Soo Meta is a digital presentation tool from the same people that developed the YouTube remixing tool Dragon Tape. Soo Meta allows you to combine videos from YouTube, pictures from the web or from your desktop, text, and voice recordings to create a presentation. You can also pull content in from Pinterest and Twitter to use in your final product.
Here are a few of our favorite web tools to engage your students
VoiceThread -- Featured in the video above, VoiceThread allows teachers to create a Welcome Board, where students can easily answer questions by typing or speaking a message. Have them introduce themselves on a classroom VoiceThread, and they'll be talking up a storm.
Easy to use tool for creating flipped classroom lessons. Use the built-in search tool to find videos, images, or social media posts, put them into a timeline, add text and/or polls, and share. Free account has very limited media storage, but not an issue if you only use embedded media. Paid service has educator discount and is only $2.50/month.
Children (and most adults) love looking at themselves on a webcam and this flash based site lets you add over 70 filters and effects. Use the snapshot button to grab an image. There are lots of ways to use this tool in class. Use the mirror functions in maths for symmetry and compile a music video by adding a screencast tool.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images
Presentation Tube is a service that teachers and students can use to record, share, and watch presentations. Presentation Tube provides a free desktop tool (Windows only) that you can use to record a video of yourself talking over and drawing on slides. The Presentation Tube recorder automatically synchronizes your PowerPoint slides with your voice. The free recording tool allows you to record for up to 15 minutes. Your completed recording can be uploaded directly to Presentation Tube.
Tracy Piestrak's List: Teacher Tools to Engage Students - http://www.glogster.com/edu is a site where teachers and students can create electronic posters. Basically, these posters are designed using embedded multimedia and links. A glog (from the edu site) allows students to demonstrate mastery of concept while citing sources and incorporating video, voi...
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On the librarian: What's the point . . ? The Twitter conversation
April 30, 2009
@karlfisch: What's the point of having a media specialist if they aren't specialists in the media forms of the day?
I was nearly finished copying and pasting, figuring out how best to post Tuesday's Twitter conversation, when I discovered that Karl Fisch (@karlfisch), who kinda started it all, already took care of that. (You likely know of Karl's very popular and provocative videos.)
I am still not sure how best to frame this conversation on the place of the information/media specialist in today's school.
What is clear is that a lot of smart people--people who are out there teaching, speaking, moving, and shaking--are disappointed in what they see when they see school librarians. Either we have a perception problem or we need to do some serious retooling. I'd say we have to deal with both. In a hurry.
Being an information (or media) specialist today means being an expert in how information and media flow TODAY! It is about knowing how information and media are created and communicated. How to evalute, synthesize, and ethically use information and media in all their varied forms. It is about being able to communicate knowlege in new ways for new audiences using powerful new information and communication tools.
Forgive me if it hurts.
In my mind, if you are not an expert in new information and communication tools, you are NOT a media specialist for today.
Tuesday's conversation happened in the open, on Twitter. We need to be aware that these conversations are happening where we cannot hear them--at conferences, at Board and cabinet meetings. We also need to make sure that our voices are heard and that we hear the voices of others in places like Twitter, where so many educational leaders and thinkers are chatting about us and many other things.
I've selected the remarks that resonated loudest for me. (I've shuffled a bit, but you can visit Karl'
Back in 2011 I was working in the Middle East
when a colleague introduced me to Twitter as a
tool for professional development and connecting
with fellow educators. Prior to this I was aware of
Facebook and Twitter, however I considered both
as being about nothing more than apps for sharing
cute cat videos and status updates. I had a Twitter
account for years, however hadn't thought about
how it might be a powerful tool to help me become
a better educator and provide me with a wealth of
new ideas and resources which I previously had not
had access to. I had barely used the account beyond
the initial setup...
An impressive online booklet maker which is really easy to use, yet has so many options & can be embedded in to websites. Get your children publishing online in no time. Upload images, text, links, and even videos. This is one of my favourite sites.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+&+Web+Tools
This is a wonderful site and iPad app where you can create and watch video lessons. Make changes to your whiteboard screen, type text, record audio and add images from your computer or Dropbox to create an immersive lesson on any topic you choose. Then embed or share the link for others to view.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools