Showing posts with label Online tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Online tools. Show all posts

Monday, April 05, 2010

WordSift

This is an interesting site I came across. It reminds me of Wordle, where a tag cloud is created from text which you paste in. However, this site then provides research options for the popular words in the text. Students can select words and research them further.

This is a great way to dissect a piece of text or to analyse their own work and look for words they commonly use.

The site also provides Word Lists relating to different subject areas.





Thursday, March 11, 2010

Teachers are fountains of knowledge

Teachers are walking fountains of knowledge. The 21st century has provided the tools for teachers to share their knowledge globally. A great way for teachers to reflect on their own work is to collect and share their resources. It is one thing to use resources but the act of sharing resources is also accompanied by a learning process.

You have to reflect on your own knowledge, prioritise, collect and filter. Once you have all your resources what is the next step. Here is a range of sites teachers can use to create and share online resources.

I want to thank @2sparkley http://2sparkley.edublogs.org%20/ and @mwedwards http://mwedwardstechnology.blogspot.com/ for inspiring this post.

1. Create a blog


There are many sites which allow you to create your own blog. A blog allows you to share ideas, links, images and many other resources. Many are free or have a free option. It is also a great way to keep all your resources in one place.


2. Create a presentation


There are many sites which allow you to share presentations. The presentations may be a step by step tutorial, share information, provide links, reflect on practice. Many sites allow you to upload powerpoints or documents or create animated presentations and add voice and music.



3. Create a Video

There are many video sharing sites the most popular being http://www.youtube.com/

Your video may be a demonstration, documentation or a tutorial.

Create computer tutorials by recording the desktop which is called screen casting.



4. Create Social bookmarks

Social bookmarking sites allow you to save links, tag them and share with others.



5. Create Ebooks

Ebooks are virtual books you can access online, download or embed.




6. Share images



Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Online Tools to Research, Organise and Process Information