I ran across one of the best sites I’ve seen recently after reading about it an article. The site is called Academic Earth and this is how they describe themselves: We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from …
Category Archive: Websites
Nov
13
Text to Speech just got easier
Most of us are probably familiar with products that turn digital text into speech. Programs like Read&Write Gold and Kurzweil are feature packed applications that will not only read almost any digital text to you, but also provide numerous other supports such as advanced spell check, word prediction and more. Other programs, like ReadPlease are …
Oct
15
Removing Shortcut Arrows
OK, so this post doesn’t really have much to do with educational technology, but it solves an annoying problem. In Vista, if you have a shortcut icon on your desktop there is a huge arrow that attaches itself to the icon to show that it is a shortcut to another location. One way to fix …
Jul
31
Newspaper Generator adds Engagement to Activities
I just finished doing a session on using technology to motivate writers and came across this cool website. It’s called the Newspaper Clipping Generator. It’s purpose is to generate what looks like a newspaper clipping out of whatever you have your students write. They can choose the title of the newspaper and download an image …
Jul
29
Podcasting and Podcatcher Options
For those that aren’t aware, a podcatcher is a software application used to collect and play podcasts. By far, the most popular podcatcher is iTunes. However, not everyone wants to rely on only one software application. In addition, there are many schools or entire districts that do not allow the use of iTunes. So what …
May
07
CAST, Google Introduce UDL Editions
I was just forwarded a link from a friend of mine to the new UDL Editions by CAST website. According to the press release: Wakefield, MA, April 23, 2008—In partnership with Google, CAST today celebrated World Book Day by introducing two new online literacy tools that provide robust, embedded learning supports for readers at all …
Jan
25
Markup your PDF Documents
Most of you probably know what Adobe PDF documents are. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, they’re those aggravating documents you receive from time to time that you can read, but cannot edit. They require you to have special software (Adobe Reader – free and standard on most PCs) to open them. The good …
Jan
25
Converting YouTube and other Video Files
One of the more common tech questions I’m asked when it comes to video is how to save YouTube videos onto your computer. There are several resources out there that allow you to do this including extensions for your internet browser, websites, and other applications, but one of my favorites that was recommended by a …
Jan
25
Blackle.com – Saving energy one search at a time
Looking to save energy while you work? Blackle.com may do just that. It takes the worlds most popular search engine, Google, and gives it a black background that uses less energy to display than bright white or other color alternatives. The paragraph below is directly from their website: “In January 2007 a blog post titled …