It’s that time of year where teachers begin to prepare portfolio’s with students. Some of us start right at the beginning and other wait until the last minute. Perhaps it depends on how organizationally challenged we are
This year I started collecting student work electronically from the beginning of school. Our school developed an [...]
Tech Tips: Internet Explorer 7 Printing Shortcuts
Tip #A:
When you only want to print part of a Web page such as a paragraph or an image, you can copy and paste into a word processor and print from there; however, here is a quicker way:
Highlight the desired text or image with the mouse, go to [...]
As promised, I used a Flip video camera under extreme light conditions … I went up to Artist’s Point on Mt. Baker the day after it opened. It was beautiful blue sky and very bright! The video came out pretty good. There was some moving and shaking and static movement. Perhaps I was moving [...]
I recently purchased a Flip video to experiment with. Our plan is to use it in the upper primary classrooms. Given its limitations, the question is whether it would offer enough flexibility for the students filming their vodcasts. Tonight, about 9:45pm, the local Gold Wing Road Riders Association had a light parade through town. The [...]
I have been using Audacity to create book reviews in my class. I give my 5th grade students the following criteria for reviewing books:
For your podcast be sure to include the following features. You may place them in any order but be sure you include them all in your review. Remember, no more than three [...]
The following are some good tips for practice in designing educational podcasts. Most of these come from practices I use in my weekly podcast to parents … I call it TWiC … This Week in Class.
1. Identify your aims, objectives, and audience.
2. Use more than one voice – monologues can be boring, two make it [...]
Top 100 Tools for Learning
In July 2007 Jane Hart, head of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, in Somerset, England asked 64 e-learning experts to list their top 10 productivity and teaching tools. A free PDF download version lists the tools by type and gives key information about each one.
The top ten most [...]
VoiceThread is a highly-praised Web-based tool which enables students and teachers to add text and audio commentary to digital images and create unique interactive presentations. Educators can apply for a free VoiceThread Pro account by signing in, clicking the Create tab – ‘Go Pro’ – ‘K-12 classroom educators’.
What’s a VoiceThread, Anyway?
VoiceThread founders Ben Papell [...]
The ability to record and insert audio files in electronic graphic organizers is highly useful for ELL students and beginning readers. Teachers can easily record and insert directions as audio files within diagrams.
To record and insert an audio file in Kidspiration™:
Enable the sound recording feature by going to the Teacher menu, selecting Enable Teacher Menu [...]
The eLearning Guild provides an excellent free downloadable e-book of favorite tips for using eLearning software. Tips were compiled by surveying 122 eLearning Guild members in the area of:
Rapid e-Learning tools
Simulation tools
Media tools
Combining and deploying authoring tools
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