Introduction to Google Earth

Google Earth is more than just an incredibly cool, and yes sometimes creepy, mapping tool.  Besides viewing the roof of your house, Google Earth can be used to take your students on engaging virtual field trips – sometimes referred to as Google Lit Trips....

Introduction to Prezi

Prezi.com is a Pan and Zoom presentation tool.  It’s like PowerPoint’s younger cooler brother.  It is completely web-based, free-to-register, and highly engaging. I don’t want to learn another piece of software That’s fine.  If you can identify...

Introduction to Edmodo

Edmodo is like “Facebook” for schools.  Unlike most installations of Moodle or Blackboard, Edmodo provides an incredibly intuitive and user friendly course management system.  It is completely web-based, requires no installation, and is free to register....

Introduction to Pixton

Pixton.com is a powerfull, and free-to-register comic strip maker. Use Pixton.com with your Interactive Whiteboard to create writing prompts, demonstrate sequencing, summarize key events, and have a little bit of fun. The image to right is an avatar I created using...

Introduction to Google Docs

Google Docs is a cloud-based office sweet.  That basically means that your word processor, presentation maker, and spreadsheet tools are accessible through a website instead of your desktop. How does that affect you? You can access your documents from any computer...

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