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= [|Learn It in 5 - Tech How-to Videos for Teachers] = [|Learn It In 5] is a relatively new site that features short how-to videos for teachers. The videos are intended to help teachers quickly learn how to use some of the the web tools are essential to being a successful user of classroom technology. The videos cover tools like [|Skype], [|Diigo], [|VoiceThread], and more. I learned about [|Learn It In 5] from [|Lee Kolbert] who directed my attention to the video about [|Google Reader] embedded below.

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**Applications for Education** Videos like those found on [|Learn It In 5] can be great resources for helping teachers learn about web-based tools they can use in their classrooms.

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= [|Seven Videos All Educators Should Watch] = Summer is a time when many of us are thinking about and planning professional development workshops for our schools and for other schools. I've always found that a short 3-5 minute video can be a good introduction to a PD sessions and or make for a nice thought-provoking break during a PD session. Here are seven videos that I think serve those purposes well.

The "classic" of course is the various incarnations of Karl Fisch's and Scott McLeod's //Did You Know?// Version 4.0 is embedded below, but I still prefer [|this version].

[|Educational Change Challenge] is a video that I came across just last week on the first day of ISTE 2010. It presents some good questions that teachers and school administrators should consider as they prepare for the 2010-2011 school year.

Here's another "classic" in the field. [|A Vision of Students Today], created by Michael Wesch, presents some important statistics about our students.

[|Social Media Revolution] is a must-watch for all of those who think social media is nothing more than a time-sink. Here's a quote from the video that school administrators should take note of, "2009 US Department of Education study revealed that on average, online students out performed those receiving face-to-face instruction." Read all of the statistics in the video [|here].

And when you're wondering what teachers make, [|Taylor Mali has some answers for you].

Here's a good one produced by [|Kevin Honeycutt] about the need for teachers to continuously improve, adapt, and adopt new strategies for reaching their students.

Finally, on a lighter note for fans of The Office. Don't let your classroom become like [|this one].

= [|A Fun Video for Introducing Google Docs] = Last week at ISTE 2010 I participated in a "Birds of a Feather" session for Google Certified Teachers and other interested in sharing ways that we use Google in our classrooms. During the session Google Certified Teacher [|Chris Atkinson] shared a fun video that he uses to illustrate the benefits of cloud computing, particularly the use of Google Docs. Chris shared this clip from the CBS sitcom, //The Big Bang Theory//, and explained that he tells people that they can avoid the problem of forgetting a flash drive by using Google Docs. Enjoy the video.

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//Moving from the one-room schoolhouse to the one-world schoolhouse is now a reality.//

And my favorite line from the video, //In education the use it or lose it rule may mean if you don't use tech for learning, you may lose relevance. An educator must be relevant.// Popout

15 TED Talks to Watch Before 2010 TED Talk Creativity and Play Did You Know 4.0 (Shift Happens)
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