Westport Public Schools - ITL

This paragraph contains some interesting ideas for classroom design to promote math problem solving.

There's actually a way to share scratch projects on your website or in a folder on a CD or computer without posting them to scratch.mit.edu first. To do it, you need to download the following files to the directory on your website (or a folder on your computer):

Google Lit Trip for Fever 1793

This is a handout designed for educators explaining how to create a VoiceThread with student privacy in mind. Written by an educator who uses VoiceThread. Creative Commons license attached -- share freely, just please attribute Michelle Pacansky-Broc

"This is a handout designed for educators explaining how to create a VoiceThread with student privacy in mind. Written by an educator who uses VoiceThread. Creative Commons license attached -- share freely, just please attribute Michelle Pacansky-Broc "

Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the World of Socialnomics

Book Trailer for Socialnomincs. Is social media a fad? Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? Welcome to the World of Socialnomics. (Very similar to "Shift Happens").

Comprehensive article up about iPhone Video. It covers what kind of formats the iPhone will read and produce and an explanation for how this came to be; also included is a mini-glossary of key video terms, and a graphic list of video converting tools such as Handbrake, iSquint, and Videora, ConvertTube, and MPEG streamclip. The article also gives links for how to record TV shows and convert them to various file formats, and links for how to convert home videos (recorded on your own camcorder.)

Screencasting for twitter integration: "Screenr, which just launched today, lets you record screencasts of up to 5 minutes in length and stands out because of how easy it is to use. ... Once you finish your recording, you can immediately send your video directly to your Twitter followers from within the application."

Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share and (soon) print.