Why use Prezi on the iPad? http://prezi.com/ipad/
* Show your prezis on a portable, lightweight device
* Put ideas at your fingertips by leveraging the iPad’s touchscreen experience
* Keep the focus on your prezi by avoiding the distractions of a browser environment
Michael Zimmer of The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness lists his top 10 resources for 2010. Most would be on my list as well. The interesting part is everyone of the resources on the list is blocked in many of schools. I guess I am envious that Michael teaches in a school district that “gets it.” Don’t get me wrong, I show all this stuff to my pre-service teachers, but unfortunately many do not get the opportunity to practice it in the schools they do their internships.
And here we go again………a topic I have written about numerous times, the tail is wagging the dog. In other words, the IT department is making decisions about want can and cannot be used in the classroom for teachers. How crazy is that! That is like me telling a doctor which knife to use in the operating room. I am certainly not qualified to be doing that. Recently I was in a school that I will be doing some staff development for next semester, and I suggested we use some of the Google tools, because they are free and easy. The answer I got was, oh no, out IT department won’t allow that, “it opens up too many thing.” Talk about the tail wagging the dog. The administrators I was meeting with were very open minded and they really want the professional development to succeed, so I am going to think positive and hope we can move the IT department into the 21st century.
Michael’s List of top ten.
- Glogster
- Diigo
- Skype
- Simplebooklet
- Prezi
- Creaza
- Common Craft
- FotoBabble
- Wallwisher
- ToonDoo
Cyndi’s Top Ten (no particular order)
- Delicious (http://www.delicious.com/cyndidannerkuhn) keeping my fingers crossed Yahoo sells it instead of kills it.
- Diigo (http://groups.diigo.com/group/k_state-preservice) great way to share resources with my pre-service teachers group, feel free to join our group to get in on the sharing.
- Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/cyndidannerkuhn) I learn something new every day.
- Voicethread Just the best collaborative tool out there. Easy, easy and very easy.
- Wallwisher; tons of fun, easy to use and practical
- Skype/Chat (Skype in the classroom-http://education.skype.com/) I never close my skype or iChat on my computer, such a powerful communication tool.
- Animoto (Education-http://animoto.com/education) Wow, it really is the end of slideshows, make sure you get an educator account for full access.
- Google Tools what can I say, free, easy, powerful and always available. I would recommend reading the book Retool Your School; The educators Essential Guide to Google’s Free Power Apps
- WordPress- I use WordPress for this blog, need if you a hosting option and your own domain name, try DynamicsDS. The free version of WordPress is ok, but you have tons more feature options with hosting and I like having my own domain name.
- Education Blogs & Podcasts
- Cool Cat Teacher
- Dangerously Irrelevant
- Driving Questions
- Druff’s Blog
- edtech VISION
- Educators Royal Treatment
- Free Technology for Teachers
- High Techpectations
- I Learn Technology
- Langwitches
- Moving at the Speed of Creativity
- NCS Tech
- Practical Theory
- Top 100 technology blogs for teachers
- Weblogg-ed
- Websites of the Day
14 Technologies Educators Should Watch in 2010
Tech vets go toe-to-toe on the latest tools that can improve instruction, boost productivity, or just help make users’ lives a bit more organized.
Which technology tools can help improve teaching and learning? Which can boost productivity? Which are just plain useful for keeping organized? Education technology veterans shared their lists of apps intended to make life in and out of the classroom faster, easier, and, well, better.
At the FETC 2010 conference in Orlando, FL last week, speakers Hall Davidson and John Kuglin were joined by Leslie Fisher for a game of one-upmanship as each gave a packed house the rundown on their favorite new–and not so new–apps, platforms, and gadgets in a session dubbed the “Sandbox Shoot-Out.”
Check out the List at: http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/01/20/14-technologies-educators-should-watch-in-2010.aspx
Shared using Google Presentation, check out the presentation for all the details.
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_238djxmbfhd
#1 – Zooming into details of a picture
#2 – Dynamic Venn Diagram
#3 – Embed YouTube Videos
#4 – Get Students to make a Prezi
#5 – Build up a Prezi over the duration of a topic
#6: Use Prezi as a mind map
#7 Prezi for Vocabulary
#8 Global Learning Collaborations
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