This website: http://gridzzly.com/#t allows you to print your own graph paper. I am not sure it is cheaper, but in a pinch, you can print out the graph paper you need. Print as a PDF I like to be paperless, this means the print option is not an option. However, I am able to choose to…
Category: Web 2.0
Instagram Assignment
An Instagram short film from Thomas Jullien on Vimeo. Thomas Jullien posted the above video to Vimeo. It is a fun video and clearly took him a lot of time. A fun classroom activity might be to have students on a field trip upload their pictures to instagram and then crowd sourcing from the class…
PLEASE Upload Pictures to Flickr as Creative Commons
Free Texture #304 by ~Brenda-Starr Flickr has changed their interface so I thought I would update the directions for how to set your Flickr account to automatically be under a Creative Commons License when you upload your photos. Please consider setting your pictures to Creative Commons. As educators I believe it is nice to create…
Why Can’t My LMS Be More Like Scratch?
Scratch is a computer program that teaches kids how to program by basically using building blocks that snap together. Part of a Community I have many beefs with most LMS’s I have used, I will not make a list ranting about them here. However, one thing that bothers me about most LMS’s is the lack…
Using Today’s Meet for Discussions
Some of my students yesterday were pondering how they could collaborate with a classmate who was going to Spain. Sure they will be using Google Docs, but if 2 of them were working and chatting in the Google Doc would the classmate be able to see the record of the chat? The answer is no,…
Adding an Embed Code to a Google Site
If you use Web 2.0 tools there is a possibility that what you create can be embedded in a Google Site. Step 1: In your Web 2.0 tool find where you can publish and obtain the embed code. This procedure will vary from tool to tool. Copy the embed code (control C) Step 2: Go to your…
Using Web 2.0 tools & infographics
I have been using Web 2.0 tools in my classroom almost since I started teaching. I’ve been fortunate to have almost a 1:1 situation for most of my 14 years of teaching. Web 2.0 tools allows me to let students explore, create, receive immediate feedback, have endless practice, communicate, be independent, differentiate instruction, remediate, and…
PhotoBucket – Quickly Add Pictures to Your Student Resources
When using Web 2.0 tools such as a wiki, survey monkey or other places where I want to create resources for my students to use in class I frequently want to add images. Some places only allow me to upload my images via URL. This means I have to host them somewhere such as flickr…
xtranormal spelling words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tDIMW1lHwsY Here is an idea for students with an alphabetizing assignment. Students can type their spelling words into xtranormal.com. This not only helps students by practicing typing, it allows students to use cut (control X) and paste (control V) to fix mistakes in alphabetizing. The student gets to add sound effects, control the camera, choose…
Math Teachers: LaTex code is for you!
One of the challenges of being a math teacher is getting all the fractions and square roots into your documents. The challenge is especially large on the web. Most websites do not have a way for teachers to enter math symbols and we have to make due with calculator expressions. Year ago a colleague, Gayle…
Using Google Presentation to Create Multiple QR Codes
Here is an idea for using QR codes. You can hand out project ideas or anticipatory set randomly to students by giving them a QR code. Assign each student a math problem to work out, QR code links to problem. Assign each student an image from the web and this is what their project is…
Rotating Prezi
I have been interested in using Prezi for awhile. I started one awhile back when I had about a 1 hour deadline to create a presentation and realized it was more complicated than I could do in the time period. At yesterdays #coffeecue one attendee was working on a presentation and inadvertently had the canvas rotated 45…
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