Sunday, January 24, 2010

Weekend Extra Part Two - Twitter Tweecap

Another dose of resources shared via Twitter.  My PLN sure was busy Saturday!  Who says educators aren't working on weekends?

5 Apps for the Busy Educator - I am only using one...I guess I am not as busy as I thought!

Glogster Education Resource Library - An very informative and in depth look at Glogster in Education...if you have not seen Glogster, you are missing out on a great tool for your students!

Yodio - Adding Voice to your photos.  You can use your phone to record the narrative...interesting software I found via the EDge21 Blog.

A great Tutorial for Pages 09 on Mac from ILearn Technology.  I don't own a Mac, so I hope this will help you out.

7 Things You Should Know about Clickers - Great read via PDF.

Have a Document Camera?  We are getting quite a few at our school.  Here is a great article about the impact of document cameras are having on motivating students.

BrightStorm - A Math website worth checking out.  My math is quite not up to par to know how useful this site might be....so, help me out and let me know how you have used it!

Blog Post about the National Educational Technology Plan....well worth reading....

An article about the effectiveness of 1:1 programs on student learning.

The Education Party - An interesting take on politics.  The creation of a new political party.  You have to wonder about its success since teachers make up such a large portion of the workforce across the country.  Generally in every county they are in the top 5 of employers in Kentucky.

Could the new Tablet PC'cs be a Game Changer in Education?

From Larry Ferlazzo - A great list of the Best Online Collection of Power Points for Teachers.

5 Inspirational Blogs for Special Education Teachers....

GREAT Blog Post on the impact of Merit pay on teaching, specifically Special Education...a MUST READ!

Online Spell Checker - Not sure why we would need an online Spell Checker, but thought I would share anyway.

Prezi is now offering FREE License for Education....

13 Ways to Drive Blog Readership. - Interesting article.  Definitely worth reading for learning how to increase readership of your blog.

2 comments:

  1. Stuff like this is a great resource for me. Thanks!

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  2. It really doesn't matter what day of the week it is, Twitter educators are always full of goodies. I can't keep up with it all but am loving trying.

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