Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Presentation Tools | Posted on October 31, 2012
Presentation Tube was designed to help teachers and students produce and share video presentations online.
The network has two components – a desktop presentation recorder and a video sharing network. The recorder, which can be downloaded from the website for free, uses a simple and straightforward technique to capture presentations from the comfort of home or office and without the need to have an Internet connection or third party software while recording. It synchronizes a variety of visual aids, including presenter’s audio and video, PowerPoint slides, drawings, handwritten words, and web content. The network allows presenters to publish their videos and involve the audience via scrollable slide thumbnails, comments, and quizzes.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Games | Posted on October 31, 2012
EdGames site
Are you interested in using games in your classroom but just can’t find ones that match your curriculum? Have you tried to create video or board games for your classroom only to be overwhelmed by the amount of time and effort required just to produce them? If you answered yes to these questions, this web site is for you. This site contains downloadable games, game templates, and utilities that teachers and trainers can use to enhance any lesson.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Digital Storytelling, Videos | Posted on October 31, 2012
Seven Fun (and Cheap) Class Projects to Try with Video is from Mindshift and includes ideas for iPad, free online video creators, and even how to turn your old camcorder into a video web cam.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Internet Safety | Posted on October 31, 2012
How to Teach Internet Safety in K-6 has dozens of videos and lessons by grade levels teachers can use to teach internet safety. Thanks to Jaqui Murray for this great resource.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Promethean Resources | Posted on October 31, 2012
Promethean Active Inspire Training Flip Charts is a great post on “Tim’s Thoughts” blog. For those new to Promethean, these flip charts might help get you started on effective classroom utilization of your IWB.
Promethean Planet also has Activ Tips videos you can watch to help with everthing from from creating containers to working with Magic Ink. Check it out at Activ Tips.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Early Learning, iPad | Posted on October 31, 2012
Initial iPad Set-Up is a wiki designed to help primary teachers get started using iPads in the classroom. Lots of tips, hints, and app reviews.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core | Posted on October 31, 2012
Common Core State Standards and Library of Congress Teacher Resources The Library’s teacher resources are a great fit for teachers trying to meet key CCSS goals, including critical thinking, analyzing informational texts, and working with primary sources. They’re all free, and finding them is as easy as going to www.loc.gov/teachers.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Pinterest | Posted on October 31, 2012
Edudemic has posted this great list of 20 Pinterest Boards for Educational Technology. There were a few new finds for me on these pages and I bet you will too!
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Internet Safety | Posted on October 31, 2012
This is a very comprehensive list of resources on the “Tech for Teachers” site for classroom teachers to use in helping kids understand digital citizenship.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Internet Safety, Livebinders | Posted on October 25, 2012
Your Passbook to Online Safety is a Livebinder created by M. Lyles that gives school technology teachers, guidance counselors, and media specialists a list of resources for helping students stay safe online.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Twitter | Posted on October 25, 2012
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Videos | Posted on October 17, 2012
We Video WeVideo is redefining video editing by leveraging the strength of the cloud. We’re making video storytelling and unique social editing accessible to all.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Notetaking | Posted on October 17, 2012
6 Great Notetaking Tools for Students and Teachers One of the best things about education technology is that it has allowed students and teachers alike to turn to online annotation and records, making hastily scrawled, illegible scribbles and coffee-stained pages a thing of the past. From university students keeping track of lectures to young students making plans and mind maps, there is an online note-taking tool to suit everyone…
STEM Flix
STEM Flix™ is a new, interactive video series provided for your viewing pleasure by the Northrop Grumman Foundation and Science Bob. And they are all about having fun with STEM – that is, SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING and MATHEMATICS.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Videos | Posted on October 17, 2012
What Exactly is Blended Learning is an Edudemic article and video describing this educational movement.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Technology Planning | Posted on October 16, 2012
How to Smile
SMILE is an online collection of math and science activities available to anyone, free of charge. We are also a community of educators who contribute, use, and comment on activities at howtosmile.org.
SMILE stands for Science and Math Informal Learning Educators; we are a pathway (an audience-specific branch) of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL.org).
SMILE’s learning activities, tools, and services are available to all but are designed especially for those who teach school-aged children in non-classroom settings (like museums, zoos, aquaria, and afterschool or outdoor education programs). SMILE is dedicated to bringing the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities developed by informal science organizations around the country to the wider informal educator community, while encouraging that community to both use and contribute to SMILE’s growing collection.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Web 2.0 | Posted on October 4, 2012
Check out this presentation by Richard Byrne of best Web 2.0 tools of 2012. You will also want to visit his Free Technology for Teachers blog.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Lesson Planning, Web 2.0 | Posted on October 4, 2012
7 Ways to Transform your classroom
This PowerPoint presentation has great ideas for the natural use of technology and includes links to sites that correspond with the thinking skill.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Technology Planning | Posted on October 4, 2012
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Web Design | Posted on October 3, 2012
Tackk is a new site where you can EASILY create your own web page to share with others. You do not have to create an account and it is very intuitive to use.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Social Studies Resources | Posted on October 3, 2012
History Pin
Historypin is a way for people to come together, from across different generations, cultures and places, to share small glimpses of the past and to build up the huge story of human history. Students can “pin” information and photos on events to where they occurred in the world.
Mapping Media to the Curriculum is a site where teachers and students can click on the topic under “What do I want to Create Today” and come up with a variety of Web 2.0 tools to help them accomplish the task.