Animoto is the easiest way possible to create music videos from you slides. Every presentation came become a celebration! Check it out!
Heads-Up: May take a few days to receive your free educators account so plan accordingly.
Great info on Glogster in the classroom, including rubric and how-to videos (how to embed as Wiki home especially helpful)
Note that Glogster.edu has some special advantages for educators.
Trailfire + Voki mashup -- create a talking avatar that you can add to websites, place on websites you want kids to research and then create a tour guide-led tour.
Hold the dates -- more info to come!
EC Ning 2011 Summer Webstitute
Title: Reading Classic and Young Adult Literature with Students
This Webstitute emerges from the passionate interest of English Language Arts folks in reading texts of all kinds. All too often, it seems the we see classic and YA lit as mutually exclusive, even going so far as to position one as being "better" than the other, educationally, culturally, and sometimes even morally. In this Webstitute, we are bringing together accomplished teachers, writers, and scholars to explore the best of each world, as well as areas where they blend to create a rich learning environment.
Dates: July 11 & 12, 4-7 pm EST
Place: Elluminate, EC Ning, etc.
Really supportive and helpful community of English educators. They will welcome you with open arms and good ideas. Note "New Teachers" Group.
comparison of old and new Bloom's
Remembering: can the student recall or remember the information? define, duplicate, list, memorize, recall, repeat, reproduce state
Understanding: can the student explain ideas or concepts? classify, describe, discuss, explain, identify, locate, recognize, report, select, translate, paraphrase
Applying: can the student use the information in a new way? choose, demonstrate, dramatize, employ, illustrate, interpret, operate, schedule, sketch, solve, use, write.
Analyzing: can the student distinguish between the different parts? appraise, compare, contrast, criticize, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, examine, experiment, question, test.
Evaluating: can the student justify a stand or decision? appraise, argue, defend, judge, select, support, value, evaluate
Creating: can the student create new product or point of view?
Create comic strips with emotional characters -- you can choose 4 emotions for each character you choose.
Heads-up that these are ephemeral -- not stored online so email copy to yourself.