Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Richard Byrne's "Free Technology for Teachers" Blog

http://www.freetech4teachers.com

This website is a great resource for teachers. Whenever using new technology it is so nice having a tutorial video’s that you can use. This websites provides a variety of useful tutorials. I really like how teacher friendly this website is. It provides some great lesson plan ideas of ways to incorporate different types of technology in the classroom. I could easily make a blog that would be very helpful to my students.

Animoto Welcome Video

I decided to create a video that I could use in my classroom starting next year. This video I will show to my classes on the first day of school to visually show students what we'll be covering for the year. This was my first Animoto video, but I will definitely be making more. This would be a nice way to introduce a new unit to my students and I will also have my students make their own videos at some point. The nice thing is I can just reuse these every year and change or adapt them as needed. I have seen other teachers in my building use Animoto in their rooms; mostly for student projects. Another fun, useful tool to add to my teaching.