VoiceThread and Learning

I was just looking at the VoiceThread web page and saw this great example of how VoiceThread can be used to have students show Math Strategies. Take a look. VoiceThread is a great tool and easy to students to use. One of the great things is that participators have a choice of how they add content: voice, visual, or text.

SMART Technologies

The new SMART Document Camera is available. Check it out here. Information about the Camera and other SMART news is available from the ED Compass Newsletter. The June 2010 issue is available here.

Content-rich, Kid-safe Online Resources

Check out the resources on eThemes for K-12

From their web page: "eThemes is your source for content-rich, kid-safe online resources that will help enhance your teaching and save you time. eThemes provides free, fast access to over 2,500 collections of websites, on topics ranging from Aerodynamics to Zebras and everything in between!"

SMART Lesson

Have you created a SMART lesson that you would like to share with other teachers? If so, you can upload it on the SMART Exchange web page.

Enter the SMART Exchange Content Challenge and win prizes from SMART Technologies-- Deadline is May 31, 2010

NCCE - March 2010

Northwest Council for Computer Education
Seattle - March 4 & 5 2010

Technology Time-Savers for Teachers - Tammy Worcester
Handout

Vacaroo -- Voice recording service
Evernote -- "Remember Everything"
KickYouTube -- Download YouTube movies to your computer Example
Certificate Street
Fur.ly - Shorten multiple urls into one -- Example
Google Search Results -- Show Options
Google -- Search Features
Firefox - Smart Keywords

Introduction to Google SketchUp -- Ron Hall

Google Sketchup - 3D sketching software
-Google Sketchup for Dummies

First Movie Projects - Jennifer Gingerich
Digital Poetry & Riddles -- Worksheet --
Immigrant Experience

A Random Walk Through Cyperspace: Patrick Crispen's Completely Updated Collection of Truly Useful -- and Not so Useful -- Websites and Web 2.0 Tools - Patrick Crispen
Handout

DropBox - Share and backup files
Xtra Normal - Create simple animated movies
Prezi - Create dynamic presentations -- free "Edu Enjoy" account for educators

Open Educational Resources: Share, Remix, Learn - Karen Fasimpaur
Website

Creative Commons
WPClipart - Public domain clipart

Microsoft
Free Tools for Teachers
Microsoft Education Labs

New sites

BBC CBeebies
RIF Reading Planet
Starfall
Handwriting without Tears
Education Weebly

20 Free Tech Tools for Learning

A colleague just shared this site with me and I haven't had time to look around but it looks like a great blog for teachers to read.  The blog is called So You Want to Teach?  and 20 Free Tech Tools for Learning is the latest entry.