Saturday, June 19, 2010

A Few cool Tech Tools

convert files, download youtube - http://zamzar.com
cool slide-shows http://animoto.com
text reader http://www.naturalreaders.com
search help on Google:  Wonder wheel and 
Timeline
Live Audience polling http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Free website creation http://www.weebly.com
Shared comment space, like a private twitter for backchannel http://piratepad.net
Funny make photos speak http://blabberize.com
Teachers videos http://www.teachers.tv/videos
http://www.edu20.org/ Place to create online leaning / classroom sites
Comic creators http://pixton.com/ and http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
Great timeline creator also flip books and location http://www.dipity.com
Quick mind-maps http://bubbl.us and http://www.mindmeister.com/

The most important thing is to tie the tech tool into both the curriculum and also the instructional framework, for example: like Mind mapping or timelines bringing in Marzano's non-linear representations for exploring genus and species in science.

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