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 | Post homework | |
 | Upload Documents to share with the class | |
 | Post upcoming events to your calendar | |
 | Post articles of interest and links to resources | |
 | Receive documents uploaded by students | |
 | Start a class message board, just for you and your students | |
 | Create unlimited numbers of photo albums Students can create pages, too! Try it out! | |
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Another Free Teacher Website Builder
Gcast Changes
I'm sorry to say that Gcast, the website many of you used to create your own podcast, is no longer going to be free. The basic service is FREE, but beginning April 1, 2009, podcasting by phone will require a yearly subscription fee of $99. I had also used Gabcast by phone for free, but it now has limited phone-in capabilities. A comment on Larry Ferlazzo's blog suggests: "Two sites that we are going to try out are phonecasting.com and drop.io. Both of these sites offer the option of calling and recording a voicemail type podcast." A microphone for your computer is looking like a really good investment!
Virtual Conference
Want to know more about technology in education? Here's a great opportunity! The award-winning producers of FETC and T.H.E. Journal invite you to participate in a FREE virtual conference for K-12 educators and technology staff exploring the most pressing issues related to 21st Century Skills.
APRIL 23, 2009
11:00am-7:00pm EST
What you can expect:
- The latest developments in 21st century skills
- Engaging speakers sharing their expertise in an interactive and efficient way
- A dynamic exchange of best practices and tips for success
- A virtual networking lounge to expand your network of K-12 educators and technology experts
- Access to other participants through instant messaging
- Free content downloads and presentations to go
- Technology product and service demonstrations.
- Q&As with technology experts
Free Home Page Builder for Teachers
You've created your teacher wiki, so you are beginning to see both the possibilities and limitations of a wiki for your professional use. There are many alternatives to help give you a web presence. For example, The Scholastic Class Homepage Builder provides teachers who have never made a blog or website with an easy-to-use tool to get started creating an online presence for students and parents to visit. The themes, layouts, and pre-made activities that can be included in the homepage are designed for students in grades K-8. The tool is free, but the page does include ads from Scholastic.
Here's my front page:
Give it a try!
Quiz Alert
You'll soon be quizzed on Chapters 1-4 of your textbook. 
There are several review options available to you as described on the course pages. Here's another one created in Quizlet, a free "flashcard" creation program.
No matter the subject or the age of the student, giving them a chance to practice and review content is important. The importance of vocabulary in mastering any content cannot be overestimated.
Other flashcard creation programs include:
I've done the same vocabulary for you in Study Stack where you can practice using flash cards, matching, hangman, crossword puzzles, scrambled words and more. I found a how-to video on YouTube that shows you how to use PowerPoint to create flashcards. Not quite the same, but a good idea!
Check them out. You may be able to use one of them in your final project or in another course.
Oh! And you will be more prepared for the first quiz!!
Password Generator
From the Free Technology for Teachers blog:
"I recently came across a simple, but effective password creation tool. Password Bird is a simple website that asks you three questions then generates a password for you based on your responses. Every password it generated for me included numbers and letters. If you don't like the password it generates for you, simply click the link for a new password.
"Password Bird is a great tool to have students try when they can't think of their own computer passwords. This is a particularly handy tool when students have to create passwords that include numbers."
Works for me, too!
Digital Don'ts!
Be careful where you get your images for your presentations, scavenger hunts, and other assignments! Copyright! Copyright! Copyright!
There are so many great photos of almost anything you are looking for on Flickr. Many can be used in your presentations under a Creative Commons license. (We'll be talking about Creative Commons in an upcoming lesson.)
Flickr Photo: PDA mosaic
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