Podcasting

We've been teaching podcasting workshops the last couple of weeks to our T3 Grant schools. We've been talking about what "consumers of media" our students are these days. So, when I saw this cartoon flipping through Good Housekeeping this week, it gave me a good laugh!

We've collected several podcasting resources while preparing for our workshops. Visit the portaportal site to find those links and many others on other various topics:

http://guest.portaportal.com/jsmith0404

Tag Galaxy

If you or your students are looking for pictures to use in your classroom, Tag Galaxy is a really fun site to visit.

When you arrive at Tag Galaxy they will ask you for a "tag." A tag is a keyword or term that is assigned to a piece of information. If you are looking for pictures of volcanoes, the tag you would type in is "volcanoes." It is simply a keyword.

Click GO and it will show you a "galaxy" of available images. Click on the planet that looks the most appropriate. It will then show you a world of photos. You can navigate through the world using your mouse.

Tag Galaxy is a really cool way to search for photos!

Question of the Day

Embed the BrainQuest Question of the Day html code into your class webpage, and have the question of the day appear automatically each day.  Or just visit http://www.brainquest.com/!  Or, sign up to receive the Brain Quest question via email.