Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A new decade, new technologies

I just read a list of new technologies that educators should start using in their classrooms.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/01/20/14-technologies-educators-should-watch-in-2010.aspx

Jing: I have heard about it several times in the last month. Beyond the good ole PRTSC and the new Windows7 Snipping, I wonder how much I would use Jing instead of these other tools. (I do love my screen shots for trouble shooting with students.) Hopefully someone will give a demo!

BT-1 Bluetooth Webcam: At $150, it's a little pricey for me. But I love the idea of being able to move the camera around my office -- or within a classroom directly to where the students are collaborating. I'll have to watch for the $$$ to go down, down, down.

Photo Booth: (MAC -- so I won't be using it.)

Poll Everywhere: Really neat program for quick and free polls in meetings or classrooms!

Prezi: I actually used this for a presentation at the Texas Higher Ed Coordinating Board in December and had several WOWs -- that was completely engaging! TRY IT OUT -- they just came out with a free educator version.

Etherpad: document share that was just aquired by Google to be integrated into Wave. I still haven't found one that I really like beyone the old fashioned tracking changes, comments and passing it in email.

Obrbicule Undercover: Mac ... but it's way cool tracking device even grabs screen shots and video shots if your $$$ Mac Book gets stolen.

Evernote: Free! Keep tracks of notes. This one I may explore next week.

Twitter Widgets: let's you embed twitter right into a homepage or blog. I have twitter -- but really want it to work well on my BlackBerry -- which app should I download for that??

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