Announcing: Connect To The Revolution, an Ebook by Glogster EDU Well, it’s been a voyage of discovery. Glogster EDU has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years, and it has been a joy to be here, and to learn from every EDUcator and student using Glogster EDU for creative, innovative teaching and learning. At Glogster EDU, we believe that education truly lasts a lifetime, and that it never ends. That’s why we keep learning and growing every day. We’ve been working on our latest creation for months, and we’re finally ready to share it with you in its final form. Technology and Education | Box of Tricks Making an Interactive Picture with jQuery In this tutorial I will be showing you how to piece together an interactive picture – aka an image that contains tooltips and popup boxes. This can be useful for showing off a particular aspect of a photo (ie items or people). The original inspiration for this tutorial came from the IKEA website, which uses Flash to accomplish something similar, although admittedly with a few extra features. Tutorial Outline This tutorial will show you how to set up the basic structure for your own interactive picture.Create/Position “more info” buttonsAdd captions to buttonsLink buttons to descriptions in popup info boxes This tutorial will be most effective if used as a guide to customize the downloadable files. Set Up Your Picture Before we can place any buttons, we first have to get the image ready (I’ve chosen a picture of our office) . You will want to customize your dimensions and background image to match your selected image. Positioning Info Buttons The Info Box The HTML for this goes as follows:
Sites to Create Cartoon Characters of Yourself If you are not comfortable using real photos to represent yourself in any online profiles and avatars, why not create a cartoon characters of yourself? It’ll definitely be fun and unique to others when you are representing yourself in a cartoonized way in your online profiles. Thanks to many free web services, you don’t have to pay an artist for your cartoon illustrations. Read Also: 10 Websites to Create Your Very Own Avatar Pho.to This awesome site can not only turn your landscape photo into a watercolor drawing, but also make your face morph. WeeWorld Create an cartoon character to represent yourself in WeeWorld games. Pick a Face Pick a Face is one of my favorite websites, because it has really modern design and cool features. Meez This is a social entertainment website that allows users to create their own animated avatars, or “3D I.D.” graphics, for the Web. Build Your Wild Self Moron Face It’s not a website to cartoonize your face but more like exaggerate fetures of a face. Custom Anime
29 Incredibly Useful Websites You Wish You Knew Earlier There are so many wonderful websites around, and it is difficult to know each and every one of them. The below list provides some of those websites that I find particularly helpful, even though they are not as famous or as prevalent as some of the big names out there. 1. BugMeNot Are you bugged constantly to sign up for websites, even though you do not wish to share your email? 2. This nifty little website tracks whether the emails sent by you were opened and read by the receiver. If you are on a constant lookout of free full length movies, then Zero Dollar movies provides a collection of over 15,000 movies in multiple languages that are available to watch for free on Youtube. 4. Livestream allows you to watch and broadcast events live to viewers on any platform. scr.im converts your email address into a short custom URLs, that can be shared on public websites. 6. TinEye is a Reverse Image search tool which is as accurate as Google’s Reverse Image search tool. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
3 Excellent Tools to Create Interactive Posters and Visuals for Your Class February 1, 2014 Interactive visuals are great learning and teaching materials to use with your students in the classroom. From explaining difficult processes to visual brainstorming, interactive graphics are a good way to consolidate students learning and promote their comprehension. Below are three of the web tools I would recommend for creating interactive visuals, I know there are several other titles to add to this list but the ones below are, in my view, more student-friendly and simpler to use. 1-Thinglink I love this web tool. 2- PiktoChart This is another wonderful web tool to create interactive visuals and posters for your Class. 3- Glogster Glogster is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or Glogs.
50 Herramientas Online para Profesores - Educabilia Te presentamos las 50 mejores herramientas para encontrar recursos pedagógicos, crear clases online e interactuar con tus alumnos. ¡Adapta tus clases y no te quedes afuera de la revolución educativa! Encontrar recursos educativos Skype in the classroom recursos para el aula, expertos, ideas, personas y experiencias alrededor del mundo. YouTube para escuelas cientos de videos académicos Tiching recursos educativos digitales TED: conferencias en video de expertos de todo el mundo sobre todo tipo de temas Evernote capturar y organizar contenido de la web Cloud Magic buscador simultáneo de información en gmail, twitter, facebook, evernote, etc Wolfram Alpha: resolución de ejercicios matemáticos y otros recursos Issuu descubrir publicaciones, compartir documentos gráficos, crear revistas y difundir online Tube Box descargar videos de YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion… The Primary Box navega, colecciona, organiza y comparte recursos Factoría del Tutor herramientas, recursos y servicios para el docente
Story Map The Story Map interactive includes a set of graphic organizers designed to assist teachers and students in prewriting and postreading activities. The organizers are intended to focus on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution development. Students can develop multiple characters, for example, in preparation for writing their own fiction, or they may reflect on and further develop characters from stories they have read. After completing individual sections or the entire organizer, students have the ability to print out their final versions for feedback and assessment. Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson Collaborative Stories 1: Prewriting and Drafting Students hone their teamwork skills and play off each other's writing strengths as they participate in prewriting activities for a story to be written collaboratively by the whole class. Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Unit Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood Text" Sets back to top
Cinco herramientas para crear imágenes interactivas - Recursos periodísticos En este artículo presentaré cinco herramientas para crear imágenes interactivas. Cuatro de ellas se han creado expresamente para tal función, pero una –la de Google- no. En una imagen interactiva podemos crear vínculos que enlacen a otras webs, blogs o vídeos, o bien incorporar textos, fotografías, audios o vídeos. Como la imagen puede ser una fotografía o una ilustración podemos montar una infografía con este tipo de artilugios. 1-Thinglink, imágenes y vídeos interactivos Thinglink es una herramienta poderosa. Lo utilizan grandes medios de comunicación porque ofrece una acabado muy profesional. 2-Genially, alta gama de productos interactivos y gratuitos Genially es una completa herramienta con la que diseñar imágenes interactivas, presentaciones, mapas mentales, infografías o líneas de tiempo. –Integrar contenido externo e interactivo: vídeos, timeline de twitter, webs enteras… –Colocación de pines y áreas interactivas –Cómo animar los objetos ¿Seguro que has localizado todos los enlaces?
25 Online Games for English Language Learners GameZone: Dozens of simple, straightforward games about grammar, spelling, and vocabulary reach out to English language learners at all levels. Keep in mind, however, that this site is based in the U.K. and follows a different set of linguistic rules than American English.Vocabulary.co.il:This series of vocabulary and games runs the gamut from elementary to high school levels of proficiency. Each is recommended for both native speakers as well as students learning English as a second or third (or more) language.Power Words:PBS’ WordGirl and her simian sidekick Captain Huggy Face do battle against Fair City’s most sinister citizens, but it’s up to players to determine the course of the action. Fisher-Price presents a simple game blending ABCs and animals for tiny little language learners needing to learn the basic building blocks of English.
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