Week 2 Current Event

Our technology resource for this week is Free Technology for Teachers, which you can find at http://www.freetech4teachers.com/.  This website is written by Richard Byrne who has won many achievements and awards with Edublogs and is a contributor to School Library Journal and Teacher Librarian Journal.  Byrne offers multiple resources for teachers and students over a range of subjects.  Richard Byrne has blogs which are informative for technology use in the classroom and has links to his favorite resources, google tutorials, and iPad Apps for School.
One blog that we thought was interesting was his blog on "47 alternatives to YouTube", which is important since most schools don't allow access to youtube.  His site also offers lesson plans for different content areas that integrates technology.  When he writes about a topic, he is very detailed and gives a brief description that is easy to read for parents and teachers.
He also has some information on creating blog and websites, which has videos for anyone to follow.  This is very informative so that a teacher can integrate this into his/her lesson for the students, making it more engaging for the students involved.