Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Great Collection of SmartBoard Resources

I received this link from Jerry Blumengarten. His website, http://cybraryman.com/ is filled with great resources for all teachers. Please take a moment to look around his site for wonderful resources to use in your classroom.

Here is the link to the SmartBoard Resources. There are many different links on the page, so take your time on looking through them. I'll spend some time over break to sift through them all. Have a great Thursday!

- Give it a try!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Fun with Photography

I've been meaning to write a post on Fotobabble for a while. This is a very simple site that allows people to record voices over pictures. You can take pictures yourself, upload them and share them with friends. You can also take some other pictures from Google Pics or Flickr and record your voice over them as well. This could be great for students to narrate photography projects or other classes that have a visual requirement for a project.

There is also an iPhone app that allows you to take pictures, record your voice and share the creation on Facebook, Twitter or Text. I added it to my iPhone and it has been fun taking pictures and sharing them with friends. Here is a picture that I took at Grosse Pointe South's Artfest of Bartleby by K. Peabody. It's based on a character from the Graphic Novel Bone by Jeff Smith.





Using Fotobabble is fast and easy. It shoul dbe added to your toolbox of fun things kids can use to spice up a presentation. It could be a nice addition to a lecture you give in class. Think about the many different ways you could use it.

- Give it a try!

Moving Questions on to your Smart Response Clickers

I wanted to pass this great nugget of information on to everyone. Vanessa Cassie is a former teacher and now works for Sharp's Audio Visual. She works with SmartBoards and is always posting interesting tips. You can read her blog here. I follow here on Twitter and she always has something interesting to forward along. Please take the time to read her blog and follow her on Twitter @VanessaSCassie.

This post, explains how to move questions you have already written on other documents to the Smart Response system. This will save many teachers tons of time. If you use the Smart Response Clickers, please check this post out.

- Give it a try!