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October 7th, 2009 — 23 things, ideas, information literacy, neat sites, student learning, technology
May 2009 Newsletter on Glogster
May 18th, 2009 — collaboration, ideas, information literacy
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Neat Sites
March 9th, 2009 — ideas, neat sites, technology
Let Me Google That For You http://lmgtfy.com/ Ever get a question that could easily be answered? Go to the URL, type in the question. It records your question along with the links to a tiny url you can then send out. (Funny! Humor category.)
Pixton http://pixton.com/ Make your own comics.
Jeopardy Template http://jeopardylabs.com/build Build a Jeopardy template online.
Viddler http://www.viddler.com/ Another place to find and post videos.
Mashups, Remixes, and Web 2.0: Playing Fast and Loose with Shakespeare
Teacher Spolight Feb 09
February 18th, 2009 — collaboration, ideas, teacher spotlight, technology
Our teacher Spotlight for this month is on Marilyn Brewer!
Her AP CA IV students used Photostory to convey interpretations of various poems to prepare for the AP exam. Since students in previous years created Movie Maker and iMovie projects, students were comfortable using the technology. Using photos, music, and narration, the students creatively expressed their interpretation of the poem. Photostory is available free from Microsoft and can be downloaded to any computer. The students worked very hard and did a wonderful job! These will soon be posted on the BVW Productions page.
2.0: Tag Clouds for Learning
November 6th, 2008 — 23 things, Uncategorized, ideas, information literacy, research ideas, technology
With new 2.0 tools, there are new ways to visualize text that can possibly enhance understanding and engage students.
Tagcrowd and Wordle provide visual representations of words.
How can it be used? Go to SIRS Researcher, Election 2008, and copy-paste the text of the two candidates. Wordle or Tagcrowd will provide visual representations of the topics or keywords the candidates emphasized. Want to see the bias of an author? Copy-paste the text from a journal article into Tagcrowd and again, you can visualize the important concepts stressed by the author.
Tagcrowd and Wordle can work with any text document accessible through you computer including Word, Powerpoint, and Internet Explorer.
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