Ecology Podcast

The Blog I picked is about Ecology. In this podcasts students learn more about ecosystems, biomes and the effects that humans have on the environment. My 4th grade students are currently studying ecosystems and I believe this podcast would enhance their knowledge of the subject.

ePals

The ePals sight offers much to teachers and students. This website is a way for teachers and students to collaborate all over the world. I believe some of the most useful features include locating classroom penpals, virtual field trips, teacher and student work, and ePals book club.

In my classroom I could use several of these features. I would like to set up penpals for my classroom to practice their writing, so I think it might be nice to pick a different area in the world and locate penpals that are looking to achieve a similar goal as me. Also, I will use the virtual fieldtrips in my classroom to give my students a better view of different parts of the world.

Bubblr

All About Seeds

I looked into the website Bubblr. I tried out this site because I recently had my students create comic strips about what they learned about seeds. I created my own comic strip about seeds. This is something I could use as an example and either have the students create their own hand drawn comic strips or even use bubblr to create a comic strip.

Flickr: Creative Commons

Skiing on the Brain

I have just recently learned that there are six types of Creative Commons on Flickr that basically tell a member how they are allowed to use and share another members pictures that they make available to the public.

A brief overview of Licenses

Attribution License:

Others may use your copyrighted picture but must give you credit

Attribution-NoDervis License:

Others may use your copyrighted picture but only if they use the original (not change it in any way) and give the photographer credit

Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDervis License:

Others may use your copyrighted picture but only if they use the original (not change it in any way) and give the photographer credit for noncommercial purposes only

Attribution-Noncommercial License:

Others may use your copyrighted picture but must give you credit, only for noncommercial purposes

Attribution-Noncommercial-Sharealike License:

You allow others to use your work (and derived images) for noncommercial purposes but only under a license identical to the original license

Attribution-Sharealike License:

You allow others to use your work (and derived images) but only under a license identical to the original license