Wall Wisher is a website that allows you to create a virtual wall where “sticky notes” can be added on any topic. Here’s an example of a Snow Day Wall (feel free to add your own ideas)! It’s very simple to make and add to a wall, and you can moderate everything that appears on [...]
This article is a follow up to yesterday’s inservice at Clearbrook. We discussed Global Projects, Using Skype, Wiki Ideas, and Geocaching and Geobugs. Wow, that was a lot of stuff! Shelia Terry from Virginia Beach was able to skype with us and talk a little about her use with Skype with her students there. [...]
Have you seen the Nicoles’ new Carver library webpage? Or Victoria Salvat’s Kindergarten page? If not, check them out! You will notice they are using a really cool service called Glogster. Glogster allows you to make interactive poster-like creatives that include links, pictures, and videos all with a really slick looking design. You can allow [...]
Flip through the Technology ABC Voicethread below! Which terms/sites/items have you used before? Which ones are new to you? How can you use these things in your classroom? As you flip through the Voicethread, click on the link to explore more about each “letter,” leave a comment or two if you are familiar with some [...]
Wordle is a really fun, east web tool that turns words into art called “word clouds.” These word clouds emphasize words that are used more often in a piece of text. Wordle makes text clouds from text you enter, from blog RSS feeds, or from delicious tags. There are even options to change font color, [...]
Meg Swecker, an ITRT for Roanoke County, is getting ready to take another scuba diving trip, and she wants to take you with her virtually! Listen to the voice thread below. If your class would like to send her questions for her to answer while she’s there, let me know! I’ll teach you how to [...]
If you haven’t had a chance to set up a del.icio.us account, I highly suggest you do so! It’s probably my favorite tool! del.icio.us website What is del.icio.us? Here’s a video to explain. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/x66lV7GOcNU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] How to Sign up Delicious Handout (pdf) (A Video from Liz Davis):[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGXElviSRXM" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" [...]
We are very lucky to have a group of 4th grade bloggers at East Salem lead by Mrs. Baer! Check out their blogs at 4th Grade Bloggers and please leave a comment or two!!
This past year I’ve noticed that a bunch of educators in our system have started blogging. One of the easiest ways to keep up with all these new blogs (in one place) is to use RSS. Here’s a simple explanation created by commoncraft: [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/AwtmOPdrEL8" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] I use Google Reader, but there [...]
Meg Swecker, an ITRT from Roanoke County, is currently in Cozumel, Mexico. She has been making VoiceThreads for area schools to use in class, and posting them. Five classes from Salem City Schools have had a chance to participate in the project. You can view all the VoiceThreads from the project here. Thanks, Mrs. Swecker! [...]
