Tag Archives: TeacherHax

Free Tools, the Distorted Web, Privacy, and Your Students' Critical Thinking Skills

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Ted Curran

Until I saw this TED talk, I didn’t care much that free Web 2.0 tools like Google and Facebook were collecting massive dossiers of information about my online habits. I thought they were just using it to serve me more … Continue reading →

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Search Large Creative Commons Images from the Chrome Omnibar

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Ted Curran

When I’m doing a creative project (or just working on a presentation) I am always looking for large, beautiful photos bearing a Creative Commons license. Works released in the Creative Commons can be reused, remixed, redistributed, and revised for free– … Continue reading →

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Icebreakers

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Ted Curran

Nothing keeps up class morale than silly games. Usually, I do these at the beginning of the year to help get to know the kids, but I’ve recently learned how valuable it can be to play a silly game when … Continue reading →

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Use your iPhone to control your computer from across the room? SICK!!!

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Ted Curran

TouchPad Pro turns your jailbroken iPhone into a wireless remote control for your computer, allowing you to mouse, type, and control presentations from anywhere in your classroom, wirelessly. I’m sure there are as many ways to use this as there … Continue reading →

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Leave a voice message– get an email, text, or blog post!

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ted Curran

If you prefer to think out loud, Jott might be your thing. After signing up with Jott, you can call their toll free number and just talk. Jott will transcribe your thoughts and send them back in any number of … Continue reading →

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Clipping Part II: Clip-to-Blog

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ted Curran

If you like the idea of clipping but your blog is where you want all your students to visit, you can use Clipmarks’ Clip-to-Blog feature, where you can quickly and easily show them the relevant information and comment on it! … Continue reading →

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Clipping websites is an easy way to save cool pages for your students to browse

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ted Curran

I don’t know about you, but I do a lot of web research before presenting students with an idea or subject matter. I have discovered that by using a web clipping tool like Clipmarks or Google Notebook I can save … Continue reading →

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Get Gmail quality email & collab tools while keeping your school's domain name

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Ted Curran

This year, I talked our charter organization’s IT master into switching all our (5) schools and the main office to Google Apps for your Domain. This means that our schools don’t have to maintain their own email servers anymore…. all … Continue reading →

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