Google+ is a free social network that has features similar to Facebook and Twitter combined. In my opinion, it’s best feature is the simplicity of sharing information; Google+ gives you the option to specify which friends or “circles” of friends
Larry Ferlazzo posted an update to his “The Best Posts To Help Understand Google’s New “Books Ngram Viewer”, a Google product that missed my radar. This amusing new video from TED prompted his update, and this posting:
School districts all over the nation have discovered the simplicity and usefulness provided by Google Apps. Today’s panel of educators featured a tech infused math teacher from PA, a tech coordinator/newly appointed superintendent from IA, and a college professor from
Tammy Worcester has a list here of her top 20 web tools.
Here are my favorites:
Jam Studio
http://www.jamstudio.com
Build songs quickly and easily for free online, similar to Garageband. Students love to rap and write songs!
Skitch (Mac) / Jing (Mac/Windows)
http://skitch.com
Tapeless HD camcorders record a specific video file to a card or a drive connected to the the camera. This file is encoded with a specific video compression/codec.
In Final Cut Pro “Log and transfer” will transcode the format (AVCHD
I asked my communication technology 2 and 3 students to fill out an anonymous evaluation of my course and teaching on a google form.
The results are mostly positive with some criticism that I am unsure of.
I stress professionalism and appropriateness
Social Bookmarking with Delicious allows you to save your bookmarks so they may be accessed from any web browser. It also allows you to share all the great sites you bookmark with your friends and colleagues.
Although there were rumors
Shelly Blake-Plock at TeachPaperless.com posted her observations in this article:
http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/2011/04/observations-on-student-tech-use.html
The Lenape Regional High School District asked our students what technology they use in this survey:
http://www.lrhsd.org/LRPTechSurvey
What do you see students using when communicating and learning in our
Here is an article that can help any teacher connect with great ideas:
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2008/04/5-things-you-can-do-to-begin-developing.html
Sometimes an individual or group behaves in a way that is not productive for the entire group.
Repetition of behavior that is not productive presents a challenge for the entire group.
Larry Ferlazzo posted the article “Alternatives to