Other+Resources

=Other Resources=

Resources that I have used at some stage and / or seen used. I hope the annotations are helpful. I hate being provided just a list of links with no explanation as to what each of them are.

[|Delicious] - online bookmarking site; don't have your favourite sites bookmarked on your computer, keep them on the web for access from anywhere. Great site. Also has a 'public' option, which you could link to for extra resources for your classes.



[|Facebook]: an ex-colleague has a page for a Chemistry class set up where he posts lots of youtube videos of experiments etc. I guess if the students are 'doing their homework' while connected to FB, then they might just watch it.

[|GCF Learn Free]: Tutorials from 'Computer Basics' to MS Office programs. Also [|Maths] & [|Reading]

[|Kerpoof]: create online animations, either movies or pictures. Especially useful in Primary - Middle School years.

IB Librarians' Continuum - Another site of good links etc.

ICTMagic - a wiki created by a science teacher in the UK with far superior ICT skills to mine, with many links to a range of possible tools for use in an educational environment. No annotations to the links, and so unless the names of tools are self-evident, it's a bit of a stab in the dark as to what they do or how they could be useful.

[|Inspiration] - paid mind mapping software, but excellent. Allows the user to click between a mind map or outline view, so good for learners who prefer diagrams and pictures (mind map) or linear lists (outline). While I still prefer to plan on paper, my students love it.



[|Jing] - screen capture tool. Free version gives five minutes of video.

[|Mind42]- Like Inspiration, but online for worldwide access, includes ability to post sticky notes. Markets itself as a mind mapping and collaboration tool.

[|My Stickies] - put Post-It notes on websites to annotate as you go ... and then come back to them.

[|Prezi]Presentation builder - 'without slides': I'm not convinced, I know some who love it, a lot hate it, especially the zooming and movement between information. One [|example] from a student in 10 Commerce last year.

[] (create video tutorials from screen recordings)

TimeToast Timeline builder: Year 7s loved it, Year 11s not so much, although they saw the benefits of having the timelines whereas the Year 7s just liked the ability to insert pictures.

[|Twitter]: Lots of [|suggestions] to use it, but haven't seen anything worthwhile that could be used in a high school classroom, they are mostly teacher to teacher tips and links, or forced tasks/activities - but I want answers longer than 140 characters! Perhaps useful as an infrequent summary exercise, but these could be uploaded onto the class blog / wiki / Moodle forum etc.

[] (create animated avatars from text/speech)

[|Wix] - simple to create websites, and separate sites for mobiles. I used it recently as a [|revision site] for my Year 12 Modern History class. They loved it. Two thirds of the class say they used it in the first week... (One drawback, no visitor counter)

[|Wordle]- word clouds according to frequency of use. Nice & pretty, can be used for determining key words of a text, highlighting on noticeboards etc. Could be used to highlight the focus of a piece of writing.

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