The Web Catcher » Tools & Productivity http://webcatcher.edublogs.org Capturing the best educational web sites for kids of all abilities Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Leo Reynold’s Letter Collection http://webcatcher.edublogs.org/2007/10/18/leo_reynolds_abc/ http://webcatcher.edublogs.org/2007/10/18/leo_reynolds_abc/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:51:35 +0000 K. Haugen http://webcatcher.edublogs.org/2007/10/18/leo_reynolds_abc/ Today we take you to a Flickr page of photo collections by photographer Leo Reynolds.  What’s unique about Leo’s photos is he takes close-ups of letters in all kinds of wonderful, whimsical locations, often more than 100 examples of each letter.  He invites visitors to use the letters (and many, many other photos) in any non-profit activities, under a Creative Commons license.  You’ll want to visit Leo’s other collections as well, including signs, nuts and bolts, mosaics, cemetaries and churches, and more. This site invites you to consider letters and literacy in a whole new light!

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The Wordsmyth GlossaryMaker allows you to generate a “miniature dictionary”. You can type or paste a list of vocabulary words in Step 1, and customize your dictionary’s level of detail in Step 2.

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]]> http://webcatcher.edublogs.org/2007/10/15/convenienceware/feed/ 0 VoiceThread http://webcatcher.edublogs.org/2007/10/14/voicethread/ http://webcatcher.edublogs.org/2007/10/14/voicethread/#comments Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:23:02 +0000 K. Haugen http://webcatcher.edublogs.org/2007/10/14/voicethread/ voicethreadVoiceThread is an awesome tool for creating and sharing annotated online slideshows that you have to experience for yourself. Make your own slideshows or browse what others have done.

You can interact by recording or typing comments directly in others’ slide shows and then listen or read what others have said, which creates a non-linear conversation in which anyone can participate.

It’s also possible to doodle on your slideshows, and the doodles fade away (or stick, if you tell them to).

There are numerous examples of how one could use VoiceThread in the classroom.

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