Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on Oct 10th, 2012
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 [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on Mar 2nd, 2011
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 [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Conference, Digital Literacy Tools on Feb 9th, 2010
In the next 2 weeks you will receive an announcement for another Digital Literacy Conference at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina on June 11 & 12, 2010. There will be ESOL, digital literacy and curriculum mapping strands. Take a look inside a recent Sheskey Learning Solutions keynote presentation and inside an actual workshop. The [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on Jan 28th, 2010
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. [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on Jan 11th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Tools on Jan 6th, 2010
I arrived home from a family holiday visit and there was FedEx package on my doorstep. It contained 2 copies of the the book Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World and sure enough Chapter 12 had my name on it. I can’t wait to read the rest of the book. Dr. Jacobs and [...]
Posted in Digital Literacy Conference, Uncategorized on Nov 19th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 27th, 2009
Richard Byrne is an educator in Maine and an EDuBlogs award winning blogger. He is sharing tremendous tools and we will be reviewing his site at the 11/14 conference. It is just amazing how much you can find on teachers blogs. Do some searching and see what you can find. Remember, it is not the tool but [...]
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