Massabesic High School\’s Blog

Weblogs - Edublogs.org
Gliffy.com - Graphic Organizer
Grab - Take picture of screen - shift open Apple W
Open Source - Software that is available for free
F9 - Tiles all the windows
Open Apple Tab - Shows all applications
To Right Click on a Mac - Ctrl Click
Spotlight - Upper Right Corner - Type in a word and it will find all the places that work occurs in your hard drive.
To change a folder icon to a picture - Ctrl Click - Get Info - Drag a jpeg
Optimal Picture Size - 640 X 480 For Email - 320 X
Teacher Tube - Might be blocked at school copy movie to a flash drive
Edutopia - Info and Inspiration for Innovative Teaching in K - 12 Schools

Photo

iPhoto - On your hard drive
Snapfish
Kodak Gallery
Shutterfly

Podcasts

iTunes - Check out the podcast available for free at iTunes (On your hard drive)
epnweb.org - podcast available to use in your classroom
Lit2Go - Literature that you can download to a mp3 player (iPod) and listen.
Audio & Video Podcasting - PodcastPeople
Taking courses from MIT, Stanford - Check iTunesU in your iTunes Store

Video Podcast Tools

Bubbleshare - A nice way to share photos
VoiceThread - An easy way to create a slideshow

Audio

iTunes

Communication

Twitter - A fun chat program. Twitter with your friends

Virtual Talker - Hold virtual meetings, not need to travel

Skype - Use your computer as a telephone for free

Widgets

Widgets from Yahoo - Tools to put into Dashboard
Widgetbox - Cool things to add to your blog or webpage
Apple Dashboard Widgets

Fun

Google Earth

meez.com - create your own digital persona (avatar)

Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site