No light at the end of this tunnel

Something is happening that I just do not understand.... anyway here goes.


[Your 'electronic portfolio' SHALL be a website.
The default is http://www.yola.com/
Also consider yudo.com]


Your mission, should you accept it, is to find 10 resources that you will want to refer back to later.


Here are some links to save for the future:

1.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
Free Technology for Teachers - Richard Byrne's site.

All the 'resources' on the left side bar link to software, not blogs, articles, etc.

2.
Bryne used yudu.com to publish Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration

3.
35+ Educational Games and Games Resources - This is from Byrne's site.
At 35 the list is too long, but there are likely to be some good sites to allow 5 minutes of games before class starts (if you can control access through something like LAN School)

Here's another one for a quick game time before lesson starts
Ghost Blasters is a fun mathematics game that I learned about last week through Anne Marie's Talking Smartboards blog. Ghost Blasters is designed to help students learn to multiply and divide quickly in their heads


4. {Posting or creating content seems big on Byrne's site - make sense I guess)

This initially looked interesting, but then I realized it is just another video editing tool.
Unlimited Videos For You and Your Students
It takes just minutes to create a video which can bring your lessons to life.

Something called Jing, that does something, that I can't yet understand.
http://jingproject.com/
Jing is a streamlined approach to content creation. It is perfect for adding a quick and simple visual elements to your day-to-day conversations. If you need more, Jing allows you to export your images or video to Snagit or Camtasia Studio for further editing.

http://voicethread.com/#home
VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages 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.

If you want to rip video from youtube etc
http://zamzar.com/

Robin says to use Animoto.com to create videos
http://animoto.com/

And she likes VoiceThread - you or your students can add comments to videos. Interesting.

The best way to keep up with these applications would be to go to Byrne's sit, and search for VoiceThread, or any of these apps, and you get updates on new ways to use them in the classroom.
e.g http://www.freetech4teachers.com/search/label/Voicethread

This site is generally not blocked, and you can share stuff in education circles
http://www.schooltube.com/


Make 'posters' at http://www.glogster.com/

5. Mary Tackle really liked this site that plots worldwide statistics, by category
http://www.sacmeq.org/statplanet/StatPlanet.html

Some really cool graphs that you can use for research or getting attention

6. Byrne blogged about Purpose Games - this sounds exactly like the thing I am looking for.
Purpose Games - Create and Play Games
is a free service that allows users to create custom games, share games, and play games.

Another one from Byrne
ClassTools.net is a free service teachers can use to create their own educational games.

Game Classroom is an educational games website catering to the K-6 market. Game Classroom offers mathematics games and language arts games. Games can be found by selecting a grade level and then a subject area. Both the mathematics and language arts categories are subdivided into specific focus areas. Some of the games are unique to Game Classroom and some are games that are used on other sites.


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