Prezi lets you create zooming presentations. You can create a map of your ideas, images, videos, then show overview, zoom to details, and return to your original presentation. Files can be downloaded to your computer and also created using Prezi Desktop.
Some Interesting Uses:
- Digital Poster Sessions
This is a table looking at traditional classroom practice and potential digital alternatives. The author has included software tools (proprietary, open source/free (FOSS) and Web 2.0) linked to the corresponding websites.
Dimdim is a web conferencing tool. Let's you deliver synchronised live presentations, whiteboards and web pages while sharing voice and video over the Internet.
TeacherTube, is a site where you can host, tag and share instructional videos. If you like a video you see you can link to it on the TeacherTube site or embed it into a web page or blog. It is also a valuable resource of instructional videos.
Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.
Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. You can:
* Create colourful mind maps online
* Share and work with friends
* Embed your mind map in your blog or website
* Email and print your mind map
* Save your mind map as an image
With Movie Maker 2.1, you can create, edit, and share movies. Build your movie with a few simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD.
Skype is a free communications and collaboration tool to be downloaded and installed on your computer. You can use it to have text and voice message conversations with others who have Skype for free.
iGoogle lets you create a personalized homepage that contains a Google search box at the top, and your choice of any number of gadgets below. Gadgets come in lots of different forms and provide access to activities and information from all across the web, without ever having to leave your iGoogle page. Here are some things you can do with gadgets:
View your latest Gmail messages
Read headlines from Google News and other top news sources
Check out local events and news
Store bookmarks for quick access to your favorite sites from any computer
Design your own gadget.
Wordle is a word cloud generator. Copy in some text and generate the word cloud.
Interesting uses could include having students paste in a paper or summary to see the most common usage of words, try using famous speeches, poems, rss, URLs, or del.ico.us usernames
SMART Notebook software is used with the SMART Interactive Whiteboard for creating, delivering and managing interactive lessons within a single application.
This is an update to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy which attempts to account for the new behaviors and actions emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous.
