Create your own "twitter wall" to project a back channel for your next PD session or event. This site makes it easy to follow the conversation on twitter around a hashtag of your choice. The Video-Twitterwall is also interesting, allowing one to embed a video from Youtube or another video service into your twitterwall
Infographics present complex information using an easy to understand graphic. Creating effective infographics demand a high-level understanding of a concept. A middle school teacher describes how she and her students use infographics in her classroom.
Teacher-created Question of the Day posters to go along with 1st grade units in Reading Street.
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A really interesting "heat map" visualization showing which birth dates are most common. What kind of writing could this inspire? What is the next idea? Could students take another data set and create a map like this based upon birthdates in their own school? Maybe with local weather data (which days have the most precipitation?)
Would be excellent option for the students who don't have the resources at home to do the big, artistic storyboards. This way they would be able to build one online.
In this student-created Prezi, the presentation takes the form of a traditional plot diagram. This is an excellent example of how Prezi turns the traditional slide presentation on its head. This is a powerful tool for students to demonstrate their understanding.
IBM researchers have created "the world's smallest movie" moving individual atoms along a surface to create a stop-motion animated short. I also love the "making of" video linked at the end where researchers describe the process and science behind the work and its practical applications.
This app from the Museum of Modern Art teaches students about modern artists, and provides a canvas and tools to allow users to create their own art in the style of the artist.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a Thinglink image may be worth 1000 pictures. Thinglink is a great FREE tool that enables one to create dynamic interactive images that have embedded hyperlinks to other images, wikipedia articles, videos, websites, audio recordings, or almost anything else. The image can then be embedded in your website or Haiku class, projected etc. Easy to use.
Love this creative idea for creating interactive displays of student work and giving the traditional "oral report" a twist to expand the real audience for student work.
via Moving at the Speed of Creativity http://www.speedofcreativity.org
Federal agencies and organizations of all stripes collect, create, and publish educational resources that may be used in U.S. classrooms by teachers and students. In most cases, these resources are exempt from US copyright law. This site catalogs these resources by type, subject and more.
Kathy Schrock is an educational technologist with a wealth of experience and ideas to share. The Schrock Guide to Everything is Kathy Schrock's most up-to-date space and it includes a wealth of information. See especially her guide to "creating a Personal Learning Network."
Kathy Shcrock is one of my favorite edtech "gurus." I never read her blog or visit her site without learning something new and bringing home a new idea or "gem" to share. Take a look, and see if you agree.
Large collection of educational videos available via district subscription. organized by subject, state standards and common core. Teachers may create playlists to use in teaching and even download clips to share if needed. Contact Kenneth Griswold or your administrator for access if you do not have an account.