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Toolkit A-Z

Posted in Pedagogy on Dec 29th, 2009

Thanks to Judy O’Connell (heyJude!) for these FABULOUS links … Looking for a tool to use? Wondering what to try next? Thinking about possibilities? Go to Toolkit A-Z and take your a pick! Mrs. H xo

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Tuxpi

Posted in Photo Manipulation on Sep 9th, 2009

Tuxpi offers 29 photo effects and tools for blogs, presentations and personal pictures.  You can make your pictures more lively, apply fancy effects and create real eye-catchers with this collection of easy to use photo effects. All photo tools on this site are browser based, very simple to use and can be combined with each [...]

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Animoto

Posted in Photo Manipulation, Web 2.0 tool on Sep 3rd, 2009

Animoto automatically produces orchestrated, unique video pieces from your media. Check out My Furry Friends … a few photos of my ‘babies’ + some music = done!  Easy! Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. Mrs. H xo

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SurveyMonkey

Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2009

SurveyMonkey enables you to create online surveys quickly and easily. Mrs. H xo

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ClustrMaps

Posted in Web 2.0 tool on Sep 3rd, 2009

ClustrMaps is a free thumbnail hit counter map that shows the locations of all visitors to your site, even when the numbers are enormous! Mrs. H xo

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Wordle

Posted in Web 2.0 tool on Sep 3rd, 2009

Wordle generates ‘word clouds’ from your text.  The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. Mrs. H xo

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Andrea Mosaic

Posted in Web 2.0 tool on Sep 3rd, 2009

Andrea Mosaic is a free project to create digital art using images and computer software. With AndreaMosaic you can create your own photographic mosaics made with your own pictures. A photo mosaic is an image composed of many tiled photos … best viewed sitting back a bit from the screen! Mrs. H xo

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Avatars

Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2009

An Avatar is ‘a computer user’s representation of himself/herself or alter ego … an “object” representing the embodiment of the user’ (Wikipedia).  One of the ‘basics’ of CyberSafety (especially for kids) is to keep their personal identity safe – and an Avatar is a fun way of representing your ‘pictorial self’. There are MANY Avatar [...]

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January 2009

Posted in My thoughts, Web 2.0 tool on Aug 2nd, 2009

This was the very beginning of the ‘serious’ journey.  After much discussion at the end of 2008, it was decided that the 2009 Semester 1 Staff Enhancement goal would be for staff to integrate ICTs into their classroom program.  Each classroom was equipped with a pod of 6 computers, as well as the computer lab [...]

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