Search results matching tags 'teacher resources' and 'web 2.0'

“Sketchlot” Lets Students….Sketch

Anonymous — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:21:10 GMT

Sketchlot lets students…sketch and draw online. Teachers sign-up and can create a class roster letting students log-in, and drawings are embeddable. You can read more about it at Richard Byrne’s blog. I’m adding it to two lists: The Best Sites … Continue reading →

“Skype Announces Free Group Video Calling for Teachers”

Anonymous — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 01:16:23 GMT

Skype Announces Free Group Video Calling for Teachers is an article in the School Library Journal describing a new program Skype has for teachers (thanks to Justin Baeder for the tip). I’m adding the info to The Best Online Tools … Continue reading →

“Pinwords” Looks Good For Creating Visually Attractive Quotations

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:14:28 GMT

Thanks again to Donna Baumbach for another great tool to create visually attractive quotations. Pinwords is especially nice because it’s web-based and lets you grab images off the web to use. Here’s an example: I’m adding it to The Best … Continue reading →

The Best Tools For Creating Visually Attractive Quotations For Online Sharing

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:41:59 GMT

I periodically find quotations that I think are particularly important and that I’d like to share. Sharing them as plain text is functional, but displaying them in a visually attractive way increases the chances of people taking the time to … Continue reading →

The Best Resources For Learning To Use The Video App “Twine”

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:17:13 GMT

Twitter’s new video app Twine is only supposed to be used by people over the age of seventeen, so it’s not usable in K-12 classes. However, it is usable by educators communicating with other educators on social networks and, of … Continue reading →

Now, This Is Creative: A Choose Your Own Fiscal Cliff Adventure

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:52:34 GMT

Regular readers know that I’m a big fan of students reading and creating online “choose your own adventure” stories. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories is a very popular list. The Washington Post has … Continue reading →

“Compendium” Is A New Cool New York Times Tool

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:57:10 GMT

Compendium is a new cool tool from The New York Times that lets you: Create collections of articles, quotes, images, and videos from The New York Times. Annotate the items you’ve collected to tell a story. Share your collections with … Continue reading →

My Best “Pins” On Pinterest In 2012

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:14:34 GMT

I have a couple of fairly active “Boards” on Pinterest, and thought readers might find it useful to seem my choices for the best resources I’ve “pinned” there this year that I might not have already shared on this blog: … Continue reading →

“textivate” Has Potential, But…..

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:26:27 GMT

You can copy and paste any text up to 500 words into textivate and get, in return, multiple different exercises using that text, ranging from “scrambled sentences” to “Fill-in-the-blanks.” In fact, you can automatically try twenty-seven different variations. You can … Continue reading →

The Best Places Where Students Can Post Book Reviews For Authentic Audiences

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:32:55 GMT

Authentic audiences are always motivating for students, and I thought having an expanded list of places where students could post book reviews people other than classmates or a teacher would see them would be useful. I’ve had a few in … Continue reading →