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Another tool popping up in the web 2.o ocean of web based collaborative tools: Wallwisher
I usually sign up for most tool that come around so I can try it out at least once. I believe, that the best ideas on HOW to use a tool, come about when you are in the process of using [...]

I checked out PhotoPeach.
Our idea is to help users tell better stories online using photos. Our inspiration for this service came from enjoying sharing photos with friends in real life.
You can create a rich slideshow in seconds to engage your friends or family in a natural way. This is done by allowing two-way commenting right [...]

All of our teachers are administrators of their own wordpress blog (hosted on our domain) As part of our monthly workshops, the past week “Embedding Media on Your Blog” was offered.
The definition of “embedding” is :
To enclose snugly or firmly.
To cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole
In the world of our classroom [...]

Muchísimas gracias a la dirección de la Goethe Schule en Buenos Aires, Argentina por darme la oportunidad de hablar con ellos acerca de la integración de tecnología y la alfabetización en el siglo XXI.
Gracias a Verónica D. y Heidi M. por organizar ese encuentro. Ich freue mich schon auf gemeinsame Projekte!

¿Qué es un Instructional Technologist?

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Storytelling has existed since the beginning of time as a form of human interaction. It evolved from cave paintings and oral transmission of how and why our people existed and as an explanation of the world around us to troubadours who traveled the country to inform others of news and happenings of places and people [...]

Last week, Google Docs has announced the addition of Forms within Google Spreadsheets. Very cool!
I finally got around to try it out this afternoon. Here are some of the steps I took while� exploring.
Sign into your google docs account and create a new spreadsheet. Click on the “Share” button and choose “to fill in form” [...]

Having fun with a web based Image editing BeFunky.com site this morning – Funky ways to express yourself. This link came to me via Steve Dembo’s post “Make your Digital photos befunky“. Steve does a great job in reviewing the site, so click on over there to read his detailed review.
I would add to Steve’s [...]

Thanks to Ewan McIntosh and his blog post “2007 and Travels in Review” on EduBlogs, I found the following fun site “Great Circle Map“.
Enter the airport codes or city names that you have traveled to and it will give you an good amount of interesting facts: Latitude, Longitude, Initial Heading Direction and miles or [...]

Kwout , a web based (no registration) screen capturing and quoting tool is buzzing around the blogo- and twittersphere.

kwout | A brilliant way to quote via kwout
What I especially like about this tool is that it includes an image map with each screen shot. This means that any links on the image map is clickable [...]

VoiceThread is a web based free service that seems ideal for digital storytelling with your students in the classroom.
VoiceThread is an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows an entire group’s story to be told and collected in one [...]