Ed Tech Crew

Free authoring tool to create synthesized voice podcasts from text. Copy and paste text into voice synthesizer and add background music. Create study material to improve memory retention. Free tool.

"Since buying an iPad 2, one of the questions I'm asked most frequently is if it can completely take the place of a computer. I'm not surprised people are asking that, as it's the same thing I was asking before I bought it. As a writer, I'm literally on my computer from the time I get up to the time I go to bed. Could an iPad really do everything I need it to?"

Web 2 newspaper templates. Create and embed newspapers!

"At first Snozerr looks like most audio recorders, until you notice the button for the camera. This app gives you the ability to take photos while recording audio; each picture is timestamped to the point in the recording where the photo was taken, and you can easily synchronize the images with the audio for later playback. This combination of features makes Snozerr an ideal app for students recording lectures and workers recording presentations with lots of infographics. You can use the timestamped photos to target the interesting parts of the lecture and ignore the non-relevant parts. All of the voice and photo files created in one session are linked together, so it is easy to share content with your peers. The app also supports nested hierarchical organization, dual cameras, and sending files by email."

"Automatoon is completely web based and free. There's no fussy authoring software to install (or pay for!) and you can effortlessly share your animations online. You can also easily export your animations and embed them in your own websites, all for free! (Some premium features cost extra.)"

This binder is an attempt to collect and organize Digital Citizenship resources by age (grade level). Often when we think of Digital Citizenship, we only think about the safety aspects of it but being a digital citizen is much more than just being safe. The nine elements of Digital Citizenship as outlined in the book Digital Citizenship in Schools by Mike Ribble and Gerald Bailey are: Digital Etiquette Digital Communication Digital Literacy Digital Access Digital Commerce Digital Law Digital Rights & Responsibilities Digital Health & Wellness Digital Security (self-protection) Source: http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html If you would like to collaborate on this binder, please send the email address that you used when signing up with Live Binders to stmcomputers@gmail.com.

Charts and graphs allow us to conveniently represent data in a manner that effectively communicates its meaning. Microsoft Excel is widely used to create such graphs. But when you need an embeddable chart, you need to turn to online applications that let you create your desired graph and then generate its embeddable code.

Free site for learning to code.

Transcript of keynote address delivered to IWBNET Leading Digital Schools Conference by Mark Pesce

"Last month, 16 teachers from across the country got together at Google's Seattle office for the YouTube Teachers Studio - a sort of bootcamp to learn how to best use YouTube in the classroom. Jon Corippo, a Google Certified Teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator, was among the group, and came back with ideas about what YouTube was great for."

Very simple to use, but very versatile polling tool. You just create a question and add some options then share it with the people you want answers from. The great thing is that they can add extra options and add various pros and cons of each option as well as voting on the ones they like. This makes the whole process of polling much more open, social and interactive. Here's a quick video showing how it works

Tricider is online polling with commenting and voting that supports shared brainstorming. Free. Registration is optional. Possible student feedback and classroom applications?

Written in March 2011 I wonder if his Drupal has been updated to 7? Great overview of site design hub for a course that spells out views and modules.

Free universally recognised signs and symbols to download.

"The Noun Project collects, organizes and adds to the highly recognizable symbols that form the world's visual language, so we may share them in a fun and meaningful way." Library of simple, monochromatic icons.

The "why" of blogging as a record of student learning.

tips and advice for staying more secure on the web

This is a really interesting annotated list of apps links from Greg O'Connor of Spectronics focused on literacy support. The apps come from the Australian app store.

Stumbled upon this when trying to verify the Jobs Wozniac story of inventing their first computer in their garage. Very geeky and long. If you have a spare 45 min let me know how it finishes ;-) 

A tool to map your wireless network