Posted in 1 on Oct 14th, 2009 3 Comments »
I just came across a video I made a couple of years ago about CLiCk,Speak. I’d forgotten all about it. That has prompted me to repeat a post I wrote about CLiCk,Speak in June of 2008. The resolution isn’t great, but I think the video does a pretty good job of demonstrating CLiCk,Speak in action [...]
Posted in 1 on Oct 4th, 2009 3 Comments »
When he set it up, I doubt if Gary Bishop could have foreseen the phenomenal growth that Tar Heel Reader would achieve. This amazing online collection of accessible “books for beginning readers of all ages” has grown to 5805 titles! Beautifully illustrated with images from Flickr, these books are truly engaging for a wide [...]
Posted in 1 on Sep 27th, 2009 No Comments »
I wrote about PhotoPeach last month. Since then, I’ve very much enjoyed “playing” with PhotoPeach as I’ve created several “stories” with my own photos. I especially like PhotoPeach for multimedia creativity because it is so easy to learn and use and because text captions are such a straightfoward option. These two factors make PhotoPeach an [...]
Posted in 1 on Sep 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Schools across the province where I live reopen this morning after the long summer break. This should be a time of great excitement and eager anticipation for every child who is beginning a new school year. Sadly, the reality is that far too many children are facing this day with a sense of dread and [...]
Posted in 1 on Sep 4th, 2009 No Comments »
As I mentioned in my previous post, Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day is one of my sources for resources. I particularly appreciated Jane’s post of last Saturday, in which she highlighted a post from Mind Map Inspiration entitled 100 Reasons to Mind Map. I wasn’t aware of Paul Foreman’s excellent blog on mind mapping.
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