Instagrok - a new way to learn

is an amazing tool that allows you to learn in a non linear direction.    

 http://www.instagrok.com

Bloom's Taxonomy Pyramid of Web 2.0 Tools

This is a great site that sorts multiple web tool according to their relevance to Bloom's Taxonomy.  Clicking on each icon takes you to the individual website so you can explore them.

Bloom's Taxonomy Pyramid of Web Tools

Diigo - the most amazing research tool for teachers and students!

No more forgotten websites ! Diigo is an amazing cloud based tool that will save all you favourite websites, in one place that can be accessed from any computer, phone or tablet anywhere in the world. 

You can also highlight text and annotate to remember vital information.

Watch the video 

Introduction to Diigo video 

Great Sites for Reluctant Writers

Story Starters

Just the thing to remove writer's block!

This is a great site for reluctant writer! You can spin the wheel to select topics characters, settings and fabulous vocabulary. 

Here is the link  Story starters

Blurb from Kerpoof :

Kerpoof's multimedia software is used by kids worldwide to create original artwork, animated movies, stories, greeting cards and more. The site is meant to be fun, but we're serious about its educational value. Elementary and middle school teachers can use Kerpoof in many ways to enhance classroom activities while meeting a range of educational standards.

here's the link  Kerpoof

Bubbl.us - love mindmapping !

https://bubbl.us/




online brainstorming and visual organiser tool 

Quiet Tube - discover a little silence

How to clean up our youtubes and remove any unsafe references 

Use QuietTube to clean up YouTube videos and remove all suggested sites and advertising. This is a great tip when using YouTube in the classroom because you never know what the suggested content will display. Watch this short video to see how to use this simple tool.




http://h30411.www3.hp.com/posts/1073443-VIDEO_Clean_up_YouTube_videos

http://quietube2.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEaaLFzEXhI

Wallwisher - a fabulous use for walls and sticky notes

 http://www.wallwisher.com

Wallwisher is an online notice board

 - a sort of flat twitter board where you can add idea , give feedback and voice an opinion.

 Simple but effective - and everyone has their chance to voice an opinion.

Puzzlemaker - simple but effective language tool

  www.puzzlemaker.com

 This is a well known, simple but effective tool, that enables you to create crossword puzzles for language and maths. 

It's as simple as ABC. It is a handy tool  to create interesting activities for promoting language development and with a challenge utilising higher order thinking skills.

Tuxpi - a wonderful place to create visual messages!

Tuxpi Photo Editor
58 Photo Editing Tools

• Change colors, create montages and add text to pictures.
• Crop, rotate and resize pictures with ease.
• Edit photos with many different effects.
• Add picture frames and borders.
• Online photo editor - works directly in your web browser.

 A picture is worth a thousand words - Tuxpi is better ! http://www.tuxpi.com

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Timetoast - an easy way to step back in time

Timetoast is a great way to share the past, or even the future...

Creating a timeline takes minutes, it's as simple as can be.

http://www.timetoast.com/

 create a visual representation of the past using Timetoast .. . of course you can use my time tested idea of finding others already created... 

Blogger - my old and faithful publishing tool!!

Who could create a blog without celebrating the blog creator of all time? 



 http://www.blogger.com




Blogger is my faithful friend who is always by my side ...never lets me down...never crashes... is so intuitive to use.. who keeps my memories safe when all other systems crash...

Blogger - my lifelong companion who is always there - has spent years supporting my classes, has helped my students create amazing learning journeys they will never forget, win amazing prizes and backpacked with me for 3 months all over South America without skipping a beat and kept all my friends and family enthralled with all the amazing photos of an adventure of a lifetime.

Blogger - my lifelong companion who is always there - has spent years supporting my classes, has helped my students create amazing learning journeys they will never forget, win amazing prizes and backpacked with me for 3 months all over South America without skipping a beat and kept all my friends and family enthralled with all the amazing photos of an adventure of a lifetime.


eltourdelosgringosbaratos.blogspot.com

Makebeliefscomix - a world of fun!

Comics are the new learning tool - called Graphic Novels ... never heard of them ... they are in great demand in the library ! Check out the kids who are checking out the GAs - very bright and quirky kids... and I guess our visual learners!


www.makebeliefscomix.com

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/




 I could write all about this site and how you could use it in the classroom 


- luckily another teacher has done all the work ... again!
 http://celearning.ph/index.php/community/students/free-activities/202-make-beliefs-comix

Animoto - the fastest slide show on earth!

Animoto is one of the easiest ways to put up a slide show to share with your friends and family - but don't be deceived by it's simplicity.
http://animoto.com/intro/animoto/12?gclid=CO-gmKu62a0CFU40pAodUQt1Qw





Go to the Animoto Education site on Civil Rights - powerful stuff

http://animoto.com/education



 Here is an Animoto on the Periodic Table


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Xzmx2kWpM




Watch the promo video 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvjRzaUYoLw




It is also a powerful tool for supporting your visual learners and a fab way of presenting complex ideas in such an easy way!


What ideas you ask ??????- this guy has heaps!
http://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/hello-animoto 

Prezi - love it but no time to make it - no problem... just borrow it!

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides.
http://prezi.com/

A great Web 2.0 tool ...but it does take some time
 - search the education area for one made by dedicated teachers 
...who must have more spare time than me!


http://prezi.com/explore/education/

 then look for the best button for busy teachers ....download it and customise it to suit your class ! Don't forget to acknowledge your source for their caring and sharing approach to education! not to mention the hours it takes to create an amazing Prezi!

Qwiki - what an amazing cueing tool!

Mesmerising, astonishing, revolutionary information gatherer. 

 Qwiki is a platform that creates interactive, on-the-fly, multimedia presentations of information
Type in a topic and it collates information and images in a multimedia presentation that reads and presents to you.

http://www.qwiki.com/

make sure you watch the demo video available at the top of the screen!

Scribble Maps

This is an amazing free tool to use in conjunction with Google Maps to ... 

• create maps and annotate 
• map out travel  routes
• measure distances
• add place markers
• re create historical journeys with images
• tell a travel adventure
• examine socio economic trends
• identify geographical features

the sky's the limit!

http://scribblemaps.com/


You can add images to places on a map

http://scribblemaps.com/maps/view/EiXU2S3WiC

Visual Thesaurus

Visuwords is an online graphical dictionary that is fascinating to look up words and find their meanings and associations in visual diagrams


 http://www.visuwords.com/

Storybird -collaborative online storywriting

Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. I discovered Storybird a few years ago when I was working with preservice teachers at QUT.  it's a great motivator for reluctant readers and t encourage students to collaborate on a story.Here's the blurb ...and the link  for the demo http://storybird.com/tour/

Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. They’re curiously fun.Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print.

Voicethread - giving your silent students a voice.

How many times at the end of a lesson do you watch your students as they leave and realise how many have not spoken a word?  Voicethread is a great Web 2.0 tool that creates opportunities for those silent students to voice an opinion either by text, audio or images.


What's a voicethread? 
(description borrowed from  the website)
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

Make a voicethread in less than a minute

http://voicethread.com/?#u1709569.b8381

Video Doodling - some examples using movie and commentary
http://voicethread.com/?#q.b21651.i122786

There is an educational version -  edu.Voicethread site that ensures the safety of your students and their work on the net. 
Here is the link to the  video that explains it all from a security point of view (not free but affordable)

 https://voicethread.com/products/k12/#


Like it ? see how easy it is!

watch the video on how to set up your first Voicethread

 http://voicethread.com/about/features/media/#

A Fresh Year - fresh ideas and a few borrowed ones

Welcome to 2012 !


 Over the last few years many of you have received my Techno Tips on Tuesdays  emails and kept them in the bottom of your inbox ready to refer to when you have that perfect opportunity where they mesh with your lessons perfectly - and I guess many of you have ditched them - count me in the second group!


This blog is an easy way for me to share all my ideas in one place and you can pick and choose the ones  to embed in your classes and inspire your learners to become ICT Wizards