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The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book

Posted on March 26, 2010 by melindakraft

I came across this resource in my daily updates email from Diigo in Education group (even if you don’t use Diigo, signing up for an Educator account so you can get this daily list is well worth it!).

This 121 page PDF is, in the author’s words (pg. 11) :

The purpose of this booklet is to give you some practical ideas about the kinds of things you can do with Web 2.0 technology. Please note: this was not intended to be a compilation of projects using cutting edge applications. I simply invited teachers to share what they have been doing.

Projects are grouped by grade level. I was particularly interested in one project where six-year-olds were tweeting on Twitter.com.

Check the book out here, on the author’s website: http://www.ictineducation.org/free-stuff/

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Making Your Own Screen Recordings

Posted on March 25, 2010 by melindakraft

Free and Easy with Jing

If you know even the slightest thing about computers, this has probably happened to you. Your friend, colleague, student, or worse yet, your mom, emails and asks, “How do I enter a formula in Microsoft Excel?”

Your heart fills with dread at the thought of numerous screen shots, spreadsheet lingo that will never be understood, and thesis-length instructions that you know will never be read, followed by numerous emails, instant messages, and phone calls.

“If only I could show how it’s done,” you sigh, “without paying a lot of money for software.”

Jing to the rescue – for free!

With Jing, free software from Techsmith, you can capture your computer screen and voice narration with a couple of click of the mouse. A couple more clicks at the end, and your video will uploaded to your personal 2GB of free storage space on screencast.com and you will have a ready to email link before you know it.

See how easy it is: