Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Web 2.0 Teacher Tools: Quizlet

How can an interactive quiz tool help engage students?

Quizlet -- Sample Quiz

Web pages in Schoolnet

How can you use your classroom webpage to engage students?

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Web 2.0 Teacher Tools: Prezi

How can using an online presentation tool help to engage students?

Presentations with Prezi

Learning to use Prezi:
Tutorials and videos from Prezi
Prezi Manual

Some ideas from the Showcase Tab:
Example: Engagement in the Classroom
Example: Tech Tools for the English Classroom
Example: Prezi titled Math is not Linear

Comment: How could you use Prezi to engage your students?

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Web 2.0 Teacher Tools Year 2: New Presentation Tools

How can multimedia presentation tools be used to support student learning?

New tools:

* SMART Recorder

* Prezi -- example 1 -- example 2 -- example 3 (actual presentation)


** Getting Started video and text instructions

Comment: How could you use one of these tools in your classroom?

Monday, January 4, 2010

Web 2.0 Tools Year 2: Thinkfinity


Where can teachers find quality web resources?

Verison's Thinkfinity Web Portal

example: Cells Alive!

Thinkfinity Newsletter

Comment: What useful resource did you find?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Web 2.0 Tools Year 2:SMART Board Part I & 2

How can teachers use the SMART Board to engage students?

SMART board tutorials:

SMART technologies
Red Clay SMART Board Wiki

Closure Comment: Share 1 thing you learned.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Introducing Web 2.0 Teacher Tools -- Year 2

Links:

Closure: How can the use of classroom web pages help teachers, students, and parents?

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Using Movie Maker to Create Videos: Introduction

How can the creation of videos help students to learn?


Introduction to Movie Maker software.
Storyboarding handout #1
Storyboarding handout #2
Narration file for practice movie


Closure: Take the online survey -- Thanks for a great year!