What Tim Found Today 12/03/2011

• McGuffey School District's use of QR Codes

  tags: qrcodes qrcodes* post2blog

• Showcasing Student Work with QR Codes | Connect!

  "How do you staple a student-created documentary or music video to a bulletin board?"

  tags: qrcodes projectideas post2blog

• It's that time of year - Edublog Awards! | Gradebook

  tags: blogs topblogs pln whotofollow post2blog

• The Best Places To Find The Most Popular (& Useful) Resources For Educators –2011 | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

  tags: pln whotofollow post2blog

• Make your wiki’s POP with Glogster! - Welcome to NCS-Tech!

  tags: glogster post2blog

• Vidque - Create a Library of Educational Videos

  "allows users to grab videos from YouTube, Blip.tv, TED, and Vimeo to put into their own collections that they can share with others. You could also think of it the way TechCrunch did in describing Vidque as video bookmarking."

  tags: videos videobookmarking vidque sharingvideos sharingvideos* post2blog

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Effective Use of QR Codes

Check out this video about how the McGuffey School District in Claysville, PA, is using QR Codes to enhance learning opportunities for their students.

 

 

What Tim Found Today 12/02/2011

• Donors Choose - Great way to get resources for your classroom

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• 70 Interesting Ways to use an iPad in the Classroom

  tags: ipad ipadintheclassroom interestingwaystouse projectideas post2blog

• How to Get a Classroom of Kids Blogging in Under 5 Minutes!

  tags: blogs blogs* studentblogging* studentblogging toptools toptools* post2blog

• Little Known Ways to Use Your Interactive Whiteboard – SimpleK12

  tags: iwb iwb* post2blog sessionideas

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What Tim Found Today 12/01/2011

• Help Less « The Elementary Educator

  tags: instructionalstrategies helpless post2blog

• Using VoiceThread to communicate and collaborate

  tags: voicethread collaborativetools communication projectideas post2blog

• The A-Z Dictionary of Educational Twitter Hashtags | Edudemic

  tags: twitter hashtags educationalhashtags pln whotofollow post2blog

• Wibbitz | Automated Interactive Videos

   allows users to automatically convert text-based posts and articles on their blogs or websites into engaging, interactive videos.

  tags: post2blog videos interactivevideos

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What Tim Found Today 11/30/2011

• Tag My Doc: Access Documents Stored in the Cloud via QR Code

  tags: qrcodes tagmydoc filemanagement filesharing post2blog

• Read free books online - make book, upload, share & publish book

  tags: languagearts writing reading ebooks ebookcreator post2blog

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What Tim Found Today 11/29/2011

• Using Twitter to Start Your Personal Learning Network

  "There is a strong correlation between high-performing schools and the amount and quality of time that teachers spend collaborating with one another. By supporting one another and sharing their knowledge, educators become better than they would be alone. How much more powerful would their collaboration be if teachers could also build relationships and share knowledge with some of the best teachers in the world? That's exactly what Twitter can offer educators"

  tags: twitter pln post2blog

• Tag My Doc - Assign QR Codes to Your Documents

  tags: tagmydoc qrcodes qrcodesondocs post2blog

• Tips on better searches on Google, from Google

  tags: googlesearch research library searchskills post2blog

• Embed Plus - Clip & Annotate YouTube Videos

  "If you're in the habit of embedding videos into your blog or website for students to watch, Embed Plus could be a good tool for you. You can use Embed Plus to have your embedded videos start and end at the places you want so that you can direct students' attention to the most important parts."

  tags: youtube videos embedyoutube embedplus toptools post2blog

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What Tim Found Today 11/28/2011

• Twitter Hashtags In The Classroom

  tags: twitter hashtags twitterintheclass hashtagsintheclass post2blog projectideas

• Talk Less « The Elementary Educator

  tags: talkless instructionalstrategies post2blog professionaldevelopment studentachievement

• Compare & Find Best Free Solutions | CatchFree

  This is a very cool website. It asks you what type of tool you are looking for and then present you with five options.

  tags: post2blog toptools comparetools technologyresources

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