Voicethread
Just learned about Voicethread - a really cool and easy way to create an engaging portal to share text, video or voice memos about whatever! This link will allow you to get a feel for how the site works: http://voicethread.com/share/3352/
Generation YES
Genyes is a program that encourages students to help teachers use technology in the classroom. Read about one school’s successful program in the Edutopia.org article “California Kids Use—and Teach—Digital Storytelling”.
Wordle
Wordle is a free tool that turns a block of text, or simply a list of words, into a cloud pattern. Words that are used most frequently are displayed most prominently. You can play with layout, font, and colors to change the appearance or highlight certain vocabulary.
Edutopia 10 Top Tips for Teaching with New Media
This is a really great paper that is free to download - actually the tips above came from that resource. The edutopia site in general is a plethora of interesting, engaging and fascinating information about "what works in education".
Enjoy!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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