Does Using Technology Add Value To The Classroom? | In Practice
Larry puts together a well-thought blog post on using technology in the classroom.
embedit.in — Any file, in your website
Be able to embed anything into your website with the help of this website.
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Let’s just take the great things about Zoho and make them better by utilizing Gadgets. You can embed or add these gadgets into your favorite social media site (Facebook, iGoogle, or Orkut) in order to access your Zoho account. Very slick Zoho. Good job!
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Foxit Software - Foxit Reader for Windows
Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer, with incredible small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich feature set. Foxit Reader supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7.
In the past, you’ve had to download a huge PDF reader from another software company, go through a lengthy installation process and wait for an annoying splash window to disappear just to open a PDF document. Moreover, if you want to annotate a PDF document, you have to pay US$299 to buy certain software.
Now with Foxit Reader, you don’t have to endure such pain any more. The following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit Reader:
* Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader is just a fraction of Acrobat Reader 20 M size.
* Breezing-fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay. You are not forced to view an annoying splash window displaying company logo, author names, etc.
* Annotation tool: Have you ever wished to annotate (or comment on) a PDF document when you are reading it? Foxit Reader allows you to draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document.
* Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file.
* High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without users’ permission. While other PDF readers often silently connect to the Internet in the background. Foxit PDF Reader does not contain any spyware.
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If you’ve read (okay even if you haven’t) Brain Rules then this SlideShare page is for you, Brain Rules for Presenters.
Technology Integration Materials
Here is a resource out of Los Gatos, CA centered around Technology Integration.
This was the wiki of resources used at the MPA meeting around technology in March 2009. ACTEM partnered with the MPA by providing technology leaders for a roundtable discussion.
Online professional development courtesy of ASCD.
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NMAH | Lighthouse Postcards | Browse Regions
My 2nd graders are studying lighthouses and this resource from the Smithsonian will save my students and I a lot of time and energy.
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ALA | Great Web Sites for Kids
There must be some good sites here because librarians know what they’re doing, don’t they.
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KickYouTube - KickYouTube - Download videos from youtube
KickYouTube is a great service. A quick and easy way to download youtube videos for offline viewing by finding the youtube video and adding “kick” in front of the address. You can even pick the file type.
National Gallery of Art | NGAkids home page
This site contains interactive activities for kids around the topic of art. One that caught my eye was a digital camera activity.
ArtisanCam - Activities - Super Action Comic Maker
This flash app help users create comics based on Super Heroes. This is just another tool that can be used in creative expression and digital storytelling.
Joyce always has great resources to share and this wiki is just another example. She uses Glogster to organize the content.
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Disney Acquires Kerpoof’s Kid-Friendly Creative Suite
Wow, first it was Club Penguin now it is Kerpoof. Disney is snatching some great web based assets.
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Name: Michael Richards
Location: Arundel, Maine, USA
About Me: I am the technology teacher/integrator at the Mildred L. Day School in Arundel, ME. Technology is a passion of mine since I was in junior high in the 80's taking a fortran course through my math teacher's account at USM. Outside of work I am a husband, father of 2 girls, and rabid Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots fan. When I have free time I would like to golfing (despite the short season).
