Category: Technology and Learning
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RefMe VS. EasyBib – and the Winner is…
VS. We’ve been going back and forth this year about which citation tool is best. I am ready to make the call – RefMe Wins. Yesterday RefMe released an update that I catches it up with EasyBib. They now have it ready to cite Youtube, Imbd and many of the other cites we…
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Library and Tech Resources!
We often forget all of the free resources that are available. The Library of Congress (US) maintains a massive database of resources. They literally have 18 million catalog records for books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music, recordings, images, and electronic resources! They also do an amazing job of categorizing what is in this catalog. Take a…
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MLA Resources and YouTube 7 Tips for Teachers (and Students)
This year I am back to my old ways in that I have always been a Librarian and Tech. Philosophically it makes so much sense to combine the technology needs of students with the every changing world of libraries. Searching, researching and embedding technology simultaneously is the way of the future for libraries. To this…
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Find out about your world and more – FOR FREE!
Who doesn’t love a good map? Worldatlas.com is an amazing site. It has all kinds of interesting tools, images and infographics. It also has articles as well as location based information. Added bonus is you don’t need an account or anything this information is simply available to all! It is a great place to look…
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Interactive Youtube Videos for Education
Zaption.com is the coolest video tool I’ve used in some time. Using your Google or Facebook account it allows you to use Youtube videos in a more interactive manner. You can build questions, add links and other resources right to video thus creating a mini lesson or Flipped lesson right in the tool. Then…
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A new citation tool and privacy settings!
Hope you all had a wonderful summer and are back ready to teach and learn. Today I have a couple of different resources for you. The first is privacy settings and the second is a reference tool/app. Privacy Settings can be a real problem. We all want to have our stuff out there for friends…
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Remind Students of Homework, Assignments and Chat!
Need to remind your students of assignments and exams? Want to make your class more interactive? Try Remind.com – this application has been a round for a while, but recently it added a few features like ‘Chat’ which make it a very robust tool. You can create an account with your Google Account for free. Then you…
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Make Phone Calls for FREE!
With summer upon us many of the students at international schools will be headed off to colleges around the world. We all want them to stay in touch but calling can get expensive. If you haven’t tried it – check out Google Voice! I’ve been using Google Voice for about 2 years now and it…
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Study Tools!
Flippity is my new favorite resources! TWO resources are available – Flash Cards and Jeopardy study tools! Simply go to the site Flippity.net and download the template. Complete the Google Sheets template with your questions and answers. Upload the file then share the link! Now you have Flashcards or a really cool Jeopardy style game to play…
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Need some Audio?
Ever need just a snippet of a speech, song or communication? Youtube MP3 Converter is AWESOME! Simply capture the link from the Youtube Video you want. Copy the link and then paste it into the site: http://www.youtube-mp3.org/. Very quickly you will get options to download the audio from the video that you had in mp3 format. This is…
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