Since it’s Earth Day, I’m sharing three of my favorite websites to help you Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Reduce Ecological Footprint Calculator http://www.earthday.org/footprint-calculator It’s time to take a hard look in the mirror and identify aspects of your lifestyle that you might want to change to tread a little lighter on the planet. Calculating your ecological footprint is a… Read more
An Easy Way to Make a Great Venn Diagram, Concept Map, etc. Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/ Create professional-looking flowcharts, Venn diagrams, SWOT analysis, technical drawings, and more in any web browser. Gliffy is well equipped with templates and shapes, and very easy to use. Examples of Gliffy Diagrams Free accounts allow for 5 diagrams and 2 MB storage space. Discounted… Read more
Improve Public Speaking Skills – Assign a Pecha Kucha Presentation Pecha Kucha is a presentation format that allows the speaker 20 slides presented for 20 seconds each. The slides automatically advance every 20 seconds for a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds. You can click here to learn more. It’s a great format for improving… Read more
KeepVid www.KeepVid.com KeepVid allows you to download streaming videos from YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacafe, iFilm, and more. No software downloads required! It’s a simple, free video downloader. Simply paste the URL of the video you want to download, select a format (MP4 – Max 480P works for me), and click “download.” It couldn’t be easier. … Read more
Merge PDF merge.smallpdf.com Cut, copy, paste – the best friends of a creative teacher aren’t exactly easy to do with PDFs. Merge PDF allows you to cut pages from PDF documents and/or combine pages from multiple PDF files. I wanted a digital version of just 4 pages from an 84 page PDF document, and wanted to combine those… Read more
A Powerful, Feature-Filled Online Video Editor WeVideo www.wevideo.com WeVideo offers a full-featured video editor with nothing to download or install. K-12 plans include a “walled-garden” feature that can be used to address safety and privacy concerns by limiting sharing of student-generated videos. Free, Engaging, Curriculum Aligned Online Film Fests Check out WeVideo’s Education Channel. The aim of this channel is to… Read more
Zamzar www.zamzar.com We’ve all been there: you need to convert a PDF to a document, or convert video or movie files to a different format. Before you start looking for the perfect program, give Zamzar a try. File conversion in 4 simple steps! Zamzar offers free online file conversion from nearly any type of file you have to… Read more
As a hockey player who grew up just a short drive from where the Miracle on Ice occurred during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, it should come as no surprise that I’m a big fan of the Winter Olympics. This week I’m sharing three resources for learning about the Winter Olympics across virtually all subjects. Teaching the Sochi Olympics – NY… Read more
PosterMyWall www.postermywall.com Poster My Wall is an excellent online poster maker, but the site offers so much more for educators. The Teachers Page lists many benefits: -Create projects to organize posters created by students. -Students are not required to create an account. -Students see only posters created within the classroom. No public sharing. -Students’ projects are never made public. -No… Read more
SafeShare.TV Simply paste a link to a YouTube video into the text-box on SafeShare.TV and they will provide you with a shareable link to a cleaned-up view of that video. No ads, no related videos, no “popular videos” popping up. The site even gives you a few options for customizing your cleaned up video. You can re-title it, change the… Read more
