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=Links from NEIT2009=

Programming

 * **Processing**
 * [|http://www.processing.org] A visual programming environment created in Java that uses the Java language to create visual representations.
 * **Microworlds**
 * [] Here is a great tutorial resource that shows you how to program the turtle, text boxes, animations, everything and step-by-step. You need the web plugin for MW Pro to see them: MicroWorlds in Action
 * Here is the link to the browser plugins: MicroWorlds Web Player
 * **Scratch**
 * [|MIT Scratch Main Page]
 * [|Scratch Download Page]
 * [|Picoboard Info]
 * [|Picoboard Drivers]

Tech Administration & Support

 * **School Policy & Reform**
 * School Reform Initiative Ning (Critical Friends Groups) []
 * "What Administrators Should Know and Be Able to Do with Technology" at []Cost is $50 for ISTE members.
 * 10 Years Laptop - What we've learned and what's our vision School of the Holy Child
 * **SMART Boards**
 * Document Cameras [|Elmo] ($$$), [|Averkey] ($$), [|SMARTboard] ($$)
 * //Smart Board Training Videos://
 * []
 * []
 * **Tech Support**
 * Atomic Learning: []
 * for managing your Mac computers (it will inventory Windows PCs, but won't manage). Check it out...jamfsoftware.com
 * Web Help Desk http://www.webhelpdesk.com/ (free 5 user version - must be kept on in-house server)
 * School Dude http://www.schooldude.com (online service - monthly fee)
 * Request Tracker http://bestpractical.com/rt/ (aka RT - open source - must be kept on in-house server)
 * Basecamp http://www.basecamphq.com (online service - 30 day free trial)
 * Zoho http://www.zoho.com (1 project free trial - integrates with Google Apps for your domain)
 * Microsoft Project (too much for small groups)
 * Bugzilla (open source)
 * [|Channel Deployment Issues (Cisco)]
 * Network home redirectors. Use a script to map their NHDs. []

Michael Wesch

 * Creating "Kantri" in Central New Guinea: Relational Ontology and the Categorical Logic of Statecraft

Single Sign On (SSO)

 * Microsoft provides SSO via AD/Kerberos, can be taken advantage of by various web services through IE.
 * Google Docs, Moodle can authenticate via LDAP
 * Centrify - $30/seat plugin for AD to integrate OS X
 * Thursby (AdmitMac)- integrates AD and OS X
 * ExtremeZip - ads OS X extensions to AD, Up to date AFP file services
 * Can you extend LDAP beyond authentication? Parse group permissions? Yes, it's possible in LDAP, but it has to be AD group settings.
 * Riverdale does group management with [|UMRA] to take courses from a Blackbaud Export and create AD groups to which enrolled students and teachers are added
 * [|Shibboleth] compliant web servers can provide SSO to services. Apache Web Server can make use of Shibboleth.
 * Whipple Hill is "providing" SSO (Vaporware) - it's actually LDAP integration with a limited interface. Must make a firewall hole to use this service.
 * LDAP server needs to be accessible from outside your network in order for outside services to make use of LDAP users/group.
 * Open Source Web Portals (Apache Web Server) - []
 * [|CMSWatch] - has an enterprise portal report. You can get a snippet, but the full reports are costly.

Web 2.0
> //Stykz// (Stick figure animation tool)[| http://www.stykz.net/Home.htm]l > [|#teachertuesday] > [] > Facebook photos land Eden Prairie kids in trouble > [] > Study: Facebook users get lower grades in college > [] > Teachers and Facebook: Privacy vs. standards]] > []
 * etherpad - www.etherpad.com
 * future of text books Don's presentation is here: []
 * del.icio.us - social bookmarking [|read getting started with del.icio.us]
 * diigo - social bookmarking
 * [|twitter] - micro blogging - Liz Davis' post on [|Twitter for Teachers]
 * Blog recommendation: Blogging About the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom @http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/
 * //**Animoto**// ([]) to create a quick slide show of the lesson
 * []
 * voicethread - www.voicethread.com
 * //Wordle// []
 * Glogster -(their educational site, not "main" Glogster)
 * WordSift
 * Screenr (and an example from CSH Greenwich)
 * Google Wave - www.google.com/wave
 * A ning community supp orting this exploration is the [|Independent School Cooperative (iScoop)]
 * [] - Software to build and host your own Facebook like system.com
 * []
 * []
 * http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Partners
 * []
 * [] - Free system to create your own Facebook like area. Hosted at ning.com.
 * - [|Global Collaboration Network]
 * http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/
 * [|EdSocialMedia]
 * Did you know Wikipedia [|has a project for schools to add a page for themselves] ?
 * [] - - site of flash animated movies/games - not all G rated, fyi
 * Buffy Hamilton's Not Just Another Brick in the Wall presentation
 * Cloud Computing in Plain English
 * Sassy Librarian: What DO Teens Want?
 * AASL's Information Commons wiki
 * Ross Todd's speech at the opening of the Chelmsford High School Library
 * David Loertscher: Flip This Library
 * LibGuides: [] (plus some places using LibGuides)
 * [|Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter]
 * em tech - syllabus.pdf
 * [|Twitter Fan Wiki]
 * [|Twitter Etiquette]
 * [|Twitter Clients]
 * [|100 Tips Aps and Resources for Teachers on Twitter]
 * [|Search Twitter]
 * Echofon is my a great free app for the iphone for Twitter
 * [|Tweetdeck] is a fantastic desktop client and they have a great iPhone app too
 * [] -- a private twitter for teachers and students
 * [|Moourl]
 * [|Bitly]
 * [|BigTweet]
 * College Applicants, Beware: Your Facebook Page Is Showing
 * **[|Zotero]** = "...**a** research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research."
 * an add-on for [|Firefox] brought to you by the [|Center for History and New Media at Georgetown University]
 * [|Zotero 1.5 screencast], February 2009 (looks like a useful overview; have a look when you've got the bandwidth to spare)
 * [|CNET review of Zotero]
 * [|7 things you should know about...Evernote] from Educause
 * [|Diigo]- www.diigo.com - download the diigolet and explore. Bookmark, highlight and annotate\

>> Review the Help on delicious for more about "how-to" >> "Must have" addons for delicious that make it worth while is the searching capabilities built into the browsers tools; however, it only seems to be available for Firefox and Internet Explorer at the moment. This will allow you to search your bookmarks after saving them. As your bookmarks grow, this feature becomes a saving grace >> [|NoodleTools]- www.noodletools.com - request a trial >> [|Evernote] sign up for a **free account** or subscribe for a set up a (paid) premium account >>
 * Example use of delicious in the lower school

Multimedia and Design
> [] > [] > [] This site was created by the students using iweb > The best screencast I've seen: []
 * [|Prezi] is available as a web-application or as a desktop application for Mac or Windows. To download the desktop version you need to sign up for an account. A free account lets you save up to 3 presentations and a paid account gets you more.There is an entire section of the Prezi website dedicated to [|learning how to use Prezi]There is an [|online Prezi manual]
 * Great site below for American History films
 * mediaconverter.org - saves youTube to your hard drive
 * Took 6th students from LA St. James School as reporters to the Inauguration of Barak Obama as president.
 * For instance, through networking they had interviews with local senators, Robert Segal and even Hllary Clinton. []
 * Jason McDonald from Packer Collegiate showed his high school video elective's [|journalism report on Obama's election].
 * He also showed the [|AP Photo Archive]
 * [|Google Sketchup for Education website] - licensing information towards the bottom of this page. Pro version is free for educators, need a license for students. Jeremy just uses the free version and has found it enough for him and for his students.
 * [|Examples of K-12 work] in Sketchup (from Google's ed page)
 * [|K-12 case studies] of Sketchup projects (from Google's ed page)
 * jing software - www.jingproject.com
 * screencast hosting site - www.screencast.com
 * sample screencasts - www.screencast.com/users/reshanrichards, www.screencast.com/users/TownSchoolStudents
 * screenjelly web-based screencasting - www.screenjelly.com
 * Not in this session but just wanted to recommend Fraps
 * Merlin Mann 43 Folders - [|Screenflow] $99 - worth it?
 * Sound Flower to capture system sounds.
 * Drawing Words and Writing Pictures []
 * Lynda Barry __What It Is__ []
 * Diamond Bookshelf newsletter, a monthly best of comics lists
 * []
 * [|www.noflyingnotights.com]

Environmental/Green Issues
> [] > [] > []
 * Websites exploring and explain the dangers of thoughtless e-waste:
 * Use  as default browser. This is Google in black and white. Using fewer white/color pixels requires less energy. The website describes "1,545,450.973 Watt hours saved" through its use.
 * The "Story of Stuff" <[]> gives the story of consumerism and embedded waste from beginning to end.
 * <[]> and to turn off your computer if you are not using it within the next two hours <[]>.
 * but an interesting green technology is the Eco Font: []

Moodle and other Open Source
> Easier OpenSim with Diva Distribution Here is a concise how-to > Setting up a viewer for Mac > Ooh! Nice article just published, OpenSim Deployment gets Easier > [|Wordpress] (and Wordpress MU) - Blogging > [|Joomla] - Content Management > [|Drupal] - Content Management > [|Gallery2] - Photo Management > [|Zencart] - Online Store > [|Elgg] - Social Networking > [|Mahara] - ePortfolios > [|OpenSIS] - Student Information System > Web Hosts with One Click Installs > *Alfresco - open source content management repository (offered by Remote-Learner) - [] > *Wimba - [] > drupal site: groups.cgps.org > [|http://panthernet.brooklynfriends.org] > [|http://www.popsci.com] > [|http://theonion.com] > [|http://www.whitehouse.gov] > [] = =
 * OpenSimulator.org: Main page for users, developers, and help with OpenSim
 * Great book for thinking about school design: The Language of School Design: Design Patterns for 21st Century Schools
 * Anixter Anixter has a "lab" where they will help work out design of workspaces and interop.
 * Copper 10 (cat7) is new spec to support 10Gbit over copper.
 * [|Moodle] - Courseware
 * Don't want to install them yourselves?
 * [|Dreamhost]
 * [|Siteground](using Fantastico)
 * [|Bluehost]
 * SchoolForge - []
 * EduForge - []
 * "When Free Isn’t Free: The realities of running open source in school//"// - []
 * "How the Open Source Movement Has Changed Education: 10 Success Stories" - []
 * Find Open Source Alternative Software - []
 * NYCIST April 2009 Meeting Notes - http://nycist.wikisp[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="22" height="22" caption="Bold" link="nycist:April 2009 Meeting Notes"]]aces.com/April+2009+Meeting+Notes
 * “EDUPUNK: Open Source Education” - [] and []
 * *Mahara - e-portfolio - []
 * *Mahara - e-portfolio - []
 * A great resource to assist with embracing these new technologies in school: [|Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom]
 * old site: www.cgps.org