Monday, February 22, 2010

web tools

Well it certainly has been some time since my last post. That's probably because I was busy teaching, applying to graduate school, and figuring out these new tech tools for my tech class. Yes that's right!! the Luddite in me is having to step aside for a new and improved woman for 2010. I feel very proud of myself. In the last two days I have created one Voicethread, one vodcast, and uploaded them both the my lesson website.
The resources I used were easy and fin to use. I now have this glowing little yellow ball at the top left corner of my screen, it's my Jing. This handy site lets you film your screen and talk all at the same time. To me this is simply amazing. It uploads all of these to a screencast account and from here one can easily distribute them to anyone. Love it.
Voicethread is also a helpful teaching tool because the teacher can create content and the students can comment on that content, making it an interactive educational experience.
Check them out. If I can do it....you can do it.