Smackdown
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URL: http://drop.io What it is: A free 100mb dropbox per account How it works: Create a new drop box using a unique URL; upload your file(s)/media (can upload more; create a password to access the account later; you can create as many dropboxes as you want, as long as you have a unique ID; Teacher/Student Use: Usie it as a “disposable” dropbox Shared by: Alan *URL: http://www.voki.com
How it works: Enables you to create an “avatar” which can be embedded into your website. Avatars are created from a library of characters, record your voice through various venues (phone, mic, text to speech), then the avatar’s mouth syncs up with your recording to deliver your message. Teacher/Student Use: Captures student’s attention ~ a Shared by: Tim URL: http://bb.ksbe.edu Blackboard’s Course Cartridge
Catalog in the Course Options section of the Control Panel How it works: Search on the catalog to locate and access course materials Teacher/Student Use: Teachers can access course materials, tests, media from this resource Shared by: Tim *URL: http://faceyourmanga.com How it works: Create your own avatar using different features; can download your avatar to use in different applications Teacher/Student Use: Good for both teachers and students to use to create an identity that will be Shared by: Nate URL: http://blacktree.com then click on Quicksilver
How it works: Download Quicksilver which is a search tool which searches your entire hard drive for items. Can create short cut keys to access the app. Teacher/Student Use: Good for both teachers and students to use to do quick searches Shared by: Nate URL: http://wordle.net How it works: Word/tag cloud application; type in different words, choose a shape, select layout, font, color to create your “cloud” Teacher/Student Use: Good for students to create clouds based on a particular theme. Shared by: Darrin URL: http://soundsnap.com How it works: Download copyright free sounds; there’s music loops organized by music genres, animal sounds, voices, etc. Teacher/Student Use: Great royalty free resource for students/teachers Shared by: Darrin URL: http://www.ted.com How it works: Website that includes lectures/talks by the world’s greatest thinkers in all fields Teacher/Student Use: Good resource of lectures by great thinkers Shared by: Alan URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/ How it works: DownloadableOpen source free app that works like Apple Desktop remote; enables you to view as well as control another’s computer Teacher/Student Use: Good for teachers to view student’s computers; good for ETS-I group to help teachers remotely Shared by: Nate
URL: http://www.krnomy.com How it works: Upload video, pictures, text, then it creates a slideshow for you Teacher/Student Use: Multimedia presentation tool Shared by: Darrin URL: http://www.vixy.net or http://zamzar.com How it works: Enables you to download movies, multimedia from websites Teacher/Student Use: resources Shared by: Darrin URL: http://tripit.com How it works: Provide information on where you want to go to and it will set up an itinerary for you. Teacher/Student Use: Personal Use Shared by: Darrin Good tool for teachers to use to download
URL: http://www.slideshare.net How it works: Upload a powerpoint presentation, then receive comments on your presentation; links in Powerpoint remain active; lcan also embed the presentation in other websites Teacher/Student Use: Good for uploading presentations to share and receive feedback on presentations Shared by: Alan URL: http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-usefulblogging-tools-for-teachers How it works: Shares different educational blogging sites, blogging tools, help for teachers Teacher/Student Use: Good resource of educational blogging sites Shared by: Darrin
URL: http://delicious.com/ login: ksedtech password: kms1t21 How it works: This is the repository of all of the online resources that Alan has set up that we can easily access! Please add your links here. Teacher/Student Use: Good resource for teachers to use to log and tag online resources Shared by: Alan URL: http://resources-teachers.blogspot.com
How it works: This pedagogic blog is a collection of resources and tips for elementary and secondary school teachers that are available on the Web. Teacher/Student Use: Provides some good learning resources for both teachers and students Shared by: Darrin URL: http://ibreadcrumbs.com How it works: A Social Network for Researchers to Share Recorded URLs, Track Websites, Review Notes Online, and Encourage Online Collaborative Research Teacher/Student Use: Good online productivity tool Shared by: Darrin URL: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/12/the-best-web20.html How it works: Contains and rates the best Web 2.0 applications Teacher/Student Use: Good resource to track good web apps Shared by: Darrin URL: http://www.worldofteaching.com How it works: Teacher/Student Use: Shared by: Melia URL: http://www.netvibes.com
How it works: Teacher/Student Use: Shared by: Alan URL: http://www.ask500.com How it works: Teacher/Student Use: Shared by: Cy URL: http://periodicvideos.com/# How it works: Teacher/Student Use: Shared by:
Smackdown Resources
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*URL: http://www.voki.com How it works: Enables you to create an “avatar” which can be embedded into your website. Avatars are created from a library of characters, record your voice through various venues (phone, mic, text to speech), then the avatar’s mouth syncs up with your recording to deliver your message. Teacher/Student Use: Captures student’s attention ~ a Shared by: Tim *URL: http://www.worldofteaching.com How it works: Website that includes PowerPoint presentations broken down by subject areas, including elective courses that are available to download. Teachers may also upload their own PowerPoint presentations to share. Teacher/Student Use: This is a website filled with ready to go Powerpoints for anyone to use. Shared by: Melia Quicktip: Entourage Tasks Option How it works: Use the Task Manager in Entourage to keep track of every day tasks that you need to complete. Assign due dates and reminders to keep you on task; once you complete a task, check it off in the Tasks list. Teacher/Student Use: Great organizational tool for both teachers and students Shared by: Melia *URL: http://www.netvibes.com How it works: A free web service that brings together your favorite media sources and online services and everything that matters to you including blogs, news, weather, videos, photos, social networks, email and much more. RSS feeds are automatically updated every time you visit your page." Teacher/Student Use: Great way to organize and share classroom resources between teachers and students. Shared by: Alan URL: http://www.ask500.com
How it works: Free online application that can be used to gather input
and opinion data in minutes instead of days, and to create a platform that other applications can integrate.
Teacher/Student Use: Good tool for students to use to collect data from a randomized population. Shared by: Cy *URL: http://wordle.net How it works: Word/tag cloud application; type in different words, choose a shape, select layout, font, color to create your “cloud” Teacher/Student Use: Good for students to create clouds based on a particular theme. Shared by: Cy *URL: http://faceyourmanga.com How it works: Create your own avatar using different features; can download your avatar to use in different applications Teacher/Student Use: Good for both teachers and students to use to create an identity that will be used on the Internet. Shared by: Nate URL: http://www.apple.com/business/theater/#tutorial=keyboardviewe r Apple Quick tip Theater- Keyboard Viewer I quick tutorial on how to view keyboard short cuts for special symbols using combinations of control, shift, or option keys. Teacher/Student Use: In addition you will find links to many other helpful hints from the Apple Genius Bar Staff. Shared by: Nate *URL: http://viygo.com/ How it works: Vivgo is a free timeline creator where you create
the events, select from current web sources, or both.
It
has can be used in all grade levels, in any discipline and published timelines can be embedded in websites.
Teacher/Student Use: Tool that can be used in all grade levels, across the curriculum to create timelines Shared by: Lynne URL: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ How it works: Make Beliefs Comix is a free online comic strip creator. You can print it or send a copy via email. It is safe for all grade levels and can support English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Latin. Teacher/Student Use: Creativity tool that students can be used across the curriculum Shared by: Lynne URL: http://mydrawings.com/ How it works: Mydrawings.com is a free online drawing site. It is a virtual canvas that anyone can paint/draw on. You can post comments about posted works, use them as avatars, or embed them in websites. Teacher/Student Use: Shared by: Lynne URL: http://periodicvideos.com/# How it works: Online periodic table of elements – each element links to a youtube video on that element Teacher/Student Use: Good supplemental resource for students taking Chemistry Shared by: Darrin URL: http://www.bioedonline.org/slides/ How it works: Biology teacher resources from Baylor College of Medicine including online PowerPoint slide sets Teacher/Student Use: Good supplemental resource for students taking biology Shared by: Darrin *URL: http://fo.reca.st/surveys/home
How it works: Allows you to design online surveys, collect responses
from the visitors of your blog or website, analyze them and finally present the survey results - all using only your web browser and for free.
Teacher/Student Use: Quick, easy and free way for teachers and students to administer surveys Shared by: Mimi URL: http://www.280slides.com How it works: Create PowerPoint-like presentations, access them from
anywhere, and share them in anyway you want to.
Teacher/Student Use: An easy to use presentation program that’s a nice option for students who don’t have PowerPoint at home. Shared by: Mimi *URL: http://www.keepvid.com How it works: It's a site that you type in a url of any streaming video (i.e. Youtube) and it allows you to download it to your machine in a mp4 format. Teacher/Student Use: This enables the teacher to have a copy of the video on their computer without having to worry about Internet connection. Shared by: Renee
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