http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:25:40 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:25:40 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=283409 Free tool that allows Mac and PC users to capture and share screen shots and animated videos with other users. Instructors can use this tool to show students how to use software. Students can use it to help other students or show their instructors how they are trying to complete a computer task. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=687081 This is a blog by an innovative teacher and technology coordinator in the Chicago Public School System. She pioneered iPads in the public school classroom and shares her insights with readers. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=302277 The Rubric Machine helps you build and use instructional rubrics in support of broader performance-based approaches to assessing student learning. Just log-on and begin developing your own tailor-made rubrics. Besides supporting the rubric design process, The Rubric Machine also enables you to save and archive your rubrics, modify them as needed, and format them for printing. You can read published articles, tips, and other resources to help you put rubrics into practice as part of your regular curriculum and instruction. Like all ThinkingGear tools, registration is free. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=302275 iRubric is a comprehensive rubric development, assessment, and collaboration tool. Designed from the ground up, iRubric supports a variety of usage in an easy-to-use package. Best of all, iRubric is free to individual faculty and students. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=302780 Editing digit images used for instruction can be a challenge. Full-featured programs like Photoshop are expensive and can be difficult to learn. Picnik is a web-based image editing program that provides tools for editing common problems with digital images such as red eye, cropping, and saving to a different format. Users are not required to register to use the free version. Register users get access to extra tools and don't have to watch adds as they work. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=658328 The Teaching Channel's K-12 educational video collection showcases effectve teaching methods and techniques used by teachers in their classroom. Subjects/#videos: English Language Arts (116); Math (91); Science (73); History/Social Sciences (33); and the Arts (13). Topics/#videos: Planning (29). Class Culture (47). Behavior (37), Engagement (53), Differentiation (30), Assessment (18), Collaboration (21), Common Core (106), Digital Literacy (24), New Teachers (52) and Celebrating Teachers (65). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=505907 Download the supporting PDF file for this episode http://bit.ly/aL55Yj from the Learning to Teach Online project website.In this Learning to Teach Online http://bit.ly/d18ac5 episode we look at two different types of online learning environments: a centralised Learning Management System (LMS), and free open access social media (such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, etc). We discuss the benefits of each and highlight some important issues that need to be considered when using each of them. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=332520 Free online tool to optimize pictures and images for websites and email. Crop, resize, add a border, contrast, sharpen. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=305177 Information, resources, and activities on what wikis are, how to set one up, and examples; all useful for professional development or explaining wikis. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=537512 What do you think of this resource? Please click http://svy.mk/e6BP1G to complete a quick survey.This Technical Glossary video aims to give an overview of the possibilities of the online virtual world, Second Life from Linden Lab. Downloading and installing the software, setting up an avatar, and a quick overview of the virtual world is discussed. Visit the Learning to Teach Online project http://bit.ly/d18ac5.