Web of the Week Wednesday: Constitution Days Resources

The 17th of September is Constitution day so this week you get a 2 for 1 deal on Websites.

UEN has it's own page devoted to Constitution resources  Visit the page at: http://www.uen.org/general_learner/constitution/index.shtml

UEN's partner the Verizon Foundation provides great resources as well through www.Thinkfinity.org You can access Thinkfinity's resources through Pioneer: Utah's Online Library or directly here: http://www.thinkfinity.org/2010-09-17_day-constitution

Tech Tip Tuesday: Keep a record

Keeping student work to show other students can be a very valuable way of modeling.  It teaches kids to learn from each other and it allows teachers to showcase what quality work looks like, but sometimes there is just too much or projects are too big to store all of them.

The solution: digital photography or video.  Digital snapshots of exceptional dioramas, artwork, water filtration systems, Science Fair displays, almost anything kids can do you can take a picture or video of it.  These digital videos and images become an archive of exceptional student work that can be shared back at the appropriate time.

Want to make even more of you digital archive? Consider storing it online with a free tool for photo sharing and storage.

4 favorites

• Picasa: available free with Google account - http://picasaweb.google.com/home


• Flickr: available with a Yahoo account - http://www.flickr.com/


• Windows Live Photo Gallery: available with a WindowsLive account -http://explore.live.com/windows-live-photo-gallery


• KodakGallery: both free storage and sharing and simple easy printing requires sign up - http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/welcome.jsp

Web of the Week Wednesday: FavIcon

Web Address: http://nmap.org/favicon/

Somebody took the time to create a tool that shows the top 1 million sites online and show off their icons.  The bigger the icon the more popular the site.  See what you can find.  UEN made the list.

Tech Tip Tuesday: Get more out of iTunes.

Last week Steve Jobs and Apple Computers announced a new iTunes and new iPod Touch. (Watch the announcement here)

The run down for educators.  The new iPod touch has an HD camera on the rear and a front facing camera for video chatting.  It will also be compatible with the iMovie app for the IOS4 software meaning that you have a portable video production studio.  For educators that's a lot to add to a pretty good product all starting at $229.00

ITunes itself got a facelift.  There is a new view that allows you to see album artwork if it doesn't create wasted space, the sidebar items are now grey instead of multi-colored (a feature some don't like because it means the loss of a visual cue). ITunes also has improved syncing.  You can now see how far over the mark you are with your sync settings.  Ping a social network centered around your music and music preferences was also launched.  

Finally, iTunes has a whole page of Apps just for Back to school.  Check out the new iTunes.

Wednesday Web of the Week: Constitution Day 17th September

web address: http://www.uen.org/general_learner/constitution/

Constitution Day is just a few weeks away. What better way to celebrate than with newly updated resource page from UEN. The web page has resources sorted by grade level for a true smorgasbord or agglomeration of wonderful materials. So do some 'xploring!