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Beth Dichter's insight: Richard Byrne provides a comparision chart comparing five blogging platforms in eight key elements in this post. If you are considering starting a blog for yourself or your students this post will provide information that may help you in making the best decision. Via Beth Dichter 
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"Vaughn Memorial Library at Acadia University hosts four free animated tutorials designed to teach lessons on web research strategies. The four tutorials are Credible Sources Count, Research It Right, Searching With Success, and You Quote It, You Note It." Via Beth Dichter
Maryalice Leister's curator insight,
September 20, 2013 8:43 PM
Research/web searches don't come naturally to young learners and these tutorials form a foundation on which teachers can build. excellent and worth checking out. 
Dean Mantz's curator insight,
September 22, 2013 8:29 PM
This is a helpful share from Richard Byrne's site Free Tech 4 Teachers. I encourage all educators to add this resource site to aid in the development/strenthening of student searching skills. 
Sue Alexander's curator insight,
September 23, 2013 9:28 AM
just can't have too many tools in our 1:1 toolbox. These are aimed at intermediate and middle grades. Thanks Beth for another helpful Scoop!
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"Excellent educational content can be found on YouTube. However, not every teacher can access YouTube in his or her classroom. That's why a few years ago I compiled a big list of alternatives to YouTube. Over the years some of those sites have shut-down, started charging a fee, or have switched into another market. So this evening I went through and eliminated some sites from the list and added a few new ones." Via Beth Dichter
Beth Dichter's curator insight,
August 13, 2013 10:33 PM
Richard Byrne has updated his list of sites that provide free videos. His top five list is below: * Next Vista * PBS Video * Explore.org * The National Film Board of Canada * Vimeo Each link provides a short description of what the site has to offer. You will also be able to access the fill list of sites through this post. Videos are a great tool to quickly engage students in learning and this list of websites as well as this search engine are great options to put in your toolbox. 
Gary Faust's curator insight,
August 14, 2013 2:10 PM
So nice to have an update of video resources. Thanks! 
Kimberly House's curator insight,
August 15, 2013 4:35 AM
I will certainly be sharing this with staff at my school! The list is thorough and gives a brief desciption of each of the sites mentioned. The list is also up-to-date, having just been checked and edited by it's original creator. |
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Google Custom Search allows anyone to create his or her own search engine. The benefit of this is that you can create a very subject specific search environment. One such use that I found through The Whiteboard Blog is a SMART Notebook search engine. As you would expect from the name, the SMART Notebook search engine is designed to help you find resources designed for teaching with SMARTBoards. Via Beth Dichter
Beth Dichter's curator insight,
October 23, 2013 7:36 PM
If you have a SMARTBoard you may want to check out this Google Custom Search Engine that allows you to search only for resources (in this case designed for SMARTBoard). There are many excellent resources available and how you may be able to find them more quickly.
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by Richard Byrne
"A Complete Guide to Using Blogger In School covers everything from blogging terminology to blogging activities to the nuts and bolts of using Blogger. You'll learn where to find media to use in blog posts, how to use media in blog posts, and get ideas for media-based blog posts. You'll also learn how to set-up your blog for multiple authors and how to manage comments."
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Useful comparison chart.
The chart compares eight key elements of five common blogging platforms.
You can download this chart as a PDF through this Box.com link or click here to see it as a Google Document.
A useful guide for choosing the tool that fits your teaching context and learners' needs.