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Tech Tools for Teachers
Technify Your Teaching in 2013: PD Opportunity
As well as this blog and my class blog, I write Tech Tools for Teachers. This is a collaborative effort with my colleagues, Matt Limb and Simon Collier. Each fortnight we review an online tool and provide step-by-step instructions on its use. In January of this year we ran a professional development day called Technify […]
Kids and Online Tools: The Legal Side
There are so many free online tools out there that are fabulous to use in the classroom. These tools can potentially allow your students to create, collaborate, communicate and express themselves in a multitude of ways. To find recommendations of tried and tested online tools to use in the classroom with step-by-step instructions, visit my […]
Tech Tools for Teachers is Back!
ABOUT TECH TOOLS FOR TEACHERS Simon Collier and I began a free e-newsletter for educators called Tech Tools for Teachers in January 2010. Each edition of the e-newsletter highlights an online tool or site that can be used in the classroom and provides step-by-step instructions on how to use it. Tech Tools for Teachers is […]
Holidays are Here!
Thank you to all my readers for you support throughout the year. 2010 has seen over EIGHTY posts on this blog! ***** I have also collaborated on THIRTY Tech Tools for Teachers email newsletters with Simon Collier. These free weekly e-newsletters for teachers offer instruction on ICT tools and sites that can be used in […]
Learn It In 5: Instructional Videos
Last week’s Tech Tools for Teachers was about the site Learn It In 5. Click here to read the newsletter. “Learn it in 5 is a powerful library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, for the purpose of helping teachers and students create classroom strategies for today’s 21st century’s digital classroom. These step-by-step how-to […]
Tech Tools for Teachers #22 PrimaryPad
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on an email newsletter for teachers called Tech Tools for Teachers. Click here to find an archive of past newsletters and to subscribe. This week we review the site PrimaryPad http://primarypad.com/ PrimaryPad is a tool that allows students and teachers to collaborate on a word-processor style document. Despite […]
Tech Tools for Teachers
Since the beginning of 2010, I have been collaborating with a fellow teacher, Simon Collier on a free weekly e-mail for teachers. With our 20th newsletter milestone approaching, this post is a reminder if you or someone you know has not yet signed up for the newsletters. Each week our email newsletter features a useful […]
Tech Tools for Teachers #14 BTN
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on an email newsletter for teachers called Tech Tools for Teachers. Click here to find an archive of past newsletters and to subscribe. This week we review the website Behind the News (BTN) http://www.abc.net.au/btn/ Behind the News (BTN) is a fantastic Australian site by the ABC that helps […]
Tech Tools for Teachers #11 VoiceThread
Each week, Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter called Tech Tools for Teachers to inform teachers of useful online tools. Find out more here. This week we review the website VoiceThread http://voicethread.com VoiceThread is a popular tool that allows you to narrate images, documents and videos. Others can join in the […]
Tech Tools for Teachers # 6 – Word Magnets
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. This week we review the site Word Magnets. http://www.triptico.co.uk/resources/word_magnets/WordMagnets.html Word magnets is a tool that allows you to paste in some text and then change the text into word tiles like fridge […]
Tech Tools for Teachers #5 – Creating Google Docs Quizzes
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. This week we review the use of Google Docs: Forms (http://docs.google.com/) No doubt you have all heard of Google, and possibly Google Docs. Google Docs is a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet, […]
Tech Tools For Teachers #4 – Zuitube
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. ZUITUBE This week we review the site, Zuitube (http://video.kidzui.com/) Zuitube is basically YouTube for kids. The site promotes itself as the “largest collection of videos for kids on the web“. YouTube videos […]
Tech Tools for Teachers – Newsletter #3
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. XTRANORMAL MOVIE MAKER UPDATE – thanks to Mark O’Halloran who discovered that there are some G rated movies that are definitely not G rated! This is disappointing as it makes such a […]
Tech Tools for Teachers – Newsletter #2
Each week Simon Collier and I collaborate on a weekly email newsletter to inform teachers of great online tools. Find out more here. WORDLE This week we review the site Wordle (http://wordle.net) Wordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from your chosen text. You can edit your clouds with different fonts, layouts and colour […]