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Screencasting Software - Easily Make Stunning Demos

Screencasting software — for screen capture, editing, and publication of video files － has been used to market software products and website service, and to train people in the use of those products and service. Screencasting is a powerful tool for presentation; if screencating software can be properly used it will enable us to achieve many of our goals, such as making a software tutorial, creating a shot how-to video, and producing a… Continue

Added by William Peterson on December 30, 2008 at 6:39am — No Comments

What Are Avatars and Why Should They Be Used for eLearning for Kids? By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow

Avatars are being introduced to assist kids in eLearning. It turns out the kids love the avatars and they can be used as teacher assistants. This helps with teaching in overloaded classrooms and increases the learning of the students. What is an Avatar? Well Glad you asked;

An "avatar" is a fictional character inside of Computer. For instance Microsoft word comes with a "Paper Clip" which… Continue

Added by Lance Winslow on December 29, 2008 at 11:42pm — 3 Comments

President Elect Links Ed Tech to Growing Our Economy

Obama Links Ed Tech to Economic Growth reads the December 3, 2008 Digital | Directions article. Those of us involved with education and technology have been chanting an ed-tech mantra for quite some time, having identifed it as the hook to engage and challenge 21st century students. We have experimented with various applications in our classrooms, trying to involve our students with their own education, and ultimately… Continue

Added by Gary Latman on December 29, 2008 at 10:49pm — No Comments

What I achieved this year by integrating ICT tools in my teaching.

Someone once said, “If students do not learn the way we teach, then let us teach the way they learn.”

Social Sciences in general and Geography in particular is a visual cum systematic subject which need lot of observational skills. It has been seen that the students lack interest in social sciences due to inability to visualize abstract themes/places. It creates a wide gap between teaching and learning. Today's traditional learning environment also does not allow the learners to… Continue

Added by suryaveer on December 29, 2008 at 9:12pm — No Comments

Happy New Year!!

I am wishing you all a happy new year! Hope you will have a great year in 2009, :)

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Added by Alfajri Alwis on December 29, 2008 at 3:09am — No Comments

Glutton for Gluten

This blog post is inspired by Brad Chapin's thoughts and way too much twittering lately.

Okay, I'm not sure if it's ASD, ADHD or ADD nor am I certain if it impacts the children and/or the adults in our family (both immediate and extended of course). What I am certain about? Gluten-free and dairy/caisen (what IS caisen anyway?)-free food choices make a world of… Continue

Added by Ellen on December 28, 2008 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

PhD research update

Good news!

The indepth interview research phase of my disseration is now complete. The next stages involve analysis and writing up the results. The goal is to defend in March 2009.

Topic: Youngest teachers. What do they experience working in public schools today? How do our youngest teachers (under age 28) describe their work? Do they plan to remain in the classroom? In the profession? What can we, as school leaders, learn from them?

It is all so fascinating. Their… Continue

Added by Hilary Greenebaum on December 28, 2008 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Looking Forward to a New Year

Christmas is over and I'm looking forward to a Productive New Year. I try to stay busy, but would like to be part of more conversations regarding the future of youth and mental health services in schools. It seems as if many of the same children that are identified by the school systems also make up the majority of children that we see in our Community Mental Health Services. Our state is also trying to figure out "who" is responsible for serving the growing population of children with Autism… Continue

Added by Brad Chapin on December 28, 2008 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Simple Pizazz

I must confess that I love simple solutions that add lots of pizazz. That's what these two newest additions to the FREE Teacher Toolbar are all about.

Professional Animations is full of FREE and fun moving graphics that bring life to websites, blog postings and online classrooms.…

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Added by Ellen on December 28, 2008 at 1:20pm — No Comments

Guiyang Experimental High School #3, China

The first school that we were able to tour was a high school. Students at the high school begin their day by reciting political readings to help them pass tests. After these readings, students register for school for the day and go to the playground for morning exercises. Students are required to exercise. During the school day, students have four classes that are 45 minutes long with a 10-minute break between each. Between second and third classes, they have a 20-minute break for a whole… Continue

Added by Dr. Kari Stubbs on December 27, 2008 at 10:43am — No Comments

iTunes DRM Removal - Remove DRM from iTunes M4A M4V M4P AAC

ITunes DRM files include AAC, M4V and M4P. If you don't remove itunes DRM it’s impossible to play them on any Apple incompatible devices, like Zune, Creative Zen, PSP, mobile Phone, etc. This turns out really bad if you want to buy a new mp3 player which is not manufactured by Apple.

So, The way not to delete itunes DRM files, you could try some methods or programs that remove DRM off of the iTunes files. Please note that using programs might be illegal in the country where you are… Continue

Added by Scorpio on December 26, 2008 at 11:37pm — No Comments

What is it?

I'm always looking for tools and resources that making teaching and learning online easier for both educators and students. In that quest, I was intrigued by the ease implied in the name EditMe. So, what is it?

It's a Blog. It's a Wiki. It's an Intranet. It's a Website.

And, not only is it super easy to use, it's also respectful:

Instead of demanding credit card information in exchange for a free trial and then hoping users… Continue

Added by Ellen on December 26, 2008 at 8:36pm — 1 Comment

Your Take?

Generally when I discover a new resource I'm pretty good at extrapolating its use across a myriad of situations. This isn't the case with YourTake http://www.yourtake.org. This is probably a non-issue that I need to "get over" because Your Take looks to be an intriguing tool for developing thought, as well as empathy, among students.

I think my reality is that I really want a reason to be able to use it and in writing this out… Continue

Added by Ellen on December 26, 2008 at 7:48pm — No Comments

Cool Text

The following is well, cool and fun. Create your own from no other than CoolText.com.

Added by Ellen on December 26, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

How to Make Personalized Animated Flash Greeting eCard from PowerPoint

Tired of the same eCards provided by many eCard websites? Why not create your own personalized eCards to WOW others with your photos and personalized greeting message? It is an ideal way to strengthen and maintain ties between distant family members and friends by sending personalized eCard to them in holiday.

With PowerPoint, you can easily personalize the colors and design, include your own videos and photos of the family, and choose just the right message for each… Continue

Added by SunnyY on December 25, 2008 at 2:00am — 1 Comment

Challenge Software Program "Helping Children Help Themselves"

The Logic behind this program comes from research on Personality Development and Cognitive-Behvioral Psychology. We understand that we cannot control the Events that take place around us, but we have a great deal of control over the interpretations of those events, which ultimately dictates how we feel.

This is where we need to focus our energy. Through my work with children and adults over the past several years, the majority of individuals who were really struggling spent a great… Continue

Added by Brad Chapin on December 24, 2008 at 10:38am — 1 Comment

Turbocharge your Google Searches with Lumifi

I was reading about the Washington DC social media and technology scene and ran across this cool search application called Lumifi. It allows you to search and break down your subject, so you aren't restricted as much to the first 10. (check out the Global Warming demo) It allows you to "drill down" to more results in a very easy fashion. Also other academic research applications for teachers and students, although these are aimed more at the… Continue

Added by Nathan Ketsdever on December 23, 2008 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Comment to Chris Sessums Blog

I was reading Chris Sessums' blog post Driven to Distraction: Notes on Young Adults Living and Learning with New Media and felt compelled to add my 2 cents worth:

Chris,

You raise some interesting questions in your article, but you also wonder "...how we can "measure" self-directed learning in this new media context?" and that's where the problem lies; we educators must justify what we establish in our learning… Continue

Added by Gary Latman on December 21, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Let's Change The World

December 21st, 2008

First blog entry.

Belief statements “up front”:

1. I think learning is the greatest adventure on the planet! Should be some tv reality shows that explore it and celebrate it.

2. I have tremendous respect for teachers and teaching. I don’t know any group that works harder for more people. ANY comment I may make that sounds contradictory to that is a result of frustration with an old system of “school” that gets in the way of great people being… Continue

Added by Tom Welch on December 21, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Re: Best Ways To Use YouTube At School; Learn About M.L.King, and More

Hi, Everybody,

Here are some more "The Best..." lists:

Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Social Network Sites

(http://tinyurl.com/8fyweq)

The Best Applications For Annotating Websites

(http://tinyurl.com/7afu2x)

The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School

(http://tinyurl.com/7b6kd7)

The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King

(http://tinyurl.com/9kjytz)

Part Twenty-Eight Of The Best… Continue

Added by Larry Ferlazzo on December 21, 2008 at 6:18am — No Comments