Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Google Sites

Google has much to offer when it comes to online applications. 

One feature is creating a website.  Under the "Links", I have four videos from Radford University.  These are good tutorials about how to create your own website. 

Although there are many free programs to use to build a website, Google sites can be used for multiple purposes.  One interesting aspect is that the site can be shared with only certain people and others can also have editing privileges.  This is excellent for group projects or student collaboration. 

By watching these tutorials you can have a good introduction to knowing how to create your own website!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Prezi Presentation!

Break out of the Power Point mold and take a look at Prezi! This is a facinating way to present information in a new and different way!

Here is a simple prezi that I created about Polar Bears.
https://prezi.com/secure/fd56d2d860cbe3860f803c1f38f9ca23128db113/

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Thing 1 and Thing 2

I have a new jing about how to schedule Thing 1 and Thing 2 laptop carts!

Click here to learn more: Thing 1 and Thing 2.

Or you can click on the link to the side of this post too!

Monday, October 18, 2010

The First Thanksgiving

This is a very informative and interactive website from Scholastic to help students learn about the First Thanksgiving!

Check it out! http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

Thursday, October 14, 2010

VoiceThread & Moodle

Now it seems you can use VoiceThread to Moodle!  What a great extention!  Moodle is one way for students to discuss, take polls, and chat about books, issues, topics, or anything.  VoiceThread allows for students to record their voice or another person's voice.  This can be great when interviewing someone. 

It seems that now you can combine these two applications where students can use VoiceThread with Moodle!  So in addition to typing, students can record their voices too!

This information came to me from Free Tech. 4 teachers.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Cool tools for school

I came across this website today which gives information about interesting web 2.0 technologies!  You can select a topic and the site will give a brief description of tons of available resources!  I highly suggest taking a few minutes to check this site out!

Do note that the site uses pop-ups, so you will want to allow for this feature in your web browser.

Click here: Cool Tools for School

Friday, October 1, 2010

Printer Information

 Click the link to learn how to add a printer:  Add a Printer

Click the link to learn how to change the default printer: Default Printer
(You may need to scroll down a bit to see the bottom of the screen)