Bright+Ideas

Carliss happy about the bright ideas she learned at the November 2007 ILT Workshop.

Please share ideas and practices that make you better and/or more efficient at your job.


 * 1) Use [|LibraryThing] to store your book talks. Click here to see an example: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Davinna
 * 2) Teach students to use [|Google Notebook] for research notes instead of index cards. Students can share online their Google Notebook with their teacher's Google Notebook account. The teacher can then grade and comment on them from their Google Notebook Account.
 * 3) Create a wish list on Amazon.com then share it with your school community on your web page: http://dcislibrary.googlepages.com/ It makes it easy for parents to donate items you want and need.
 * 4) Tired of the age-old email discussion? A great tool for kids and teachers is [|www.senduit.com] which is an online temporary file storage center. Go to the senduit website, choose your file, select the length of time you need access to the file (30 minutes to a week), and clickthe upload button. The website will give you a unique URL code. What makes this handy is that everyone to whom you are presenting can download an electronic version of the file so we save paper and they have electronic links to follow more easily. We've had a few teachers use this tool creatively in the classroom when they've had a sub in the middle of a project.
 * 5) Want to create a fun, free animated video to show off your new arrivals? at [|www.animoto.com] you can create a 30-second video using pictures you upload. You can choose from their music or upload your own clip. They do the animation for you, giving the video a slick, professional look.
 * 6) Do you love //igoogle// but want to make the page even more personal? Try creating a pageflake. It's compatible with many of the new free technologies out there and allows you to create any new flake with just a few clicks of a button. go to [|www.pageflakes.com] or view a sample [|here:]