http://www.edtechreview.net Technology for Teachers! Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:13:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/index.php?sec=home Picturing History is a site develped by the National Endowment for the Humanities that has a collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures that have a connection to historical events.  The pictures themselves are great, but the are brought into context as you click on a picture.  You get a descrition ... http://www.edtechreview.net/internet/picturing-history-us-history-as-seen-through-the-artists-eye/ Editing and Manipulating photos is becoming an essential part of the multimedia classroom. In considering which tools are best I looked at a few primary factors.  These include: Price, Capability, Ease of use, and educational value. Pixelmator- $59 Pixelmator is a very powerful photo editing tool that gives you photoshop like ... http://www.edtechreview.net/uncategorized/5-best-photo-applications-for-the-mac-classroom/ 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 ... http://www.edtechreview.net/software/free-photoshop-for-teachers-and-students-online/ 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 ... http://www.edtechreview.net/uncategorized/160/ 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 ... http://www.edtechreview.net/internet/flash-cards-online/ 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 ... http://www.edtechreview.net/internet/great-science-project-site/ 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 ... http://www.edtechreview.net/education-use/ipod-touch-in-the-classroom/ The wiki for educators has been recently updated to better meet the needs of educators.  A few of the new features are: NEW CURRIKI “GROUPS” TOOL MAKES SOCIAL NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION EASY Whether you’d like to form a community of interest or a community of practice, you can now join a group ... http://www.edtechreview.net/curriki/curriki-updates-for-2008/ http://10-fast-fingers.com/ 10 Fast Fingers is a free online typing tutor that is simple yet effective in teaching the basics of keyboarding.  It is based on touch typing principals meaning that we know where the keys are based on muscle memory rather than sight.  I enjoyed using the lessons, and will continue ... http://www.edtechreview.net/software-review/http10-fast-fingerscom-free-typing-tutor/ Is this the end of cursive ? (Christian Science Monitor) Because of the rise of the information age, keyboarding ha been gaining ground in it's amount of time dedicated to it's instruction.   There assumption indicates that this time is replacing cursive instruction.  Although this may be the case it does ... http://www.edtechreview.net/keyboarding/christian-science-monitor-asks-is-this-the-end-of-cursive/