A colleague wanted to make a PowerPoint presentation available on her blog site for students to view. I told her that we could post the presentation as a .pps (PowerPoint Show) file on the site for students to download. But I reminded her that we never really know if the end user (the students) has the software capable of viewing at home. To post something that might not be usable would be frustrating. That led [...]

David Kapuler put together this list of sites for creating digital comics. Which ones do you use? Pixton – Has an educational portal (paid) that is ideal for schools (no student email account necessary). Also, there are a ton of options such as voice recording, drag-n-drop interface, and importing/exporting features. ToonDoo Spaces – One of the most popular online comic creators that is very similar to Pixton, with the ability to create a private space [...]

I was quietly reviewing my RSS feeds in Google Reader when I happened upon a link to this video. This is the first that I have seen by RSAnimate and I was hooked. Combined with the content from Daniel Pink, I find this is an extremely captivating video. The part that spoke to me the most was regarding mastery. I enjoy working on web sites and find it very satisfying improving my skills and developing [...]

Browsing the web recently I happened across a post in the Chronicle of Higher Education which offered a suggested evaluation rubric for blog posts. I thought if of value and wanted to share: Rating Characteristics: 4 – Exceptional. The blog post is focused and coherently integrates examples with explanations or analysis. The post demonstrates awareness of its own limitations or implications, and it considers multiple perspectives when appropriate. The entry reflects in-depth engagement with the [...]

In the June/July issue of the magazine, the result from this poll was published: Although the responses did not surprise me, it did force me to ask, “What would adequate support for integrating technology into the classroom look like?” Would it be… The presence of coaching support / modeling? Access to technology resources? Planning time to modify instructional plans to integrate technology? Timely support for technical problems, such as software installation, wireless access, etc? What [...]

According to CrunchBase, “Storybird is organizing the world’s most beautiful narrative art to make it simple for families and friends to create short, visual stories together that they can share and print. We’re part ETSY, Flickr, and Blurb—optimized for a world of PoD, iPhones, and tablets.” I stumbled across this site by accident in a magazine. I went to the web site and looked around and it does seem very simple to create. I had [...]

David Kapuler put together this list of sites for creating digital art. Which ones do you use? Art Pad – A great painting site that records a picture while it’s created to create a time lapse effect. Slimber – An excellent site for drawing & painting with some beautiful examples. Bomomo – A fun site where users can create unique pictures with different templates (ie, Pixie). Doink – A great site for creating animated art [...]