Category Archives: Apps
20 Online Tools to Make Learning Fun
by Karen Schweitzer Looking for a great way to engage and stimulate students in even the most tedious subjects? There are many online tools, games, activities, learning aids, and even web apps designed to make learning fun. Here is a … Continue reading
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A Teacher’s Guide to Twitter
Twitter is apart of my life almost every day because: - It’s a great source of news. - There are rich conversations among educators and edtech people. - People post entertaining, interesting, and very useful links. - I enjoy the … Continue reading
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Using Weebly to build your Classroom Website
Here’s a follow-up to an earlier Weebly post: There have been increasing numbers of educators who find that a classroom website is a good way to stay organized. Here are some basic, very useful functions: Announcements Class Calendar Homework Assignments … Continue reading
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Daily Toolbox – for Educators or anyone
I read a recent post by Claire Thompson called “Tools and Sites I Use – One Year Later“. I really like what she did – last January, she blogged about the tools that she used regularly, and now she’s gone … Continue reading
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Web 2.0 and Education 3.0 links
I’ve gotten to that point where my list of “interesting links” is so huge, I’d better start picking out my favorites to focus on. Here are some of them: A Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter – Jane Hart first … Continue reading
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Weebly Rocks! Build a classroom website, or one for each student!
While visiting San Francisco, I had the pleasure of attending a spontaneous party – we were celebrating Weebly‘s 1,000,000th user! Not only is this a quality website-building tool that everyone can enjoy but, specifically, many teachers have found that it … Continue reading
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Part 4: Action! Let’s get Web 2.0 into our classrooms!
As a former teacher, I know how hesitant we can all be when trying new things in the classroom. There’s always someone telling you why (shiny new object) is going to “improve” things even when, 9 times out of 10, … Continue reading
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