Project management, collaboration, and task software: Basecamp
Project management, collaboration, and task software: Basecamp
BrainPOP 30-day free trial
http://www.brainpop.com/
BrainPOP has some brilliant resources available and if you sign up for a free trial between now and the end of May you can receive an all-access pass and explore the whole site.
The access code you need to use is “TEACHERTECH”
I found this information at http://franksblog.edublogs.org/2008/02/20/brainpop-30-day-free-trail/
Dimdim: Free Live Meeting, Web Conference, Net Meeting, Online Meetings, Online Training, Desktop Sharing, Web Meeting, Free Web conferencing, eLearning, Presentation Software, Web x collaboration, Collaboration software
Dimdim: Free Live Meeting, Web Conference,
You can sign up now for a beta invitation
Create online polls and surveys
Make your own slideshows
Befuddlr
Not quite sure how I would use this educationally - but it is great fun - any ides of how to use it in the secondary classroom would be gratefully received!
Make or view interactive videos
This site allows you to add notes and links to video clips - could be really useful
Programme to download Youtube videos
I haven’t tried this, so can’t comment on how effective it is - but here is the website:
http://www.benjaminstrahs.com/
Turn powerpoint slides into jpgs
This link takes you to the CommunCITy blog where you can find a video link to show you how o do this - really useful
http://communicty.edublogs.org/2007/11/19/powerpoint-slides-to-jpgs/
Poster maker - can include music, graphics etc
Take a look at this site - I can see lots of ways to use this - for example students could make a poster of a religious figure or issue - they could be shown on the IWB and/or printed out
Fliptrack - make videos and slideshows
Make slideshows, music videos and more with this website
More interesting resources to use in class
Again, not RS specific, but there are some very useful resources here. Take a look - http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Gem+Starters
Online games and organisers
Fairly sure I have posted this before - but it is worth repeating! http://www.classtools.net/
Buzzword - on-line word processor
If you want a word processor you can use anywhere, on any machine then perhaps Buzzword would be useful for you. As with Google doc, this could also be used for students to work together on one piece of work.
http://preview.getbuzzword.com/
An Introduction to Higher Order Thinking Skills
An Introduction to Higher Order Thinking Skills: An exploration of aspects of learning and thinking and how ICT can be used to support these processes written by Don Passey of Lancaster University. Includes infomation about Bloom’s Taxonomy, Learning Styles, National Curriculum, De Bono and using ICT. This is a pdf document.
