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Tip of the Week: Embed Voki on Google Site. Are you looking for different ways to share your Voki?

Tip of the Week: Embed Voki on Google Site

You can always embed your Voki collection to your Google Site! If you attempted to embed your Voki on your Google Site (and failed), continue reading to learn how! Just follow these simple steps and you can show off your Voki collection to everyone! Go on www.voki.comPublish your Voki.Select your Voki size.Click to copy your Voki embed code. Paste your embed code onto Word.Find the hyperlink starting with src=” the hyperlink. Now your Voki is embedded on your Google Site! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for Voki, shoot us an email at feedback@voki.com! Happy embedding! The Voki Team Like this: Like Loading... Voki Tip of the Week: Voki on PowerPoint Many teachers use PowerPoint in their lessons and want to put Voki into their presentations.

In "Embedding" Voki Tip of the Week: Voki on Wikispace Do you have a Wikispace? In "Tip of the week" 80+ Google Forms for the Classroom. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my weekly newsletter.

80+ Google Forms for the Classroom

Thanks for visiting! Google Forms is a great tool for the classroom and this post from 2008 has always proven popular on my blog. I hope you continue to be inspired by the ideas here. I have created example forms for each of the different topics, follow the links in each of the ten sections. 1 ) Get to know your class Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. 2 ) Emotion graph An emotion graph is a simple line graph comparing a range of happiness to sadness against different points (time) in a story or film. Use a Google Form to gather the children’s responses to different parts of any type of linear narrative, written or visual. 3 ) Spelling test Steve Kirkpatrick had this brainwave a while back so check out his excellent post for more information about setting up the spreadsheet. 4 ) Comprehension questions.

ClassBadges. Storytelling. Christina Hamman: At A Glance. Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students. 12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials. Ever wondered how people show you so clearly what is happening on their computer, like in the Photoshop Video Tutorials we shared with you?

12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials

Thanks to screencasting software, anyone can do it. So what's stopping you now from making your own how-to videos? Try out one of these 12 tools and get to making your first video! Free AviScreen - As the name would imply, this capture program records the video into AVI files, but can also do BMP photos. CamStudio.org - An open source program for capturing your on-screen video and audio as AVI files. Copernicus - A free program for Macs that focuses heavily on making quick and speedy films by recording the video to your RAM for quicker access.

JingProject.com - Beyond recording video, Jing allows you to take a picture of any portion fo your desktop, draw on it, add a message, and immediately upload your media to a free hosting account. Wink - Screencasting software that focuses on making tutorials with audio and text annotation abilities. Commercial. Wolfram Education Portal: Free Resources and Materials for Teachers. Google for Teachers II - Free 33 Page Guide. Www.voki.com/create.php. PowToon : Create Animated Presentations Online. Educreations. Audience Response Systems. Upload & Share PowerPoint presentations and documents. The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators. Online Diagram Software and Flowchart Software - Gliffy.

Printable Graphic Organizers. General Graphic Organizers Worksheets Learning organization techniques should not be a chore, but rather a process that everyone should grasp, understand, and implement into their lives.

Printable Graphic Organizers

For example, if you're someone who is unorganized when it comes to bills, more than likely you have a hard time getting them paid by the due date. Another example might be with school work. If you're a student and you don't have an organization structure in place for taking and storing notes, then chances are you don't do very well with taking tests. Organization is truly a skill. Being well organized will help students and teachers both be productive in and out of the classroom. Once you have yourself day organized it is time to look at how to better organize and focus your students. Now look at your individual lessons. We offer tons of graphic organizer worksheets to help students learn the importance of organization in the academic world. Subject or Process Specific Graphic Organizers.