You may have noticed a new link at the top of this blog – Videos. I recently created an account with YouTube and created a few playlists. Currently there are two choices if you mouse-over the Videos link. The first playlist will consist of videos that I find interesting or thought-provoking. The second list is a compilation of all the great videos created by the folks at commoncraft. I hope you enjoy the selections I [...]

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There are a lot of exciting things that can be done with Google Docs, and one of them is the ability to easily enter and share data for analysis and evaluation. Here is one simple example. Let’s say that we have a science lesson in which we ask students to measure the growth of plants. We first create a form in Google Docs to capture the desired data. Here is a sample form that students [...]

PBS has created teacher activity packs, a collection of educational resources focused on a theme, and packaged as a widget that you can be embedded in class web sites, blogs or wikis. Packs include links to PBS web sites and a sets of grade level activities. There are several categories of activity packs from which to choose – The Arts, Health and Fitness, Reading and Language Arts, Science and Technology, and Social Studies. Within each [...]

Sometimes, I just want to see what other people have bookmarked. With delicious, there is an easy way to find the most recent and/or popular bookmarks on a topic quickly. Here’s how… In a web browser, enter the URL for the delicious web site: http://delicious.com To find the most recently added bookmarks for a topic, just append the address to include /tag and then the topic you want, such as /algebra The full URL should [...]

The New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education (NHSTE) produces a newsletter called, “Connections.” In the August 2008 issue there is a great article on page 9 by Nancy Keane titled, “50 Ways to Use Your Wordle.” I am sure this article will inspire even more uses! Share them!

Have you ever needed to collaborate with others in real time? Well, here is the solution – EtherPad! Tool: EtherPad What Is “EtherPad“? Etherpad is a web tool that allows for simultaneous, realtime text editing. Using the tool only takes a few simple steps. Sign up for an account – now! [ The demand for this service has overwhelmed the load the current servers can handle and they are limiting the number of users until [...]

If I needed to contact you, would I be able to find you online? Could your students? Other educators? I believe, like other educational bloggers, that it is essential to be able to find  and connect with educators today on the web. If you have followed prominent edubloggers Will Richardson or Dr. Scott McLeod, you know that they have both written about the value of having an online presence. Some refer to this concept as [...]

I have been using Diigo for my social bookmarking site for over a year now and am still discovering great features. I was scanning some of my bookmarks when I saw the link to “My Lists“. My Lists allows me to create a specific collection of bookmarks on a particular topic. After I have added some of my bookmarks to My List, I can drag and drop bookmarks to arrange the order of the list. [...]

I just upgraded to Firefox 3 and have been pleased with the browser so far. But there has been one thing that really bothered me – the Send Link… command didn’t work! Since I share a lot of web resources with others, the ability to quickly send a web site is essential. Fortunately, I found a post by Mark Russell on a Firefox Google Group with directions for fixing this problem: In Firefox, type “about:config” [...]