Give it a try – search everything!
Interested in how we create the above video?
Search Everything
November 3rd, 2009 — 23 things, ideas, information literacy, neat sites, research ideas
Did You Know?
October 7th, 2009 — 23 things, ideas, information literacy, neat sites, student learning, technology
Neat Sites
February 18th, 2009 — ideas, neat sites, teacher spotlight
Xtra “You type something; we turn it into a movie.” A neat way for students to create movies. (This is untested right now with a class. Let us know if you would like to try it or if we can help.)
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
Life magazine photos hosted on Google and organized by decade.
Blinx – search for videos through the blinx search engine. We found stuff on here that a typical Google search never revealed.
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/
Many eyes – visualization tool to view any variety of data sets. Create your own or view others.
Lovely Charts – online tool to create flow charts and other graphic organizers. Think of Inspiration software online.
Youtube and Teachertube
January 16th, 2009 — 23 things, collaboration, ideas, research ideas
Want to incorporate Youtube videos into your classroom? As of 2008, over 200,000 videos are published on Youtube – each day (Digital Ethnography). Although Youtube is blocked in our school district, there are many ways to utilize appropriate content in our classrooms.
1. Teachertube: Similar to youtube, an online portal for educational type videos. Teachers are posting their lessons and student work on Teachertube.
How you can use?
àSearch for videos by content
àPost student work on Teachertube
(What a great way to engage students in the digital world!)
àPost lessons for students and others to access making yourself a part of the educational video dialogue that is occurring right now!
Teacher Tube released the Top 5 videos (see newsletter)
The #1 video viewed on Teachertube – click here. It has been used to encourage teachers to use digital content in their classrooms. The video was created by a teacher to show how students use technology daily.
2. Utilize Zamzar.com to convert your youtube videos to a windows media file that can be downloaded to your computer. See the following link for a demonstration of how-to.
3. Unitedstreaming.com – Don’t forget the district subscribes to online content through Discovery Education. If you do not have a log on, see Amanda or Becca for information.
