General+Tech

media type="custom" key="748341" Sketchcast: http://sketchcast.com/ A resource for recording your sketches along with your audio. As a teacher you could turn on while giving notes or instructions and then post to a blog. Students can then use this as a resource for review or to confirm instructions for an assignment instead of asking multiple questions. Similar to what mimio and Smart offer but this takes out the step of you loading it to server. It gives you the link.

TubeSock: http://stinkbot.com/Tubesock/download.html Are there YouTube video's that you want to be using in class, but can't because of our filters? You can purchase TubeSock or download a free limited version, which will allow you to extract the videos from Youtube while your at home, save them as files, and then bring them to school to share with your students.

Diggo: http://www.diigo.com/ media type="youtube" key="0RvAkTuL02A&hl=en" height="355" width="425" Students who are working on a research project either independently or collaboratively can now mark, highlight, and comment on specific portions of individual websites. This interactive learning site will allow students to also save and organize their findings as bookmarks which can be accessed from any computer via the internet. There is a social networking aspect to this which may need additional monitoring.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/ Is a way to disseminate information quickly to a multitude of people. Using Twitter you can update people on what you are doing through out the day. It can go to text messages, emails, or blogs. Great resource for parents, homework, and agendas. Assign a student to send the Twitter at the beginning or end of the class period and now everyone has the agenda. No excuses!

Voice Thread: http://voicethread.com/#home Post an image, video, screen shots. Students can give feedback using a voice recording (which can be called in on a touch tone phone if they don’t have a microphone). They can also add their comments via text. Finally on video’s they can stop them and draw on them while they narrate their thoughts on the video.

eFieldTrip: http://www.efieldtrips.org/index.cfm Take a field trip without leaving teh classroom. Has a lot on ecosystems and science. Click on the "What is an eFieldTrip" for a flash video for explaining and a list of the parts of a field trip - including interacting with real experts in the field.

Rubrics: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/ Create an original or use and modify their templates.

Quia - http://www.quia.com/ Interactive flash cards, matching, and hangman. Used for review of topics. You can pay for a subscription which will give you feedback on student scores or you can simply sign-up for a free account and use what is there but not get any feedback on how your students scored.

WorldCat - [|http://www.worldcat.org] WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. WorldCat grows every day thanks to the efforts of librarians and other information professionals. You can search for popular books, music CDs and videos—all of the physical items you're used to getting from libraries. You can also discover many new kinds of digital content, such as downloadable audiobooks. You may also find article citations with links to their full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren't available to the public. Because WorldCat libraries serve diverse communities in dozens of countries, resources are available in many languages.

Jing - http://www.jingproject.com/ This is similar to Sketch casting you it is a download that allows you to take snapshots of anything on your computer screen, which will be saved as images (great for making how-to's). The other element to the program is that you are able to then record video of what you do or what you see on your computer screen. You can then instant share what you have done through emails, IM, or a blog journal. Again great for students who are making a how-to on something or for you to show how they can complete a task on the computer. media type="custom" key="799447" Kyber- http://www.keybr.com/ This is typing website. It train users to speed their typing and it have many language and it is FREE.

YOUSENDIT - [|http://www.yousendit.com] If you need to share large files you can use this website to share with people. You will need their email address and your email address. This site is great for the mac lab. Your students can upload the file to this web site and it will email a private link to the address they put into the TO: textbox. If you have the students use your email address as the FROM: address then you will recieve and email with the link to download as well so that you can grade the projects quickly and easily by checking your email, clicking the link, and downloading the file to your computer. Watch a jing on how to use it! http://screencast.com/t/aTclLRIee