Interesting Ways

The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been a privilege connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea.
It is remarkable what can be achieved and created together if you give people the right way to do it. Thanks for all the help so far.

Interesting Ways to…


Use Google Tools

Use Google Forms in the Classroom

Use Google Docs in the Classroom

Use Google Earth in the Classroom

Use Google Search in the Classroom

Use Google Maps in the Classroom


Use Devices

Use the iPad in the Classroom

Use Your Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom

Use an iPod Touch in the Classroom

Ideas for Class Blog Posts

Use Mobile Phones in the Classroom


Use Audio / Visual

Use Audio in Your Classroom

Use Your Pocket Video Camera in the Classroom

Use a Visualizer in the Classroom

Use Web Conferencing in the Classroom

Use QR Codes in the Classroom


Support subjects and other class work

Support Reading in the Classroom

Find and Learn about Creative Commons Resources

Make Your Lessons ESL/EAL Friendly

Support Writing in the Classroom

Get to Know Your New Class

Support Spelling in the Classroom

Teach Reading Comprehension in the Classroom

Make Your Classroom a Sparkly Place to Learn

Support Writing in the Classroom

Teach Internet Safety

Images in the Classroom

Support Maths in the Classroom


Gaming

Use a Nintendo DS in the Classroom

Nintendo Wii in the Classroom


Online Tools

Class Blog Posts

Use Moodle to Support Learning

Use Search Engines in the Classroom

Prezi in the Classroom

Use Voicethread in the Classroom

Use Twitter in the Classroom

Use Wordle in the Classroom

Use a Wiki in the Classroom

Use a Learning Platform in the Classroom

Use Wallwisher in the Classroom


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  • http://edte.ch/blog Tom Barrett

    No problem Mark – I hope they are useful – good luck as you begin the new term.

  • mark

    Thanks for the first day activities for teachers. I’ve seen several before, but you’ve gathered them all in a quick, easy to use way.

  • berylaube

    hello
    there is no access to Wallwisher

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/jhauxwell1 John Hauxwell

    I’m pleased G+ brought you here – got to be the best social site since…………….?

  • Anonymous

    That is good news – welcome to my blog :-) hope you find something useful,
    have a good dig around. Let me know if there is anything I can help with.

  • Realmom1

    If it were not for Google+ I would have never found Tom Barrett and I would have missed edte.ch. Thank you Google+. One small circle can change your life.

  • http://2epub.wikispaces.com Helen Lazzaro

    Tom:

    How about creating a section for using ePub in the classroom? 
    New free, no advertising education site that provides a totally private place for teacher to form groups so teacher and student created ePub work can be shared.
    ePub can now be used in the classroom even when eDevice are not available in the classroom.  Plus the epub can be downloaded for eDevice such as iPad, iPod, Nook:
    http://edu.epubbud.com

    1. create epubs online easily with text, images, video(mp4), audio(mp3)
    2. download to eReader (iPad, iPod, Nook and others)
    3. supports video and audio when using Chrome browser
    4. share your epubs with group members
        -teachers created curriculum based epub
        -students share their work with group for peer review/comments
    5. parents can join group to veiw group work

  • http://twitter.com/glynnmark Mark Glynn

    Tom, I love the layout and template for this blog. Not to mention the amazing content. What platform do you use?

    Hurry back to Ireland , you made a great impression at the last CESI event

    @glynnmark:twitter

  • Anonymous

    Great to hear you find them all so useful

  • Vwissell

    Couldn’t wait to link this site to our school’s desktop! I am on a mission in term three to make I.T. compulsory everyday in every classroom excluding word processing and power point!! Time to move ahead before the kids leave us behind! Thansk for sharing.

  • Andy Harris

    What an amazing set of resources!  Been busy emailing links to staff in our school who will be interested.  Looking forward to your workshop tomorrow, Tom, in Sunderland.

  • Juliette Pantaleo

    Wow, what a fantastic array of resources.  I have loved what I have seen so far and added some new ideas to my existing practices.  I will be visiting this regularly to make sure I view them all.  I will be telling my network about this site and hope to contribute to your ideas when I get a chance.

  • http://www.logoian.com/ Corporate Logo Design

     This
    is totally tremendous article.Thanks
    for taking the time to share your view with us.

  • http://ashirwaadholidayaptsgoa.blogspot.com/ Savio @ accommodation in Goa

    Thank you so much for your valuable ideas

  • Anonymous

    I am pleased that you find them useful – thanks for letting me know.

  • eleanor.stahl

    Fabulous collection of ideas on how to effectively use technology. Can’t wait to put them into practice.

  • http://helenotway.edublogs.org/ Helenotway

    This is a great list Tom. Thank you for collating them all into one place.

  • http://twitter.com/dompates Dom Pates

    Really inspiring collection of resources here Tom – what a great canon!

    I’d be interested to see a ‘Use Creative Commons Resources’ entry into the series…

  • Anonymous

    Thanks John – I am pleased you find the resources useful

    Tom Barrett

    teacher | blogger

    edte.ch
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  • http://www.google.com/profiles/jhauxwell1 John Hauxwell

    Useful and interesting site. I’m not involved in education these days, though I still hold an interest. Definitely a place to recommend to friends.

  • Anonymous

    Sounds like a good idea – I will get one started this weekend, look out for it and please help to get it started.

  • clareire

    Hi Tom
    I met you at the CESI conference in Portloaise and would love to contribute to and promote an interesting ways series on Moodle – I think it would either need one for primary and another for secondary or 2 sections in one presentation…………….I know i could do it myself but it seems so much better to add to an already dynamic series………

  • D Hunt

    A QR code use suggestion: I took pictures of our staff looking at a flier of our upcoming book fair; and audio taped them reading a book talk. I used the picture to create a poster; and on the page I put a qr code that linked to the audio file. The idea is that students will see the posters, and then use the qr reader on their phone to access the audio file of the book talk. They visit the book fair; and enter the name of a book promoted on one of the fliers to win.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=551791571 Emma Bennett

    I loved the idea of using a Wii in the classroom!! I’m excited about trying it out myself when on a prac as a student teacher..it’d bring in my own if needed!! Image how well behaved the students would be if they knew they’d get some Wii time! I agree with AlexJJ below, this site is full of amazing, practical ideas for teacher to use in their classroom. I will absolutely use a Wii with my next prac class. Students will become incredibly focused on the task at hand ‘e.g. Wii Golf subtraction’. Genius.

  • EricaS171819

    I really loved those 17 ways to use wiki in the classroom. I loved how it involves the teachers, students and parents. It shows how students can become extremely productive online and allows them to get their parents involved as well. The digital class book is a wonderful idea, it’s exciting for students to build a page, it allows each student to be creative and it is a good way to let students communicate to each other and voice there opinion. I think using wiki would be such an asset in the class room and I look forward to using some of these great ideas. Thank you

  • Marelis Rivera

    Love the lists! I had never heard of wallwisher before and will be using it in my chemistry classes tomorrow.

  • Tamara_cox1

    Love your work! How about a list for using ereaders like Kindle or Nook? Thanks.

  • Anonymous

    Good to hear you find them useful Greg – thanks for the comment.

  • Greggreenpersonal

    This page is fantastic! I will be directing my entire staff to look at it. Great work:)

  • http://twitter.com/missnoor28 Miss Noor

    Thanks for sharing, great stuff!

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for all of your contributions Cristina – they are much appreciated!

  • http://twitter.com/surreallyno Cristina Milos

    I am really grateful for these lists – they are the easiest way to get great ideas you can immediately use in the classroom. Thank you, Tom, for the hard work and dedication :)

  • http://twitter.com/MrAColley Mr A Colley

    Superb Tom! Every time I think about something that would be useful on my blog, turns out someone’s already done it!

  • PaulAtWork

    I’ve only just stumbled on this fantastic resource bank. Some brilliant ideas I shall be utilising. Thanks.

  • http://twitter.com/nlakusta Nicole Lakusta

    Tom – would you be able to start an interesting ways to Use Voki in the Classroom? Just read this blog with some gr8 ideas – http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/voki-creates-ad-free-site-for-education-plus-20-ways-to-use-talking-avatars/ – and thought they could be shared thru this format as well!

  • http://www.RapiDefs.com Vic

    Hi Tom,

    Perhaps, you’ll find our recently launched (still in public beta) Web 2.0 style English-English dictionary to be a suitable candidate for the list above.

    During the limited trials we’ve conducted so far, we’ve found school students (and English language teachers) to be *very* enthusiastic about it:

    http://www.RapiDefs.com

  • http://twitter.com/diglearnworld Clive Roberts

    Thanks for the great collection of ideas and resources Tom.
    I hope you don’t mind nme adding a link from my site.
    Clive R.

  • http://groovylibrarian.edublogs.org Glendadaley

    Thank you for this excellent set of resources.

  • Anonymous

    Hi David

    thanks for sharing your thoughts on web conferencing – please feel free to
    add them to the presentation would be good to have your experience shared
    with others.

    thanks again

  • http://twitter.com/ddeubel David Deubelbeiss

    Tom,

    Always grateful and always bookmarking these for teachers (I am in TESOL/TEFL training).

    One addition to web conferencing is providing feedback to students and assessing. Much more effective than dry comment. Post up the doc and comment to students etc…. I’ll also add that I’m presently testing video conference rooms I created for schools using open source. Will be cheap after they are done and teachers can make rooms on the fly/go. http://www.teflist.com/video/demo An example of what a classroom teacher can do for others with tech skills and an open source environment.

    Again, thanks for all your service and ideas…

    David

  • http://brittgow.globalteacher.org.au Britt Gow

    Can we start an “Interesting Ways to Create Avatars” slideshow? For example, self-portrait in “Paint”; Draw, paint or sketch a picture of yourself and and take a photo, as well as the different programs available.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the link – nothing for Flickr at the moment.

  • Nlakusta

    I just read this blog http://blog.simplek12.com/social-media/how-to-use-flickr-in-your-classroom and it reminded me of the Interesting Ways series. Are you collecting anything about Flickr?

  • http://twitter.com/sharland Brian Sharland

    youtube? :-)

  • Anonymous

    Great news thankyou

  • AlexJJ

    This is wonderful collection of ideas!! I’d not heard of many of the sites that you mentioned and see them as impacting my classroom immediately. Thank you!

  • Stahlk

    Is it just my server or are there other people who do not get to see the images and clips on these files? I find them extremely useful (albeit the lost info.)

    What might the matter be?

  • Mervijansson

    Thanks Tom! Does anyone know of similar resources regarding using iPod touch in the classroom? I am hoping to start a project combining iPods and QR-codes in vocational education.

  • Jane Hewitt

    Thank you so much for sharing these resources. I follow you on twitter and know there is an issue with people using them incorrectly but just wanted to say I have just (literally 10 mins ago) received our ipads for school and these tips are invaluable, will add to them when we have started working on them properly but THANK YOU!

  • Carnett

    I loooove this site! I am trying to get an innovative PLC going and this will be an excellent starting point for discussion and ideas. Thanks for sharing!

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