Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Pinterest / Home

Another really nice curation tool. this one allows you to gather topics and "pin" them to a board. It is very visual (what isn't on the web) and my daughter uses it to gather crafting and baby websites. You name your boards, there is a little applet you add to your browser and yo can then "pin" sites that relate to your board onto that board. I love webcuration, it is an extension of the social bookmarking apps I have used for a long time. I like this because of the visual aspects.

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Popplet | Collect, curate and share your ideas, inspirations, and projects!

I have been looking at a lot of web based curation tools recently. They have many different uses and work in a lot of different ways. This one works much like Glogster and Inspiration combined. It is a really nice way to gather and present resources and information. There is also an iPad app for Popplet

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Friday, November 18, 2011

UsefulCharts.com | Quick & Easy Study Charts

Another interesting and fun site. Charts detailing all kinds of information. These could be used to help students visualize a concept, they could be used to relay information but mostly they could be used to start and advance a discussion. The charts cover a number of topics and would make a great beginning point for a research project or debate! (Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo!)

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

7 Free Tools for Creating Your Own Fonts

This is just fun, create your own font and use it. I mean how cool is that!!! 7 Free Tools for Creating Your Own Fonts:

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Nik's Learning Technology Blog: 10 Tools for Increasing Engagement in Online Courses

With the increase in the number of online offerings for learning, and the dubious quality of many of them, I thought this was a timely blog. I am familiar with online learning, having taken many courses that way, and I can tell you some of them were not very engaging and took a great deal of effort to stay involved. Learning in those conditions is difficult at best.

This seems like a good place for online teachers and content providers to begin to explore ways to make the courses more engaging and by doing that provide a more educationally rich experience!

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Monday, November 7, 2011

A GeekyMomma's Blog: Bullying's Everlasting Scars

Everyone worries about bullying but it is very difficult to make children see the effects of their actions. This seemed like a really great activity to bring home the long term affects of bullying.

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Friday, November 4, 2011

APPitic - 1,300+ EDUapps

This site has a directory of apps for education by the Apple Distinguished Educators. There are a large number of apps here that have been tested already.APPitic - 1,300+ EDUapps:

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Reading Bear - learn to read for free!

I have only played with this a little but it does look like a good place to take early readers. It introduces phonics principles and helps to teach vocabulary.Reading Bear - learn to read for free!:

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Free Technology for Teachers: Typing Adventure - A Fun Little Typing Game

Here is a new keyboarding site from Free technology for Teachers. It is a quick game that lets them practice.Free Technology for Teachers: Typing Adventure - A Fun Little Typing Game:

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » Word Dynamo: Vocabulary made fun

This blog from iLearn Technology introduces a website called Word Dynamo. It explains the purpose of the site and how it can be used in the classroom really well. Do take a look Work Dynamo is a great way to help your students develop their vocabulary skills in a fun way!

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual | SpyreStudios

Since I posted already about creating infographics I thought I would post this article about the parts of an infographic. The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual | SpyreStudios:

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Also if you look at some of my earlier blogs you will find a post about a blog from Langwitches with info about using infographics as a tool with students. I wanted to include it here again in case someone is interested in looking into this further.

Creating Infographics with Students

Infographics & Data Visualizations - Visual.ly

I am reading a lot about infographics lately. Some of them are really easy to read and understand and some are not but it does seem like a really cool way to not only present info to students and to help them present data. I am still working on the basics of learning to make an infographic, this sort of thing is not my strong suit. This site features lots of infographics already created and allows you to create your own. I found this from Edgalaxy, which is a great blog to follow. If you want to know more about creating one just search Google, you will find a wealth of information to help you. This site is a great place to see what can be done!

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