Phil Brady's Blog post
60+ Fake and spoof websitesI've updated the pages on my site that deal with science spoofs, commercial fake sites and social, political, historical, news, religious, travel and educational spoof and fake sites. I know from the feedback that I get that these sites are well used, so I have deleted the few that no longer work and I have added some more in. There are now a total of 61 sites split between the two pages. It's not a complete listing, and it's just my personal choice, but you might be interested in them.
They're primarily designed as a teaching aid, but some of them are very amusing indeed, if you have that sort of a mind!
This page is for sharing resources for teachers, tutors, and parents that are integrating iPads into education. Please share this if you find it helpful!
Martin Burrett 07 Aug 11 12:17:23An excellent beginner's guide to the Internet and computing from the BBC. Especially good for staff and parent training. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
Socrative makes a web, iPhone and Android app that functions as a clicker system. After a teacher sets up an account, he or she receives a classroom number to give students. They simply enter the number in their phones or on a laptop and are ready to answer multiple choice questions, write short answers and compete in team challenges.
"They don't have to create a user name and a password, it doesn't have to be approved by an administrator, it doesn't have to go through the school, we didn't have to spend 45 minutes setting it up. … I get an excel sheet that I know what to do with," she says.
"Tag and link images on your own web site! Watch the video to see how Thinglink works.
Thinglink is easy to set up for all major web publishing and blogging platforms, including Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr and Drupal."
ThumbScribes is a platform for creating collaborative content.
Co+Create haiku, poems, short stories, flash fiction, novellas, exquisite corpse and songs, real time or asynchronously with your computer, tablet, cell phone or even IM.
Capture your child's voice and imagination with our creative story building tool and share them with friends and family.
Encourages creativity and self expression
Helps reinforce reading and writing skills
A GREEN alternative to books
NO ads, NO merchandising, NO external links
Made with kids in mind!
It's Fun and it's FREE for everyone!
"lets multiple people upload images to the same account - perfect for field trips."
Photo sharing made easy! - privately or in groups
Have you ever been on a trip with some friends and you want to gather everyones photos afterwards? Or been to a party and someone else got those awesome photos?
WIth Photocollect you can easily collect all their photos in one place and have all the participants upload their own photos to a common place for all to shareCollecting photos is free
If you only want to use photocollect as a service for collecting your photos its free!
create how to do pages send them the link. It could be used for work on instructions. It is very easy to use, quick, includes pics, text and will accept online video as well. My Toast Video: http://www.tildee.com/FMxwve made in about 2 minutes.
Knovio™ is a free tool for turning PowerPoint slides into rich video presentations right from your web browser. No fancy hardware or video software needed - just a webcam and microphone.