Social Media Toolkit

About five years ago, if you wanted to get attention for consulting or speaking engagements, frequent use of “web 2.0″ was required. Today, you can get the same mileage from “social media”. In fact, add “social” to anything and you’ll …

Using Shmoop to Make Learning Relevant

Students often ask – “Why must we learn this?” Shmoop helps educators answer this question through its digital resources that make learning fun and relevant for students. The online resource uses relevant and current cultural points-of-reference to help students see …

How to Create a VoiceThread

Over the weekend I stumbled across a great wiki dedicated to the use of VoiceThread in education. The wiki is appropriately titled, How to Make a VoiceThread. On How to Make a VoiceThread you will not only find directions for …

Prezi Announces New, Free Education Licenses

Prezi, a great service for taking presentations beyond bullets and pictures, has just announced that they’re offering a free education license for teachers and students. The new education license will allow teachers and students to keep their content private. The …

Thinklinkr – Collaborative Outline Creator

Thinklinkr is a free service for collaboratively creating outlines. Users can invite collaborators to join into the outlining process at any point in the process. When you’re done creating your outline you can embed it into your blog or website. …