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1. 9

   Keybr and BBC Schools Dance Mat Typing

   Here are two sites that support the learning of keyboarding skills. Keybr is a web 2.0 application that gives students a choice of three levels to choose from for a quick practice session. BBC Schools Dance Mat Typing resembles commercial products for teaching typing to young people, at the…

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   Oct 20, 2008
2. 8

   The Student Community: Adding Students and Creating Good Passwords

   In this episode, grab a roster and add some students to your classroom blog. I discuss some tricks for creating usernames and give some strategies for designing passwords that are strong yet easy to remember. studentblogs2.mp4 video/mp4 http://students.saugususd.org/ Subscribe to Techbytes

   Oct 20, 2008
3. 7

   Copyright, Creative Commons, and Flickr

   This episode is super-sized at the same low, low price. I give information about how to go about acquiring media on the web. Found a picture and you're not sure if you have the right to use it? This episode is for you. We'll also go to Flickr, a photo sharing site, and use their tools to...

   Oct 10, 2008
4. 6

   The Student Community: student blogs are amazing. Are you using them?

   This is the first in a series of podcasts about student blogs and, in particular, our Student Community. While the nuts and bolts of using the community are best viewed in the tutorials found here, this Tech Bytes series will focus more on tips and tricks, as well as best practices. Episode 1 of...

   Sep 21, 2008
5. 5

   Feeds

   Use feeds and Google Reader to make information on the web come to you. And don't forget to subscribe to Techbytes while you're at it! feeds.mp4 video/mp4 Having trouble seeing what's in the movie? Click here to take a bigger bite of Tech Bytes! Subscribe to Techbytes

   Sep 2, 2008
6. 4

   Cooltext

   Create great-looking logos, visual text, and buttons with this free-to-use web-based tool. cooltext.mp4 video/mp4 Subscribe to Techbytes

   Sep 2, 2008
7. 3

   Text2Mindmap

   This tool allows you create dynamic concept maps from an outline that you can enter and edit online. text2mindmap.mp4 video/mp4 Subscribe to Techbytes

   Sep 2, 2008
8. 2

   Visuwords

   Visuwords is a great visual dictionary/thesaurus, accessible online, and with no downloads necessary. visuwords.mp4 video/mp4 Subscribe to Techbytes

   Aug 27, 2008