Brian Weir's Blog – January 2012 Archive (4)

Create study guides using Brainflip Flash Cards

Brainflips is an excellent place to create multimedia flashcards that your students can use while studying your vocabulary words. Click the link to see how it is used.

Added by Brian Weir on January 30, 2012 at 6:19pm — No Comments

Google Chrome Tips and Tricks: Email notifications for Gmail

This Google Chrome extension, Checker Plus for Gmail, allows you to receive Gmail notifications such as sound and a popup dialogue box that allows you to read, reply to, and archive messages without having to go back into your inbox to view the message first. You can change the sounds and the extension is very user friendly. Click the Gmail Notifications link to read a…

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Added by Brian Weir on January 26, 2012 at 10:52pm — No Comments

Create and edit art, music, audio, and visual affects with Aviary's suite of tools

Aviary is a powerful suite of graphics and audio tools that can be used for educational purposes and assignments. It is a very dynamic piece of software that is hosted in the cloud and is an excellent web 2.0 tool. Click here to read more about using Aviary in the Classroom.

Added by Brian Weir on January 25, 2012 at 8:34pm — No Comments

Create Concept Maps and Diagrams with Cacoo

Cacoo is a concept mapping/mind mapping/brainstorming site. It is free and allows for many methods of concept mapping. Great site to use with your classes and students. Please click the link to see a tutorial on using Cacoo.

Added by Brian Weir on January 23, 2012 at 10:16pm — No Comments