 Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
Impart vital information literacy skills to your students.
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
Resources for Educators and Students on Digital Literacies.
Scoop.it!
emaze is the new online presentation tool for people who want more than PowerPoint. AMAZING PRESENTATIONS IN MINUTES! No software required. Start now.
Scoop.it!
Get the most frequent terms of posts of feeds in an tag cloud representation, powered by HTML5.
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
Create a Word Cloud from your Social Media
Scoop.it!
From
edte
As many of you will know I am a bit of a map nerd and have always enjoyed peering down at the Earth through a map or using tools like Google Earth and Maps. 
Jim Doyle's curator insight,
May 9, 2014 11:08 PM
15 Interesting Ways to use Google Maps to Support Learning 
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
August 23, 2014 12:33 AM
Google Maps can be useful not just in Geography. I've used them in Mathematics and in English as a writing stimulus.
Scoop.it!
Language Cloud is a platform with management tools and analytics for language instructors
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
Tools include: Syllabus Assignments Mark-up Tools Gradebook Manager Analytics
Scoop.it!
Educators have become some of the world’s most active content consumers. But why aren’t more educators creating their own digital content? 
John Rudkin's curator insight,
April 9, 2014 4:32 AM
Connected Learning. Podcasts are great, but there are so many.... focus is important. 
Gary Harwell's curator insight,
April 10, 2014 12:21 AM
You can drag a horse to water. However, most teachers make no effort to upgrade their skills beyond getting the certificate that makes them what they are. Teachers have to be on fire and motivated to present the best version of themselves.
Scoop.it!
From
simogo
A surreal thriller in which the written word is your map DEVICE 6 plays with the conventions of games and literature, entwines story with geography and blends puzzle and novella, to draw players in...
Scoop.it!
Rewordify.com helps you understand more of what you read, faster. It translates hard English into easier English.
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
Interesting tool for ELT. 
Lucy Georges's comment,
April 7, 2014 10:39 PM
A bit slow and too buggy to be of any real use for the moment. Great idea however.
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
August 25, 2014 5:55 AM
This looks interesting I wonder if I can use this to help students make their own glossaries? 
Anna Bartosik's curator insight,
August 9, 2015 8:21 AM
ESL students could use this instead of a dictionary in order to understand complicated texts
Scoop.it!
Research collaboration now involves significant online communication. But sending files back and forth between collaborators creates redundancy of effort, causes unnecessary delays and, many times,...
Scoop.it!
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. KompoZer is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding. 
Maryalice Leister's curator insight,
April 14, 2014 3:06 PM
Easy to use and a clear path to achieve what you have always wanted to create: a meaningful web presence.
Scoop.it!
Easily Create online Presentations, animations, animated HTML5 banners, infographics and other rich visual content free in your browser. Visme is the perfect alternative to Flash and Powerpoint or keynote to create professional presentations, infographics, HTML5 banners and interactive content in HTML5.
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
Playing with the Text Tool - Video with tips 
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
April 1, 2014 1:36 PM
Great tool - and my favorite word - FREE!
Scoop.it!
From
embed
By supporting content from over 250 media providers, chances are, we’ve got you covered.
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
Embed turns any URL into embeddable content. 
Amélie Silvert's curator insight,
March 30, 2014 4:01 AM
embed anything. Start from a url. To create a button, it will take a little knowledge in javascript coding. 
Clay Leben's curator insight,
April 4, 2014 12:22 AM
This should help a lot. Free for 5000 views. Copy and paste.
Scoop.it!
Word Search Maker. Make your own Word Search using your words! Don't miss our 'fun options' for an even better puzzle! |
Scoop.it!
Play is nothing if not social. Games organize play, allowing us to wrangle it and use it to experiment with the world. When we play games, more often than not, it's us under the microscope. But there's a trend in design toward video games that build social skills and encourage players to reflect on themselves and their relationships. Here are a few games that do just that. 
Aracy Campos's curator insight,
April 23, 2014 7:22 PM
O uso dos jogos na educação tem feito dos games uma das tendências de ensino mais importantes da década
Scoop.it!
Earlier this week, contributor Beth Still shared an introduction to Google Forms. In this article, we give you a curated list of other resources where you can find more about this digital tool, bot...
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
juanjovilar's curator insight,
April 20, 2014 5:33 PM
Recursos para aprender las diferentes herramientas ofimáticas y aplicaciones educativas de Google. 
Martyn Cooper's curator insight,
April 21, 2014 3:28 AM
Do you use Google Docs? The OU does. I do for joint paper writing.
Scoop.it!
Collective Wizdom - An R&D Platform for Researchers, Academics and Students.
Scoop.it!
Convert between image, audio and documents file formats online and for free. Quick and easy batch file processing.
Scoop.it!
A remix of Laura Hilliger's original work on pre-requisite and next steps for Web Literacy learning pathways. 
Jamie Torgerson Willett's curator insight,
April 13, 2014 10:03 PM
Amazing Chart! Great way to see the scope and sequence of developing information literacy skills. 
petra zuiderwijk's curator insight,
April 25, 2014 2:10 AM
Je kan dit zelf aanpassen of maken met de HTML software die erachter zit.
Scoop.it!
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
Plotagon lets anyone create an animated movie directly from a written screenplay. Write your story, choose characters, settings and music. Press play and your movie is done. 
Emina Demiri's curator insight,
April 8, 2014 9:39 AM
I've been looking for a good easy animation program. This might be it! 
Fiona Beal's curator insight,
April 8, 2014 11:25 AM
Plotagon lets anyone create an animated movie directly from a written screenplay. Write your story, choose characters, settings and music. Press play and your movie is done. It's that simple.
Scoop.it!
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
A global community dedicated to teaching digital skills and web literacy
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
April 8, 2014 1:42 PM
This looks like an awesome tool from the wonderful people at Mozilla!
Scoop.it!
Some great resources to bring environmental science alive in the classroom. 
Character Minutes's curator insight,
April 7, 2014 8:45 PM
Several will emphasize character traits of thriftiness and/or resourcefulness. 
Diane Johnson's curator insight,
April 9, 2014 8:28 AM
Nice range of topics to be used for Earth Day or with many topics aligned to the NGSS.
Scoop.it!
Flipgrid is simple: Teachers create grids of short discussion-style questions that students respond to through recorded videos. Flipgrid boosts community and social presence in face-to-face, hybrid, and online classrooms. 
Sally Tilley's curator insight,
April 6, 2014 7:56 PM
A handy tool to share discussions and create 'buy in' on relevant issues, thank you for sharing!
Scoop.it!
Jonathan Jarc's curator insight,
April 1, 2014 9:50 AM
If you are still doing book reports, this is a great substitution strategy (S on the SAMR scale) to get your feet wet with technology.
Scoop.it!
From
tackk
Quickly publish and share your message with one simple page. No signup, just easy, beautiful design.
Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
With the option of free sign-up so that you can save your work. 
Ricard Garcia's curator insight,
April 2, 2014 1:58 AM
Time for thoughts and ideas clearly expressed!! 
Amy Boyce Malloy's curator insight,
April 11, 2014 1:04 PM
Another tool to check out! #contentmarketing
Scoop.it!
María Dolores Díaz Noguera's curator insight,
March 29, 2014 9:04 AM
Channelkit - A Bookmarking Tool |
Educators need web literacy:
thanks!!!