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ISTE's Top 10 Ed Tech Blogs and Podcasts for October 2007

Podcasts

1. The Official NECC 2007 Podcasts
   http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=1087
2. http://www.edtechtalk.com/ 
3. http://ksuettc.org/podcast/ 
4. http://chronicle.com/multimedia/
5. http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/podcast/TF_Educational_Technology.xml

Blogs

1. http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com
2. http://www.thethinkingstick.com
3. http://tim.lauer.name/
4. http://www.academiccommons.org
5. http://principalblogs.jot.com/WikiHome 

Resources from the SETSIG Executive Board

Free Assistive Technology Resources To Start the School Year

Each school year, teachers discover students in their classroom that struggle academically and could benefit from using assistive technology. The following free tools and resources will assist educators in assessing the need for assistive technology and locating appropriate tools for students with disabilities.

Assistive Technology Planner

http://natri.uky.edu/atPlannermenu.html

The National Assistive Technology Research Institute has published a product known as the Assistive Technology Planner. Explore the free online components for teachers, families, and administrators or access the link to purchase print materials.

Assistive Technology Consideration

http://www.wati.org/Products/pdf/Assessment_Forms_only.pdf

A core function of every team involves the evaluation of the need for assistive technology. What types of assessment protocols does your team use? One of the most popular assistive technology assessment protocols was developed by the Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative. Download a free PDF copy or order the materials in print format.

One Stop for Free Assistive Technology

http://www.onlineconferencingsystems.com/at.htm

A comprehensive directory of over 200 free assistive technology software products. A brief description of each product is provided along with a link to download the software.

Web 2.0 Resources from SIGTC

Discussions on Student Use

New Study Explores the Online Behaviors of U.S. Teens and 'Tweens (National Association of School Boards/NSBA)
"A new study released today by the National School Boards Association and Grunwald Associates LLC exploring the online behaviors of U.S. teens and ‘tweens shows that 96 percent of students with online access use social networking technologies, such as chatting, text messaging, blogging, and visiting online communities such as Facebook, MySpace, and Webkinz. Further, students report that one of the most common topics of conversation on the social networking scene is education...."
http://nsba.org/site/doc.asp?TRACKID=&VID=2&CID=90&DID=41336 or full report at http://www.nsba.org/site/docs/41400/41340.pdf

Blogs

The site 21Classes (http://www.21classes.com/) offers free classroom blogs and does not require students to have email addresses. Visibility can be completely open or securely walled in. Teachers can decide whether to review posts and/or comments before they are published.

Podcasting

Teaching with Technology White Paper: Podcasting (Carnegie Mellon)