This document discusses how to find online content and resources to use with a SMARTBoard. It recommends using RSS feeds and RSS reader applications to follow blogs, websites, and sources that provide educational images, videos, sounds and other materials. Specific recommended feeds and sites are listed. It also suggests using social media like Twitter and Plurk to connect with other teachers and form an online learning network for sharing ideas and resources. The overall goal is to build a collection of engaging content and find communities of other "superhero" educators to help extend one's teaching abilities.

1. Becoming A Superhero
­or­
Finding
Content That
Clicks With
your
SMARTBoard Day 233/365 quot;This looks like a job for...quot; by Wellstone
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2. Objectives
• Online tools for reading streams of content
• Streams and sources of content that match your content
• Building a professional learning network that will
enable a 'virtual staffroom' with like‐minded teachers.
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3. Inclusion:
How do you find
content to use on your
SMARTBoard?
happy mother's day by atomicshark
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4. What do you want to learn?
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5. The Collection Agent
The Place To Become A Hero
Phonebooth in the Middle of Nowhere by Raul!
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6. RSS
Really Simple Syndication
te xt
RSS Reader
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7. RSS Readers
Desktop Based
O ft en
se d
No t U
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8. RSS Readers
Web Based
Google.com/reader
bloglines.com/
netvibes.com
pageflakes.com
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9. Putting It
All
Together
Content
&
Streams Day 243/365 quot;Keep your cape clean...quot; (Explore!) by Wellstone
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10. Images:
http://www.compfight.com/
(no RSS Feed)
http://flickr.com/photos/tags/bridge/
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11. Sound:
http://soungle.com/
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12. Video:
http://www.bestofyoutube.com/
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13. RSS Feeds:
Digg
http://digg.com/all/educational
Wiki Media Commons:
http://commons.wikimedia.org
Crickweb:
http://www.crickweb.co.uk
Interactive Whiteboard Wiki:
http://iwbteachers.wikispaces.com
Digital Library for Earth System Education:
http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp
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14. Online Resources / Tips:
Interesting Ways to Use Your Interactive Whiteboard
http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_106c9fm8j&skipauth=true
Think Bank IWB
http://www.think‐bank.com/iwb
Whiteboard Challenge
http://whiteboardchallenge.wikispaces.com
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15. Blogs
• Teachers Love SMARTBoards,
• SMARTBoard Lessons Podcast,
• Teaching with SMARTBoard
• Talking SMARTBoards and Much Much More
http://annemarie80.edublogs.org
• The Whiteboard Blog
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk
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16. Finding Other Superheros
To Extend Our Superpowers
heros by videoplacebo
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17. Twitter & Plurk
twitter.com plurk.com
A Collection of Like Minded Professionals
Sharing Quick Comments In The quot;Hallwayquot;
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18. How Will You Hone
Your Superpowers?
S is for Superman by Xurple
What did we want to learn?
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19. Objectives
• Online tools for reading streams of content
• Streams and sources of content that match your content
• Building a professional learning network that will
enable a 'virtual staffroom' with like‐minded teachers.
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20. email:
ben@mrhazzard.com
slides & notes:
benhazzard.com
skype:
bhazzard
twitter:
benhazzard
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