Thing 15: delicious is the way to go
It was always a challenge how to create a list of your favorite websites. At first we tried to list all our favorite sites in our browsers favorites. But this approach had a big disadvantage as it was...
View ArticleThing 16: Books, Shelves & Libraries
The LibraryThing experience was great. It is a bit complicated at first, but one will get used to it after using it. I have also use shelfari, which is a close cousin of LibraryThing. Please checkout...
View ArticleThing 17: From PODcasting to VODcasting
Few years back I was scared when I heard the term PODCAST. I thought of it as a very complex subject that I would never understand. We at the American School of Bombay (ASB) had purchased a tool called...
View ArticleThing 18: Podcasting Experience
It feels very nice to record your own audio and video, then make these clips available as podcast/vodcast feeds that can be subscribed to. I see great use of podcast in Language-Arts and...
View ArticleThing 19: YouTube and TeacherTube – Take your pick
I have been a Youtube user for many user now. As Youtube is a popular site for videos it also has a lot of inappropriate videos that you would not like your students and children to view. Then...
View ArticleThing 20: Collaborating using Google Docs
Google Docs is a great tool for collaborating and working over the internet. At our school students use Google Docs in the classroom, from home and when they are on field trips. Google Docs suite has a...
View ArticleThing 21: Mapping with Google Maps
Working with Google Maps is real fun. Specially kids would love it as they can glide over the maps to create their own marks and tours. I create My Maps and this is the link to a map of my trip from...
View ArticleThing 7c: Homework is scary
I really liked this post “Homework: From Chills to Thrills”. Photograph taken from Flickr Creative Commons licensed images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cayusa/2194119780/ Photograph taken by Cayusa I...
View ArticleThing 22: Classroom 2.0 and Twitter
Classroom 2.0 is created on a Social Networking platform called Ning. Our school has been using Ning for more than 2 years now. We started using Ning networks as we found this a very easy and user...
View ArticleThing 23: Looking behind, & where do I go from here…
I had been working with Web tools and Web 2.0 tools for quite some time now. I took this course to see if I had been missing any vital pieces of the Web 2.0 toolkit. This course has helped me...
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