http://www.commoncraft.com/socialmedia
These guys are great. Another video from the Commoncraft Show.
I would have to say that these are some of the best professional development resources about. Simple, straight forwarded and fun.
Here is the blurb on the latest offering
“This video focuses on basics of social media: new technology that makes everyone a producer and tools that give [...]
www.aniboom.com
This is a useful site for animation. The site has two different animation tools that you can use. Shapeshifter and MicroSmotion
MicroSmotion, uses you web camera to make simple animations. Its simple and straight forward. It creates you movie as an animated GIF.
Shapeshifter, does not require a web camera. Instead you make your object and then [...]
I have long been a fan of Google Earth, its a brilliant tool that has a number of uses in the classroom.
For those of use who have had a play with this tool you will have encountered the Layers tab. This tab allows the user to overlay a variety of layers on the base map. [...]
I found this site from Ewen Del.icio.us post on his blog. Its a game produced by the Federation of American Scientists. This is a good resource for teachers of science, biology and health. The game is played witha 3d simulation where you control a robot within the body.
Here is their blurb…
“The Federation of American Scientists [...]
Multi touch interfaces are going to make a difference to how we teach and integrate technology.
Educause has released there latest installment in the “7 things you should know” series - Multi-touch interfaces - click here for the site and here for the PDF version.
If you want to watch a great video (Its a TED [...]
Educational Technology Clearinghouse
http://etc.usf.edu/
This is a interesting site that is worth a visit. It has a variety of resources and materials for a wide range of subjects These are further broken down into year levels:
Arts: Dance
Arts: Music
Arts: Theatre
Arts: Visual Art
Career & Technology
Foreign Language
Health
Language Arts
Mathematics
Physical Education
Science
Social Studies
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This was twittered this recently by Helen Otway. Smart Board Resources in the classroom.
This is quite a neat site the page lists a series of smartboard resources for various subject areas. Its worth a visit and a forage through the selection. The resources range across the school spectrum from K to 13 and cover the [...]
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
This is an interesting approach to a virtual field trip. Using Google Earth, a browser and your internet connection you are able to take a literature trip on your favourite story (well from the selection they have available) .
This one is Homer’s Odyssey Submitted by Matthew Hart, Granada High School, Livermore, CA.
Here is what [...]
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbout/46666
Educause has released their latest in the Seven Things you should know series. This installment looks at Ning. I like Ning, it was first brought to my attention by Sheryl with her excellent PLP sites - Powerful Learning Practice - for teacher education. A useful and flexible tool.
Here is [...]
I have been foraging around for audio tools and I have found 2 text to speech tools that are free. One is an installed tool and the second an online one
http://www.naturalreaders.com/
This is a download for windows, this tool will allows you to convert any written text into speech, it also converts text to MP3. They [...]
