Luminate

http://www.luminate.com/

Luminate

eduTecher
October 11, 2011 4:03:50 AM

Luminate is a free tool to add text and hyperlinks to static pictures on the web. This can be used to take a student or class blog post with an image and make it a little interactive, users can create mouse-over events that pop up with text descriptions that can include dynamic content like URLs. Simple to use and easily add some life to static images on a blog or website.

Typos courtesy of my iPhone. 

What Tim Found Today 10/11/2011

• Students use QR codes to uncover the history around them - TeachTec - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

  tags: qrcodes projectideas post2blog

• The ultimate guide to Prezi « thewikiman

  tags: prezi ultimateguidetoprezi preziguide sessionprep sessionidea post2blog

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

What Tim Found Today 09/28/2011

• The Teacher’s Guide To Using YouTube In The Classroom - Edudemic

  tags: youtube youtube* youtubeintheclassroom projectideas post2blog

• A Free Cyberbullying Toolkit for Educators

  tags: cyberbulling* cyberbullyingtoolkit cyberbullying administration post2blog

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Post2Blog 06/13/2011

• Mathematics eToolkit for any Interactive Whiteboard | The Whiteboard Blog

  a variety of different manipulatives for demonstrating a variety of maths concepts along with pen, text and line tools. There is also stopwatch, timer, and a calculator along with various backgrounds and other tools.
  The fact that it runs in a browser makes it a very useful tool for users of IWB’s where their own packaged software is pretty limited, it also makes it platform independent so it’s useful in schools with several different types of board installed.

  tags: iwb iwb* interactive math post2blog

• Digital Toolbox

  tags: livebinders livebinderexample toptools digitaltoolbox post2blog

• Daily Blog Posts With Diigo

  I'm trying this for the first time...we'll see!

  tags: post2blog howto diigo

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

First Blogger Post

This is my first blog post using Google's Blogger tool. Blogger has been blocked at our school until recently.

So, I have been using WordPress as my blogging tool of choice and I have been very happy with it.

I asked our technology coordinator to unblock Blogger so that I could create a blog and compare the two tools.

We are pushing the use of other Google tools (calendar, gmail, docs, etc.) and I thought that teachers might want to have everything under one roof.

At first glance, I think that our teachers will like the interface of Blogger much better. It seems really simple to add content, links, video, etc.

One thing that I will say about WordPress is the ability to create a mobile version of your blog that is easily read on a mobile phone.

I'm not sure at this point if Blogger allows that option or not.

I think that will be increasingly important as we move forward because of the number of parents and students that will want/need to access our blogs from their mobile phone.

Anyway, I'm taking Blogger for a spin and will keep you updated.

Meanwhile, check out my blog on Wordpress.