basecamp
http://www.basecamphq.com/
Free and not-free online collaborative project management space & resources
 (Too much/big for STT needs right now) 		COLLABORATION
5/15/05 "A Quick and Dirty Introduction to Accessibility"
recommended by Faye on the Tech Help 2 Quicktopic		 ACCESSIBILITY
4/13/05 http://www.metiri.com/
From Bette: Think about: Digital-Age Literacies, Effective Communication, Inventive Thinking, and High Productivity.		 ?
3/30/05 The Library of Congress at http://www.loc.gov ?
3/30/05 Rose Planetarium at http://www.amnh.org/rose ?
3/30/05 Ellis Island at http://www.ellisisland.org ?
3/30/05 Mystic Seaport at http://www.mystic.org ?
3/30/05 How about the Exploratorium at http://www.exploratorium.edu ?
3/30/05 The Smithsonian Institution at http://www.si.edu And their "Revealing Things" at http://www.si.edu/revealingthings ?
3/30/05 The Taj Mahal at http://www.taj-mahal.net ?
3/16/05 http://www.habits-of-mind.net/
Different version of Schools That Learn assigned reading for Mar. 16 (was Mar. 2) pp. 196-205 Chapter 7 Intellectual Behaviors
Download PDF, Describing 16 Habits of Mind, Costa & Kallick, (and read) at bottom of “What are Habits of Mind?” link		 ?
3/14/05 http://pics4learning.com/
"Copyright-friendly images for education"
Discovered this at the Suffolk ASSET Conference 2005
FREE!!! KID SAFE IMAGES!!! FREE!!!
From the tech4learning - check 'em out for other cool web tools and software		 ?
3/14/05 http://www.lischoolnews.org/1pubicindex.lasso?-token.editorialreferral=49464.112114
Article on the key note address from Suffok ASSET conference March 14, 2005 		PROFESSIONAL
3/13/05 Annette Lamb's site at: http://eduscapes.com/ ?
3/13/05 Kathy Schrock's guide at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ COOL FOR SCHOOL
3/9/05 Google Desktop Search
Search your own computer
I just downloaded it -- took along time to "index" my computer - but it has proved useful since. 		TOOL
3/9/05 Spy Doctor 3.1
http://www.download.com/1200-2018-5139934.html
From Faye:
I did a little research at http://www.download.com and found Spyware
Doctor. It found over 371 files -- and this was after running Ad-Aware
and Spybot. It got 5 star rating at download.com, too, along with
being FREE. So try it. 		SECURITY
3/2/05 http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html
From Bette:
Some of you have heard of webquests. We'll look at the work of the webquest king, Bernie Dodge from San Diego State. . . Bernie Dodge's work is outstanding, setting in context webquests that tap into higher order thinking skills. We see many webquests that just don't get it. They are directive rather than expansive. Starting with Dodge is the way we'll approach the subject.		 ?
3/2/05 http://www.addictinggames.com/
http://www.muffinfilms.com/
http://flasharcade.com/
good examples of flash stuff 		FLASH
3/2/05 Picasa2
Find and enjoy the pictures on your computer in seconds.
From Google of course!
Originally recommended to me by Rick White		 TOOL
3/2/05 gmail
"A Google approach to email"
google mail - still in Beta
you have to be invited
Faye invited me (thanks Faye!)
i got rkleinberg@gmail.com		 TOOL
3/2/05 http://www.habits-of-mind.net/
Download PDF, Describing 16 Habits of Mind, Costa & Kallick, (and read) at bottom of “What are Habits of Mind?” link
Scan the online section, Quotations		 THINKING
2/16/05 Wired Magazine Article:
Revenge of the Right Brain
Dr. Byrne recommends we read - Bette will post to our work due		 THINKING
2/15/05 Fool’s Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood
from the Alliance for Childhood  in 2000
(link is to .pdf downloads by section in English)
We will look at this  more closely in the upcoming weeks.
Should be interesting . . . 		THINKING
2/15/05 Also from Alliance for Childhood (9/30/04):
 TECH TONIC:
TOWARDS A NEW LITERACY OF TECHNOLOGY
From the Press Release: "Child Advocates Challenge Current Ed Tech Standards:  New report says government and high-tech industry foist expensive and unproven technology on schools, hurting children and undermining real technology." 		THINKING
2/11/05 http://www.edtechnot.com/
From Bette: "It seems to be an anti-technology site (i.e., as in its name) but includes both advocates and naysayers."		 THINKING
2/6/05 Educator's Reference Center
http://www.eduref.org/
Amazing!  Learned about it from Blue Web'n		 RESOURCE
2/6/05 Explore learning
http://www.explorelearning.com/
"ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math and science for teachers and students in grades 6-12.
We call these simulations Gizmos. Gizmos are fun, easy to use, and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts. Our Gizmos are designed as supplemental curriculum materials that support state and national curriculum standards; in addition, Gizmos help teachers bring research-proven instructional strategies to their classrooms."		 COOL FOR SCHOOL
2/6/05 Favorite Poem Project
http://www.favoritepoem.org/
Americans reading their favorite poems - on video!
Really nice site . . . a pleasure to explore.		 COOL FOR SCHOOL
2/6/05 Annenberg/CPB Lerner.org
http://learner.org/
Professional development programming for K-12 teachers
FREE through our satellite channel and Video On Demand.		 PROFESSIONAL
2/2/05 Weblogg-Ed
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/\
Created and maintained by Will Richardson, blogvangelist and Supervisor of Instructional Technology and Communications at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ. "This site is dedicated to discussions and reflections on the use of Weblogs, wikis, RSS, and other Internet-related technologies in the K-12 classroom. Spend some time here and with any luck you'll meet a dedicated community of edubloggers and find out why we think the Read/Write Web is going to transform the way teachers teach and students learn."		 ?
1/24/05 ASSET
http://suffolkasset.com/
From our TEAM assignment:
(Conference on March 14). We hope many of you will join us. We believe ASSET will give free tickets for Admission to anyone from T.E.A.M. who wants to attend. Please sign up with us as a workshop but also let us know and we'll put you on a list for free passes. If you are presenting at ASSET, you're already taken care of. You all should know about this local conference, though, and hopefully actively participate in the future.		 PROFESSIONAL
1/24/05 Florida Educational Technology Conference
http://www.fetc.org/
Speakers include Willard Daggert (saw him w/JPP at Model Schools Tech Celebration '03?) and Doug Johnson
Vendors were plentiful including BrainPOP and Smart Technologies.
Conference had an assistive technology lab - that I would like to see!
Includes a concurrent session re: good, bad, ugly lmc websites.
From our TEAM assignment:
We learn so much from major Technology Conferences. NECC is the largest, which is focused on Educational Technology in K-12. One of the next largest is FETC. FETC is happening now! Check it out. The whole field is open to you with ideas, key figures, and vendor products. Last year Dr. Schneiderman attended FETC in Orlando and found it excellent.		 PROFESSIONAL
1/24/05 COMPUTER LOGIC GROUP
http://www.lischoolnews.org/
Really useful - relevant articles and links - at time of viewing there was even a bit about the Model Schools Tech Celebration!
Did a search for "montauk" and got a hit for an article in the EH Star re: EHHS attempt to get 25 year commitment from feeder schools.
From our TEAM assignment:
Steve Silverman and Rob Strauss from Computer Logic Group are our partners in the Educational Leadership series (e.g., the Milton Chen from George Lucas last fall). They are a business, trying to impact on teachers, students, and schools, helping them to use technologies well. The series we share with them seeks to look at the big picture and play a support role. Sometimes we learn from commercial sources. There are many. We chose this one for today as CLG created a new web site hoping to draw in people just like you. 		PROFESSIONAL
1/24/05 http://www.halfhollowhills.k12.ny.us/
Great interface, features, etc.
IMHO, not as immediately kid-friendly or kid-inviting as ours, but much richer in district-wide content and web features (CSS?, slide shows, calendar, print this page, email this page, etc.)		 WEB DESIGN
11/16/05 http://www.haringkids.com/
Keith Haring for kids site: artist bio, games and activities, lesson plans - even an interactive coloring book! (I found this while sneaking a peak at another group's quicktopic . . . thanks Meg)		 COOL FOR SCHOOL
11/10/04 http://www.sodaplay.com/
another "play" site recommended by Faye - wacky stuff - must recommend to Mrs. Hayes . . . 		COOL FOR SCHOOL
11/9/04

http://www.webcalendarcreator.com/ & http://devel.amagansettschool.org
recommended by Rob Finn of Amagansett
cost is $280, but worth it according to him
check out his new Amagansett page and see the calendar feature too

TOOL
11/8/04 http://eev2.liu.edu/ee0406/DF/index.htm
made w/Dreamweaver by TEAM classmate Don Fox - science teacher in EH (notice the Pink Floyd!)		 ?
11/9/04

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_dw.htm
recommended by Faye - useful beginner Dreamweaver site

DREAMWEAVER
11/8/04

http://www.grisoft.com
alternative FREE anti-virus software that also combats spyware & adware - recommended by Faye

SECURITY
11/7/04 http://bellsnwhistles.com/
http://www.bestanimations.com/
http://members.tripod.com/atomicarts/
http://www.barrysclipart.com/
http://www.cooltext.com/
Don Fox recommends for web design tools: buttons, etc.		 WEB DESIGN
11/6/04

http://www.nysmokefree.com/redesign/

 WEB DESIGN
11/3/04

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html
recommended by Faye in response to tech question on quicktopic
links to the left are to "home" of computer info portion of sites

RESOURCE
10/27/04

powerpoint on home space for learning?

 ?
11/3/04

"shift" and "enter" in Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver
allows a one-line return, so you have single spacing - this is something that has been irking me since I began working with FrontPage - what a great trick!  - thank you Faye!

TRICK
10/31/04

Halloween Card:
http://eev.liu.edu/halloween/halloween04.htm
Hi all, With thanks to Jim Dunne, faculty in the department, for creating this message for you from all of us! http://eev.liu.edu/halloween/halloween04.htm You should hear music and should see some things happen on the screen after a little while. Enjoy! Bette Schneiderman

?
10/27/04

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
Dr. Byrne shared this resource: free and available for download
Including: Tweak UI installer program for joint maneuvers
Change toolbar background on explorer

 TOOL
10/28/04

www.coolhomepages.com

 ?
10/28/04

Gen YES

 ?
10/30/04

http://www.imagination3.com/LaunchPage#
yet another amazing recommendation by Faye: let's you draw with pen, stamper, shapes, etc., but that isn't even the coolest part . . . let's you invite friends via IM or email to join you and collaborate on the drawing!  haven't tried the collaborative thing yet, but I will

COOL FOR SCHOOL
10/16/04

www.getnetwise.com
another recommendation by Faye - it is already on the Family Page! great site for net safety and other important stuff

SECURITY
10/16/04 http://www.tucows.com/
downloads - freeware & shareware - recommended by Faye		 RESOURCE
10/15/04  http://takingitglobal.org/home.html
 "Inspire Inform Involve"
so much here, like a socially conscious and global friendster, discussion boards, events, action resources, completely AMAZING		 COLLABORATION
10/15/04 http://www.getty.edu
Museum, research institute, conservation institute, grant program, leadership institue and . . . an amazing reference site!  Need to delve a little to find the useful stuff, try: SEARCH and CITATION DATABASES and REFERENCE		 ?
10/15/04 Classroom Connect
Connected Tech is a K-8 Web-based instructional program that teaches students technology skills within the context of the core curriculum
http://corporate.classroom.com/ct.html
"Classroom Connect is an award-winning provider of professional development programs and online instructional materials for K-12 education. We're devoted to helping teachers become better teachers by engaging them in their own learning and inspiring positive change in the classroom. . . part of Harcourt Education . . ." --from About Us on website   Useful list of email lists to sign up for at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/		 RESOURCE
10/13/04

http://www.htmldog.com
http://www.htmlgoodies.com
for html info and how to – beginner and up guides – recommended by Dr. Byrne and Donna or Faye

WEB DESIGN
10/6/04 Really Tough Questions for Educators and the Education Enterprise
http://edt.liu.edu/digicomm/Observation1.htm
from Dr. Byrne's site		 THINKING
10/6/04

Dr. Byrne's site:
“Literacies in a Digital Age”
http://edt.liu.edu/digicomm/Index.htm

 THINKING
10/6/04

http://www.engines4ed.org/hyperbook/nodes/intro-zoomer.html
by Roger Schank: Engines for Education online book, cool format, can listen to speech by author about the book, radical education reformist, great in theory, but . . .
AND
a dissenting opinion . . .
http://commhum.mccneb.edu/philos/schank.htm
"Nobody Learns in the Classroom" -- or Roger Schank's 
Electronic End-Run around Academia
(a response to Roger Schank's keynote address given at the Online Learning 2000 conference on September 26,
 2000, in Denver, CO)

 THINKING
10/15/04 Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm information about spyware and adware, interest sneaky stuff, lists FAKE anti stuff		 SECURITY
9/29/04 google toolbar
Protection from dangerous pop-ups that breed adware and spyware.
http://toolbar.google.com 		SECURITY
9/29/04

Ad-aware from Lavasoft and Spybot Search and Destroy
Two important products in the fight against against dangerous adware and spyware.
Both can be downloaded from www.zdnet.com

 SECURITY
9/15/04

http://www.quicktopic.com
free bulletin board site, i can tell we use it a lot in TEAM, it is easy

 COLLABORATION
9/21/04 Schools That Learn by Peter Senge
Same author as The Fifth Discipline, this is our "text" for class
BRILLIANT - a must read for all educators and anyone who cares about education and the future of our society 		THINKING
9/21/05 http://www.froguts.com
simulated "dissection," great science site, already on the Montauk Public School site, as per request and use by Mr. Malave 		COOL FOR SCHOOL
9/21/04 http://www.glef.org
Edutopia from George Lucas Foundation: free magazine for teachers, variety of articles, info, resources		 PROFESSIONAL
9/21/04 ISTE - International Society for Technology Education
A must see: great bookstore w/resources to look into for MPS, special interest groups for different kinds of tech people (including librarians!)
This is where I found the incredibly useful book: The Technology Coordinator's Handbook
http://www.iste.org		 PROFESSIONAL
9/15/04

http://www.creationengine.com
Great vendor for ordering software, etc. at academic pricing - "academic proof" required, I ordered Macromedia Stuido MX

 RESOURCE
9/8/04 OUR TEAM HOMEPAGE:
http://eev.liu.edu/ee2006/
THE source for information about our program, links, assignments, support, etc.		 HOME