Posts Tagged as ‘classroom’

November 5, 2009

Image Size and Resolution

Blurry digital images? Here’s how you fix them.

October 27, 2009

Music in the Classroom

My new class will use popular music to teach ESL. What songs do you use?

October 21, 2009

Vorbeo: Easy Web Polls

Vorbeo makes polls for blogs, moodle, and websites with terrific live preview function.

August 28, 2009

Writing 1000 Words

Looking for interesting pictures to get your students writing (or talking)? Try these resources.

August 25, 2009

Students Are Writing More

Technology is causing a revolution in writing. How can students benefit?

July 8, 2009

Teach Like a Dandelion Not a Mammal

Dandelions scatter seeds everywhere. Can knowledge be scattered as widely? A connectivist take on Chris Anderson’s article about abundance vs. scarcity and how it can be applied to teaching.

June 30, 2009

Smartboard Trials and Tribulations

Reflections on my Smartboard test-drive. The hardware is really good, as long as you don’t have to move it.

June 23, 2009

Summer Inspiration: Connectivism

Connectivism video shows how networked students learn. Can it work for grammar?

April 25, 2009

169 Interesting Ways to Use Technology

Tom Barrett, a teacher in Nottingham, England, has presentations on using interactive whiteboards, wordle, Google Earth, Google Docs, pocket video cameras, and Twitter. 169 tips in all!

April 7, 2009

Mashable Interactive Whiteboard Activites

Several popular classroom games, most of which are customizable — they can be adapted to different topics, levels, and lists of vocabulary. Plenty of great options for Interactive Whiteboard users!