A great new tech tool that can be used in the classroom...check it out!

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Lesson ideas:

• record speaking projects in various languages
• describe how something works as a form of testing a student's knowledge of a subject
• record findings as a part of a science or nature walk
• post classroom activities to your blog
• record brief lesson descriptions or extra help for student use

 

This is a video of the Keynote by David Warlick at the Palm Beach County Technology Conference.  Wonderful keynote that really challenges how we teach.

From the 2009 Palm Beach County Educational Technology Conference

Below is a link to the many iLife 09 tutorials that have been produced by Apple.  iLife comes on all new Mac computers and includes;

iPhoto - Import, organize, & edit photos
iMovie - Import, organize, & edit video
GrageBand - Record, create, & mix songs or audio
iWeb - Create & customize a website
iDVD - Create and burn a DVD

http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials

PalmBreeze Café is made by a number of friends of mine at the Palm Beach County School District.  It is currently up to 256 videos on YouTube covering all sorts of Educational Technology tools. This includes everything from how to learn a specific program to sample lesson ideas for use in the classroom.  Be sure to check them out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/PalmBreezeCAFE