Dianne Goes to the White House!
On May 3, 2016, I had the honor of being invited to the White House for the annual celebration of the National Teacher of the Year, the State Teachers of the Year, and Great Educators from Across the...
View ArticleWon’t You Be My Neighbor?
How often are you breaking down the walls of your classroom and bringing the outside world in? As a former French teacher and current Instructional Technology Specialist, I strive to create...
View ArticleDisco Fever!!
Check out this new dance video starring Dianne & Benjamin! A cool new tool I found at jibjab.com, thanks to my friends on Twitter! Star in Your Own JibJab! It’s Free!
View ArticleNew tool: VuVox.com!
Check out the newest cool tool I am experimenting with… Vuvox! You can create a variety of slideshows/presentations with images, video and audio. It is a pretty cool way to present online. Here’s one...
View ArticleBlabberize
I first found out about Blabberize at PETE & C earlier this month and hadn’t really thought that much more about it until my CFF Apple training last week. Our ‘assignment’ was to create an iMovie,...
View ArticleCool Site of the “Day”– Only 2 Clicks
I have started blogging posts like this on my district’s Ning, but it is a private environment only open to employees of the district. So, I thought I’d cross-post them to my blog as well, why not?...
View ArticleAnother Cool Site – Voki.com
http://www.voki.com Voki allows you to create your own online speaking persona (avatars). You can customize everything about your avatar – from eye shape to background scene, and everything inbetween....
View ArticleAnother Cool Site – Animoto
http://www.animoto.com http://education.animoto.com Animoto is one of the coolest slideshow/video creation sites out there. You upload your images, add text, choose or upload music and Animoto mixes...
View ArticleAnother Cool Site: Stixy
http://www.stixy.com This morning as I was enjoying my snowy morning with coffee, email, blogs, and other Internet browsing fun, this tweet came through from @TeachaKidd aka Lee Kolbert: I like to join...
View ArticleAnother Cool Site – Evernote
Although I am thoroughly disappointed in Google’s decision to discontinue development of Google Notebook, I know that life must go on, without one of the tools I used frequently and taught extensively....
View ArticleAnother Cool Site – Fliggo.com!
http://www.fliggo.com This is one that MANY teachers have been waiting for – no more need to use YouTube or TeacherTube for your (or your students’) videos! Fliggo allows you to essentially create your...
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