Tech Tools
More to come!
Web Tools:
-www.viddler.com-video sharing. A cool feature can insert comments onto certain parts of the video!! Great for analyzing video.
-www.scribd.com-publish papers, download them(or full-text books!!), get them read to you, and it features a live link!
-www.Issuu.com-read/publish online(magazines, books, etc.)
-waybackmachine-See any webpage before it has been updated. This keeps archived copies.
-www.openoffice.org-provides free program similiar to Microsoft Office, and is downloadable.
-http://http://portableapps.com/-Download what player/acessory you want, and can acess blocked sites, by using a usb stick
-http://www.skype.com/-call long distance cheap/free(computer-computer, computer-phone)
-www.handbrake.com-a free dvd ripper
-www.getmiro.com-plays/downloads regardless of file type, internet tv channels, etc.
-www.Twitter.com-A great resource to meet people who share smiliar thoughts or views as yourself. Can instigate an awesome place for meaningful discussion and a variety of opinions.
-PhotoStory 3- A very quick and easy way to use pictures, music and dialogue to make stories out of. User friendly, great instructions.
-http://www.blip.tv-A site to watch or upload video to..similiar(but better quality) to YouTube.
-www.Ning.com- A social networking site suitable for students/teachers, groups, etc. An alternative to wiki for a class site.
-classblogmeister.com- Another great site to put up a class website
-www.freewebs.com- a very user friendly website server
-eluminate.com/vroom- a free program that allows you to host a live stream of video and audio, post up presentation slides, chat in a message board, and in general communicate online from where ever. Great for use on a class site if certain students can not always physically be in class.
Interesting Stuff:
-Ted.com-great intellectual/motivational videos
-archive.org-archives events/video/audio/pictures/music that allow you to go back and examine. Example: 9-11(see what the world was like previous/during/after the attacks)
-students2oh.org-a revolution of students demanding change within how they learn, and how they are expected to learn.
-animoto.com-make professional looking music videos…very easily!
-cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools- all you need to know about digital story telling, and 50 different tools to do so!
School Resources:
-oercommons.org: resources to use in school under creative commons
-school20.ning.com-forum to ask other teachers/professionals questions about…anything!
-epals.com-internet classrooms connected by variance of countries or ages, etc.
-flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com-socialize, do projects, learn with classrooms around the world.
-edusim3d.com-virtual world to be played on a smartboard. Great for all ages!
-edublogs.org- a blog server available for teacher/student networks
Videos:
-’In My Language’. A beautiful video told from the perspective of a girl with autism.
-‘A Girl Like Me’- A study done by a young Torontonian about race, and young children’s perspectives of others and themselves.
-‘The Story of a Sign’- A video about the power of words and the effects they can have.
The Story of a Sign – Short Film
-’Amateur’- a redefinition of what talent really is
-‘The Dissapointment”-the struggles of procreation
