13 Ways to Move Big Files on the Web
How many times have you had a large photo file, video, or presentation and you are not able to email or transfer it due to size. Here are several options to help you transfer these large files.
Read Around the Planet is a celebration of NEA’s Read Across America. Classrooms use interactive video to connect with other classrooms and celebrate reading. The activity is sponsored by TWICE and Polycom.
This activity is open to all K-12 students (ages 6-18) in public and private schools who have access to two-way interactive video equipment (IP H.323 or ISDN H.320). Your class will be matched with a class from a different location and each class will exchange reading activities. World language classes will receive a match with the same language, but may not be the same grade level.
January 7, 2011: Equipment Verification Deadline
Dec. 1 – Jan. 13, 2011: Teacher Registration
January 14-21, 2011: Leftover Registration & Matching Classes
By Jan. 28, 2011: Partner Class Details Emailed and Online
Feb 23–Mar 11, 2011: Connections Occur
Register online at
Instructions for registration at
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20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web
How do our browsers and the web actually work? How has the World Wide Web evolved into what we know and love today? And what do we need to know to navigate the web safely and efficiently?
“20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web” is a short guide for anyone who’s curious about the basics of browsers and the web.
Mary Fran\’s Google Sites Tutorial is an excellent resource for free Google applications.
Using Prezi as a Presentation Tool has links to several sites and tutorials on creating presentations with this free online tool.
Tech and Learning Article – Dept. of Ed. Launches Technology Plan The plan, titled “Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology,” presents a model with key goals in five areas: learning, assessment, teaching, infrastructure and productivity. Each core section outlines concepts for using technology to holistically transform education, with the aim to achieve each goal by 2015.
Disney Planet Challenge Grades 3-5
Disney’s Planet Challenge (DPC) Elementary School program is a FREE project-based environmentally-focused national competition for 3rd-5th grade students. Designed in conjunction with NSTA and WestEd/K-12 Alliance, DPC is a unique chance for teachers to blend standards-based content, critical thinking skills, and environmental principals in a class project that moves students from awareness to action for a positive impact on their community.
DVDVideosoft.Com free Studio has all your video/audio needs packaged into one easy-to-use piece of free software. Click on the link for an instructional video on You Tube. How to Download You Tube Videos
Powerfull List of 28 Online Image and Photo Editing Tools is the best comprehensive list I’ve seen for putting together all the best photo sites out there.
Jog the Web JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites. Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web sites allowing the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page is unique.
Example of a great Jog the Web Resource:
Miro Video Converter.Com provides a free, easy way to convert videos to various formats.
Freecorder 4 is a free software download that allows you to take You Tube videos and save on your computer for classroom use.
Guide to Download Videos Click on the link at the bottom for the video tutorial.
Learn It In 5 Videos for Teachers Learn it in 5 is a comprehensive how-to instructional video library for teachers using technology in the classroom. Learn classroom strategies for Web 2.0 teaching technology with powerful how-to videos on most Web 2.0 applications. Our video library is constantly growing, with new how-to videos added monthly. Our most recent Web 2.0 how-to videos are featured on the home page. Other Web 2.0 how-to videos can be located at our easy-to-use navigation tabs, on our archives page or by using our search tool.
Techie Brekkie Web Site is a great find for quick shots of professional development. Created by a technology teacher from Sydney Australia, there are 14 mini-lessons to help teachers integrate free technology applications in their classrooms.
Top 10 Sites for File Conversion is an article on the Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero blog. Includes documents as well as other media formats.
Creaza.Com Creaza is a site that offers a mind-mapping tool, cartoon creation, movie editor, and audio editor. FREE
Discovery Education Web 2010 is chock full of resources for presentations, videos, mobile devices, connecting with other educators, and teaching resources — all FREE. Just click the orange links to give it a spin.
11 Techy Things for Teachers to Try this Year from Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers blog is a great list of free tech tools to help you be more productive in your job and help your students have authentic ways to learn and publish.
Jennifer Wagner, creator of JenuineTech.com, has been succesfully encouraging teachers since 1999 to use online projects in their PreK-6 classrooms. Using various ideas, Jennifer will help you understand how online projects will help you make the most of your time in a variety of ways. Winning numerous awards for her creative ways in encouraging teachers to collaborate, her teaching style is very user friendly, creative, and personable.
Welcome to the site. Enjoy your visit!!
A fun, imaginative, and powerful learning experience which fosters independent creative self expression, positive learner-teacher relationships, and teamwork on collaborative class projects.
More examples using Glogster:
This Fun Fact Sheet on Educational Technology from Alice Mercer’s Reflections on Teaching blog is an excellent condensed version of all the major classroom tools. She succinctly gives the whate, where, why for each tool and then provides additional resources. Great “cheat sheet” for teachers or school administrators!
SimpleK12 Guide to Using Web Cams in the Classroom includes not only ideas but also a list to more than 100 web cams.
