Good+Websites

Facebook -- to connect with a wide circle of friends

Twitter -- to connect with a community of a common interest

Good Ed Websites to know

Ed Heads.org

[|Moodle]

[|Blackboard]

[|Survey Monkey]

[|Easybib]

Traditional vs Digital Approaches

Java : Look under /Applications/Utility/ for an application called Java Preferences.app

The current version for 10.6.8/10.7 should be Java SE 6. Also try enabling the check box for enabling Java Web Applets.

Splashtop Remote : http://www.splashtop.com/remote

Remotely access your computer screen and applications via the iPad

Printopia : http://www.udeo.com/mac/printopia/

Turn any printer on your computer into an iOS compatible printer.

=__Websites showcased by the cohort:__= www.surveymonkey.com - easily create on line surveys for free www.docs.google.com - collaborate in real time or asynchronously in the creation of documents, spreadsheets, presentations. www.tinyurl.com - make a long web address smaller (even customized) www.keepvid.com - allows saving youtube and other online videos to be downloaded www.weebly.com - easy and intuitive web site designer www.prezi.com - an alternative to power point. online but also downloadable museumbox.e2bn.org - a project box of cubes where you can design the sides of up to 24 cubes www.dropbox.com - cloud storage for your active documents www.evernote.com - cloud storage for notes, pictures and videos Firefox PDF Download – Save websites as PDF www.wordpress.com and www.classpress.com blogging applications www.glogster.com - online poster creation site www.mixbook.com - create books on line for free (and you can pay to have them printed) www.animoto.com - make videos online www.sumopaint.com - powerful online photo editing site www.poplet.com - mind mapping online www.historypin.com - allows users to pin historical photographs to world locations www.edmodo.com - "a do it all" for teachers www.panoramio.com - allows users to pin photographs to a world map www.commoncraft.com - "plain English" explanations of thechnologies http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ - a garage band equivalent for Windows machines www.toondoo.com - comic strip creation site. www.bitstrips.com - as above www.quizlet.com - online flash card creation and studying software www.touchgraph.com - a search engine that also builds "mind maps" to show connections among sites www.classpress.com - blogging site for students voicethread.com - allows users to respond by text, voice, or video to postings