Saturday, January 23, 2010

SafeShare.TV


Have you been frustrated when you try to show a great educational YouTube video to your students with all the distracting advertisements and additional clutter on the site? Here is a great way to share your YouTube videos with others and your students. You simply copy and paste the URL (address) into the window and it creates a safe URL in SafeShare.TV. Try it out.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

FireFox Tips and Tricks


I really like Mozilla's Firefox browser. Firefox runs smoothly, quickly and efficiently. You can import all of your Internet Explorer bookmarks directly into Firefox so you can use both browsers on your computer easily. Here is the link to download Firefox. You can also enhance your Firefox browser with additional add-ons.

If you already use Firefox then try out this list of tips and tricks to help you better utilize the features. The article includes suggestions for bookmarking, configuring it to run optimally on your computer, some handy keyboard shortcuts and more.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Teachers Should Be Seen and Not Heard?!

This blog posting was certainly a thought provoking and insightful article. I have sat through several conversations very similar to this one. I thought the author's response was very apropos.