Ed Tech Crew

Mind Map Library. 1000s of Mind Maps in FreeMind, MindManager and other formats.

The value of a mind map may be in creating it, rather than in the product itself, but useful for inspiration perhaps?

A range of IWB resources

Managing priorities mind map

Google or You? Who Would You Rather Control Your Digital Identity? 

"Drag photos, videos, documents, websites, text snippets, and more directly from your desktop or browser. Drop them into your Dropmark collection. They're automatically uploaded to the cloud. Share your collections with anyone, add collaborators, or keep them private and just for yourself."

In honor of Twitter's #pencilchat, I put together some of the more memorable tweets to create this video. I plan to use it for upcoming professional development workshops about technology integration in the classroom. It's a light-hearted look at the spectrum of where we sit regarding technology in the classroom and meeting our students' needs. Enjoy!

Whether you are new to the computer, returning for review or just want to gain more 21st century skills, our free computer tutorials can help. From Computer Basics to Microsoft Office to Apple, we have a wide range of free computer tutorials to choose from.

Back in 2005 I did an evil, evil thing. Discovering the proliferation of websites where student plagiarists could copy essays, I wrote a Trojan horse paper about the Magna Carta and seeded it on a few plagiarism sites. The essay is basically wrong from beginning to end. Amongst other silliness, it claims that King John's titles included Duke of Hazzard

A really cool site that gives you embed code for your flickr search

annotate exact points within a Youtube video for Q & A discussions. Could be used in class or neighborhood context.

See what it's like to collaborate with famous storytellers. In this interactive demo of Google Docs you are presented with the words used by a famous author from which to write your own story.

The Gallery is a showcase of e-learning possibilities We've included the best available samples of the many different e-learning strategies we have identified, ranging from quizzes and demonstrations to role plays and simulations. You can use the Gallery to answer these questions: What learning strategies can you use online? Where can you find examples? When would you use a particular strategy? How do you do it, and what's involved?

Interactive tool using hexagons which students 'label' then connect to describe, explain and justify their thinking.

via @charte & #tmmelb

"How you use Twitter for business or for fun is up to you, but there are some things that are definite no-nos - things that you do that affect other Twitter users perception of you."