Thursday, June 28, 2012
21st Century Research & Information Fluency on Scoop.It
I recently started a new Scoop.it collection dedicated to the topic of 21st Century Research and Information Fluency. Below you will find an embedded preview of the magazine. Click the link below the preview to visit the actual magazine.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Wallwisher Senbazuru - A New and Improved Digital Wall
Wallwisher is a free and user friendly online tool that allows users to create a digital wall of multimedia sticky notes. In addition to text, the notes can include images, links and videos. Create a wall, then invite others to add stickies.In early June Wallwisher released a new and improved version of the tools, known as Wallwisher Senbazuru - the best version of Wallwisher ever. This version is quicker, slicker and now has full iPad support. Here are some reasons I am very fond of using WallWisher to build digital word walls for teaching and learning:
- Build a collaborative wall without logging in.
- Add images, video and links to the wall.
- Create one place for resources, available 24/7.
- Give students a voice and a place to express themselves using a variety of multimedia.
- Embed a WallWisher wall into a wiki, blog or website.
- Enjoy Wallwisher Yubi for the iPad.
A Great Example for Building Vocabulary through Digital Word Walls, created by Mr. Ferrell and Mr. Burk
Interesting Ways to Use Wallwisher in the Classroom:
Tom Barrett has created a collaborative presentation to illustrate Interesting Ways to Use Wallwisher in the Classroom. Please view this slideshow to get some great ideas of ways teachers are using this cool tool and consider contributing your own idea to the slideshow.
Try Wallwisher for yourself at http://wallwisher.com
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Vokis in the Classroom
Summer is a time for constructive play. You might want to have a bit of fun and try creating a talking avatar with My Voki. Once you see how easy it is to create one, you have the rest of the summer to figure out how to use them in your teaching.
Using Vokis with Students:
- Record a welcome message for incoming students and embed it into your blog, wiki or website.
- Kick off a contest of some sort, the winner can win the opportunity to create and publish a Voki.
- Teach students how to communicate efficiently through oral messages or talking text.
- Use voki's to build and reinforce vocabulary.
- Use Voki's in your projects, allowing students the option to communicate a message through a Voki instead of typing bullet points. again
Please press the play button to hear a message.
Watch the voki's eyes follow your mouse.
Try it for yourself at voki.comVisit the My Voki website to view lesson plans submitted by teachers and create your own Voki.
Friday, June 15, 2012
A Day of Learning
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| Multimedia Tools to Support All Learners |
Learn to use free and friendly digital tools to design learning experiences that effectively provide students with the flexible learning paths they need to succeed. Develop a tech toolkit of resources and instructional strategies to support the diverse needs of all learners through multimedia.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
An Interactive ThingLink Launcher Unveiled
Check out this fantastic interactive graphic created by the folks at ThingLink featuring contributions from real users. Keep creating and sharing!
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