Stay in and experience the world!

If you have a class, a computer and the web then ‘google earth‘ http://earth.google.com/ is a fantastic tool. This site has 22 ways to use google earth in order to take your class beyond the walls of the classroom.
http://docs.google.com/Present?docid=dhn2vcv5_175fp5qg9d3

Digital Etiquette for MP3

I found these helpful tips for creators of MP3’s to follow. It will make the lives of  others who download your talks that much easier.
 3 very simple guidelines.
1. Edit the ID3 tags thoughtfully. ID3 tags are the meta information that allows users to locate material based on the artist/speaker, album, name, date, etc. A large [...]

Trouble with podcast sound levels?

New software called Levelator may solve the tricky fluctuating audio level issue many teachers with limited equipment face. It automatically adjusts the audio levels within a podcast to account for variations in level between speakers. Drag-and-drop any WAV or AIFF file onto The Leveler’s application window, and a few moments later you’ll find a new [...]

Online Stopwatch

As a PE teacher (as well as a religion teacher) I have found this online stopwatch handy for circuit training in the gym (http://www.online-stopwatch.com/large-stopwatch/). 
I have it on countdown mode and the students change equipment every 1:30 during a circuit training class. This can also be used in the class for timed activities or exams. Just [...]

What sex is your blog?

Gender Analyzer  provides a “service” where you enter the Web address of a blog and it determines whether it is written by a man or woman. The site uses a text-classifier hosted byuClassify.com and “has been trained on 2000 blogs written by men and women.”
If you want to uncover the sex of your favorite anonymous blogger — you [...]

Need a logo, button or cool text for Moodle?

Cool Text is a free graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a lot of design work.  Simply choose what kind of image you would like.  Then fill out a form and you’ll have your own custom image created on the fly for you to download. I have used this [...]

Want to conduct a phone Poll?

Here is a great web 2.0 site that lets you conduct a poll with a class or large group where the use their phones to vote.
http://www.polleverywhere.com/how-it-works
To see it being used see below

Want to download youtube clips?

By far the best ‘youtube grabber’ I have come across is keepvid - http://keepvid.com/ 
I have found it far more reliable than the firefox ad-on and you can download the files in flv or mp4 format. It is as simple as cutting and pasting the URL – pure gold!!

Website that mashes your photos

Are you looking for an easy way to display photos you have taken?
animoto.com is a great site that lets you upload your photos and then mashes them together with your choice of music –  Animoto automatically analyzes the music and photos that you choose, and orchestrates a custom video - the result is very impressive.
The added [...]

TV Cue prompter

Have you been in a situation like me where you are trying to convey information via webcam but you have to keep looking away to refer to your notes?
Try using cueprompter  http://www.cueprompter.com/   it allows you to cut and past information and then set the speed at which it scrolls on your screen allowing you to look [...]