Follow-Up: Ryan Givey's Workshop on On-Line Resources

Hello Teachers - I hope that you enjoyed the workshop that Ryan Givey presented today during Common Planning Time.  Here are the resources/links that he covered:

Professional Development – Thursday, June 3, 2010

Website: rgivey.wikispaces.com

Email: rgivey@philasd.org

Free Online Resources:

Blabberize

-       Add audio to make your images speak

-       www.blabberize.com

Diigo

-       Add highlights and notes to online text (Use Firefox)

-       www.diigo.com

Google Docs

-       Create online, collaborative documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and drawings that can be published as a webpage or embedded online

-       www.google.com  (create an account)

Google Earth

-       View images of anywhere in the world, create placemarks and measure distances

-       http://earth.google.com/  

Google SketchUp

-       Create three-dimensional objects, measure them and import them into Google Earth to place them anywhere in the world

-       http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsu.html

Jeopardy Labs

-       Online Jeopardy Templates

-       www.jeopardylabs.com

Jing

-       Create screencasts that can be stored online or downloaded

-       www.jingproject.com

Poll Everywhere

-       Design online polls and questions for a real-time response

-       www.polleverywhere.com

Prezi

-       Use an online canvas to create a presentation not constrained by slides

-       www.prezi.com

Rubistar

-       Create your own rubrics or search for others online

-       Rubistar.4teachers.org

Tagxedo

-       Create word art in specific shapes

-       www.tagxedo.com

Wordle

-       Create word art emphasizing the themes of the text

-       www.wordle.net

Xtranormal

-       Create your own online movie

-       www.xtranormal .com