Browsing articles from "June, 2011"
Jun
7
2011

A-Z Web Tools / F-G

Özge Karaoğlu started a series called A-Z Web Tools. She has posted her entries on her own blog and also at TechLearning.com. Here are the latest in the series for F and G. Listed below are the posts for the first letters in the series: Letter A Letter B Letter C Letter D Letter E

Jun
6
2011

The Connected Student

I found this video while searching for some online summer professional development. Enjoy! And spend some time reflecting on what this will mean for your current professional position next school year!  

Jun
3
2011

Free Online OCR

I used a scanner recently to copy a document and turn it into a PDF. No problems there. However, when I went to use Adobe Acrobat 9 to copy some of the text for use in another document, I couldn’t do it. I was stumped. I tried several different means, such as trying to click and drag across the text, exporting the document as a Word file, text file, etc., but my efforts were fruitless. [...]

Jun
2
2011

Digital Etiquette Quiz

Here is a resource from MTV to help people understand the power of digital tools. The following is from their web site: The Web and cell phones help us communicate, connect and learn in ways we never could before, but they’ve also forever changed how we interact with others. Things we used to share in person – and in private – can now be broadcast to thousands, instantly. Sometimes we type things we would never [...]