by Mike Macfadden | Feb 10, 2012
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....
by Mike Macfadden | Feb 10, 2012
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...
by Mike Macfadden | Feb 10, 2012
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....
by Mike Macfadden | Feb 9, 2012
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...
by Mike Macfadden | Feb 5, 2012
SlideShare provides a vast library of user-made PowerPoint presentations…
by Mike Macfadden | Jul 19, 2011
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...