Have your students BLOG

Here is a short video from TeacherTube on Blogging for Beginners. You will learn more about blogging and how you can use blogging this year. Frieda Foxworth created this video on TeacherTube for the purpose of introducing the key concepts of blogging to students.

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Photo Editing fun during the Holidays!

I took the extra-credit challenge to find something holidayish to share. So here it is... A little photo editing with images from the classroom or home can delight anyone. There is so much out in the Web 2.0 world. I just stumbled across DUMPR. The web-based photo editor dumpr adds quick effects to photos like the amazing “goo” or “Christmas ornament” (below). It is addictively fun and simple to use….like a virtual art gallery. Upload photo, create something fun, and share it. It is that easy! Many of the effects are free without registration and, of course, they have Pro effects for $12.00 a year.
http://www.dumpr.net/

50 Useful Blogging Tools for Teachers

I just became aware of this link for useful blogging tools. It is worth a "Look 'n See". Some of the links we have discovered through our Web 2.0 and 2.1 adventure, but there are some other ones that are worth viewing and using. Go to <http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/21/50-useful-blogging-tools-for-teachers/>

Can you have too many cutesy things!

I keep discovering new embellishments for my blog. The latest is a City Counter that will keep count of the number of hits from each city that reads my blog. It is from NeoWORX. The URL is http://www.neoworx.net/ . There are just too many things in web 2.0.

Have some fun!

This website is a free online graphic, movie, or animation creation site called KerPoof. You can create your own avatar. Students will enjoy creating their own stories. There is a teacher section for educational usages. Go to http://www.kerpoof.com/

Good Teacher Resources

I recently discovered several on line communities to visit. If you are a teacher interested in integrating technology and using collaborative projects, it may well be worth your while.

http://my-ecoach.com/
My eCoach is your online learning community with collaboration, communication, curriculum, standards, resources, and coaching tools all in one place!

http://elementarytechteachers.ning.com/profile/tmurdach
This is a place for elementary tech teachers to share, discuss, and get ideas about integrating technology and some of the latest web 2.0 that are used.

Something New

I found the website www.clocklink.com for adding a clock to your blog. You just copy and paste the html. The hardest thing is deciding which clock to choose.