This week's lesson was about online educational resources. Here's my take:
The Good:
Puzzlemaker - a good variety of customizable puzzles for classroom use.
Student Certificates - print free certificates from templates.
Internet4classrooms - lots of links to other sites.
Tuxpaint - free paint program for the younger generation.
The Bad:
Timeliner - great program . . . at a price.
Inspiration - a software package for making mind maps. I love mind maps, but not at a price. This is a high-tech solution to a low-tech problem.
The Ugly:
Wordle - I went to their site and wondered if I was in the wrong place. I seems to be nothing but groups of links to for-profit schools.
Teacher Tube - This one has gotten better with time, but two years ago it was a collection of second-rate, low-quality videos being presented on a too-slow server. Even today, most of the material here can be seen on YouTube.
There are many other resources and tool in cyber-land. I'll keep looking!
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