Those of you that I have worked with in the past know how much I like Educreations and ShowMe for interactive whiteboard space on the iPad. I found a new one today called Doceri.  Teachers and students can create hand-drawn lessons, presentations and graphics and share them as still images, PDFs or audio/video screencasts. Doceri [...]

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iPad 2 will be another game changer in the classroom! The cameras, iMovie, iPhoto and GarageBand additions are going to be very valuable tools in digital literacy and active literacy projects.  I see student documentaries, visual books, and PBL media production as immediate applications. Here are three links to review: CNET Review with Steve Job’s presentation [...]

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Need an easier way to organize and present web-based information? LiveBinders allows you to collect, organize, and present information in ONE location. No more clicking back and forth between documents, PowerPoint presentations, white board lessons, and websites. Like an actual notebook, LiveBinders, organizes your information in tabs (much like dividers) and makes it easy to [...]

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I hope that all is well with all my friends and colleagues as the school year comes to a close. We are facing serious budget challenges in South Carolina but it just makes us work smarter. You will be getting new announcements about the June conference in Charleston and new opportunities being built around the [...]

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Loading Today I have the opportunity to share Google’s Custom Search tool with media specialist and teachers in the Beaufort County Schools in South Carolina. In the search bar, type in search terms for anything related to the Haiti earthquake. Then type in any thing not related to the Haiti earthquake and see what happens. [...]

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Those of you that have participated in a workshop with me in the last 6 months have seen my demonstration of the XtraNormal web tool to create fun cartoon style videos by just writing a script. We shared it to introduce yourself, new topics or new units. XtraNormal has now released a new tool called [...]

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Last week Barbara Nesbitt, one of our November 14 Digital Literacy Conference presenters shared Google’s Wonder Wheel tool with me. I have been using it extensively ever since for more advanced Google searches. It is a pre defined mind mapper which helps the user get all the related search results in a wheel shaped like [...]

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Day one here in Monroe Township, New Jersey was a great experience. The sharing of knowledge, best practices, and 21st century strategies to engage and motivate students is inspiring. It is amazing how we are finding new tools every day. Heidi shared a powerful tool called Gap Minder. It is another example of a cloud [...]

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Welcome to the Mapping Digital Literacy Session on Day One. Here are the web resources that I am sharing: Teacher Web Pages Superintendent’s Blog ASCD Blog Sample Blog Answer a quick question for me. On an average day, how many students do you work with in all of your various activities? Click here to submit [...]

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We have organized many of the conference web based resources from last Saturday and linked them on to the conference site for you. Many of these sites were shared by the presenters and they have all been reviewed for instructional value by our team. Click here for the direct link and add them to your [...]

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