Task 6: Cool Tools

Cool tools I have explored:

Skype

I used it to talk to my local friends and my e-pal teacher in France. I love it. I'd like to use it for a student meet in Canada, but I get bad sound and picture. I'll get it looked at by the tech department.

Quizlet

I've explored and use it but I wish they could have images like Quia.

TeacherTube

I have over 100 videos on it, but the "buffering" is painfully slow, so I abandoned it for now.

Library Thing

Not interested . . .

Flashcard Friends

I did explore for the first time and am excited about the images and audio available and it's free, unlike Quia. I used it in class w/ my students. I made 2 so far.

Pixton
ToonDoo
Not interested.

Ta-da List
Not interested.

Glogster
I'm a little intrigued for posters. I saw some great student samples on art and historical figures.

Stretch Task: I'm using goanimate this week. I just made a new quizlet. I'm always making quias w/ images. I download 2-4 lesson plan videos daily on youtube.

I put a flashcard friends on my site for my 7th graders to practice boutique vocab and demonstrative adjectives.

I made a cool tools wiki: http://mmethomas.wikispaces.com/

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