Tech Tidbit Video: LessonPaths

The latest Tech Tidbit video focuses on LessonPaths, which allows you to create a customized "playlist" of web links, uploaded documents, written articles, and pop quizzes that can be presented to students as an independent study activity, a type of webquest, or formative evaluation tool. Each portion of the LessonPath playlist can include a Challenge question to evaluate the student's comprehension of the article or link they visit.

You can share the playlists via e-mail, URL link, or social media. You can also embed the playlist onto the website of your choice. If you don't want to create your own playlist of links, you can browse the wide variety of playlists created by others to see if there is a ready-made activity for your students to use.

Tech Tidbit Video: issuu.com

The latest Tech Tidbit video focuses on issuu, a site that enables you to upload documents such as Microsoft Word documents, Excel files, PDF's, and PowerPoint presentations and process them so they can be viewed digitally.  Then you can embed the converted file into your website, blog, or wiki site. You can also share the file via a variety of social media sites or by e-mail.

The purpose of sharing this site is demonstrate how you can embed documents such as syllabuses, class newsletters, and other files into a classroom website or blog.  Many schools require their teachers to maintain and update classroom websites regularly, and using a site such as issuu.com allows teachers to display important documents so they can be viewed online as well as downloaded.

Tech Tidbit Video: HSTRY.CO

This week's Tech Tidbit video introduces HSTRY.CO, a Web 2.0 site that allows the user to create an interactive timeline and add features such as text, images, video clips, audio files, as well as "Did You Know" segments and a quiz as well!  

You can also use this site to use as a presentation tool if you want.  The center line that runs vertically down the middle can help you organize the items in the order you want them to appear!

Tech Tidbit Video: JustPaste.it

Wow! It's been a little while since my last post!  Happy New Year to everyone, and I hope your holiday break was restful and relaxing!

This week's Tech Tidbit video focuses on JustPaste.it, an information-sharing website that allows you to create a page where you can enter and share information with others without the need to register for an account or sign up in any way.  Information you send can include pictures or hyperlinks to other websites outside of the JustPaste.it site.  Once a page has been created, it generates a unique URL address that you can link to or share.  You can also create your own customized URL if you wish.

Using the JustPaste.it site eliminates the need to send e-mail attachments to others in order to share information.  All the information you need is available through the URL address that is created!  Plus, if you need to edit the information on that JustPaste.it page, you can do that as well!