The Classroom Architect is a tool that allows you to easily create a classroom layout with your learning goals in mind. The only downside that I see for this tool, is that it uses Adobe Flash. If they upgrade to an HTML version, it would be a super tool. I have previously used the 4Teachers website…
Presentations, Elevator Speech, Fear of Public Speaking
I had the privilege of meeting Fred Miller when he spoke at a National Collegiate Conference for the Association of Information Technology Professionals. He had just written his first book, No Sweat Public Speaking!. From his website (https://nosweatpublicspeaking.com/) I see that he has written a few more: No Sweat Elevator Speech!, No Sweat! The Fear of…
The Noun Project
Do you need a quick graphic? Maybe the Noun Project is for you. I was introduced to the Noun Project in Tony Vincent’s Classy Graphics class that I took last summer. It is a great place to find very simple graphics. I was able to use them in some projects, giving attribution to the Noun…
Mom, Look at the Mountains!
My daughter looked at the top of my Chrome Web Browser and said, “Mom, look at those mountains!” I gave her a puzzled look. Living in Iowa, we don’t see many (actually, any) mountains when we look out our window. She pointed to the top of my screen. Yes, they did look like mountains. I…
Automated Chat Worked Like a Charm!
Well, the Twitter Chat Using Twittimer worked great for sending out the automatic tweets with the questions. I could not have asked for a better moderator! Once again, I learned that with my classes; asynchronous communication is the best. Like some of my online orientation chats where I am alone in that chat room, I…
Twitter Chat Scheduled — Twittimer Set Up to Fire Off Questions
Well, it is time to experiment! The Twitter Chat has been scheduled! It has also been scheduled using Twittimer so that the questions will fire off in 5 minute increments. I hope you will join me for this experiment, check it out live or “after the fact.” Also, check back here tomorrow for a reflection…
Hosting an Unattended Educational Twitter Chat
I have attended several educational Twitter Chats in the past. I decided to host my own. My schedule is so unpredictable at the moment that I am not sure that I will be available online when I want the Twitter Chat to occur. So, I am planning an “unattended” Educational Twitter Chat. Hopefully, I will…
Connecting Your Blog to Twitter for Automatic Posts
I added the WP to Twitter Plugin to WordPress to automatically tweet when I have made a post. This is cheating in a way, because I challenged my students to create one educational blog post and tweet a day for the next seven days. I can now do this in one step. To do this,…
Headmagnet and Quizlet
Headmagnet – Retain What You Have Learned — Just Before You Are Going To Forget It! https://headmagnet.com/ Spaced Repetition. Applying What You Have Learned (As Soon As You Can). Both are sound advice for lifelong learning. Check out HeadMagnet. It uses the same educational philosophy as Rosetta Stone. It reminds you, just about the…
Coggle It!
One of my students in my Technology in the Classroom course introduced me to Coggle It! I am a big fan of mindmapping, and this is a tool I had not used before. Check it out!