Audio Boo

I was asked to do a brief interview with my friend and colleague Dr. Clif Mims. We used Audioboo an app on the iPhone 3GS that will audio record and instantaneously post it online.

Enjoy the interview…

Twitter for Teacher Professional Development

Here is a google docs spreadsheet sharing ideas about how teachers use twitter for professional development.

Do Wii’s have a place in classrooms?

Tom Barrett’s post Wii in My Classroom gave an example of the world’s most popular entertainment system’s integration into education.

Other Wii in education resources:

Lee Wilson has called for Wii’s specifically designed for education.
There has been research done about using the Wii as an alternative to physical education, while others hold an opposing view.
Edutopia’s documentary of a teacher in Indiana who has been using the Wii in his classroom.

Does the Wii have a place in classrooms? What do you think?

Online timeline creator: Dipity

I have spent a little time today playing with Dipity, an online timeline creator. A great way to make a timeline in social studies and integrate writing or other content in there.

Web 2.0 Smackdown

Last week my undergraduate educational technology students participated in a Web 2.0 Smackdown- four minutes to share and describe a Web 2.0 tool that they found value in. The video is posted here. Picture quality isn’t good but you are able to hear their explanation and see the work samples that they created. It’s a first time run-thru and I expect that the range of tools will increase in the spring semester.

At the end of the Smackdown students voted for their three favorite Web 2.0 tools. Here are there favorites:

Weebly- create a website nearly instantly
Smilebox- create greeting cards and photo galleries
Do it do it done- to-do lists
Scrapblog- online scrapbooks and photo galleries
Toondoo- create a cartoon and write about it
Bubbleshare- create and share slideshows and photos

We also spent some time examining blogs, such as: Clif’s Notes, Learning 2.0 and The Connected Classroom

Enjoy!

101 Learning Tools

Check out this valuable resource.