Live Blogging at the Innovative Learning Conference

Follow me on Twitter @ilc2008 for notes, power points, and TONS of resources! I'm here Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday... so interesting!

Teacher Comedy!

Ok, I love comics and jokes and laughing, so here we go - a funny trinket, courtesy of Toothpaste For Dinner...

YouTube in the classroom!

Wow, why did I not include this earlier! This trinket comes from one of my favorite websites ever, Lifehacker.com - a forum for, well everything. They published a post on the Top 10 YouTube Hacks which is a teacher's dream!

My biggest problem is showing YouTube videos in class, because my district blocks YouTube. One way is to use TeacherTube.com but they may not always have the video you need. Solution? I use Miro (get it at www.miro.com), which fetches the videos and downloads them (beginner) so it's a file instead of a webpage, but you can also subscribe to channels (advanced) and it will automatically download new videocasts for you! For instance, I subscribed to the Amazing Human Body channel, and anytime I needed to fill 3 minutes in class, I had a video ready to go on superhuman strength, bones, or muscles.

In conclusion, there are some GREAT Math, Science, and of course English and History videos, so use them in your class, even if you have a firewall :) Please please PLEASE use the comment section to link to your favorite videos, or talk about other YouTube hacks!