Category: Technology and Learning
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Screencasting: Add Voice Over to PowerPoint Presentations in 5 Easy Steps
See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom See this great presentation: ChristopherBell‘s insight: Old Trick – but a good one. See on digitallearningandteaching.wordpress.com
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10 Iconic Teacher Actions That Technology Should Disrupt –
See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom tuff10 Iconic Teacher Actions That Technology Should Disrupt by Terry Heick A little bit of technology doesn’t change much. Can make things a little easier by automating them. It could make a lesson here or… ChristopherBell‘s insight: Great Stuff! Especially like the information on grading…
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Twitter for Teachers!
This week I wanted to recommend the use of Twitter. With all of the political upheaval in Thailand I am finding Twitter to be the best and most up to date source for information. Typically I use Twitter professional to collect the Tweets from other educational technology professionals. I was going to put together my…
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Start Using Audio in YOUR Class!
Recently I have been reading about the value of Audio in eLearning. It provides another avenue for delivery of information to students. Some learners do better listening to information and taking notes while others need to actually read the information. It might be a good idea to try to combine the two to make sure…
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Jeopardy Labs – Start Reviewing Now!
As we entered the Finals time of the year it is time to begin the review sessions. If you’ve every watched Jeopardy you know it is a fun and exciting game. This website – Jeopardy Labs – allows you to build your very own Jeopardy review game. Simply create an account (all you actually need is a…
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Minigroup – Discussions made easy!
I typically do not recommend any sites or tools that cost – but minigroup is so cool, easy to use and works on mobile devices that I had to send this one. You can try it for 30 days and then it is $5 a month. Using your school gmail account you can easily sign in and…
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SAMR: By Susan Xnevad
Most of you have heard of the SAMR model (and if not it is worth a Google). I was looking for new little tech tools for today’s resources and came across this. It is a great interactive image explaining the model. Enjoy!
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Educational Technology Guy: Great list of app based on task you want students to accomplish
See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom “I found this great list of apps and tech tools that are organized based on the task you want students to accomplish. It was out on Twitter and I can’t find the original tweet. What do you want to do…?There’s a tech tool for that. pic.twitter.com/kWFciWylLP”…
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Try Strip Generator!
Stripgenerator is a cool online tool for building comic strips. This is a great way for students to retell, explain or synthesis learning in a creative way. Simply go to http://stripgenerator.com/ and register – it is free! (*The Activation email might go to your Spam so check there if you don’t get it right away) Once your account…
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Modifying the Flipped Classroom: The “In-Class” Version
See on Scoop.it – Technology for Kids in the Classroom ThiSo. You’ve tried flipping your class, and it didn’t go well. Or you’ve heard about flipping and want to try the approach, but you’re pretty sure it won’t work in your school. Don’t give up yet — wit ChristopherBell‘s insight: This is good sound advice.…
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