If you’re looking to try out some tools to make teaching, sharing, discussing ideas, and planning easier, you might want to check out some of these tools. Twitter I you want to ask a quick question or have a conversation, there’s nothing as efficient as Twitter. It’s also a quick way to get the word…
About midnight today, Google launched their new browser Google Chrome in beta. It’s not available for Mac or Linux yet. My husband uses a Windows desktop and downloaded it today, and he thinks he’s in love. Here’s a video about some of Chrome’s features: I love Firefox. I love it very much. But if Google…
ReadWriteWeb has an article about Google’s development of a new browser called Chrome. I followed the link and I like these features: It’s open source. It will have a task manager so users can track memory usage. The default homepage is a “speed dial” type feature with thumbnails of the most frequently visited Web pages….
I am often the last person to hear about the cool tools, but I don’t think I’ve seen Zotero mentioned in any other education blogs. Zotero is a Firefox extension that helps “you collect, manage, and cite your research sources” within your browser. Screencast tutorials at the Zotero site help you visualize what that means…
Carol recently left a comment regarding my UbD unit for Death of a Salesman. This unit utilizes several videos I found on YouTube in order to help students learn more about the concepts central to the unit; however, Carol says that one stumbling block she will encounter if she chooses to use this unit is…
