tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26636876626507371352024-03-13T07:34:01.146+00:00Karen's IT in Education BlogKaren's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-66407316935509589142016-12-04T20:15:00.000+00:002016-12-04T20:16:04.555+00:00FULLTEXT01.pdf<div dir="auto"></div> Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-56376695651292526722016-12-04T20:14:00.001+00:002016-12-04T20:14:40.566+00:00viewcontent.cgi<div dir="auto"></div> Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-29537227261024818042014-07-05T21:53:00.001+01:002014-07-05T21:54:40.470+01:00AnswerGarden: A Quick and Easy Feedback Tool<div dir="ltr">
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Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-76157337423970738362014-06-07T02:33:00.001+01:002014-06-07T02:33:29.782+01:00ITinEdBlog 06/07/2014<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/?ss">Upload, Share, and Discover Content on SlideShare</a> </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/karenpinney/ITinEducBlog">ITinEducBlog</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/karenpinney'>here</a>.</p>Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-57486377724975230192014-04-01T17:50:00.002+01:002014-04-01T17:50:39.245+01:00Educational GamesThis list has a few different sites that can be used for Educational Game creation<br />
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<li>Jeopardy Labs <a href="https://jeopardylabs.com/all/" target="_blank">https://jeopardylabs.com/all/ </a></li>
<li>Games templates by Dr. Jeff Ertzberger <a href="http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/msgames.htm">http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/msgames.htm</a></li>
<li>Pixor - create web games <a href="http://www.pixzor.com/">http://www.pixzor.com/</a></li>
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<br />Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-20923569571207075942014-04-01T13:57:00.000+01:002014-04-01T13:57:16.706+01:00PBS Learning MediaLooking for teaching resources? This site has a wide range of videos and other resources for most ages and covering many topics. <a href="http://az.pbslearningmedia.org/">http://az.pbslearningmedia.org/</a>Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-30223034088492524832014-03-27T17:18:00.002+00:002014-03-27T17:18:14.736+00:00Learners TVLots of teaching resources/lectures for many different subject areas can be found on <a href="http://www.learnerstv.com/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.learnerstv.com/index.php. </a>Have a look around Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-43853883739112279102014-03-27T17:16:00.000+00:002014-03-27T17:16:07.733+00:00Link to Teaching English Resources.This link provides information about a number of resources that can support teaching English. <a href="http://www.teachthought.com/learning/50-incredibly-useful-links-for-ell-educators/" target="_blank">http://www.teachthought.com/learning/50-incredibly-useful-links-for-ell-educators/ </a>Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-16410526472299337572014-03-19T10:19:00.000+00:002014-03-19T10:19:20.940+00:00MadagascaA fun tool for learning about Madagasca is <a href="http://www.lessonpaths.com/learn/i/studying-madagascar/map-of-madagascar-madagascar-map-madagascar-information-world-atlascom">http://www.lessonpaths.com/learn/i/studying-madagascar/map-of-madagascar-madagascar-map-madagascar-information-world-atlascom.</a><br />
This makes use of <a href="http://worldatlas.com/" target="_blank">World Atlas.Com</a> for the geography and <a href="http://Lesson Paths.com" target="_blank">Lesson Paths.com</a> to organise learning resources.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-29579046256363524252014-03-17T17:26:00.002+00:002014-03-17T17:26:47.648+00:00Historical Timelines<br />
<a href="http://www.chronozoom.com/" target="_blank">ChronoZoom</a> website enables students to explore history using timelines. So if you teach history or just want your students to have a general understanding of past events, it is worth trying.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-36216275629152140342014-03-12T16:12:00.002+00:002014-03-12T16:12:41.249+00:00Useful video clipsThe BBC have an archive of video clips that can be useful for teachers/lecturers at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/zkdqxnb" target="_blank">this site</a>.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-81994904315574130242014-03-12T12:07:00.000+00:002014-03-12T12:07:16.339+00:00Google MapsIf Google maps can help you teach geography or tourism or any other subject this <a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/03/google-maps-gallery-now-offers-hundreds.html" target="_blank">link </a>will take to you useful maps and also to a link for tutorials about using Google Earth.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-8469750172504608662014-03-05T10:53:00.003+00:002014-03-05T10:53:54.120+00:00<a href="http://www.tutor2u.net/marketing/default.html">Tutor2u </a>has a number of useful (and free) teaching and learning resources. This link is to Marketing resources but if you use the Subject menu you can look for alternative subjects. <br />
<br />Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-25798653281238051492013-12-10T16:57:00.001+00:002013-12-10T17:06:37.988+00:00Learn about Social Media in Education by Educators' Technology WebsiteIf you are interested in using social media for your teaching, there are lots of useful links offering advice from <a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/">http://www.educatorstechnology.com</a> .A great site worth checking out!<br />
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<br />Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-12962607671090720402013-07-09T14:25:00.000+01:002013-07-09T16:06:14.434+01:00<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Screencasting is the recording of a computer screen (with voice over) as a video that can be shared and made available on the internet. There are lots of free and paid for tools you can use - a few are listed below. </span><br />
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Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-21358933078464053842013-07-09T13:58:00.002+01:002013-07-09T16:06:58.985+01:00Productivity: Evernote<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are a lot of different online tools that can be used to support everyday tasks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.evernote.com/"><b>Evernote</b> </a>developers, on their website say, "When we launched Evernote into public beta in June of 2008, we had two
crazy goals: create an external brain that makes everyone smarter, and
build a hundred year startup. Hard to believe that it’s been five years
since that day!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evernote enables users to save documents, internet sites, text, tweets, voice
recordings etc in one place. This tool enables users to create notebooks
(file areas) that information can be stored in and to tag the files
saved for later searching and retrieval. Notebooks can be shared with
others electronically. There are both free and premium versions of this tool and apps for mobile use too.</span><br />
<br />Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-81344357481250696322012-09-28T15:44:00.000+01:002012-09-28T15:46:29.670+01:00PlagiarismPlagiarism is a hot, current topic in education.
There are a lot of plagiarism checkers that you can use to check students' work and Turnitin is used by a number of institutions but there are also free online sites that students might want to use to check their work before submitting it.
<a href="http://www.grammarly.com/?q=plagiarism&gclid=CPis_qK62LICFVMbtAodqVcADQ">
Grammarly</a>,
<a href="http://www.scanmyessay.com/">Viper</a>,
<a href="http://www.plagtracker.com/">Plag Tracker</a>,
<a href="http://www.duplichecker.com/ ">Dupli Checker</a>,
<a href="http://www.plagium.com/ ">Plagium</a>
are just a few of these. You may want to have a look at them to see if they are of use to you.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-49005009852567614332012-09-24T23:49:00.001+01:002012-09-24T23:52:05.698+01:00Free online coursesThere are now lots of free online courses provided by respected universities. <a href="http:/ https://www.coursera.org/#course/pdstatistics
">Coursera</a> is one of the, check it out there are a range of different subjects covered.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-67518928554654938592012-09-22T16:10:00.000+01:002012-09-22T13:01:48.007+01:00Scoop.it<a href="www.scoop.it/">Scoop.it</a> lets you identify a topic you are intereste in and will search the internet for related information.
It allows you to scoop what you find interesting into your personalised informationsite which you can share. Great for creating topic related 'newspapers' online.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-90281931718024893442012-09-21T16:13:00.002+01:002012-09-21T16:13:31.924+01:00Write ComicsEver fancied creating a comic strip? <a href="http://writecomics.com/">Write Comics</a> is an easy to use site that enables you to create your own comic strip. A fun way to get a message over to your students.
Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-3991110508881599762012-09-21T15:53:00.000+01:002012-09-24T23:44:37.619+01:00Educaplay
<a href="http://en.educaplay.com/en/index.php">Educaplay</a> enables you to create Multimedia Teaching Activities
You can create lots of different teaching activities (riddles, crosswords, wordsearch, jumbled sentences, matching, quizzes and more) and does not need any specific software apart from a web browser with flash plugin.
Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-73200279626415077822012-09-21T15:39:00.001+01:002012-09-21T15:40:41.220+01:00EvernoteI confess that I have not visited and updated this blog for a while and one of the reasons for this is my discovery of <a href="http://www.evernote.com">Evernote</a>. This is a tool that can be used to store any information and group related ideas in notebooks or relate adn search for them using tags. Whatebver you want to record, you can do it using this tool.
Evernote can be downloaded to a PC onto a smartphone or used on the web. This makes it even more useful - you can access your work wherever you are.
You can even share your notebooks with interested others if you want.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-67655435685444704522011-12-06T12:47:00.004+00:002011-12-06T12:52:05.391+00:00Science Learning Centres - Christmas related ScienceSince it is almost Christmas, I would like to offer a link to some seasonal fun from Science Learning Centres who have blogged <a href="http://sciencelearningcentres.wordpress.com/">12 Christmas activities in the science classroom</a> on 5th December 2011.Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2663687662650737135.post-36480222738794419842011-04-08T15:54:00.004+01:002011-04-08T16:00:06.585+01:00Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Careers<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> 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This includes online tools and interactive activities covering: information about careers choices, employers, training opportunities, career routes and progression and skills and personality tests (coming soon). </span></strong></span></p> </div>Karen's IT in Education Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688415385544421013noreply@blogger.com0