Free Summarizer.Com could either be a great tool to teach summarizing or a student’s easy way to grab text and have it put into “their” own words. I practiced with a couple long passages, and it does a suprisingly good job.
File Lab is a free online converter for your video and audio. It helps you solve the problems that often arise when putting together a multimedia presentation.
GOQRME is yet another easy site to use for generating QR codes. Type in your data, upload your graphics, and transform!
Great site for finding, creating, or uploading infographics on any topic imagineable. I can see math teachers using these infographics to compare data and as a great starting point to lead to larger mathematical questions.
http://jc-schools.net/techupdate/
The good folks at Jefferson County Schools have released
their November Tech Update loaded with lesson ideas. Enjoy.
Turn Your Power Point Presentations into Videos is on the Power Point blog. You can either watch the video tutorial or click to see the written directions. This is a fun way to jazz up those old content presentations to use on your IWB.
Twitter for Professional Development – Ultra Beginner Edition is a great post on Mark Brumley’s Blog. This truly is where you want to start reading if you have never used Twitter but are interested in it’s power to connect you with other educators.
50 Best Blogs for STEM Educators is simply a list of blogs related to teaching science, technology, engineering, and math.
Ten Common Lessons the Arts and STEM Teach is a great article on the YES Generation blog correlating the positive impact of the arts in conjunction with science and math instruction.
10 Awesome Free Tools for Creating Infographics
We have all seen the infographics on the Internet on topics ranging from education to politics. Now you and your students can create your own. What a great way for students to effectively share information.
Teachers Guide to Twitter has helpful hints from getting started to not giving up from frustration. There is also a list of web links to help you as you become a master “tweeter.”
