There’s a fair amount of research, which I describe in some of my books, which shows that leaving lots of teacher comments on student papers is pretty much a waste of time — many, if not most,  students don’t pay … Continue reading →

A month or two ago, Wallwisher, the popular virtual “corkboard” or “bulletin board” Web tool changed their name — they’re now known as Padlet (though all their old links using the Wallwisher name work fine). Now, Corkboard.Me, a similar tool, … Continue reading →

Web 2.0 Tools in Education Series Mindmapping and Brainstorming Tools: A Quick Guide A mind map is a visual representation in which a person or group is able to share, store, and reference their thinking.  In education, we typically begin teaching mind-mapping at a very young age.  My daughter Riley, who is in 3rd grade, made a ...

MashMe TV lets you create a free video conference with up to ten people. In addition, you can all watch a video and/or draw together. I’m adding it to The Best Online Tools For Real-Time Collaboration.

buncee lets you easily create simple multimedia creations — almost like an extended virtual postcard. You can grab media off the web and add text. Here’s a video about it: I’m adding it to The Best Places Where Students Can … Continue reading →

Glide is an iPhone app that lets you easily share video messages and is rapidly gaining popularity. You can read more about it in The New York Times. I’m adding it to both The Best Applications For Sending Online Video … Continue reading →

Presenter is a new free online tool for creating online presentations, animations and — at least in my mind — most importantly, infographics. Most of the options on Presenter all look impressive but, for my technologically incompetent tastes, are just … Continue reading →

Imgembed is a “crowdsourced” collection of what’s now up to one million images that are free to use as long as you credit the photographer (it automatically appears with the embed code). You can also pay if you don’t want … Continue reading →

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 →

I’ve previously posted about Tildee, which lets you very, very easily create online tutorials without having to register. My only disappointment with it had been that you could only insert images from your computer and not grab images for the … Continue reading →