MVCR Tech Tools

This is a fun, free tool for making cartoons.

Upgrading teaching methods, and making technology an end in itself

One of my 23 steps was to help students understand if online learning or F2F learning was better for them. This article helps a student answer that question.

"Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy"

Excellent view of pedagogy over the development of online education.

An education blog with ideas for using Twitter in the classroom.

Models and processes on a single page

A colleague had sent this link to me about Twitter applications for business after I commented on how I was trying to see how some of the technology had practical applications in my classroom. So, I share it with you here.

One of a series of articles by Richard Byrne available on issuu, where he explores how Google can be used by instructors. He has a series of other publications covering various topics/how to guides. Highly recommended!

A fascinating collection of resources enables instructors (especially in math & science) to obtain up to date information and conduct calculations. Highly recommended.

iPad apps for math

list of different podcasts for teaching ESL

ESL teacher blog

If you use Google Talk (Google's instant messaging client) or just chat from inside your GMail account, you can set up a HTML "badge" that you can copy on to any webpage so that visitors can just click a link and start chatting with you. I've used a badge copied on to my Blackboard site to allow students to instant message me. The advantages are that the student doesn't need to sign up for a Google account to use this, and they don't even have to know your gmail account address to chat with you since you can make the badge say whatever you like.

Social media may have started out as a fun way to connect with friends, but it has evolved to become a powerful tool for education and business. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter and tools such as Skype are connecting students to learning opportunities in new and exciting ways.

I like this site as it offers innovate ideas for bringing social media into classrooms. It also categorizes the suggesions by levels - K-12 and college. It also gives suggestions for students' use and for teachers' use.

This is a short YouTube twitter video showing twitter being used. #TT1131

Twitter is a useful tool for seeing what's happening at this very moment, but many of its cooler settings and tweaks are hidden or under-utilized. Here are our favorite things you didn't know you could do on Twitter. #TT1131

This is a free online whiteboard where students can collaborate on chemistry and math problems without worrying about typing symbols. Also students can work on group projects together.

very cool. that's neat that's it's free. I need to play around with it a bit to get used to the interface, but I might try it out.

Here's a wiki that raises some interesting points.