C4T #2

     Diane Krause is a technology staff development specialist. Her blog is full of different websites and sources for fellow technology savvy teachers that consist of helpful information about a variety of subjects. She calls them her "digital discoveries". Her blog has awesome graphics, a cool set up, and is very organized. The first blog that I commented on was about a website called Zinio. Zinio is a resourceful site for mobile reading. It has a ton of electronic versions of magazines and is called "the world's largest newsstand". There are all sorts of different magazines on the site that ranges from art to sports to entertainment and much more. The cool thing about Zinio is that unlike a regular paperback magazine, it has videos available throughout the site for that you can watch along with reading different articles.





     The second blog I commented on was about a link called NETS. This site is focused on helping students learn about the national standards on a level that they can understand. It's actually a Prezi which is a type of presentation that we actually cover in EDM 310. The Prezi has tons of attention grabbers for kids and it also has a short YouTube video that states the question, "digital citizen, who will you be?" Kids can learn all about the six national education technology standards from this website and virtual slideshow, which are: creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration, research and information fluency, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making, digital citizenship, and technology operations and concepts. Sites like these not only help students learn and grow, but it also gives them a preview of what they will soon be creating themselves.