24 basics to know if you use Microsoft PowerPoint
Did you know you can broadcast your slides over the web, or use your mouse as a laser pointer? Here are 24 handy tips for using PowerPoint.flea palmer's insight:Really good tips hereSee it on...
View ArticleFotopedia Reporter - Featured
Fotopedia Reporter, we're all reporters.flea palmer's insight:A great tool for budding journalists and a fun way for students to create their own photo news stories - perhaps a good induction exercise...
View ArticleLessonator
Create Beautiful Music Lessons & Presentations On Your Macflea palmer's insight:This looks like it's going to be really good. The download is yet to become available but you can find screenshots...
View ArticleFull Screen Presentation Mode in Evernote
Fotopedia Reporter, we're all reporters.flea palmer's insight:Useful for Researchers!See it on Scoop.it, via Tools for Learning & Teaching
View ArticleThe Big 5 Glossary: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ |...
The "big 5" are the social media networks you hear about the most. Here's a glossary of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+ terms.flea palmer's insight:Really useful summary of terms...
View Article6 Good Ways to Create Online Learning Spaces for your Students
Some social media platforms provide good places to create a collaborative space for your students. This collaborative space can be used for a wide variety of reasons most important of which are:...flea...
View ArticleVoicethread as an Assessment Tool
Awesome job! What an exciting, interactive and motivating way for students to learn and share/apply their learning. I am going to incorporate voice threads in Jan. with my first grade students....
View ArticleThe Truth About Snapchat: A Digital Literacy Lesson for Us All
"The idea of Snapchat is simple, delightfully so. Take an image or a video, send it to a friend or paramour. Ten seconds after the receiver opens the file, it self-destructs, and the sender can rest...
View ArticlePreparing Teachers to Teach Writing Using Technology
Technology is changing not only how people write, but also how they learn to write. These profound changes require teachers to reconsider their pedagogical practices in the teaching of writing. This...
View ArticleHow to Use Pinterest to Create an Awesome Resume That Stands Out
f you decide to use Pinterest as a resume or portfolio tool, you have two options: create a board or whole account to showcase your skills. If you create a board, it will be one URL and one stream...
View ArticleHow social media helped my PhD
It's been about a year since I launched into the blogo- and twitterspheres. So now I feel qualified to list the ways it's been awesome for my PhD. Developing a writing culture Blogging feels a...
View Article5 Typography Tips for Every Presenter
Today, everyone is a typographer. If you have access to a keyboard and a basic software program, you have control over typography. For instance, if you construct email, write for a blog or build...
View ArticleWord Sense
Word Sense is a dictionary, thesaurus, and valuable tool for matching thoughts to words. Explore word meanings and relationships.flea palmer's insight:A simple but effective tool for exploring words...
View ArticleClassmint.com - Awesome Study Notes
Classmint.com - Awesome Study Notesflea palmer's insight:This is a free tool for creating notes and annotations. What I particularly like is the way notes can be 'folded' and used as a revision aid. I...
View ArticleFree Acoustic Guitar Lessons
Free acoustic guitar lessons for acoustic guitarists of every level. Learn to play acoustic guitar at theGuitarSuite.com.flea palmer's insight:A really thorough site aimed at all levels teaching not...
View ArticleThe 5 Resources Framework - The 5 Resources Model of Critical Digital Literacy
WP5 output site: curriculum Jim Lerman's insight:Quite a comprehensive package of materials for studying and analyzing digital literacy. An excellent contribution to the field.flea palmer's...
View ArticleIsolation is now a choice educators make.
When I started a blog, I thought it was kind of a useless activity, but when I immersed myself in it, I found it to be the best thing that I have ever done for my own professional development.flea...
View ArticleGoogle Drive Slides Get New Customization, Widescreen Features
Google on Wednesday added two nice features to Google Drive slides.flea palmer's insight:Two new useful features - widescreen (although this can be resized if not appropriate) and customisable master...
View ArticleDisney Develops Technology That Lets You Feel Textures On A Touchscreen
When someone mentions the word Disney the initial impression will most likely be animation and all those popular cartoon characters. The company however will soon become popular in the mobile market...
View ArticleLapse It - Time Lapse for Mobile
Events such as movement of clouds, the rising and setting of the sun, a party with your friends, even individual activities or anything else that you can imagine. You will see them in a new way and...
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