Fair Use in the Classroom

This is a good video to watch to understand Fair Use in your classroom.

Search Engines- DuckDuckGo

After completing the same search in eight different search engines, I can see which engines are most useful.  I usually only use Google and maybe yahoo to do my searches.  After doing an exercise in my graduate class I can see that other good search engines exist.  The engine I have never heard about but I am going to be using more often is www.DuckDuckGo.com

DuckDuckGo does not collect or share personal information.  This search engine does not save your search history, store your I.P. address, or tie your cookies together.  This means you do not get targeted advertising and targeted searches.

I found this search engine gave me some of the best material I needed.  This is a website that should be shared with others. 

Here is some info from their site:

DuckDuckGo is a general purpose
search engine like Google or Bing.
  • Get way more instant answers     Zero-click info above the links (red box).   • Less spam and clutter     We ban those useless sites with just ads.   • Lots and lots of goodies     Special searches (tech), syntax & settings.   • Real privacy     We don't track you!  (Illustrated guide.)

Please Help my Students!

Here is a link to help my classroom become a 21st Century Classroom.

http://www.donorschoose.org/jbehnen

Good Video to Show Students to Explain Digital Storytelling

Digital Stories

Digital Storytelling is a great way for students to showcase their knowledge on a particular subject and show their creativity and technology skills.  I think digital storytelling is one of the best ways to get our digital native students engaged in learning.  Students are most likely already using the tools to create these digital stories at home already.  Digital stories can be created for all subjects and the best part is that they can be uploaded for others to view all over the world.

I thought it would be difficult to create a digital story for mathematics, but having our students find mathematical concepts and vocabulary words in real life will help them to understand abstract concepts.  Mathematics is not a subject where students can always show their creative sides.  The integration of digital media into the mathematics classroom allows students to have a personal relationship with the material and have ownership in their learning.  It also allows the students with a math phobia to become more comfortable with math, by interacting with the material.

Please see the below link for more information:
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html