Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Summer Technology Projects

We probably take more pictures and record more video during the summer than at any other time of year. Vacations or time spent outdoors in the warm summer sun offer many opportunities for gathering the raw materials of some fantastic multimedia projects. For teachers, it is also a rare opportunity to explore some great tools [...]

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Thursday, June 11th, 2009

TCEA Region 7 Conference Presentation Links and Resources

Session 1 (9:30-10:15): Twitter, Are You Serious?
Twitter: Are You Serious?

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Twitter
TweetDeck
Twitpic
Bit.ly
Twitter for Teachers
Twootles!
Learning Professionals on Twitter
Dial2Do
GroupTweet
Plodt
25 Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom

Session 3 (12:45-1:30): Live, From Your School!
Live From Your School (v.2)

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Ustream
Glomera
Livestream (formerly Mogulus)
Qik
Moss-Free-TV

Session 4 (1:35-2:20): Not Another PowerPoint!

Presentation
iSpring
TeacherTube
Google Docs
Slideshare
Slideboom
SlideRocket
Animoto
VoiceThread
Prezi
GoAnimate
Glogster

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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 [...]

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