Thursday, February 03, 2011

February FETC highlights

100+ Free Internet Resources for Real Teacher in Real Classrooms!
Pamela Kenney
http://sites.google.com/site/meetthegeeksii/Home

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Programming Wizards: Teaching Future Engineers With Kerpoof.com
http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=lesson_plans
http://www.kerpoof.com/teach
http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=ideas

How to view YouTube videos while at school
Zamzar
for playback without an internet connection or mashup

Voice Thread
have students build discussions that can be shared with others

http://www.edmodo.com/#
http://blog.edmodo.com/2010/02/02/teachers-corner-robert-millers-edmodo-experience/

iTunes – search “florida” choose iTunes U

http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

WatchKnow:
http://www.watchknow.org
Online videos for kids to learn from

Wordle:
http://www.wordle.net
An online app for creating “word clouds” from text you paste in or test from a URL that has an RSS feed. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

FEBRUARY FOLLOW-UP:
After checking out the above resources, please post your favorite new site and how you could use it in your classroom to integrate technology into your curriculum.

Thanks!

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