With the evolution of Web 2.0 technologies, traditional typing practice is something that has been left at the wayside a little. While most people now learn how to type but just “doing it” (typing for authentic purposes), there are some fun games on the net that you may like to use with your students to […]
Author: Kathleen Morris
Bubbleshare Alternatives
Thanks to Angela Hall who recently alerted me to the fact that Bubbleshare will no longer be available from November 15th. This is disappointing as many teachers use this site to put slideshows of photos on their blog. I recently wrote a post on how to embed a Bubbleshare slideshow on your blog in a […]
Bloom’s Taxonomy in the Digital Age
Most teachers are probably familiar with the Bloom’s Taxonomy model which details the six levels of thinking from lower to higher level thinking (remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating, creating). Mike Fisher, an American instructional coach and consultant has come up with an interesting revision of the Bloom’s Taxonomy model based on 21st century skills. The model incorporates online tools […]
Share screen captures and screencasts with Jing
Jing is a piece of free software for screencasting and screen capture. It can be downloaded for both Mac and PC from http://www.jingproject.com/. Jing allows you to take a picture of anything on your screen. You can then annotate your still image and add objects like arrows. Here is an example of what a Jing screen […]
Great Overview of Web 2.0 Tools
David Kapuler, who writes the blog Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero has created this excellent “blog companion” which is an overview of educational Web 2.0 tools. It’s well worth a look for all teachers and educational bloggers.
Try the Knowledge Bank Online Events
Knowledge Bank Online Events is an online professional development program for Victorian teachers. It is organised around a free online meeting space in a program called Elluminate. Activities in Elluminate are live and interactive – you use your own computer to listen, speak to others and participate in activities. Knowledge Bank offers a series of […]
Adding a Bubbleshare Slideshow to your Blog
There are a number of sites where you can embed a slideshow of photos into your blog. One of them is Bubbleshare. I have used a Bubbleshare slideshow on my sidebar of my class blog to display pictures of my classroom. I have also embedded slideshows into posts on my blog about excursions, student work […]
Whyzz
Whyzz is a site that provides kid friendly answers to children’s questions. The tagline of the site is “answering your child’s whyzz, whatzz and howzz”. It is aimed at answering the questions of children aged 4-7 although could be used for children older than this. Registered users of the site can submit and answer questions. […]
Student Avatars
If you need student avatars for blogs, Voice Thread or other Internet applications and don’t want to upload photos of your students, there are a few options for creating avatars. I had my students draw a self portrait which I then photographed and uploaded (as above). Alternatively, there are a number of sites you can use […]
Future Me – Email Yourself
This week, I came across this cool online application called FutureMe where you can send your future self an email. I thought it could have a number of uses in the classroom. It would be interesting for students to send themselves an email that they would receive in one/two/five/ten years time. You can receive your […]
Spelling Sites!
Here are three good sites that students can use to practise their spelling on the IWB, classroom computers or at home. Spelling City – type in your spelling words (or use their lists) and practise the words with fun games like hangman, unscramble, wordfinds, crosswords etc. Ozspeller – Australian online spelling tutor and game with voiced […]
Downloading YouTube Clips
Thanks to Aaron Petersen I found an easy way to download YouTube clips that I want to use on my IWB, class iPod or classroom computers. I had previously downloaded “YouTube Downloader” software to download the file I wanted until I discovered YouTubeSnips. You don’t need software and it’s easy to use. There are three […]
Photo Story Alternatives….
Here are a couple of good online alternatives to Microsoft Photo Story for making digital story videos or slideshows. The benefits of these tools over Photo Story are they are very fast to generate and you can often download the final product, embed it on your blog or email it. ANIMOTO Animoto allow you to […]
Xtranormal Movie Maker
Xtranormal is a site that provides a really simple way to make an effective looking animated movie. Their motto is “if you can type, you can make movies” (you just type in the script and your chosen characters speak it). The program was very intuitive and I didn’t need to read any instructions to make […]
Finding Online Images
There are many places on the Internet where you can find images for you or your students to use. Here are just a few. You can search Google Images – the first place many people look for images. While Google Images provides a comprehensive search, the problem with this is that most image results are copyright. Flickr is a […]