by Meredith Martin | Mar 24, 2011 | Collaboration, Sharing, Storage, web app
File transport and sharing has come a long way. When I was a student, if you wanted to move your data between computers or share it with others you had to save it to a floppy drive. In the past few years, your options have expanded to include burning to a CD, saving...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 16, 2011 | Collaboration, Research, web app
Most people have saved bookmarks in their browser at one time or another. It’s a handy way of saving websites that you visit often, or want to remember to go back to in the future. Unfortunately, the basic browser bookmarking tools leave a lot to be desired. ...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 5, 2011 | Books & Reading, web app
Storybird is a fun site where kids can create their own digital storybooks. The site has a beautiful interface both for students and teachers, and it’s free and easy to set up a teacher account to create and manage classes. In Storybird, students can use...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 4, 2011 | Presentations, Research, web app
Livebinders may just be my favorite new web 2.0 tool that I’ve come across this year! This great site starts with the simple concept of a virtual 3 ring binder. With a few simple clicks of the mouse you can add websites, videos, PDFs, and images to your...
by Meredith Martin | Mar 30, 2010 | How-To, web app
Google search is a wonderful tool for students of all ages, but the search giant takes it a step further with Google’s Wonder Wheel. This fascinating visual search tool helps students refine searches, and learn about connections between terms. Using Wonder...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 7, 2010 | Link Soup, web app
Happy New Year! Hard to believe it’s 2010 already. Just in time for the new year, I have a large list of links to share. Mrs. DeStefano is at a workshop today and has been sharing the cool sites she is learning about with me. There are some great sites for...
