A New York Times piece on how one kindergarten class is using Twitter as a writing and reflection tool. Comments from respondents are also of interest.
This is Tania's blog from EDUC 584, Waterbury. Tania has been trying out a variety of digital tools, including ones for making digital stories. She has also tried out these tools with her younger students. Suggest adding her blog to Google Reader for updates.
excellent post about adding images to blogs, creative commons, and exercises for students to do to learn more about adding images to their blogs or other online work
Helpful resource about the Google suite of tools. In addition, explains use of Google with students and offers links to other resources about using Google suite in education.
Tilldee is an easy to use tutorial site that allows you to type text and add images and videos. You can create a tutorial in a matter of minutes if ou have the images and video already at hand.
Provides links to access information about apps under the categories: Teachers with Apps, Smart Apps for Kids, Apps in Education, Android 4 Schools, Fun Educational Apps, and Best Kids Apps
This is a list of apps provided by the Texas Computer Education Association. Yes, there are more than one can explore, but this list contains just some, and not the 1,000. For those interested in the 1,000, there's a link to a Google Doc to access it.
a whole lot of responsibility. Some of the more frequent questions I receive is how I keep my students safe when they blog, how do I prevent cyber bullying, and how do I convince parents that this is worthwhile. While I may not have all of the answers or any quick fix solutions, I do have a lot of passion for this.
talk at length about blogging, why it is important to us, why it is a privilege.
We visit other student blogs and we discuss whether we agree with their posts, with their etiquette and we decide how w
Just learn of this new alternative to Prezi, and it looks like there are more features to it than what Prezi has. Plan to try it out when I have the time. There's a tutorial. The site itself was created using Ahead.
This is a wonderful post written by a 1st grade teacher about the reasons for getting students to write blogs and to have an online presence including a digital portfolio.
We will be Skyping with the teacher for this course. He teaches the course online as well as in a regular class. This link goes to the online section. Be sure to click on the About link to learn more about the online AP US Government and Politics Class. We will Skype with the teacher, who is an Oregon teacher of the year, and some of his students in the regular high school setting.
Reviews some animation tools, including Kerpoof, a simple site for young students. ABCYa.com is also recommended for young students.For older students, Fluxtime is recommended. For even more sophistication, DigitalFilms.com is noted. GoAnimate is recommended for middle and high school students.