Posted in FETC, Lessons, Resources, Student Tech, Web on Jan 24th, 2008
Today’s teens are constantly surrounded by visually stimulating, interactive content. Television, portable digital content, and websites all seem to reach out to their young audiences with eye-catching material. So it’s no surprise that today’s learners expect to be encountered the same way in the classroom, which is why Brainpop’s education strategy is a good one [...]
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Posted in Security, Web on Jan 18th, 2008
It appears that a new site has appeared that allows anyone to see your photos, regardless of whether you have a private profile or not.
We won’t go into whether or not a teacher should have a Myspace account. The fact is that newer teachers grew up in the Myspace age, and they have them. So [...]
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Posted in Resources, Student Tech, Tools, Web on Jan 16th, 2008
There are few people these days that don’t know about YouTube. People from almost every background are using it to express their own ideas, remix other material into their own, or even follow the election. It currently hosts so many videos that it would be hard to search for any given keyword and not come [...]
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We’ve covered several different ways to generate bibliographies, but Bill over at bloggingonthebay.org has pointed out a useful tool, The Citation Machine. The concept of this web resource is that it gives you the fields to fill in about your source and it generates a citation for you. Handy. Check out Bill’s article here.
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Posted in Lessons, Presentations, Resources, Web on Nov 8th, 2007
Once a year…1000 remarkable people gather in Monterey, California to exchange something of incalcuable value, their ideas.
This opening line starts off every one of the 18 minute videos that appear on Ted.com. What are they? They are presentations from some of the greatest minds this world has to offer, covering a vast array of [...]
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Posted in Community, Resources, Web on Nov 7th, 2007
From time to time teachers often like to assign something like this:
Students are to read through magazines or scholarly online articles and find 3 that are relevant to subject X. Each article will need to be accompanied by a short write-up documenting their relevance to the topic.
This isn’t a bad approach, and actually brings [...]
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Posted in Web on Oct 22nd, 2007
Students can find out which Presidential candidate they most relate to thanks to Minnesota Public Radio’s quiz. The results page lists who they match the best with and includes which subjects they both agree or disagree on. Take it a step further and check out the cumulative results for all quiz takers. Sounds like [...]
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Posted in Resources, Tools, Web on Oct 16th, 2007
A co-teacher of mine emailed today about in interesting service today provided by Izzit.org They offer a free service for teachers wanting to cover current events in their classroom. Each day they post an important article from newspapers and magazines ranging from USA Today to the Wall Street Journal. Each article contains great key questions [...]
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Posted in Resources, Tools, Web on Oct 9th, 2007
Lifehacker recently published on article on the various free resources that colleges offer on their websites. Some of the highlights include art galleries, a virtual microscope, and a vast collection of history resources. Sometimes it’s a tough task finding the information we need for our lessons and thankfully several universities are providing it for free! [...]
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When starting a research assignment students often turn to Google. Even teachers do - you do right? And often times I wonder about the credibility of where they get their info from. Google makes it easier to keep it in check with Google Notebook. Let’s take a look at it’s features and then explore it’s [...]
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