MERLOT Teacher Education Editorial Board Teacher Education Favorites: Tried and Proved, Part Deux

What’s your role? Faculty – College of Education Faculty – Arts & Sciences Faculty – Other Disciplines Technology Coordinator/ IT Administrator Education, K-12 Other

Web 2.0 Have no clue…. Have heard of it Have used it occasionally Use it regularly for personal use and planning only I use it in my courses with students as well as for personal use

Characteristics of good learning objects: –Applicability –Ease of Use –Multiple Uses –Good Pedagogy –Engaging

Teacher Ed Board Each of us selected websites that we’ve recently reviewed and USED in our own classrooms You’ll find the list of sites at TWINE

Have you used screencapture software for images or video? No Yes – images only Yes – images and desktop video What is screencapture software?

Jing

After you capture--Share via Screencast Example from my desktop Jing

History Wired

Cool Tools for Schools

Scratch

Do you ever wish you had easy access to a free design tool? Yes No

Gliffy

Does your University support.. PCs only Macs only Both PC and Mac

Have you ever received files that are in a format you cannot open on your computer? Yes No

Zamzar

Inanimate Alice

Do you ever run across a couple of students in your class who need a quick tutorial on vocabulary to get them up to speed? Yes No

Do you have a candidate in your program who is especially talented in a specific area who might be able to create tutorials? Yes No

Quizlet

Twine

Our Teacher Ed Twine What would you like to add to our Twine? shttp://tinyurl.com/merlotteacherfav s