Why should you publish online? It is a great way to encourage and excite students to write! There are many options for online publishing. With some you simply copy and paste your document from word, others require a PDF upload. Some programs are for specific types of writing, like poetry or narrative and others areContinue reading Online Publishing

Our cool new TECH tool this week is the website www.glogster.com. The education version of this program is edu.glogster.com. Oddly enough, the regular glogster is free, while the educational version costs money….go figure. So what are the benefits of paying for a free account? There are four payment options: 2 for individual teachers and 2Continue reading Glogster

One of the most fun ways to present information is using the website www.blabbebrize.com. Blabberize takes a photograph, adds a mouth, allows you to record your voice to add to the picture, then show off your creation. You can also search the site for others work that may be applicable to your student’s learning. SOContinue reading Blabberize

Today’s post is broken into many parts. We will be discussing both VIDEO and AUDIO podcasting. Click here if you want to know a complete definition of podcasting, but for our purposes we will call it a way to transmit lessons to your students, while in class or once they leave your classroom. The videoContinue reading Podcasting

Kerpoof.com is a great tool teachers can use for many different learning outcomes. The best use for me is the movie making tool. The characters are cartoon-like and you can choose different backgrounds, add different moves, add words, and make the characters do many different things. Teachers can create free accounts for themselves and theirContinue reading Kerpoof for cartoons and other learning tools

Our first session on Animoto. Animoto is a movie making program that uses pictures and videos to create movies. It is very easy to use and kid friendly. Teachers can get a free account, which also allows for 30 student accounts. To sign up go to www.animoto.com/education and follow the prompts. The accompanying video showsContinue reading Animoto

Saw this at FETC 2012 and find it quite interesting. There is one for Ipad and Apps as well. http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm

Hello all! My name in Nancy Penchev and I started this blog in order to share some tech tools that I find engaging and exciting for classroom use. Each Monday I will upload a video detailing a tool that you can use in the classroom and post some ideas on how it can be used.Continue reading Hello world!