With sites like Animoto going to a more paid setup, there are not a lot of easy to use options out there for making video slideshows. We do have access to a tool that can not only allow you to create a video slideshow, it is connected to your Google Drive account and can be…
There are often times when we find a website with information on it that we want to share with others. Instead of just giving them the website to look at, we now have tools that allow us to annotate that page and use highlighting or notes to add our own content to that site. Scribe…
There are often times when we find a website with information on it that we want to share with others. Instead of just giving them the website to look at, we now have tools that allow us to annotate that page and use highlighting or notes to add our own content to that site. Scribe…
PowToon is a simple, web-based cartoon creator that can create simple, fun presentations. The program is web-based so that means that you can start on one computer and finish on another. There are ample free options inside the program and it is very simple to use. Instead of creating a boring presentation, you can create…
The updated Google Maps tool allows you to easily create maps that contain any information you want. You can create a map showing places you have visited, a map that contains information about certain events, or even a map that includes stories written by students and the locations that they took place. The Google Maps…
Google just released the Google Earth Tour Builder tool to allow you to create your own tours in Google Earth. As a science teacher I have used Google Earth in many ways, sometimes just to show students where something is and how it really looks, but this new tool opens it up to even more…
Starting a New Project Open iMovie and go to File, select “New Project”. The New Project window will open and here you can select some features to get your project started. First you will select other a Theme or Movie Trailer. Themes have transitions and certain formatting already inserted into the project. Movie Trailers does…
Google Presentations is the Google version of Powerpoint and Keynote. It is cloud based which means the files are store online and you can access it from any computer that has internet access. You do not need to worry about having the correct version of the program anymore, a big problem we had with Powerpoint.…
There is a great tool in Google Apps that makes it easy to do proper research. One of the biggest issues that many teachers have with students who do research online is that they do not keep track of their sources or that they use images and other media that is copyrighted. The Research Tool…
One thing that has been used a lot during 1:1 implementations and in general, is the production and use of videos by teachers for students. You can record yourself working through problems for students to review or see if they were sick, you can record a discussion to have your students analyze and you can…
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