Portals+for+Learning

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 * Intro:** (1min) [Durff talks] Welcome to It's Elementary Show #9 //**Portals for Learning**// Today is Monday, October 22, 2007. We are streaming live on the EdTechTalk Channel of the Worldbridges network. This is Lisa Durff, a K12 teacher in Maryland, AND Jose Rodriguez, third grade teacher in Los Angeles CA, AND Alice Mercer, a Elementary computer lab teacher in Sacramento, CA, AND Maria Knee a Kindergarten teacher from Deerfield, NH.

1. Definitions/Setting the stage:
What are Portals for Learning? Lisa will ask and Alice leads discussion. Websites that aggregate information from multiple sources. Some are designed for teachers to use in Lesson Planning and presentation of content. Others are designed for students to use in research and practicing of skills.

2. Reasons to use technology in elementary

 * ===Facilitates the use of technology===
 * Information is up to date.
 * Students get to use real world tools for learning.

3. Examples from our Team.
thinkfinity PBS for Teachers Yahoo for Kids SIRs & EBSO (deep web databases) [|OEDb]

4. Opportunities and Challenges
What opportunities are there, what challenges do we face?

5. Review and wrap up
[Alice talks] Summary of what was discussed

Outtro by **Maria** [Outtro] This has been It's Elementary. Show # 9 for Monday October 22, 2007. Thank you for coming. Thanks Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier and all the edtechtalk community for your support. This has been Maria Knee, Jose Rodriguez, Alice Mercer, and Lisa Durff webcasting live on the edtechtalk channel of the worldbridges network discussing Portal for Learning. Our next show will be Monday November 12 as we discuss Copyright for Educators. You can check out episodes, leave comments, and find out what's going on at our blog: itselementary [dot] edublogs [dot] org. Thank you for being here. Good Night!

6. Roundtable with audience
Bring in the public