Episode 1 – March 18, 2010
(Episode Length: 16 minutes, 51 seconds)
Intro
- Welcome to e-Learning Today TV
Pick Me Up
- DelectABLE deli- School offers special education students the chance to work and gain real world experience.
Current E-vents
- Twestival Global 2010- Benefit for education projects around the world, including Haiti.
- @Concern Worldwide transforming the lives of the world’s poorest children through education
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg2w2EMIWTM
Dotcom
- Meet Me At The Corner- virtual field trips for kids
- Video podcasts for kids by kids
- Showcasing different places and events
- Jimmi Rocks – Under the Sea Adventures- underwater educational themed site
- Educational games, activities, lessons
- Interactive, colorful, animated
- Math Live!-interactive educational math site
- Animated lessons
- Colorful, real life applications
Hash Tag Talk
- Edchat- teachers and educators discussing topics on twitter
- How to physically change schools
- Teaching methods with at-risk students
Watch and Learn
- Gotta Keep Reading- reading inspired music video
- Black Eyed Peas inspired song
- Inspire children to enjoy reading and prepare for the FCAT
- Gained national recognition and featured on Oprah
Blogger of the Week
- Dan Brown- open letter to educators
- Empowers students to be creative and develop new ideas
Teach This
- Classtools.net- make your own Flash based applications
- Host on blogs, websites, etc
E-freebies
- The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives- library of free manipulatives
- Free, interactive, web-based manipulatives
- Every strand of mathematics
- The KidsKnowIt Network- free tools for teachers
- Games, activities, worksheets
- Variety of topics
- Neo K12- source for educational videos and lessons
- Videos watched and reviewed to ensure quality
Random Fact
The tongue of a blue whale weighs about as much as a full-grown elephant or a 2005 Hummer H2 SUV.
The average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 English words.