IWB. Blogging. General Resources. Stories and Comics. Yenka. Quizzes. Avatars. Online Noticeboards. Website Building. Online Meetings. Response Systems. Collaboration. QR Codes. Google Sketchup for creating 3D images in the classroom. Google Sketchup is free downloadable software for creating 3D images. It is installed on all Falkirk primary school PCs and it can also be downloaded from Google Sketchup can be used to create simple 3D images of classsroom or household objects, or buildings or streets. It comes complete with inbuilt tutorials which provide a great way to get started. This is a teacher guide to uses of Google Sketchup at different age ranges with examples and step by step guides.
The videos below give a quick introduction to what Google Sketchup can do. For a whole series of video tutorials for getting started go here: Below is an example of a video tutorial showing an example of how to incorporate Sketchup in history teaching where the tutorial shows how to create a Motte and Bailey castle in Google Sketchup.
Selecting the Right Technology Tool: Wikis, Discussion Boards, Journals, and Blogs (Essays on Teaching Excellence) Part Two. Selecting the Right Technology Tool: Wikis, Discussion Boards, Journals, and BlogsTami J. Eggleston, McKendree UniversityThe POD Network Teaching Excellence Essay Series, 2010-11 In this essay, Eggleston discusses how daunting many faculty find selecting the right technology tool can be. To help with this task, she compares common electronic tools and uses Bloom’s Cognitive Domain Taxonomy (1956) and Chickering and Ehrmann’s Seven Principles of Good Teaching (1996) to connect these tools with skill development teaching goals and effective teaching practices.
You can read the entire article or browse CFT resources on academic integrity including our teaching guide on technology and learning which features information on blogs and wikis. In this blog post, we’ll expand on Eggleston’s essay and offer you an overview of blogs. What is a blog? Blogs are part of what Randall Bass and Heidi Elmendorf, of Georgetown University, call “social pedagogies.” When to use a blog Ready to get started? Infogr.am.
Sharing ClassDojo With Other Educators by Kalen Gallagher on Prezi. My Learning.