Use Google Docs to Facilitate a Digital Writer's Workshop
CoolTools for Multimedia Projects on Scoop.It
Multimedia projects provide students with opportunities to acquire 21st century skills by requiring them to gather, integrate and synthesize information as they collaborate and communicate within a digital environment. Effective multimedia projects require students to construct knowledge and use higher-level thinking skills to remix and present content.
Comics in the Classroom
Spell with Me: A Tool for Flickr
YouTube Tools: Maximize Instruction and Tame Videos
Video in the classroom is a dynamic resource for supporting the curriculum and engaging students. A wide range of video with educational value is available on YouTube, but sometimes those videos need to be tweeked to maximize instruction. Want to eliminate the extras, share only a snippet of a video, or string several videos clips together? Here
are some free and user friendly tools to help educators make the most of
YouTube videos in the classroom. ThingLink: Make Images Interactive
Thinglink is an interactive image tool that provides users with the ability to turn any image into a multimedia launcher. Users can create multiple "hot spots" on specific parts of an image and turn the image into a multimedia launcher. Embed video, record audio with the click of a button and a free SoundCloud account, or link to any website. Compatible with any blog or website that has a widget to support javascript, this is a great tool for those of us who use Blogger, Wikispaces or WordPress. Bloom's Taxonomy Presented Visually
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Scoop.it - Collect and Share Information Visually
Scoop.it is a curation service that
allows users to collect information about a topic of interest and
display it all on one attractive visual page. The tool integrates
instantly with Twitter and Facebook, allowing you to share
with the click of a button, and a newly added feature allows users to
embed a preview of your Scoop.it page into any blog, wiki or website. See the Cool Tools for Drawing sample I created below..Tag Galaxy
The Blooming Orange
I've always been interested in new ways to view and think about Bloom's Taxonomy and the folks at Learning Today
have created a poster worth sharing. To help teachers get thinking
about ways to apply Bloom's higher-order thinking skills in the
classroom, they've put a spin on the traditional hierarchy and limited
the number of verbs in each section to create The Blooming Orange.
They've popped Bloom's verbage into the segments of an orange and intentionally depicted it as a circle to illustrate the fact that often these skills do not occur in isolation, they often occur simultaneously. This Blooming Orange presents itself as a teacher-friendly tool for planning and possibly an easier way for everyone to think about Bloom's. Be sure to click on the link below to visit the Learning Today blog and print a copy of this poster to hang in your classroom.
They've popped Bloom's verbage into the segments of an orange and intentionally depicted it as a circle to illustrate the fact that often these skills do not occur in isolation, they often occur simultaneously. This Blooming Orange presents itself as a teacher-friendly tool for planning and possibly an easier way for everyone to think about Bloom's. Be sure to click on the link below to visit the Learning Today blog and print a copy of this poster to hang in your classroom.
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