Monthly Archives: December 2007

Okay, I’m not sure what to do this website, but it was so much fun I just had to take a look. Blabberize allows you to take an image, animated it to a small degree, and record a message that … Continue reading →

For no particularly good educational, this game, Hand Bell Hero is one you should try. It’s quick similar to guitar hero and is also quite difficult at first. It may not be terribly educational, but it’s sure fun.

I spent much of a two week period in October at a conference all about using computers in the classroom. I went to about six different presentations, hearing speakers from all over the world. The cool part is that I … Continue reading →

Ever wonder how to handle some of those cool new websites and tools, but don’t know where to look for help? Meet Liz B Davis who’s put a whole pile of useful videos on YouTube dealing with Flickr, Google Reader … Continue reading →

I’ve heard a lot of people talk about networking and being tied into a larger community of teachers and students. Most of these people have been using Twitter to do that, a web application that still doesn’t quite make sense … Continue reading →

Every time there’s an odd noise in the computer lab, some student or other half stands up to see what happened. They quickly look around, and then sit down so they won’t get into trouble. With their heads popping above … Continue reading →

I’ve been trying out Bubbl.us as a tool for Language Arts students to do some brainstorming about their essay topics. It’s a neat little tool that allows you to pick a main idea and then build a web of concepts … Continue reading →

One last intersting item to come out of the recent MB Educbloggercon was this presentation by the author of the Making it Interesting blog. It’s fun, tongue in cheek, and yet makes a few serious points. That’s not a bad … Continue reading →

I’ve been working with VoiceThread with my students over the past few days. It’s a very neat little website where you post pictures up on the their site, and people are able to leave comments on them. I’m using the … Continue reading →

The newest cool tool that I’ve discovered, courtesy of a post by Alice Mercer on Classroom 2.0, is the PageFlakes site. PageFlakes allows you to compiles information, comics, videos, etc together as a start page in much the same way … Continue reading →