Week #3 Thing 7

I have been looking through the Flickr site and I am absolutely amazed at how many tools and web apps have been generated for Flickr. Some of the games would be good for students and there is so much more.

The other technology related thing I want to post about is a couple of sites one called TeacherTube and another called Authorstream.

TeacherTube is the teacher's equivalent of YouTube but at least we can get to it through our DET firewall. There are lots of short tutorials on very interesting stuff. Try searching for Smartboard or ebeam

Also search for commoncraft and have a look at their tutorial on various web tools (try RSS).

The one that I really like however is a video by Alvin Trusty called How to create a great PowerPoint with breaking the Law. It runs for 45 mins but is WORTH it.

The other site called Authorstream is to upload your great PowerPoint that you have created after watching Alvin's video an they are then accessible by everyone on the Internet. They load quickly AND can be coverted into iPod movies and YouTube/TeacherTube movies for students.