Category Archives: Cool Tools
Lifehacker and Easy Peasy
I enjoyed the presentation Ben Davis gave at UT-Martin yesterday. He always has so much to share! He off-handedly referred to Lifehacker.com and of course, I’ve already found lots of interesting stuff there. I’ve visited before but had forgotten about … Continue reading
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Mistakes
Sue Waters has a handy-dandy top five list of common blogging mistakes. I wish I’d read this BEFORE I started blogging. Since I’ve been proselytizing about blogging lately, I thought it might be nice to warn my converts. Consider yourself … Continue reading
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Google Earth Lessons
I love Google Earth! It’s such a cool toy. Here’s a great site that not only helps you get started, with some how-to help, but it also includes lessons to turn this great toy into a fantastic educational tool! I’ll … Continue reading
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Alleviating Zoo Guilt – Zoo Borns
ZooBorns contains photos of all different types of baby animals from zoos and aquariums all over the world. The pictures are priceless and the captions are very informative, e.g., an adorable baby owl is described as being very capable of … Continue reading
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DoGo News
Oh yeah! All the news that’s fit to be read by children! The editors of this site include children and adults. One of the editors is a 14-year-old whose claim to fame is his great duct tape ties! This would … Continue reading
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G-mail Accounts for Students
I have not tried this myself, yet. I would check the acceptable use policy at your school before putting this into use. The method came from one of the groups I belong to:An additional description of this method comes from … Continue reading
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Summer Reading and Blogging
Clara shared this article from today’s Commercial Appeal. Blogging is a great way for students (and teachers as well) to stay connected to their summer reading and each other. While this is a great tool for AP English classes, many … Continue reading
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Voicethread
A demonstration of Voicethread is here. An example of Voicethread to discuss digital storytelling. Finally, here’s an example from some French children about some English limericks they have created. There are plenty of examples all over the internet using this … Continue reading
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Tag Galaxy to Search Flickr
Need a fabulous way to collect pictures for a presentation? Want to get your students revved up about a new topic? Try Tag Galaxy You put in a tag and photos start building to a giant planet. If your tag … Continue reading
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Animoto
Another tool for making simple videos, long or short. This is a link to one I made in honor of my first car, a ’73 Fiat. It was pea green and not much to look at. When you hit a … Continue reading
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Makin’ Movies with Kids
Beth Newingham has terrific examples of using video with her students. They have created a variety of movies putting their writing and organizational skills into practice while expressing their creativity. What an inspiration! She offers help and advice to get … Continue reading
Squidoo
Many different versions of the mini-book are shown here. These are great study/learning tools for all grade levels and content areas. Minibooks at Squidoo
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Snow Day, March 2009
Videos and tech help from the state of Florida. Recommended by Two Tech Chicks podcast. Look at the Tech Ease portion.
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Once a Teacher
Here’s a lovely helpful blog about all things tech. This one may actually convince me of the value of Twitter. We shall see: Once a Teacher (This post was written months ago. I didn’t publish it at the time. NOW … Continue reading
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Teachers’ Domain
Teachers’ Domain provides free resources from PBS. There are podcasts, videos, and lessons all sorted by grade level and topic.
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