Just found a great blog called Free Technology for Teachers written by Richard Byrne, a U.S. History and Civics teacher in Maine. As the title states, this blog is updated regularly with free resources for teachers incorporating technology into the classroom. This blog has won numerous EduBlog awards since 2008 for being a highly rated resource sharing blog.
Right away you notice some headings that quickly provide technology tools for you when follow the link. The heading Free Downloads immediately takes you to eight guides that were created for professional development workshops and each one can either be downloaded or viewed online. The guide that drew my attention the most was the last one titled “Making Videos on the Web - Make videos without purchasing software or video equipment”. This guide contains tutorials on sound editors, Animoto Video, and JayCut Video, all free digital resources.
The Google Tutorials link gives lessons on using a variety of Google tools such as Google Maps, Google Earth, and SketchUp to name a few. For Google Earth there are tips to embed video, as well as how to record a guided tour.
The links to Favorite Resources, Creating Blogs and Websites, and Video Creation Resources are self explanatory but thorough in their explanations to using the technology properly and creatively. The Favorite Resources link alone contains some amazing links that are ridiculously full of useful information. There are free eBooks for teachers and parents with information on internet safety, digital storytelling, and an eBook for art teachers titled Creative Exercises for Artists and Everyone Else.
Free Technology for Teachers is a link you must have if you ever plan to introduce the use of new technology in the class. With over 4000 blog entries archived back to 2007, this blog is bound to have useful information for teachers of any grade level or subject area.
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