March Ed Tech Review Archives

Free Photoshop for Teachers and Students Online

https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
Adobe has just released a great tool for basic editing of photos.  The best part about it is that it is free and does not require installation.  Photoshop Express is a free online application that lets you do a variety of things to photos, including: Cropping, Rotating, adding effects, correcting blemishes and more.  This is […]

Investment Simulation for Teenagers

http://simulator.investopedia.com/
In one of my high school business classes we did an activity where we got to buy and sell stocks on paper for a quarter, and it was a great expierence.  The down side to that expierence is that it was limited to the major stocks listed in the local paper, and we had to […]

Flash Cards online

http://www.flashcardexchange.com
Using flash cards does not really seem like it belongs in a technology  blog, but I have found a site that makes great use of the internet community to take this old educational tool to a new level.  Flash cards are still around because they are very effective.  The challange is finding flash cards that […]

Great Science Project Site!

http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com
The science fair season is upon us, and we are always in need of fun and easy science projects.  This free site has a wide variety of science fair projects availible.  It is well organized and broken down into categories making it quick and easy to find just the right projeect for your students interests.

iPod Touch In the Classroom

The iPod has already had an impact on the education community, but the advent of the iPod Touch  shows particular promise as a tool that could significantly improve the classroom.  iPods are a great way to deliver media contents to students to give extra review and practice to the students that need it.  The iPod […]