Tech Bytes : Weblog

By David Lindsay

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The weblog for Tech Bytes, hosted on SUSD Teacher Community.

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Tech Bytes : Weblog episodes:

10.20.2008
Keybr and BBC Schools Dance Mat Typing
Here are two sites that support the learning of keyboarding skills. Keybr is a web 2.0 application that gives students a choice of three levels to choose from for a quick practice session. BBC Schools Dance Mat Typing resembles commercial...
10.20.2008
The Student Community: Adding Students and Creating Good Passwords
In this episode, grab a roster and add some students to your classroom blog. I discuss some tricks for creating usernames and give some strategies for designing passwords that are strong yet easy to remember. studentblogs2.mp4 video/mp4 http://students.saugususd.org/ Subscribe...
10.10.2008
Copyright, Creative Commons, and Flickr
This episode is super-sized at the same low, low price. I give information about how to go about acquiring media on the web. Found a picture and you're not sure if you have the right to use it? This episode...
09.21.2008
The Student Community: student blogs are amazing. Are you using them?
This is the first in a series of podcasts about student blogs and, in particular, our Student Community. While the nuts and bolts of using the community are best viewed in the tutorials found here, this Tech Bytes series will...
09.02.2008
Feeds
Use feeds and Google Reader to make information on the web come to you. And don't forget to subscribe to Techbytes while you're at it! feeds.mp4 video/mp4 Having trouble seeing what's in the movie? Click here to take a bigger...
09.02.2008
Cooltext
Create great-looking logos, visual text, and buttons with this free-to-use web-based tool. cooltext.mp4 video/mp4 Subscribe to Techbytes
09.02.2008
Text2Mindmap
This tool allows you create dynamic concept maps from an outline that you can enter and edit online. text2mindmap.mp4 video/mp4 Subscribe to Techbytes
08.27.2008
Visuwords
Visuwords is a great visual dictionary/thesaurus, accessible online, and with no downloads necessary. visuwords.mp4 video/mp4 Subscribe to Techbytes