Augmented Reality (AR) is still in its infancy, but as people like me look further afield to find interesting technology to use in (and out of) the classroom, it has been on my radar a bit recently. So, what is …
Pixorial
Pixorial is an online video service where home movies and people interconnect. Customers can collaborate with others by adding and sharing full resolution home movies in the secure Pixorial service. Customers can edit and remix this online content to create …
Exploratory and Collaborative Learning with Diigo
For those of you unfamiliar with Diigo, it is a social bookmarking tool that allows you to annotate, archive and organize websites. With Diigo, you can save websites into a public or private library, highlight information within text and images, …
Nuance PDF Reader – Read and Convert Your PDF Docs with This Cool Free App
A few PDF tools have succeeded in carving out some space from Adobe’s omnipresent software – the Adobe Reader. Is Adobe rueing the fact that they made the PDF document format open?
We wouldn’t know, but the openness has brought …
Highlighting E-Readers
Making e-book readers more like books actually impairs their usefulness, according to a study. “Because it was difficult to take notes on the Kindle, because PDF documents could not be annotated or highlighted at all, and because it was hard …
From Second Life to authentic educational Virtual Worlds?
This excellent article looks at how educational institutions seem to be moving away from Second Life to create virtual worlds that focus on the specific needs of teaching and learning. The article suggests that there is still a long way …
How To Open Microsoft Word 2007 docx Files
Have you ever received one of those files with the .docx extension and wondered what to do with it ? It can’t be viewed in older Word versions, so how can you open a docx file then? Well I have …
An Awesome Free Guide to Digital Storytelling
Silvia Tolisano, author of the excellent Langwitches blog, has an awesome free ebook about digital storytelling. Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators is a 120 page guide to using digital storytelling tools in your classroom. The guide offers clear directions for …
Using Technology to Find Students
Using technology tools with high school students is always a good idea. Okay, maybe that statement is a bit bold, but let’s face the truth. High school students are more connected to online forums, Facebook accounts, and cell phones than …
Top 10 Free Ways To Discover New Music Online
Bored with your music and want to discover some new bands or singers? There are two main ways you can do that online. You can use services which create music maps, allowing you to explore artists similar in genre to …
Word It Out – Creating Word Clouds With More Options
Word It Out creates word clouds out of any text that you paste into the word cloud generator. Once the word cloud is created you can customize the size and color scheme of the cloud. You can also customize the …
10 Outstanding Sites for Downloading Lesson Plans
The following websites will help you make your planning easier and more rewarding, find online resources more quickly and easily, and engage and inspire your students.
http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/25965/10-Outstanding-Sites-for-Downloading-Lesson-Plans…
Google Docs Self Check Quizzes
Many of you have discovered the power of using Google forms and spreadsheets to gather data. In fact, they can be a step forward in creating paperless classrooms! For this week’s tip, I have created some templates for self-checking quizzes …
TinyPad – Replace Notepad With Automatic Syncing & Sharing Built In
If you are thinking just how interesting an application to replace Notepad can be, you could start off by downloading TinyPad. The 1.34MB free download packages some features that are part and parcel for a typical Notepad replacement and some …
The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: A Resource for History and Fine Arts Teachers
The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection. The Metropolitan Museum’s curatorial, conservation, and education staff research …