Category: Educational Technology
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Podcasting for Education
Are you a Podcast lover? I was and then I kind of let them go a little bit. Well get ready to enjoy – check out AudioBoom. It is an easy Podcast feeder. Which means you can setup a free account and then subscribe to any number of Podcasts you like. Explore sports, science,…
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Have Students Tell Stories!
If you are looking for ways for students to tell stories, make connections or to just see some cool information try out MyHistro! They are calling it a timeline tool, but it is really great for telling stories. Students can log in with their GMail account and then search existing stories or build their own. They…
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Evernote Scannable for iOS makes digitizing paper easy – SlashGear
Evernote users are about to have more reasons to make the service a central hub for their digital lives. Today, the company is announcing Scannable, an app that will scan any document you have and upload it to their service. Better yet, your scanned documents are also searchable via Evernote, so you can find them…
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A Step By Step Guide On How to Create Flashcards Using Google Spreadsheets ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Flippity is a very good tool that you can use on Google Spreadsheets to create flashcards and quizzes. The flashcards you create can be either printed or shared online through a generated link. The process to create a flashcard using Google Spreadsheet is pretty easy. Here is how to do it: Source: www.educatorstechnology.com See on…
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The Australian Curriculum v7.0 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability – Learning continuum
Diagram showing Organising elements of ICT Capability Source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom
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Google Scholar Rocks!
Recently I was reminded of the amazing things found in Google Scholar. Loads of peer reviewed journals, primary sources and complete books! It is a great tool for locating quality resources and it is a simple way to teach students the value of QUALITY searching. Now with your Google Account you actually get a Google Scholar…
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Check out the new Cicret!
Are you ready for the new wearables? Here is the prototype for the Cicret Bracelet.
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Photos For Class – The World’s Easiest Way to Download Properly Attributed, Creative Common Images
Are you looking for a safe and easy way to find images for school reports? Just search and download properly attributed, copyright free images. G Rated Images – Photos for Class uses Flickr safe search, and we do a little filtering of our own to help it out – Read More Easy Attribution – When…
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Get Up and Stretch Using StretchClock!
With Chrome making browsing difficult on Macs – many of you have switched to Firefox. This week I am recommending an old favorite of mine in Firefox – StretchClock. This is a great tool for keeping yourself fresh and making sure you take care of yourself during these stressful times. StressClock puts a visible clock…
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Finally Print WebPages Properly!
Ever print a website page and get everything but what you want? Me too! Try PrintWhatYouLike.com. This is a free app and Chrome Add on which helps you tell the printer what you want and don’t want. If you use the Chrome Add-On (which I highly suggest) it produces another window for printing with options to remove,…
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