Tools for a Teacher

I wanted to try all of the different URL minimizing websites but I was blocked from all of them by the school filter except for ow.ly - So that is where I traveled. http://ow.ly/Nj2pd Is the awesome shortened website address that it gave me so click on it to see my school website. I think I have had to use one of these before and they all work similarly. This site though needed me to prove I am human by making an ice cream sundae. That was new for me. I can see myself using this when I tweet websites out to the students. I think that it is far better than trying to type in all of the characters.

 I like using the QR Reader. But, I did not use the one that was on the activities page. I used http://www.qr-code-generator.com/ I really like that you just have to put in a url and it creates it without having to register or go through too many steps. Some of the other sites needed you to do that in order for one to be created. I did put it up in my classroom but I know my kids have my website book marked already.


I have to speak to how great keepvid.com is.  This is a website I was able to identify as THE ONE teachers in my building need to know. With the difficulty of getting through the firewall to Youtube the best solution is to get the videos onto the computer.  This site allows you to have the file of the video you want and you can then organize it in your iTunes or any other way you want.  This is the best way to have those "use every year" videos without the scare of loosing track or not being able to find them again. I used to use ZamZar.com but that site had issues with copyright and now they do not permit that function from youtube anymore.  I hope that KeepVid continues to work.  I would be lost without it.