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This wiki documents work I'm doing with students/teachers in Prince Rupert at the Middle School Level. They requested tutorials more suitable for students so we met to decide the "basics" that would be covered. The teachers wanted simple 1-page handouts that they could use to introduce just one skill at a time in small amounts of classroom time or to mix and match for longer sessions.

Here's a set of very simple one-page Kurzweil Tutorials with matching videos that I created for Middle School Students. The info-tech teacher wanted something to use for introducing just one feature a day but feel free to mix and match for longer training or workshops.

Many app ideas organized on an attractive weebly website. ICT with Miss C is all about technology integration using Web 2.0 in the primary classroom. useful websites, video tutorials, screen capture walkthroughs of useful web 2.0 tools and ipad apps, lessons and step by step guides. Laura Chaffey

ICT with Miss C is all about technology integration using Web 2.0 in the primary classroom. useful websites, video tutorials, screen capture walkthroughs of useful web 2.0 tools and ipad apps, lessons and step by step guides. Laura Chaffey

Many video tutorials at this site for specialty aspects of Kurzweil and other programs including Dragon Naturally Speaking, Inspiration, Moodle, Powerpoint.

Review of online (and downloadable) award-winning interactive tutorial for electrical circuits from Teachers Love SMARTBoards.

Adam Foster of @iPadTeachers has written an excellent guide to using Book Creator in the classroom. 99¢ on the iBooks Store and well worth it. You could do Book Creator activities with your class or workshops for educators for years with the number of ideas packed into this tutorial. Many subject areas. Many of the activities include App Smashing ideas.

Trying out Blendspace as a way of sharing resources. Here's a collection of tutorials and ideas for using the ChatterPix Kids app in the classroom.

Awesome free online or downloadable tool for creating shape collages. I learned about it today from a teacher who is using it with students to create collages of their interests for the learning styles/preferences portion of their portfolio. Very quick to download and figure out...totally worth watching the 3 minute tutorial. Leaves a watermark with their company logo in the free version but the teacher says it was so successful she's going to buy the paid version.

SET-BC is a Provincial Resource Program designed to assist school districts in British Columbia in meeting the assistive technology needs of students with physical disabilities and visual impairments. There are lots of free downloadable tutorials and curriculum materials associated with AT programs such as Kurzweil, Clicker5, Boardmaker, and others at this site.

Very kid friendly tutorial on paragraph writing using an apple.

Dipity is a free online timeliner tool . I've looked at several and think it may be the best for intermediate students to use. It's easy to create a free account and start working. The interface is very simple and requires no tutorial. Basically, each new event gives you boxes for title, date, upload a picture or video, url link, and description. You can share timelines out by email or automatically to popular online sites such as Diigo, Facebook, etc. iLearn website has a review of this timeliner and ideas for using it in the classroom in the July 22 2008 entry.

Detailed description (and video) of a vocabulary game using wordle word clouds. The blogger had created a wordle and covered up the words with with rectangles. Students came to the SMARTBoard one at a time to touch the rectangle and reveal a word. Then they used a spinner to tell them to use the word in a sentence, tell how many syllables, or give a synonym or antonym. The rectangles were colour coded by degree of difficulty so the teacher could differentiate instruction. You can download the Notebook file, and the blogger promises a tutorial for this idea.

A variety of templates, tutorials, and graphic organizers introduce and explain the major forms of writing (narrative, persuasive, expository, research, response to literature) and help students develop practical writing skills - from coming up with a topic idea to publishing a polished work. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft for Learning Essentials, these tools offer solid instruction from the popular, research-based Write Source series of writing programs.

Short tutorial explains how to close all the open apps on an iPad...most people don't realize they have to close them.

New tutorials on SET-BC website for Chrome apps and extensions

23 online activities to try with Web 2.0 tools...pretty good overlap with the BC UDL project.

Advice for students on how to create a timeline for historical events.

How to create a timeline in MS Word that includes dates, pictures, and url links.

This site was a "favourite" smartboard site listed on another one. Check it out.

A collection of subject-specific smartboard lessons.

Thanks for this post, Jim. This looks like a great assortment of instant video tutorials. I watched the fossil lesson and found it quite entertaining. It was set up as a quest where you had to learn about fossils in the hall of knowledge before earning the right to visit different geological regions.

Amazing resource for educators. Each category (blogging, wikis, social bookmarking etc…) has 5 recommended tools highlighted to try out first. Great place for educators to start learning a new tool.