A wiki is a website that allows members to easily edit and contribute content. Wikispaces is a teacher and student friendly tool that supports multimedia for collaborative learning. A wiki provides teachers with a platform to design learning experiences that provide students with flexible learning paths to meet their unique learning styles Wiki projects can support project based learning.
Last week I learned that the folks at ThingLink and MentorMob had done some work together to integrate their tools, making it possible to embed a MentorMob playlist directly into a graphic. After experimenting a bit I decided to remix some of the content I've been using for years to teach digital citizenship and the result is the creation of Avatar Adventure .
InstaGrok is an intelligent visual search engine and interactive learning tool that collects educational content and displays it in the form of a cloud of related words. The tool is very appealing because it offers a variety of multimedia features to meet the unique learning needs of students.
From Google Labs comes another handy service: searching for images using pictures instead of words. Let's say you're looking for a classic sports car. Start by typing in the search string "classic sports car". Now scan the images. When you find one you like, click the "Similar images" link under the photo to view related pictures.
From Google Labs comes another handy service: searching for images using pictures instead of words. Let's say you're looking for a classic sports car. Start by typing in the search string "classic sports car". Now scan the images. When you find one you like, click the "Similar images" link under the photo to view related pictures.