Yahoo! For Teachers + Twitter

It appears that Earl, the Yahoo! For Teachers spokesowl, has discovered the joys of Twitter. And even though he would much rather "hoo" than "tweet"-- he still thinks Twitter is pretty slick.

He's agreed use Twitter as a way to keep everyone up-to-date with breaking community news, links to useful resources along a few random bits of information.

You can follow Earl by clicking here:

http://twitter.com/yahooteachers

Related Resources

• Twitter
• A Guide to Twitter in the Library
• Yahoo! For Teachers + Flickr

Yahoo! & the 21st Century Classroom

Related Resources

• Yahoo! for Teachers + Slideshare
• Slideshare Group > Yahoo! for Teachers
• Yahoo! for Teachers

Blog Buzz: Yahoo! For Teachers

I thought I'd share a couple great blog posts by some folks who got a sneak peak at Yahoo! For Teachers at the Adaptive Path UX Week conference in Washington D.C. a week or so ago.

• WebProNews > Yahoo! For Teachers Shaping up Nicely
• Hacking Education with Yahoo! For Teachers

We appreciate the positive feedback and credit the contributions of the teachers who partnered with us last summer to develop Yahoo! Teachers, as well as the many educators who had the opportunity to use Yahoo! For Teachers at our national summer workshops.

You can learn more about Yahoo! For Teachers, sign-up for an invite, and join your colleagues on the Peer Network map over on our website.

Official Yahoo! For Teachers Groups

• Y! Groups > Yahoo! Teachers
• Y! Groups > Yahoo! Teachers + Educational Wikis
• del.icio.us + Yahoo! Teachers
• Flickr + Yahoo! Teachers

Back to School 2007: Get Your Wiki On!

You already know that PBwiki is the easiest and best wiki platform out there. But did you know that Atomic Learning has FREE tutorials on PBwiki?

These tutorials will help you learn step-by-step how to create a PBwiki. Hurry, the tutorials are only available for a short time!

Speaking of wiki's, Yahoo! For Teachers has a new group for educators where they can go to get advice, share experiences and best practices from other teachers who are using wiki's in their classroom.

Whether your a wiki veteran, or just getting started, come share what you know about using wiki's in an educational setting.

Related Resources

• PBWiki
  
• Atomic Learning
  
• PBWiki +Atomic Learning
  
• Video: PBWiki+Yackpack
  
• debaird.net + wiki
  
• Yahoo! For Teachers + WikiEDU

AT&T Education: Four Stars for Jumpcut!

Jumpcut, the free suite of video editing and remixing tools, was recently featured as the AT&T Education "Hot Site of the Week"!

Many thanks to our friends at AT&T Education for featuring Jumpcut. Come join the Jumpcut + Yahoo! For Teachers group and share your video project and clips with other educators.

Jumpcut is Yahoo! too, so if you already have a Yahoo! ID, you're all set to go!

Related Resources

• Jumpcut
• AT&T Education
• Yahoo! For Teachers
• Jumpcut Blog

Ed Tech & Lifelong Learning

Mr. Circe, one of the teachers who participated in the Yahoo! For Teachers workshop in NYC, has recently started a professional development/lifelong learning blog called ed/el/tech.

In this lifelong learning & professional development blog, Mr. C keeps tabs on the latest and greatest web tools and provides some terrific insight into how you can integrate social media into your curriculum.

Be sure to save ed/ed/tech in your favorite RSS reader or bookmark it in del.icio.us--this is good stuff! Thanks Mr. C!

alpha (beta): customized search

Psssst. Hey. Want to try something cool? Check out Alpha. It's pretty slick.

It's powered by Yahoo! Search, so you can log in using your Yahoo! ID and create customized information source modules. This is a really handy way to search multiple sites with a single query from information sources you already know and trust in a single place.

When you use Alpha to search for, say, Yahoo! Teachers, you get your regular search results along with video from Jumpcut, pictures from Flickr, or Yahoo! Answers related to that query.

Best of all, you have the flexiblity to add or remove information sources until you get the mix just right.

Give it a try! And check out the alpha (beta) blog too for tips and tricks.

It's About Relationships: Yahoo! Teachers Groups

Yahoo! Teachers has set up a Yahoo! Group where you can connect with your colleagues, learn more about Yahoo! Teachers, and discover how other educators are using technology in the classroom.

They’ve even started a Yahoo! Teachers group on Flickr where you can meet other teachers who are using Flickr in their classroom. Yahoo! Teachers will also be posting photographs from all our events this summer on Flickr.

So please join the Yahoo! Teachers groups so you can contribute to the building of this new community for teachers.

• Yahoo Groups + Yahoo! Teachers:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yteachers_community/

• Flickr + Yahoo! Teachers:

http://flickr.com/groups/yahoo-teachers/

Related Resources

• Yahoo! Teachers
• Upcoming > Yahoo! Teachers Events
• 2007 Yahoo! Teachers Workshops

Yahoo! Teachers Workshops 2007

Today Yahoo! Teachers announced the dates and locations for their 2007 Yahoo! Teachers workshops! You can learn more about the workshops and get an application by clicking here.

Come join your colleagues and learn how to use Yahoo! Teachers and the Gobbler in your classroom. This is an excellent opportunity to learn how to use social media tools to support student learning as well as connect and meet other passionate educators like you!




We had a great time at our 2006 Yahoo! Teachers workshop and expect this year to be even better! So this summer, come spend a day with Yahoo! Teachers.

Related Resources

• 2007 Yahoo! Teachers Workshops
• Upcoming: Yahoo! Teachers Events
• Flickr: Yahoo! Teachers, Summer 2006
• Flickr, Yahoo! Teachers, Fall 2006

Are You a Totally Wired Teacher?

This July at the 2007 Y Pulse Mashup in San Francisco, Yahoo! Teachers and the George Lucas Educational Foundation will honor a teacher who has "successfully pioneered the innovative and educational use of social media (blogs, wikis, social networking, photo/video sharing or audio groups) in the classroom.

The award-winner likely had to overcome challenges from parents and administrators in order to use the technology, but because they understand how students use social media outside of school, they persevered with their initiative and worked collaboratively with students, ultimately sharing their insight and knowledge with the larger teaching community." (via)

If you, or a teacher you know is Totally Wired, you can nominate them by sending and email along with why you feel they are deserving to : jdaly@edutopia.org.

Related Resources

• Edutopia
• Yahoo! Teachers
• Ypulse > Media for Gen Y
• 2007 Ypulse Mash-Up
• Upcoming + YPulse Mash-Up
• Gen Y & Digital Learning Styles

Yahoo! Teachers Documentary: By Teachers, for Teachers

Excerpt from a documentary made during the Yahoo! Teachers, Summer Session 2006 camp held on the Yahoo! campus. Check out http://teachers.yahoo.com to see what educators and Yahoo! created together!

Be sure to check the Yahoo! Teachers site for information about upcoming workshops in a city near you!

Yahoo! Teachers Open House @ Tapped In

On Wednesday May 16th there will be a 1 hour Yahoo! Teachers open house in our Tapped In Group Office (Yahoo!Teachers_Grp) at 4pm & 6:30pm Pacific Time.

Tapped In (TI) is free, but if you don't have a TI login and password you'll need to get registered in order to attend the open house. My TI handle is DerekB, so look for me!


Learn How Yahoo! Worked With Educators to Create Yahoo! For Teachers.

I'll be answering questions about Yahoo! Teachers and other Yahoo! tools you can use in your classroom. It's also a great opportunity for you to get ideas, support and connect with other teachers. It's going to be pretty casual, so drop by and say hello!

If you haven't already, check out Yahoo! For Teachers, an exciting new community built by teachers, for teachers.

You can watch the Sneak Peek video and see how Sue Wright, one of the teachers we've been working with to help develop this new service, has been using Yahoo! For Teachers and the Gobbler in her classroom.

Yahoo! Teachers Impresses Singapore PM

On Monday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spent some time here on the Yahoo! campus to learn more about our innovation process and to take a look at some of the newest products being developed here at Yahoo!

In addition to the new Yahoo! oneSearch mobile service, the prime minister also got a sneak peak at Yahoo! Teachers. Karon Weber, our principal designer, showed him how teachers can use the Gobbler and Yahoo! Teachers to create, collaborate and connect with each other.

The entire Yahoo! Teachers team is honored to have the opportunity to share Yahoo! Teachers with Prime Minister Lee and look forward to sharing this new service with the rest of the teaching community this summer.

If you haven't seen our Yahoo! Teachers preview site, go check it out. Be sure to sign up for an invite and get connected on our Peer Network Map.

Look Ma! No Downloads: Yahoo! Messenger for the Web

Last November at our second Yahoo! Teachers Workshop, we had the Yahoo! Messenger team pop over and share some tips, tricks and features of Yahoo! Messenger with our cadre of teachers.

Needless to say, our group of teachers were pretty impressed and quickly saw how Yahoo! Messenger can be used to collaborate with parents, students, and each other.

In fact, they were so happy to learn that Yahoo! Messenger had been mashed into Yahoo! Teachers, they could barley contain their urge to yodel.


Watch this short video to learn more about Yahoo! Messenger for Web

One of the really cool features of the soon-to-be-launched Yahoo! Teachers tool is that we've integrated Yahoo! Messenger to make it even easier for you to collaborate with members of the Yahoo! Teachers community.

Using Yahoo! Messenger, teachers will have real-time access to colleagues and their curriculum so they can ask questions and discuss ideas via Yahoo! Messenger right from Yahoo! Teachers . Think of it as a virtual teachers lounge!

Last week our friends over on the Yahoo! Messenger team released a new web-based version of Yahoo! Messenger that requires no downloads! Yes, you heard that correctly--no downloads. Here's the skinny from the Yahoo! Messenger blog:

"Ever wish you could use Yahoo! Messenger without having to download or install anything? Well, today is your lucky day: please give a big Yahoo! welcome to the all-new Yahoo! Messenger for the Web .

Now you can sign in from any web browser (PC or Mac!) and immediately start IM’ing with friends. This is great for when you’re on someone else’s computer or traveling and need to stop in an internet café.

Plus, time at work just got a lot more fun. If you or a friend is prevented from IM’ing at the office due to firewalls or other IT restrictions, you’ll love this new version. Because Yahoo! Messenger for the Web runs in a regular web browser window, it sidesteps these obstacles and lets you connect easily with your friends."

Pretty cool eh? So why not give Yahoo! Messenger for the Web a whirl? And if you haven't signed up for a Yahoo! Teachers invite, do that too!

Yahoo! Safely: Net Safety Resources for Teachers & Parents

How does Yahoo! help keep kids safe online? Find out on the recently launched Yahoo! Safely site! As the most trafficked internet destination in the world, Yahoo! is committed to ensuring that the 30 million children on the internet in the US are exploring it safely.

The new Yahoo! Safely site collects resources, knowledge and expertise from across the Web for children, parents, and educators to raise awareness about the importance of safety, ethics and piracy.

Check out some of the interactive features on Yahoo! Safely that help kids form safe and smart Internet habits early in life:

• Games and Activities – Play cyber-safety games online
• Clips and Videos – Watch educational videos that help kids become good cyber-citizens
• Weekly Poll – Vote on opinions about safe practices
• Avatar ID Card – Submit Avatars to be featured in the gallery
• Online Safety Forum for Parents – Join in the discussion about online child safety
• Tech Advisor Articles – Get expert advice from Yahoo! Tech bloggers

Related Resources

• Media Awareness Network (MNet)
• Be Web Aware (en)(fr)
• eSchool News: "Programs Aim to Stop "cyberbullying"
• New York Times: Cyberbullies
• GetNetWise.org
• BBC > Safe Surfing

Yahoo! Teachers: Your Passion, Our Technology

Yahoo! Teachers was launched today at the 2007 National Science Teacher Association conference in St. Louis. Check it out!

Don't forget to put yourself on the Yahoo! Teacher Network map and join teachers from around the country (and the world) in this new community!

Come join Yahoo! Teachers.....we're just getting started!

Yahoo! Teachers of Merit 2006

What an amazing experience we had at the Yahoo! Teachers of Merit Program! Thanks to Mark for putting this video together!