http://techchicktips.net Two Texas Chicks who Love Technology and the Digital Lifestyle Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:52:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2009 digimom@techchicktips.net (Two Tech Chicks) digimom@techchicktips.net (Two Tech Chicks) Educational Technology 1440 http://techchicktips.net/podcasts/techchicksh_144.jpg http://techchicktips.net 144 144 Tips and tricks for educating 21st century learners with 21st century skills! The podcast is geared specifically to educators interested in integrating technology into their curriculum. Companion blog, forums and resources at: http://techchicktips.[...] Two Texas Chicks who Love Technology and the Digital Lifestyle mac, apple, tips, teacher, education, web2.0, digital, integration Two Tech Chicks Two Tech Chicks digimom@techchicktips.net no no http://techchicktips.net/2009/07/28/episode-58-mmmmmmmm-meat/ http://techchicktips.net/2009/07/28/episode-58-mmmmmmmm-meat/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:47:09 +0000 Anna http://techchicktips.net/?p=300 http://techchicktips.net/2009/07/28/episode-58-mmmmmmmm-meat/feed/ 1 0:00:01 JamStudio.com – Create Music Beats – The online music factory – Jam, remix, chords, loops tags: music, audio, tools, generator, creativity, education, tct58 KidRex – Kid Safe Search KidRex is a fun and safe search for kid[...] JamStudio.com – Create Music Beats – The online music factory – Jam, remix, chords, loops tags: music, audio, tools, generator, creativity, education, tct58 KidRex – Kid Safe Search KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search and use Google SafeSearch technology. tags: search, kids, searchengines, education, elementary, research, tct58 KVL – How to Do Research Graphic step thru on how to do effective research, how to evaluate sources and share information tags: research, education, elementary, resources, tct58 impossible2Possible.com i2P creates and delivers innovative experiential learning to students of all ages tags: education, ade2009, environment, ambassadors, innovation, learning, tct58 Historical Tweets tags: twitter, tweets, history, humor, socialstudies, microblogging, tct58, education, learning Reflection Activities for the Classroom tags: reflection, icebreakers, learningstyles, learning, education, activities, tct58 GPS and Geocaching with Elementary Students tags: geocaching, gps, blog, blogs, elementary, tct58 21st Century Literacies: Tools for Reading the World tags: research, education, resources, literacies, 21stcenturylearning, 21stcenturyskills, 21stCentury, tct58 ATT Knowledge Network Explorer: Wired Learning: 21st Century Literacies Homepage tags: technology, literacy, literacies, 21stCenturySkills, tct58 The Copyright Site tags: copyright, fair_use, fairuse, tct58 Kids’ why questions tags: kids, education, search, tct58 The Bump app for iPhone makes swapping contact information as simple as bumping two phones together | Bump Technologies, Inc. tags: tct58, iapps, iphone, apps Shakespeare by Readdle tags: tct58, iapps, iphone, apps Posted from Diigo. podcast Two Tech Chicks no no http://techchicktips.net/2009/04/27/episode-54-the-one-where-you-hear-annas-iphone-buzzing/ http://techchicktips.net/2009/04/27/episode-54-the-one-where-you-hear-annas-iphone-buzzing/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:50:39 +0000 Anna http://techchicktips.net/2009/04/27/episode-54-the-one-where-you-hear-annas-iphone-buzzing/ http://techchicktips.net/2009/04/27/episode-54-the-one-where-you-hear-annas-iphone-buzzing/feed/ 2 http://techchicktips.net/2008/04/12/episode-43/ http://techchicktips.net/2008/04/12/episode-43/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:42:20 +0000 Anna http://techchicktips.net/?p=143 http://techchicktips.net/2008/04/12/episode-43/feed/ 3 0:26:03 Shout Outs: Greg Smith from Round Rock, TX, for promoting our podcast in his district. We love to hear from our listeners. Google Docs & Spreadsheets http://lifehacker.com/374302/google-docs-offline-access-rollout-starting-today It’s goi[...] Shout Outs: Greg Smith from Round Rock, TX, for promoting our podcast in his district. We love to hear from our listeners. Google Docs & Spreadsheets http://lifehacker.com/374302/google-docs-offline-access-rollout-starting-today It’s going offline! Yay! It wasn’t an April Fool’s Joke! We don’t have it yet but we’re sure looking forward to it! JotForm http://jotform.com/ Create forms with drag and drop. Publish to spreadsheet. Share data. Free account only allows 100 submissions a month. $9 a month will get you unlimited plus a little more. Education Packs on Twitter http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/Education+Pack A PB wiki site for building your Twitter network. We’ve linked straight to the Education pack but you can add yourself anywhere. And find other Twitterers with commons interests Twubble http://www.crazybob.org/twubble/ Loads up people you follow and then lists people THEY follow telling you how many of the people you follow follow them but you don’t follow. Do you follow? Mnemograph: Web Based Timeline (thanks to tbarrett’s del.icio.us share) http://mnemograph.com A web-based timeline software application for creating, and sharing history and planning diagrams. Beautiful displays. Easy way to pull in Flickr images and Wikipedia history. XTimeLine http://www.xtimeline.com Another web based timeline. Already has many historical timelines to view. Have to have a (free) account but you can add editors to the same timeline. CompFight http://compfight.com/ An advanced Flickr search. Turn safe search on/off. Creative Commons. Get all thumbnails on one page with a hover over for the size of the original images. Jing Project http://jingproject.com/ Capture video, images and allows you to publish on their site or locally. Embed link, email. All free. Start Your Search Engines http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6545435.htm April feature article we wrote on search engines. podcast Two Tech Chicks no no http://techchicktips.net/2007/09/01/episode-30/ http://techchicktips.net/2007/09/01/episode-30/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:48:28 +0000 Helen http://techchicktips.net/2007/09/01/episode-30/ http://techchicktips.net/2007/09/01/episode-30/feed/ 0 0:38:09 Woo-hoo! We’re ba–aa-ck! It’s been a hectic start of school for both of us, but we think we might be ready to get back on track. Here’s our latest episode notes–at the same time as our episode is posted no less! Episo[...] Woo-hoo! We’re ba–aa-ck! It’s been a hectic start of school for both of us, but we think we might be ready to get back on track. Here’s our latest episode notes–at the same time as our episode is posted no less! Episode 30 Resources EarthCache http://www.geosociety.org/earthcache/ http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=gczp2n (for the definition) An EarthCache is an educational form of a virtual cache. The reward for these caches is learning more about the planet on which we live – its landscapes, its geology or the minerals and fossils that are found there. Very cool for authentic earth science topics. This would have been great in our supplemental podcast, but we missed it. Also check out our friend Silvia’s blog for more on travel bugs and some great ideas to geocache with elementary students. Google Sky http://earth.google.com/sky/skyedu.html The latest version of Google Earth 4.2 now features Google Sky which shows the celestial bodies that we see in the sky–think constellations, planets, galaxies, etc., including images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Mahalo http://www.mahalo.com/ Mahalo is a human-powered search engine that creates organized, comprehensive, and spam free search results for the most popular search terms. Our search results only include great links. Pre-done searches, but you can get Google results. Can do a side-by-side with Google using Mahalo Follow (free download). Archive.org http://www.archive.org The Internet Archive is a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Provide free access to text, audio, video, and more, including university lectures, famous speeches, and public domain books. Probably more of a teacher resource, as there are lots of resources, some of which may not be appropriate for kids. Preezo http://preezo.com/ An Ajax web application that gives you the power to create and share professional quality presentations over the web without software or plugins. Simple, but lots of potential. iLife ’08 http://www.apple.com/ilife/ http://www.apple.com/ilife/whatsnew.html All new updates, extended features, and major changes. We’ll be featuring more in the coming months as we play more with the new software. Integration Ideas: Using photos of kids for job charts, pictographs, pre-readers, etc. Disposable cameras for students Keeping parents updated via podcasts Classroom image gallery/wiki/moodle/blog, etc Discussion False sense of security from school filters Original post by Steve Dembo and then comment by high school student– http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/08/false_sense_of_security_from_s.php Internet Safety Cyber Smart–http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/ NetSmartz Kids–http://www.netsmartzkids.org/ (online safety and more) Internet Safety Activity Cards–http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/activitycards.htm Netiquette–http://www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html Thanks for listening–please don’t forget that you can register on the forums and post questions, comments, responses, etc. We’d love to hear from you! links, podcast Two Tech Chicks no no