ESC 2 is inviting school districts to follow one of their very own, Janet Dickerson, on the 2011 South Texas Trail Riders journey through region 2 and beyond. Janet will create a virtual classroom experience linking 21st century technology and media rich tools to share a world of cowboys, horses, buggies, and general frontier life with your students.
Take a look at the Project Giddy Up blog to find out how your students can submitt a written or video challenge.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Possible Snow in South Texas...Again!
After watching the weather report tonight, I am excited to find out that we MAY have snow again in South Texas. This would be a wonderful experience for our students who have never seen snow. Teachers, have your digital cameras and Flips fully charged and on stand-by. This will be a wonderful opportunity for students to go outdoors and take some pictures and create a digital story. Students can also use the Flip to videotape a weather forecast.
See you in the snow...hopefully!
See you in the snow...hopefully!
Friday, January 21, 2011
Tagxedo
Many teachers have found Wordle to be an amazing tool. Students really enjoy using Wordle. Well, if you like Wordle, you are going to LOVE Tagxedo. Tagxedo has a gallery of ready made images that you can view or just jump in and create your own. Take a minute to explore this site, but chances are you will be there awhile.
What is it?
Tagxedo is a tag cloud creator. It turns words, famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, or letters into an artful tag cloud such as the image above. Can you guess who it is?
Integration Ideas:
Book Review
Include Tag Cloud with Biopoem
Self Portrait
Add Pizzazz to Presentations
Check out 101 Ways to Use Tagxedo to explore many more ideas.
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