"Teachers are hard pushed to find the time for technical professional development on top of teaching a packed syllabus of content, suggest time consuming video creation and the reaction is understandable. The good news is video has just become considerably quicker to capture and process in the form of the Flip video cameras."

99 Awesome Firefox Add-ons for Educators Posted by Site Administrator in Features on 09 28th, 2009 | no responses They say today's educators are overworked and underpaid. Luckily, the web offers tools to make your professional life more manageable and less stressful. These add-ons might not change your salary, but we're sure they'll ease your workload.

"Bitstrips for Schools makes us want to go back to the third grade. Bitstrips is an online tool for quickly and simply creating web comics, and the company has just launched a new product custom-tailored for the classroom. Kids get to be creative; teachers get a new, interactive tool to reinforce learning; and everyone goes home smarter and happier."

They're excited because the school is testing Mobile Learning Devices (MLD). They are like smart cell phones, but without the phone or texting.

Archive of the beginner series of Classroom 2.0 seminar. Includes full Eliminate recording, mp3 recording, chat log, and portable video file. So far includes 3 part session on wikis, and one on RSS tagging and feed readers

This site is dedicated to providing educators essential tools to use Google Applications. It will provide user friendly handouts for users of this site. In addition to the provision of user friendly handouts, videos will be provided to make life easier for the user who prefers visual and auditory methods of teaching.

Mini read posters - create it online with your photo at ALA website

The user's role in Web 2.0, and some of its impact

What is web 2.0? Case for and against.

Simple & Free Upload and download lots of files, big files, small files, data files, media files, archives or backups - any files. With Wikisend it`s simple and free. Share with Friends Share files with your friends using E-mail, MySpace page, your blog, forums and so on. With Wikisend sharing files, photos, videos or documents is easy, fast, and reliable. Start now No need to register, activate, install or read manuals - use our uploading form, you`re ready to go.

good workflow ideas for using google docs with students

What is the best way to give feedback on a piece of work produced in Google Docs? What formatting tools are most appropriate to use when leaving comments? How do you organise 30 to 60 pieces of work handed in to you? How do children hand in work? What new possibilities does this process uncover?