MACUL+2009

MACUL 2009 - Detroit, Michigan
Collaborative Tools for the Science Classroom - Ideas included using [|Google docs] to collaborate ideas and collect data in a science classroom. Also, concept mapping using [|Webspiration] (a FREE web-based version of inspiration), [|Spinscape], and [|MindManager] (free 30-day trial) to organize notes and ideas.

Making Education Stick - CHIMES: Connection, Humor, Images, Music, Emotion, Story, Senses. Using CHIMES in a lesson allows students to make a connection that "velcros" prior knowledge to a new topic. Telling a joke in the classroom connected to the topic that is taught increases retention by 68%. Connect words to pictures using sites such as [|Pixcetera].

Essential Online Tools [|Delicious] - social online bookmarks [|Flickr] - photo sharing site [|Animoto] - make movies out of pictures and music in seconds [|VoiceThread] - throw up a picture, have your students record a short audio file about the pic [|Evernote] - grab a screen shot of a webpage and paste it in Evernote - great for kids working on research projects - the the sources are in one place! [|Picnik] - very easy photo editor [|Slideshare] - upload your presentations so they can be viewed or embedded in blogs/wikis [|MindMeister] - free graphic organizer - like Inspiration but online [|Remember the Milk] - online to-do list that can sync with Google calendar, iPhone, Twitter, Blackberry, Gmail [|Gcast] - record mp3 using your cell phone [|GoAnimate] - students make their own animated comic - great for digital storytelling!

Steve Dembo's Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools Bloglines - blog aggregator - allows you to see what other blogs educators are reading [|Delicious]- social bookmarking online [|Emma's bookmarks] Amanda's bookmarks [|Crappy Graphs] Xtra Normal - text to movie [|Let Me Google That For You] [|Poll Everywhere] - students use cellphones to vote [|Jay Cut] - online video editing [|Mogulus] - live broadcasts [|Edmodo] - Twitter for students [|Prezi] - zooming presentation editor