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=Best of the Web - Conversations, Connections, Collaborations= =**Workshop Session #4 - 2:30 - 3:30 **=

=***************Click here for BackChannel Chat of Suggested Links*************=

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 * Our annual best of the web session where you will see some of the best web-based resources for your classroom. Come to share your favorite websites, learn favorites of others, and collaborate with others by sharing them on this wiki. **======


 * Presenter: Jim Burke [|Western Maine Learning], Learning in America **
 * Room: Howard **

**Connectivity and Warm-up **

 *  Pre-Session Play **
 * **Mr. Doob **
 * **[|Incredibox] **
 * **KWL **
 * **Icebreakers **

**Overview **

 * ==**Information Overload ** //"What do we do when we realize that having too much information is no better than having too little since neither allows us to act more responsibly?// " ~ Jason Ohler==
 * ==**//Culture Wars or What is a Website for? // Instructivism Constructivism //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Sage on the Stage vs. Guide on the Side" // **==
 * ==**Using a Wiki** EDIT - WRITE - SAVE . . . . (Repeat)==
 * ==**BackChannelChat - <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|TodaysMeet] **==

General Sources

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers] **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Year] **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Top 25 Web 2.0 Sites for Education] **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|eMINTS eTHEMES] **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Maine MARVEL] **

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[|Ryan Palmer's "Best of Web 2.0" prez]i

[|MakeUseOf]

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Open Educational Resources **

 * 1) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|OER Commons] **
 * 2) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Internet Archives] **
 * 3) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Curriki] **
 * 4) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Teachers' Domain] **
 * 5) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Public Domain Images] **
 * 6) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|NEA GEM Gateway] **
 * 7) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Free Reading] **
 * 8) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OER Dynamic Search Engine **
 * 9) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|OER Commons] **
 * 10) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Learn NC] **
 * 11) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Connexions: OER Introduction] **
 * 12) **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Folksemantic] **

http://www.cybraryman.com/

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Open Digital Textbooks **

 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Flexbook] **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Khan Academy **] **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Qwiki **] **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|WikiBooks] **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Demo Earth Science Textbook] **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Demo U.S. History] **

More Sites of Interest

 * **Scheduling - [|Doodle][|Example]**
 * **Verbs - Collecting**
 * **[|Learning Science Interactives]**
 * **Data Visualization - [|Gapminder]**
 * [|**WolframAlph**>]
 * StumbleUpon

=**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What are the essential questions of information literacy for a 21st Century learner? (Source) **=


 * ** How do we know information is true? **
 * ** How do we communicate effectively? **
 * ** What does it mean to be a global citizen? **
 * ** How do we learn best? **
 * ** How can we stay safe? **

** <span class="wiki_link">Question **

 * **Who**
 * **What**
 * **Where**
 * **When**
 * **Why**
 * **How**

** <span class="wiki_link_new">Verbs **

 * **Questioning**
 * **Anticipating**
 * **Predicting**
 * **Modeling**
 * **Publishing**
 * **Processing**
 * **Scaffolding**
 * **Connecting**
 * **Cooperating**
 * **Collaborating**
 * **Networking**
 * **Searching**
 * **Gathering**
 * **Collecting**
 * **Sharing**
 * **Debriefing • Reviewing • Reflecting**
 * **Visioning**
 * **Persuading**
 * **Producing**
 * **Teaching**