Episodes
Sharing a #PowerPoint as screencast. Don't let all that hard work go to waste, use your PPT with #screenr & #jing! Recording your PowerPoint as a video file is a great way to share it with your students via social media, glogs, wikis or web pages.
Published 12/06/13
The second part of the Edmodo tutorial looks at how to find and then publish your group's public RSS feed. These feed can be shared and re-deployed using a variety of tools on other social networks. See how it is done.
Published 09/15/13
iCyte is a web-service that allows teachers and students to curate and bookmark content. The difference is that iCyte saves web pages as they were when you visited. A 'snapshot' of the website you visited, when you visited it. Urls can change, content can be withdrawn or updated instantly on the web. Using iCyte can help you from losing important links or relevant content.
Published 01/10/13
PowerPoint isn't the only answer. Looking to add cloud computing, collaboration, and publishing to your student's presentations? SlideRocket presentations may be a better option than PPT. This video explains the basics of navigating the interface and tools menus.
Published 12/01/12
When the iOS 6 update hit iPads, users lamented that YouTube was no longer integrated in the iOS. They had to find a way to get to their content - and the mobile version of the website was the answer. This tutorial looks at how to create an iPad desktop shortcut to YouTube's mobile website.
Published 11/10/12
Here, we look at how to use the website called Wordle as a reading strategy and brainstorming activity. Learners can make incorrect assumptions about text, and pre-reading. Using Wordle is a strategy that works with any age of user with almost any text-based reading content. Here's how to do it.
Published 10/20/12
This tutorial looks at how to use a YouTube account and channel from top to bottom...all in one video.
Published 10/11/12
How to finalize and activate your YouTube channel, publish it, monetize it, and gain followers.
Published 10/10/12
Bit.ly and Ow.ly are url shortening services you can use to save space in a Tweet or post. You can use these to 'uncomplicate' otherwise lengthy urls borrowed from online content. Take a huge, long url, and use one of these services to shorten it down to something only a few characters long.
Published 10/10/12
Teachers have the need to organize videos for reference, using YouTube playlists is an option. If you have videos you curate, us a playlist instead of bookmarks. This tutorial walks you through it - also looks at sharing the playlists you curate.
Published 10/07/12
This tutorial looks specifically at how to set up your own user channel, establish content blocks and manipulate the design and presentation of your channel.
Published 10/04/12
Setting up an account on YouTube with or without a Google email address
Published 10/01/12
This video looks at how to get a video embedded into a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and a YouTube video.
Published 09/25/12
Using the previous two tutorials on feeds from Edmodo, this third segment looks at how to share your RSS feed on another website. Specifically we look at Twitter, Facebook, and a personal website using Twitterfeed.com and other widgets.
Published 09/20/12
Edmodo is an excellent service, but sometimes it is important to publish or share your content elsewhere, and import content from outside sources. Using this tutorial, you can see how to import an external RSS feed into your own class.
Published 09/10/12
Storing and Uploading files to your Google Sites pages: using attachments and file cabinet. http://screenr.com/Yrc
Published 09/01/12
Using #jZip #7Zip, or #Winzip to unarchive multiple attachments. How to download multiple attachments in Gmail. http://screenr.com/lyc
Published 08/15/12
Webspiration - Graphic organizers, outlines, and sharing #2. More on using sharing options and collaboration tools, online chat,
Published 08/10/12
Collaborate, chat, and publish online. Use graphic organizers as a pre-writing, vocabulary building, study guide creator, or group project manager.
Published 08/10/12