http://deckerjo.podbean.com Technology Support for the School District of Palm Beach County - suggested podbean uses Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:16:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a free, quick and and very easy tool to place a review quiz on your web page. The multiple choice quiz you create can include an image in the question, and you provide the question, answer choices, and the feedback! Find out more at http://mobilestudy.org ... http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2009/04/08/easy-to-embed-review-quizzes/ This sideshow and many other useful "Best Of" lists can be found at the web site of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. Click on any that you might not be familiar with to see what they have to offer. I always recommend listening to what other educators find ... http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/11/13/a-truly-useful-100-best/ I am liking this online math help site. Find some examples of the topic of your choice, and place them on your class web page. Simply click on the following math problem for an in depth explanation of how to solve it. How easy is that? http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/10/02/checking-your-facts-with-mathway/ If you wold like to add a little personality to your classroom web page, possibly lighten up the presentation of some of your content, or try and inject some creativity into your project based learning. I recommend checking out Go!Animate. This web based publishing program does require an email ... http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/10/01/a-way-to-invite-creativity-into-your-classroom/ I regret to have to post that FLYPAPER which I listed some time ago as a great FREE resource for bringing content to your students has left BETA and has announced that beginning Sept 13, there will no longer be a free version. I am assuming that this will ... http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/09/11/update-on-flypaper-no-more-free-rides/ Sometimes technology can provide things that are simply FUN! Thank Goodness!! One of the niftier web apps I have come across lately is called ... BIGSTAGE.... This program is a Beta right now which means that it might not be perfect, and that the developers hope to learn about ... http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/09/10/a-little-more-for-the-lighter-side/ ImageChef.com provides a fun way to personalize a video message. I hope that the collection of messages continues to grow! ARE YOU LOOKING FOR NEW WAYS TO PACKAGE AND DELIVER YOUR CONTENT? http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/08/22/a-little-something-just-for-fun/ I am apparently late in discovering this product from diigo, but I am glad I found it because I will almost undoubtedly use this in creating some instructional presentations. The display options vary for example you can embed or email http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/07/24/webslides/ I take great pride in being a member of the Educational Technology Department that produces the "Palm Breeze Cafe" You can access the archive of all the recorded shows by clicking on the link on the right sidebar, or you can find it on YouTube and TeacherTube: http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/06/30/a-great-resource-for-all-educators/ Almost anyone can find something of use on Zoho. I have been a fan for a long time and a recent request for an online presentation option caused me to revisit Zoho with great results! http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/06/30/zoho-has-a-lot-to-offer/ Here is an example of www.Mixbook.com shows it's ability to capture memories of the precious times spent our schools. http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/06/12/using-mixbook-for-an-interactive-experience/ I am trying a new Beta of www.280slides.org to embed slide show presentations. You can also email direct links to the presentations hosted on their site. </div> http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/06/12/280-slides-embed-basic-presentations/ I have created a new free example of a service that could be utilized by teachers and or students that seems to be very nice. I don't think it has the pizazz that Wix provides, and it is not portable via embedding options like wix, sproutbuilder, mixbook or some ... http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/05/30/another-free-publishing-option-webon-is-easy/ Trying wix.com Wix.com http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/05/12/playing-with-wix/ I am investigating a beta of a widget that will visualize people you refer to on your web page or blog. As an example, hover over the names as I refer to Bill Gates And Steve Jobs As you can see the footage is not perfect, but I like ... http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/05/09/famous-person-widget/ VoiceThread is an awesome collaboration tool that educators can use in several ways. A teacher can post something for the students to comment on, or the students themselves can work together to create very cool projects. VoiceThread currently offers free use to the public at large, but even ... http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/03/21/voicethread-for-education/ This product is currently free and fun! www.sproutbuilder.com http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/02/01/sprout-is-nifty-for-a-quick-project-based-assessment/ Our School Districts puts on one of the finest School District run Technology Conferences in the nation! This year our conference will be at Santaluces High School on March 28th. This is our TENTH YEAR and promises to be one of our best! http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/01/30/our-conference-is-coming-up/ http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2008/01/11/use-embedded-video-for-enrichment/ You can easily share a PowerPoint or similar presentation that you or a student has created, OR... you can use a source like www.slideshare.net to choose from a large collection of presentations ready for your use!! http://deckerjo.podbean.com/2007/05/29/share-a-slideshow/