Monday, February 9th, 2009

BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #6

Today’s challenge is to create a quiz using the fun and powerful site, MyStudiyo.com. This site allows users with free accounts to create interactive, multimedia quizzes. Embed images and video, set time limits, and choose from a good selection of quiz templates. Quizzes are in just two forms, multiple choice and survey-type, but it is [...]

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #5!

Today’s challenge focuses on a very useful tool called Sketchcast. I wrote about Sketchcast in the previous post. This is a tool that appeared to be lost to us, but it is back now, and I’d encourage you to try it out. When you do, post a link in the comments to your drawing. I [...]

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #4!

Ready for a new challenge? Today’s involves the videoconferencing and online telephone (VOIP) tool Skype. As usual, you can view the video below or at this link. Be sure to leave a comment when you’re done. If you’d like, leave your username, too, and other BISD teachers can easily find you and add you as [...]

Monday, January 12th, 2009

BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #3!

So far, 18 teachers and administrators have participated–a great start! Today’s challenge focused on podcasts. Specifically, it focuses on the iTunes tool and its vast library of free, educational podcasts. When you complete the Challenge, be sure to leave a comment here or on the video site and tell everyone what podcast(s) you subscribed to. [...]

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #2

Today’s new 12 Second Tech Challenge is now available for viewing. You can view it below or at this link. Remember to leave a comment here when you’ve completed the challenge. Oh, and why not include a link to a video you found during the challenge? Thanks, and good luck!
BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge #2 [...]

Monday, January 5th, 2009

The BISD 12 Second Tech Challenge

12seconds is a site that I joined a few months ago as an Alpha user, but haven’t gotten around to really exploring until now. The site functions as basically a video blog, allowing users to record short (12 seconds…you probably guessed that.) videos, which are posted to a user’s homepage, where they can be visited [...]