Monday, January 23, 2012

Edit YouTube videos with TubeChop

I just ran across a way to pull an excerpt from a YouTube video. It's a web-based tool, so no download is necessary. The pdf below will give you some more details:

About TubeChop

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Moving to a Blended Learning Model

If you're interested in moving your class to a blended learning model where there is a face to face component and an online component, consider using Moodle or another tool called Coursekit to organize your curriculum materials and promote collaboration within your classes. MMSD has a Moodle instance ready for you to use. If you would like a course shell set up for you, please contact Paula Srite. Coursekit is an online resource that is free for anyone to use.

Using Online Resources

There are several free online resources available to you and your students to use to supplement your curriculum. I'm sure by now many of you have heard of Khan Academy. Here are some others:
Mangahigh (games-based k-12 math teaching resource)
MIT Open Courseware
Purplemath
HippoCampus
OpenUW (Washington)

If you use others in your class, please share!