Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Videos | Posted on January 14, 2013
Popcorn Maker Video Editing Site
Popcorn Maker makes it easy to enhance, remix and share web video. Use your web browser to combine video and audio with content from the rest of the web — from text, links and maps to pictures and live feeds.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in BYOD | Posted on January 14, 2013
E for Explore is a new web site with dozens of student learning activities relevant to Common Core.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Writing | Posted on January 8, 2013
Tumblr Writing Prompts connects story starters with photos and graphics from the Tumblr web site.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Common Core, Math Resources | Posted on January 7, 2013
Graphing Stories is a site by the Buzz Math group. Print the graph handout, play the short video, and have students graph what they see.
Unused Words allows you to learn a new word every day. You can even sign up to receive a word each day by email.
Simple Booklet is all you need is your web browser and a few short minutes to create a multipage class project, newsletter, slider or flip booklet with its own custom web page.
Post your simplebooklet to your class blog and school website, share it on a social network, send it in email, and view it on a special gallery page made with a teacher’s account.
Breathe New Life into PowerPoint Presentations Following are a number of ideas and free resources that can help you add fun and pizzazz to your PowerPoint slide presentations by incorporating engaging visual and audio elements.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Thinglink | Posted on January 7, 2013
Bag of Thinglink Resources has 53+ ways to use Thinglink in the classroom.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Tech Gadgets | Posted on January 7, 2013
Setting Up Raspberry PI The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a keyboard. It’s a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It also plays high-definition video. This is a useful guide on how to implement this technology into your classroom.
Chemistry of Snowflakes Video is part of the Bytesize Science series from Chemistry for Life web site.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Videos | Posted on January 7, 2013
MIT Videos —
More than 150 channels
Looking to just browse? We have hundreds of channels — from OpenCourseWare’s academic content, to features from MIT News to how-to videos and more. Check it out.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Foreign Language | Posted on January 7, 2013
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Internet Safety, Videos | Posted on January 7, 2013
Planet Nutshell has a wide collection of videos that can be used for education including a great series on Internet Safety (under the UTAH sites).
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in BYOD, Technology Planning | Posted on January 7, 2013
Here are two thorough and well thought out guides for districts planning a bring your own device policy.
K-12 Blueprint for BYOD
Making BYOD Work in Schools – Three School Districts That Have Figured it Out
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Twitter | Posted on January 7, 2013
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Technology Trends | Posted on January 7, 2013
Top Tech Trends for 2013 from BBC includes such ideas as addiction clinics for digital addicts.
44 Smart Ways to Use Smart Phones in Class We all know our students have a smart phone in their pocket. This article gives some great ideas for harnessing the power of this technology in your classroom.
Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Math Resources | Posted on January 7, 2013
Xtra Math.Org is a free site where teachers can register, set up a class, and have students practice math facts.