Cool Tools

Superintendent’s Conference Day Workshop

Linda Brandon

QuickTime™ and ampeg4 decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

zamzar.com

Convert files without downloading software

Find youtube videos and convert to .mov or .flv, .wmv etc.

Twitter

What are you doing now?

140 characters or less

Economical with words

Many voices project

http://twitter.com/manyvoices?page=7

Tiny URL

Shortens any url

Useful for students transcribing url’sUseful for sending linkshttp://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&countryid=250&addtohistory=&address=1600+pennsylvania+ave&city=washington&state=DC&zipcode=&submit=Get+Map

Becomes http://tinyurl.com/37ggx

iTunes

Podcasts are free

iTunes U

Slideshare

Collaborate on slideshows

Share slideshows

Find slideshows

No need to save on thumbdrive, CD

Lives on the web

Flickr.com

Writing prompts

Presentations, digital storytelling

Virtual fieldtrips

Literature and flickr

Teach about social software (how to tag, comment)

Flickr “Toys”

FlickrStorm

Select images for students in advance

Saves class time

Purposeful use of images (writing prompts, etc.)

Safety

Woophy

Find photos geographically

Log in lets you comment

Google Docs

Need a google account

Shared documents for collaboration– Calendar– Spreadsheets– Slideshows– Documents– Notebooks

Del.icio.us

Social bookmarking site

Share

Access anywhere

Tagging: folksonomy

Toolbar can be embedded

VoiceThread

Create “slideshows” which include narration

Tutorial

Users can comment

Blabberize

Just for fun!

Sample

George Washington

FDR