Archive for December, 2007
Very Cool HTML Cake
One of the students in our Web Design II class here at the school created this great HTML cake for her in-class Christmas party. I didn’t get any so I have no idea what it tasted like and yes, I did mention to her that she forgot the closing </body> tag…
Here is what the cake [...]
Spokentext.com - Great text to speech converter
Today I came across a great site that can really be useful in the world of education. SpokenText.net offers free online text to speech conversion. It’s quick, easy and an absolutely necessary tool for any teacher. I tried it out myself and was very pleased with the results. I tested it using a simple .doc [...]
Kids tampering around with network files
Here at my school, I have some kids that are pretty good with computers. They may have built a little home network to play around with a bit and they have a good understanding of how computers and a network work. There are other students that, well, think they know it all, but really have [...]
bibme.org - a free automatic bibliography maker
OK, so I know as educators, our students need to be able to write a proper citation without using an automatic bibliography maker, but how great is this? Bibme.org is a fantastic web 2.0 site that will create these citations for you. What makes the site great is its ease of use. Let’s use an [...]
