Springnote - your online notebook based on wiki
an online, collaborative notebook that allows colleagues to work together; it has a companion iPhone app, too
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Websites I found interesting (weekly)
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Sunday, May 23, 2010
Websites I found interesting (weekly)
an open source program that gives users the freedom to create their own online classroom. With Claroline teachers can produce assessment activities, post and collect assignments, build a wiki, monitor student activities, and create chat rooms or discussion forums. Claroline is available as a free download for Mac, Windows, and Linux systems. Claroline is not a hosted service so you do need to have someone host your installation of Claroline.
Twiducate.com - Social Networking For Schools
Check out Twiducate: http://www.twiducate.com/ as a classroom alternative to twitter
GROU.PS :: connects obsessively! Create your own social network
.this site allows you to create your own social network; can be used as an alternative for Ning
an innovative project that emphasizes the use of technology to deliver the Tennessee science curriculum for grades K-8.” It’s produced by Connie Campbell, Director of Assessment and Curriculum Grades 6-12, Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee.
share embedded recordings. Twitter
One Day In - The World's History - Past, Present and Future
will geolocate "this day in history" facts for you. That is exactly what One Day In does.
One Day In places "this day in history" trivia facts on a Google Map in the place where each event happened. You can find facts through searching by date or by simply clicking placemarks on the map.
Applications for Education
I know some teachers like to include a little "trivia for the day" element in their classrooms. One Day In is one way to provide students with a little geographic context for those bits of trivia.
One thing to note about One Day In is that the content is crowd-sourced so use your best judgment in determining the validity of all information on the site.Welcome to Fotobabble - Talking Photos
It is a really fun tool where you can take an image and upload audio that goes with that image
Timetoast Timelines | Create timelines, share them on the web.
If you look at this example of the Gulf Coast oil spill timeline you will immediately begin to see the usefulness of this tool with your students. 2nd graders used it this year to make a timeline of their own life.
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Sunday, May 16, 2010
Websites I found interesting (weekly)
This game asks you to drag and drop number combinations until you have the correct sum in each column. You can also choose numbers, dice or coins as well. This game is also available as an iPhone/iTouch app.
Library Shelving Game
45 Websites For Students To Create Original Artwork Online
45 Websites For Students To Create Original Artwork Online"
CoSketch.com - Online Whiteboard Collaboration
...this online tool allows one or more users to create an online sketch in real-time; no registration is needed and the image can be embedded in a blog or Web site with the included code
Shape Collage - Free Automatic Photo Collage Maker
Shape Collage is a nifty free utility available for PCs, Macs, and Linux. There are limitations to the free version – most notably, you can’t save save & reopen projects (click here for the list of features available in the $25 Pro flavor) – but it’s super easy to use and the results are fantastic. Highly intuitive, the menus are simple to navigate, featuring clear options incorporated into a well laid-out workspace. It just feels natural, encouraging you to try different settings to see the result. This YouTube video does a terrific job explaining the program and its features. It’s absolutely worth the download to explore for yourself.
a game and curriculum designed to educate preteen students about the forms and methods of advertising. Admongo's primary feature is a game in which students earn points by collecting advertisements as they move through a fictional city. As they advance through the game, students will see short videos that explain the type of advertisements they see and how those advertisements attempt to get them to take an action. Watch the video below to learn more.
Applications for Education
Admongo provides a curriculum for teachers to use with 5th and 6th grade students. The curriculum is designed to complement the lessons students learn by playing the game. On the Admongo curriculum page teachers will find posters, handouts, quizzes and other printable materials to use in their classrooms.
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
Websites I found interesting (weekly)
Memoov - Animation Studio online
a free service for
creating animated videos. Without
downloading any software or
having any special skills, Memoov
allows users to create animated
videos up to five minutes in length.
Creating an animated video with
Memoov can be as simple as
selecting a setting image(s),
selecting a character or characters,
and adding dialogue.
Memoov offers users a wide variety
options that make it stand out
amongst similar services. Memoov
allows users to customize the
appearance of the characters in their
animated videos. On the dialogue
front, Memoov gives users the
option to record their own voices for
use in their videos. Users can also
upload pre-recorded dialogue in
MP3 format. Memoov users have
the option to add background music
to their animated videos.a neat site for
introducing elementary school
students to making simple animated
video stories. On the Zimmer Twins
site students can create a story from
scratch or complete one of the "cliff
hanger" story starters.
Students do not need to have any
drawing skills in order to create a
story as all elements are added to
the video through a simple drag
and drop interface. Students select
settings, characters, character
actions, emotions, and text styles
then drag those elements into the
storyboard. Students then arrange
those elements and type words into
the conversation bubbles where
appropriate.ipadio - Talk to your World. Phonecast live to the web from any phone, anywhere
favorite web-based tool to recommend to teachers for podcasting. After using it briefly last night, I completely understand why. iPadio accounts are free, and you can use ANY phone to call into the service and record a message which is immediately converted into a web-based podcast. This recording TRULY is a "podcast," because it's placed inside a web feed / RSS feed that makes it "subscribable." The feature I like the best is it is also easily linkable AND embeddable.
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Sunday, May 2, 2010
Websites I found interesting (weekly)
TitanPad is essentially a clone of the original EtherPad. With TitanPad anyone can instantly create a collaborative document. You do not have to create an account to use TitanPad, in fact creating an account isn't even an option. To get started just click "create public pad," enter your name, and start typing. To invite people to collaborate, just share the url assigned to your TitanPad. Every collaborator on TitanPad is given a unique color to highlight the text they've added. Try it now on this document that I started.
Applications for Education
TitanPad could be used as a platform for quickly hosting and recording an online brainstorming session with your students. As accounts aren't necessary you won't lose any classroom time to getting students through a registration process.Check for Plagiarism On the Web For Free - PlagiarismChecker.com
Plagiarism checker-free
Wiffiti (http://wiffiti.com) allows students to submit a text message to an online bulletin board. Messages can also be submitted to Poll Everywhere, but the Wiffiti board is large and animated and students love the fake names it assigns to their posts. ..
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