Technology Tools for Teachers

Tools for Creating, Editing,  and Sharing

Documents Zoho Google Docs Scribd Open Office AbiWord NeoOffice IBM Lotus Symphony Scribus   Diagrams and drawings Gliffy Bubbl.us Freemind Project Draw Mindmeister Imagination Cubed Cmap Flowchart.com Mind-mapping.org Mapul Sketchcast Mindomo Google Sketchup   Images Editing or creating Getpaint GIMP Picnik Inkscape Photoshop Express Aviary Flaunter Irfanview pikfix.com  rsizr.com Splashup   Sharing Flickr Picasa  Windows Live Photo Gallery

Presentations Creating and editing Zoho Google Docs SPresent Thumbstacks 280slides Animoto Photoshow  Empressr Sharing Slideshare Authorstream Zentation Slideboom   Web pages Creating a Website Google Sites Wix Weebly Infogami Popfly Backboard pForm Nvu KompoZer Notepad++   Blogging Blogger Edublogs WordPress WindowsLiveWriter w.bloggar CoComment co.mments DisQus

Collaborating pbwiki Wikispaces WetPaint   Video Editing or Recording VideoSpin Wink MediaNotes qik Taksi Capture Me  Xvidcap Jing Cinlerra Eyespot.com Jumpcut.com Miro MythTV TVersity Ustream.tv Echo360   Converting files Video Converter ViLoader.Net HandBrake   Sharing or Playing Teachertube Google Video YouTube VoiceThread Sclipo Howcast 5min.com Jing

Ustream YouTube Uploader Video LAN MPlayer VLC media player   Audio Editing or Recording Audacity Gabcast Mixwit Levelator Reaper Wavosaur   File Conversion NCH Software   Search Skreemr   Sharing or Playing Podbean Gcast Gabcast Educational Podcast Network iTunes Foobar WinAmp Songbird Riffster Lite

 

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Tools for Communicating and Networking

Instant Messaging GTalk AIM MSN Digsby Meebo Pidgin Trillian   Discussion Forums Google Groups Lefora

Web conferencing and broadcasting Skype Yugma Elluminate qik Ustream DimDim ooVoo SightSpeed Second Life GizmoProject

Tools for Networking Ning Facebook LinkedIn Spokeo Swurl FriendFeed Second Life   Networking around books Library Thing Goodreads Shelfari

Microblogging Twitter Pownce Plurk

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Tools for Managing Time, Tasks, and Information

Course Management Moodle Engrade Chalksite Haiku Utips Time Management Google Calendar Calgoo.com Yahoo! Calendar Lightning Sunbird Tsheets   Task Management Remember the Milk Tada List Todoist Tudu Voo2do.com TracksLife 30 Boxes Jott mySchoolog CollegeRuled Gradefix   Project or Team Management Basecamp Huddle  ClockingIT Tuggle TeamCowboy

Information Management Searching for Information   General Search Engines Google Ask.com Alltheweb Cuil Yahoo!   Metasearch Whonu Surfwax ixquick  Clusty Mamma Dogpile Kartoo    Specialized Search Engines Technorati Hakia Schoolr Powerset Librarians Internet Index 2lingual.com Video fetcher seeqpod Search.twitter.com Boardtracker askkids.com Zoeybot

Search Engines with visual display Kartoo Wetmount Piclens  Viewzi   Search Engine Tools Boolify.org Search Engine Watch Collecting Information Survey Monkey Poll Daddy Doodle  Poll Everywhere Google Documents   Organizing Information Libra Plaxo EssentialPIM Free   Personalizing your start page and/or reading feeds iGoogle PageFlakes Netvibes Bloglines Google Reader Juice

Bookmarking and Citation Management Diigo delicious Stumbleupon Furl Magnolia Connotea CiteULike Sync2It Only2Clicks Zotero   Notetaking Google Notebook Stickies MyStickies Awesome Highlighter Evernote Notely Notesake Kwout Change to Link

 

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Tools for Making It All Work

Protecting Your Data Malware Detection AdAware Spybot Avast! AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic HijackThis NanoScan ThreatFire AntiVirus Trend Micro HouseCall

Firewalls, etc. Comodo Firewall Pro ShieldsUP! SmoothWall Express ZoneAlarm Free EULAlyzer Hotspot Shield Kruptos 2 PC Flank SendShield

Filtering Content K9 File Sharing Sentinel B Gone Free Shield Parental Control Bar Crawler Parental Control Software

Customizing a Browser Browser Options Firefox Flock Maxthon Opera Prism   Browser Add-ons IE7Pro Mozilla Firefox Add-ons

 

 

Inquiry based computer science teaching

I came across an interesting article on teaching computer science through inquiry just like any other science subject.

by Computing Education Blog

The second page of the National Science Education Standards highlights the importance of inquiry:

Inquiry is central to science learning. When engaging in inquiry, students describe objects and events, ask questions, construct explanations, test those explanations against current scientific knowledge, and communicate their ideas to others. They identify their assumptions, use critical and logical thinking, and consider alternative explanations. In this way, students actively develop their understanding of science by combining scientific knowledge with reasoning and thinking skills.

 

http://computinged.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/teaching-computer-science-through-inquiry/

Media Awareness Network Website

If you looking for practical teaching units and classroom activities for media education? This is the place for you! Media Literacy: What is it? Why teach it? In this section, you can find out what media education is all about, why media literacy and Web literacy are essential life skills for today’s young people, and how you can begin to help students think critically about the media. There are also useful quotes and articles by media education experts.

What’s wrong with Lecturing?

In this video, Physics professor at Harvard, Professor Eric Mazur talks about his experience as a physics lecturer and how he changed his teaching from lecture to more student centered approach. Professor Mazur  will show how he has adjusted his approach to teaching and how it has improved my students’ performance significantly.




Amazing Web 2.0 Projects

Another fantastic resource from Terry Freedman, you’ll find:

• 87 projects.
• 10 further resources.
• 52 applications.
• 94 contributors.
• The benefits of using Web 2.0 applications.
• The challenges of using Web 2.0 applications.
• How the folk who ran these projects handled the issues…
• … And what they recommend you do if you run them.
• What were the learning outcomes?
• And did I mention that this is free?!

Schools, Leaders & Teachers

Our schools are always on the verge of emergency preventing the proper attention, support, and guidance to beginning teachers. After few months of trial by fire, many beginning teachers give up on their efforts to be innovative in the classroom.