Ed Tech Crew

"It doesn't seem to matter what age group or demographic that I talk to, kids (and adults) everywhere are fans of Angry Birds. As I was playing around with Angry Birds (yep I'm a fan too), I started thinking about all of the learning that could be happening. I have watched a two year old tell an older sister that "you have to pull down to go up higher". I have watched as kids master this game through trial and error. Being the teacher that I am, I started dreaming up a transdisciplinary lesson with Angry Birds as the base. I happened to be writing an inquiry lesson that has students look at inventions throughout time and thought: the catapult-that is an invention that has technology and concepts that are used even today. This is one of those inspirational moments that comes when you are drifting off to sleep and has you frantically searching for paper and pen to record as fast as the ideas come. So what did I do? I got myself out of bed and went to work sketching out a super awesome plan. Here is the embedded learning that I came up with"

eLIM's new editable e-safety flowcharts advising on what to do in school if there's an e-safety incident

Fantastic blog post about the "flipped classroom" or reverse instruction. Do your "learning" at night and "homework" during class time.

HEAR ME amplifies kids' voices using MEDIA andTECHNOLOGY to CREATE a world where they areheard, acknowledged and understood, giving themthe power to INSPIRE social change.

It's been a week since I snagged a Google+ invite, and while it's fun to hit the reset button on my personal social media life, what I'm really interested in is how the service is going to impact teaching and learning. There's a good chance that Google+ is going to become a powerful communication and collaboration tool in the classroom. In fact, it could end up being a serious education game changer.

A free tool for turning PowerPoint slides into rich video presentations right from your web browser. No fancy hardware or video software needed - just a webcam and microphone.

Thanks to @rmbyrne & Free Technology for Teachers for this one.

Cloud Canvas is a free online image editing and image creation tool. Cloud Canvas fits in a niche somewhere between a simple drawing tool and a full-blown image editor like Aviary. If all you need is a tool for drawing simple pictures and diagrams, Cloud Canvas has you covered

Good discussion for the next Ed Tech Crew

google+ educators form to fill

"Tildee is a free tool to help you create and share instantly and easily tutorials on any subject It's Easy ! With a clear and user friendly interface, you go straight to the point: → write your own tutorial. More than that, you will be able to add maps, images and even videos to any step in a tutorial. One click and it's done !"

Enter in the URL of the picture page (as seen in your browser) you are interested in and ImageCodr.org will generate the ready to use HTML code. It will also display a brief and easy license summary, so you don't get in legal trouble because you missed something.

Generate embed code for CC licenced Flickr images... simply enter in the URL of the image and ImageCodr.org will generate the ready to use HTML code with proper attribution. It will also display a brief and easy license summary, so you don't get in legal trouble because you missed something.

"This site has been created to support the Virtual History Centre - a 3D virtual world for Victorian Students which is designed to support immersive learning. It has been developed by the History Teachers' Association of Victoria, the Public Record Office of Victoria and the State Library of Victoria and was funded by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's Fuse Project. "

A great little screencasting app that allows for annotation etc. Also includes the ability to export to many sources.

Android version of the app has finally been released.

Handy visual ways to remember Bloom's Taxonomy as you plan lessons.

Wes Fryer's great Scratch resource wiki has tutorials video and an assessment rubric.

Last night I read and posted the clip on '21 Things That Became Obsolete in the Last Decade'. Well, just for kicks, I put together my own list of '21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020'.

Site for creating collaborative videos. This is done by either choosing stock video or uploading your own and the editing the footage. A user has the ability to invite others to collaborate/edit a video as well.