Tablet Talk Facebook Page

Become a fan of TabletTalk on fb. You’ll find the same great Web 2 and Tablet friendly sites for education, just in a different format. My goal is increased interaction and participation among the readers.
TabletTalk on Facebook

Wordle Again

Wordle http://wordle.net
I have blogged about Wordle before, but I recently came across an interesting presentation: Thirty-Eight Interesting Ways to use Wordle. Enjoy!

Wall Wisher

WallWisherCreate a quick webpage which people can post sticky notes to.  Use it to post HW assignments, swap ideas with other teachers or have your students post short items to share. Want to practice? Click below on ‘Post a Sticky’ and share your favorite thing about your TabletPC.
The Tablet Talk wall can be viewed as a [...]

Image Chef

http://www.imagechef.com

Image Chef is (yet another) fun little place where you can add your name or class name to different items. Use it for creating signs and banners or for catchy graphics for your class sight or blog. You do not need an account, but building one will allow you to save items on their site. [...]

PBS Kids and SMART Board Games

http://pbskids.org/smartboard/
PBS Kids has added a section to their site for SMART Board Games. These games and learning activities will be equally engaging on your Tablet PC, with or without the use of a SMART Board. Your students will enjoy the familiar characters (Curious George, etc.) and you will love how much thinking, reasoning and learning [...]

Grieving 2.0

(Post Appeared on 7/11/09)
I may be half the teacher my father was, but I am twice the geek. My dad was loud, confident and his voice and presence could fill a room (and at times, seep into the halls). I am more reserved, shy and am most comfortable troubleshooting your computer. He was likely to [...]

Pho.to

http://pho.to
Here is yet another fun site that will let you do things with your digital pictures. Whether they are images from a class trip, day to day class activities or items that you have found on the web, you can make 3-D photo albums, caricatures and other fun stuff with them. I found the site [...]

Fun SS Review Game

http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/
An enjoyable review of Social Studies concepts and vocabulary.  Add it to your favorites and revisit throughout the year. I enjoy the way it is divided up into the different themes of Social Studies and think it would be one of those items that would be handy to have up your sleeve for the last [...]

Wordle For Community Building

http://wordle.net
While catching up on some old Tech and Learning editorials one of them mentioned how they were surprised that Wordle hadn’t gained more popularity. I know I have mentioned the site in Tablet Talk a few times, but I think that at the begining of the year it bears a little more attention in the [...]

S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G

htttp://www.spellingcity.com
I briefly mentioned Spelling City in my ‘Things To Do With Your Class List‘ post, but I think it is worth another mention. I had two of my kids come home from school yesterday with the first spelling list of the year, and we had a great time on Spelling City. They enjoyed the word [...]