BUCAT

Community directory of web 2.0 tools, apps and services

Survey of 50+ different ways to tell a story using digital tools

Why brainstorming sessions sometimes don't work.

Why Advanced Technology Classrooms Fail

video about e-learning and the need for change in the classroom.

"Startup Kno has begun showing its two-display, touchscreen e-reader designed specifically for higher education use."

The list below is an ever expanding list of free resources, now over a 100 tools, that can be used in a classroom either by students or teachers.

Not free but reasonable access to historical images and video

Online calendar apps

"This "Critical Thinking" video is worth a watch."

MySpace co-President Jason Hirshhorn has stepped down and his partner and co-President Mike Jones will take the sole helm

free online methods course for beginning foreign language teachers at the high-school and college levels

Correlation between music instruction and success at algebra

"his site is for a three-session faculty development event supported by the John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning at Gustavus Adolphus College. The purpose of these sessions is to explore old and new ways of finding information, both web and library-based, as well as to discuss classroom applications, the state of publishing, open access, copyright, and more."

This oped piece suggest that as educators," we are called upon to challenge the way students already think and guide them into new patterns or ways of thinking as required, in order for them to grasp central concepts and applications of learning. Collaborative technologies, while not central to the process, can help facilitate this core function of education."

VoiceThread With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

free online video processor that might be useful

Issues with iPhones on campus