August 31st, 2006 by msris in Video · 1 Comment
Bring Videos into your Classroom through your Computer.
With more classrooms being fitted with computers and projectors visual media is becoming more important than ever. The teacher understands that the subject demands a good visual. The visual in the form of a drawing, photo, graph, or chart is just the beginning.
Show them instead of telling them.
Students want to see videos and flash movies showing them what is expected of them or what the concept they are learning is all about. Well, there is a website that is just what the classroom ordered. It’s called United Streaming and comes from the Discovery Channel. The website boasts thousands of videos and video clips. The videos sometimes come with teacher plans to help teach the concept with the video. The videos are easily found by using a search on the site.
It’s free…for 30 days.
The site gives teachers with a valid email account a free 30 day trial. With the reviews so far I suggest that you sign-up today.
United Streaming
I was reading Jenny Levine’s Shifted Librarian Blog and found this wonderful link: 60 sites in 60 minutes. I found some really useful sites so check this out today!
I was reading David Warlick’s blog this morning. Mr. Warlick writes on teaching and learning with technology. He has made a cool website that offers students, teachers, and anyone doing research a nice easy way to cite resources. It’s fill in the blank easy. Teachers this is a great way to use Internet technology while teaching your students to properly cite resources. So click on over to Citation Machine to check out this really cool and useful website.
April 27th, 2006 by msris in Fun · No Comments
If you are into Scrapbooking this is the site for you. It’s like Flickr on steroids.
This site is drag and drop easy. You can add photos, pick graphics, backgrounds, and add text.
Web 2.0 is great!
Scrapblog.
If you’re looking for free hosting or just getting started in the world of podcasting, definitely check out Gcast. This looks like a very good site.
If you’re looking for a podcast and need a search engine specific for new media Podzinger is the site for you. Podzinger. The Podzinger site informs guests: ‘PODZINGER unleashes the content within audio and video.
To find the podcast you want, don’t just search for it … ZING IT!’ Try it soon to help research audio and video files for your class today.
Wow. Another online tool. First I posted about Writely and now DabbleDB. These tools are becoming more available on the web. DabbleDB is an online database. They say they are a ‘friendly and powerful way to share, manage and explore your information over the web. To find out more, there is a nice online demo to view. This is what the Web 2.0 is all about. So much of the software that we depend on and use everyday will be hosted by websites. Do you think you would use online software? Do you think that this is a good trend for our profession?
Odeo is a creative way to record and share audio—and it’s free. The Odeo website makes for an easy way for you to set-up your own podcast. They let you record it, store it, and publish it. If you’re just interested in listening to podcasts, Odeo is a great place to find quality podcasts too.
Sign-up by clicking here.
I know we all have a calendar. However, this is an online calendar which offers you so much more than a paper one. Some of it’s features:
Share your RSSCalendar in real-time with unlimited users.
Create RSS feeds that show your calendar by day, week, month, or year.
Create calendar feeds that are public, private, or category-based.
Invite individuals/groups to subscribe to your RSSCalendar Channel.
Create events your subscribers can import into MS Outlook (VCal) or Mac (ICal).
I use this and find it very useful. It’s free. Sign-up by clicking here.
Discovery Education just launched a new site. It is being described as an online homework help tool. This is a new subscription service by Discovery Channel. It’s a web portal for students to use at home. There’s a lot of interesting stuff here for students and teachers. Click here to take a look. They’re offering a free 30 day trial right now!
