From Free Technology for Teachers… When most people think about YouTube they think sharing videos and or about all of the videos they can discover. Most people don’t think about the useful editing tools that are built into YouTube. The YouTube video editor has some useful features for teachers and students.
Founded in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, PTPI promotes international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities.
PTPI’s School & Classroom Program is a free service that links classes and youth groups in different countries for pen pal exchanges and projects that foster cultural understanding and friendship. Teachers of students ages 4-18 are invited to register.
Participating teachers receive a manual that offers guidance, tips for communication and project ideas. Contact details are exchanged between partner teachers so they may communicate directly. Groups may communicate via email, postal mail or both. Registration is open July – October each year. For additional information before you register, download this info sheet or submit an info request.
There are also opportunities around Global Youth Murals, getting your poetry published and being recognised for community service. Find more details here.
Some quick reminders about what makes a great story, why digitial storytelling takes you to the next level, and some interesting resources to support your digital storytelling efforts in the classroom. Learn more here.
Watch the Prezi at Edudemic. It’s really simple but has some interesting resource suggestions.
What is screencasting? Why would you want to record your computer screen, anyway? Well, I’m glad you asked! Recording what is happening on your screen can be a pretty useful tool for teachers who want to create video tutorials or presentations for their classrooms, and many teachers are using screencasting tools in their flipped classroom models. But before you delve into what you’re going to do with your screencast, take a few moments to learn about the tools that are available to do the actual recording. They range from free to fairly expensive ($299) and offer a variety of functionality from simple recording to quite complex video editing. We’ve selected a few that we know to be some of the most popular screencasting tools in use today by teachers, students, and many others.
Read the full article from Edudemic on 4 Popular Screencasting Tools Being Used in Education.
In the early ’90s, the so-called “Iron Archives” of Russian political documents from the Cold War era opened up to historians, shedding light on the earliest days of Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin’s diplomatic alliance.
But not all of the Russian documents were declassified at that time. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars has launched a new digital archive containing recently declassified materials from some 100 different international collections, including a cable Mao sent to Commander Filippov (Stalin’s alias) eagerly detailing his plans to study Russia and complaining about his poor health.
