IWitness is an online application that gives educators and students access to search, watch, and learn from more than 1,000 video testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses.
From Jen Blair: Have you ever... tried to print up something from the Internet and it ends up being 8 pages long because of all the "extra stuff" around the edges? Or it's a crossword puzzle that ends up covering 3 pages that you would somehow have to tape together?
Don't be frustrated!
Save paper!
Use: http://www.printfriendly.com/
Simply go to the above site, paste in the URL you are wanting to print, and watch the magic as your 3 page printout somehow gets cut down to ONE!
Create a video educating people about staying safe and secure online and using the Internet responsibly. The prize? $10,000 for the best overall video, and cash prizes to each best-in-category video for individual and school entries. Meet our winners (as selected by viewers and our panel of judges) and watch their stories from three categories:
Being a good online citizen
Using a mobile phone wisely
Maintaining your privacy online
Ginny receives a stack of 13 envelopes from her Aunt Peg with instructions that send her on an adventure through Europe. YA novel by Maureen Johnson. Book Trailer created by Colette Cassinelli.
Directions: http://edtechvision.org/?p=976
From the website's About page: "Read It Later lets you save what you find on the web to watch and read on any device, at anytime. It's been called 'a DVR for the web' by the New York Times, Business Week, Time, TechCrunch and more." You can access saved items online or offline, mark them as "read," and more. Use it with smart phones like iPhone and Android versions, with Internet browsers like Firefox and Safari, and applications like Flipboard and TweetBot.
Recognizing bias: This 2 ½ minute video uses a pizza restaurant ad to give students a succinct introduction to the concept of bias. It also presents three specific questions students can ask to detect bias in the media and their daily lives. (Social studies, Social responsibility, Literacy)
Good for discussion starter on digital learners: "Since most of today's students can appropriately be labeled as "Digital Learners", why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices?
This presentation was created in an effort to motivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching."