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Etherpad EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing via kwout If you have ever wanted to collaborate on a document with one or more people in real time, EtherPad is your quick simple solution. I enjoy the fact that there is no log in required, you can see what your partner is editing while they work and [...]
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I hope you are enjoying your well deserved break. I am headed south for a week, but I have set up a few items to auto-post over break, starting with this item. If you are looking for the best of the education type blogs, look no further. The Edublog Award Winners were recently announced. Take [...]
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My Nominees for the Best in Education Blogs for 2009 Best individual blog Free Tech For Teachers A mind-numbing quantity of exceptional resources, the blog that inspired me to start my own. Best new blog SMART Board Goodies A SMART Board and elementary centered blog. Best resource sharing blog Websites Of The Day Check out [...]
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http://www.webkinz.com As you rush home with your treasures over the next few weeks, consider a gift to your students that won’t set you back very much and will bring lively and high level discussion to your classroom: A virtual class pet. It is rare that I recommend a commercial product, I am really geared toward [...]
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I did not used to recommend that people use Google Sites for their class website. I found the templates to be on the boring side, it was more difficult to use than other tools such as Weebly and I didn’t like how the URL was so long once the site was published. Two of the [...]
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http://www.kerpoof.com/ Kerpoof! Teacher Page Kerpoof! Has been mentioned here before. While prepping for a PD on the site I was reminded of the depth of options and thought it warranted a second post. (And I wanted the links handy for my training) So here goes: Kerpoof! is a site where children can create things. The [...]
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I just read on ‘Free Technology For Teachers‘ that Weebly now has a service called ‘Weebly For Education.’ Weebly was already a very good choice for teacher web pages, so what is the big deal? For starters, if you register on the education site, you can build (and manage) student accounts as well. So now [...]
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http://www.says-it.com/ Fun graphics and art you design yourself. Great for classroom posters, handouts, bulletin boards and webpages. Put your class or school name on a truck, on Jeopardy! slide or a host of other options. Enjoy!
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Having fun with my new educator account for Animoto. Why sign up for an educator account? You won’t be limited to 30 second videos and can have more than 15 images. Why use Animoto rather than a slide show? Students can create cool looking movies that they can be proud of. It is as easy [...]
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http://wallwisher.com This is sort of a repeat, but I think WallWisher gets lost in the shuffle sometimes. I needed a quick, easy to use visually appealing message board the other day for a class I am taking and I even almost forgot about this cool tool. Create an account, choose a color scheme and name [...]
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