Is this THE END?

Wow!  Can it really be the end of the semester?  I have learned so much in the past few months, and there is so much more I could do, but where do I find the time...



Here is an amusing Voki I created to highlight my end of semester summary.  It 'almost' works as I had planned, but I need a male Irish voice.  I think my grandma would be proud.

Another Web 2.0 Spectacular!

Okay, so there is nothing actually spectacular about this, but I love a good hook!  I have killed two birds with one stone by creating a Prezi to introduce you all to the joys of Evernote.

 For those who don't know, Evernote is a note-taking, web-clipping, life-organizing son-of-a-gun software that can be accessed on a computer (PC and Mac), tablet, or Smartphone, giving you access to your information 24/7 in any location that has internet access.

You can use Evernote to clip web pages such as recipe sites; create notebooks to house your class notes; save web pages to be read at a later date; save and then search web-based data for a research project; and much more.

I find it to be an excellent tool.  Have a look, it's for free (with the option for a paid upgrade) and let me know what you think.  It's right here.

Web 2.0 Tools

Just fiddling about with some web 2.0 tools, and here I have created my first Tagxedo.  Tagxedo works like Wordle, but you can attach blog posts, web pages, and any number of other written items to turn into beautiful word clouds.  I see this as primarily of interest in the lower grades, but I suppose it could have its uses in the higher grades as well.  Here is my first effort, based off of my Diigo library page.

Diigo Done! (just for class, that is!)

Ha!  Finally!  My Diigo Universe is complete!

Well, not really...
I have grown quite fond of Diigo as a bookmark tool.  It is fast, easy, well-designed, and a boon to a budding educator.  I have some organizing to do, but as my basement still looks like a post-tsunami picture from Japan, perhaps that can wait.

Take a look here, and see if any of these pages are of interest.

Enjoy!

Whoo-hoo!!  My very first Animoto!  I have selected a lesson on the Giant Panda which I believe would be appropriate for grades 3-5.  Take a look and see what you think.






One thing I will say is Google Chrome gave me some difficulty in my ability to embed this video, so I ended up going to IE9 instead.