Lincoln Tech Update

News:

Buildling a Better Way of Understanding Science

Laptops in classroom may not always be a good thing.

Worth Discussing:

Discussion on the question of “friending” students

Blog about the potential of video games in education.

Blog post: Making the case for cell phones in schools.

Software:

Text-to-Speech Plugin for Microsoft Word

Convert PDF to Word for free!

Free program guide to open any file extension!

Web Resources:

Online Flash Card creator

Create posters from a single image for free!

Understanding Algebra by James Brennan.  Online algebra textbook

Read magazines online.

For further exploration:

Connexions

Share photo slideshows.

Create a graph online!

Tips and Tricks:

Increase your influence on Twitter

Tip: Create custom IPhone and IPod Touch webclip icons.

Tip: Add animated GIFs to your Twitter feed

Getting Started with Educational Technology:

Techy tips for not so techy teachers

Podcasts in Educational Technology

New Teacher resources

Informative blog post on using Diigo

For Fun:

Periodic Table of typefaces.

skramstad EdTech