There has been some confusion on linking to other sites on your classroom web sites. You can have links to other sites if and only if it has educational value for your class. Also, you must check these links regularly to make sure they are still active and the content on those pages has not changed.
Implementation of the TEKS requires that tools such as computers, digital cameras and online resources become pervasive in classrooms. The purpose of the RISD Media Fair is to encourage students and teachers to fully implement the TEKS and to use technology to improve teaching and learning.
Students in grades K-12 may create curriculum-related, electronic projects for the Media Fair in any of nine categories:
Animation (frame animation, dimensional animation, and video animation)
Desktop Publishing (multi-page flyers, newspapers, book jackets, menus, magazine covers, brochures and calendars)
Digital Audio (podcasts, radio jingles, and original music compositions)
Digital Graphics (stationery, CD labels and jackets, silk screen designs, bumper stickers, logos, product packaging, or posters)
Digital Photography (photographs with or without manipulation)
Digital Video (documentaries, instructional news stories and abstract/experimental videos)
Multimedia (interactive tutorials and slide show presentations)
Web 2.0 (using free web-based tools to generate and host curriculum-related content. Wikis and blogs do not qualify as Media Fair projects.)
Web Design (html documents and support files that can be viewed with a browser)
Entry information and campus-level entry forms are here on the StaffTools page. The deadline for submitting entries to the district level is 3:30 pm on March 23, 2012. Winning entries will be displayed the evening of the district wide Media Fair.
Do you do things differently or do different things? What is your approach when preparing to provide a true 21st century education? What is your thought process when trying to increase your students' success? Below are some videos that may help.
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Evernote at The Montclair Kimberley Academy
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Read Around the Planet 2012
Written by Bryan Fuqua
Thursday, 01 December 2011 00:00
Read Around the Planet is now open for sign-up. The event will be held from February 22, 2012 through March 07, 2012.
"Read Around the Planet is a celebration of NEA’s Read Across America. Classrooms use interactive video to connect with other classrooms “around the planet” and read to each other. The activity is sponsored by TWICE and Polycom, in cooperation with NEA.
TWICE provides the registration tool, matches classrooms with partners, and provides support documents. Participating classrooms are responsible for their own video connection and developing their own reading activities for the event.(Disclaimer: While we are using this name to be inclusive to our international friends, this name does NOT guarantee U.S. schools an international connection. They will be matched randomly as usual in this project.)
Participate in English or World Languages! This activity is open to all K-12 students (ages 6-18) in public and private schools who have access to two-way interactive video equipment.
Your class will be matched with a class from a different location and each class will exchange reading activities. Please choose several possible days/times that you can participate."
If you are wanting to have an online assignement and a way to easily grade it then Google Forms along with Flubaroo is the answer. Watch the video below to see how it works.
If you want to learn more please contact Mr. Fuqua.
Read Around the Planet is now open for sign-up. The event will be held from February 22, 2012 through March 07, 2012. 
