Braineos - Flashcards and Custom Quizzes

Braineos - Flashcards and Custom Quizzes

There is no shortage of flashcard and quiz services on the web. Braineos is a newer entry into that market that you might want to take a look at. Braineos provides users with a platform to create their own flashcards or study flashcards created by others. Braineos provides users with four ways to study their flashcards' contents. Users can study through traditional flipping of cards (question then answer) or flipping cards in reverse (answer first, question second). Users can play a game called Papilio based on the content of their flashcards. In Papilio players zoom through scenes gathering correct answers as they go. Finally, users can take multiple choice quizzes that are generated based on the content of their flashcards.

You can use Braineos by signing-in with a Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, or Google Account.

Applications for Education
Braineos, like many similar services, offers students an easy-to-use platform for studying facts and definitions. One of the things that I like about Braineos is that students have a handful of different options for using the service without having to create yet another user name and password that they have to remember.

Here are some related resources that may be of interest to you:
Ediscio - Collaboratively Create Flashcards
Flashcard Flash - Search for Flashcard Sets
Quizlet - Create and Share Flashcards

JING - Free "Capture Screen"

Jing:

Instant screenshots and screencast. http://www.techsmith.com/jing/free/

Jing comes with free, online tutorials. So you'll be working smarter and faster - sooner.  This guide to taking your first capture will help you get started.

http://www.techsmith.com/learn/jing/

Install Jing and Sign Up for Screencast.com

Download and install Jing.

Double click the installer and proceed as directed.
You get 2 GB of storage and 2 GB of bandwidth per month for free.  You can also choose to host your captures elsewhere, such as Flickr or your own FTP server.

Is it private?    YES
You own and control all your content. Only people you choose can see it, and it’s only deleted when you delete it.

Find and Launch Jing
Did you notice anything has changed on your computer. Look carefully around the top edges of your screen. On Windows, the Jing Sun Launcher location is at the top center of the screen. On Macintosh, it’s in the upper right corner.  As you move over the “sun” three options will emerge. The most useful one is Capture.Learn More Cool Stuff About Jing!

JING has two great resources you should check out sometime. 

• The Help Center at     http://www.techsmith.com/learn/jing/? requestsource=productredirect&redirlang=enu&redirproduct=jing&redirver=2.0.0
• Their blog at http://blog.jingproject.com/ is a great place to learn the latest news, join the conversation, and see how others are using Jing! 

WallWisher- Post a Message

What is WALLWISHER?     http://www.wallwisher.com/

Wallwisher is an Internet application that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily.

A wall is basically the 'web page' where people actually post messages.
YouTube video:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBn1EVzh6wk

What can I do with Wallwisher? 

• Brainstorming/ Idea Gathering




This is my WallWisher to use with Seniors.
Asking if they learned anything today?


• Homepages - a place to gather resources, post announcements, leave messages, provide homework help, etc.
• Skill building – note-taking, vocabulary, sorting and summarization work wonderfully on this.
• Portfolios of Student Work – either as a class or an individual.
• Classroom REVIEW of the day's learning.
• Book Recommendations
• Teachers can use these posts to gather feedback from students, have them ask questions anonymously, and pose their own thought-provoking queries.
• 29 Interesting Ways to Use WallWisher in the Classroom (@ SlideShare)  https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_436f8kscmdc

What if I just want a private wall?
Yes, you can set a wall to be private. In that case only you can see or add notes to the wall. Ideal for personal stuff like things-to-do.

Do I need to sign up to make a wall?
No you don’t need to. You can start building a wall straight away. We will, however, need your email address. A temporary account will be created for you using your email address so that you can come back and make changes to the wall. You can use this account for all your subsequent visits to this site, or if you dislike us so much, keep using the site as a stranger.

Do people need an account to post on a wall?    No

How much does it cost?   FREE

Note:   Some other online sticky note services worth exploring are Lino It, Stixy, Spaaze, and Postica. However, these services require all users to create an account before they can post sticky notes.

Glogster EDU - Multimedia Posters

What is Glogster EDU

Glogster EDU is the leading global education platform for the creative expression of knowledge and skills in the classroom and beyond.  They empower educators and students with the technology to create GLOGS - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and more. Instead of creating a poster for a presentation, students can create an interactive glog to display information.

Glogster can be used for history, math, language arts, book reports, science, social studies, and for public service announcements.
Start with the FREE EDU BASIC plan

• Click here to see many education Glogs!  http://edu.glogster.com/glogpedia/

• Here is a YouTube video on using GLOGS:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvC47fUANLk&feature=related

• How teachers can use Glogster (No more Poster Boards or Tri-folds!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Go-piDcRg      from YouTube

There are 29 videos on YouTube describing "HOW TO." 

• Chech out their CATEGORIES OF GLOGS:    http://edu.glogster.com/categories/

Glogster's Educator Resource Library: 

The Glogster EDU Educator Resource Library is a database of outstanding examples of Glogster lesson plans and rubrics, standards alignment activities, and Glog building media resources.  The is a download as a PDF file.   
http://edu.glogster.com/download/glogster-edu-educator-resource-library.pdf
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New Glogster Widget
If you have a Glogster account, now you can embed your posters directly into a wiki page, without ever leaving Wikispaces, and without having to copy any code.
Here’s how it works:
1. Go to your page and click Edit.
2. Click the Widget icon.
3. Choose Poster from the Widget menu, then click the Glogster EDU logo.
4. Enter your Glogster nickname and password, and click Log In.
5. Pick the glog you want, and either Insert it into the page, or View a preview.
6. Save the page.
It is that easy!!!
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The benefits of the Glogster Edu version are:

  Students can’t see content from the regular Glogster site when they are

     making Glogs in the EDU zone.

 You can embed your work in wiki pages.

 All Glogs made by students on the teacher page are PRIVATE.

 You can easily set up accounts for your students…just register for the EDU
     zone, fill in the number of student accounts or add accounts from your dashboard.

 Each teacher and all his students are connected, and students can leave

    comments on other student Glogs.

 You can see Glogs of your students on their profiles.

HAPPY GLOGGING!!!!