Welcome to my Online Resource Page!

Delicious - Social Bookmarking http://del.icio.us/                                        

NaturalReader - Text To Speech Software http://www.naturalreaders.com/

     Make A Way For Wikis          

Google Language Tools http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en

     Protest Song -  Protest Song Google Translation.doc           Wiki: Don’t Lose That Number

PBWiki

PBWiki - Free Wiki http://pbwiki.com

     A Collaboration of Sites and Sounds: Using Wikis to Catalog Protest Songs

     Protest Song Lyrics Research Guide -  Protest Song Lyrics Research Guide.doc

     Example Wiki - www.seedwiki.com/wiki/protest_songs/kanye_wests_diamonds_from_sierra_leone_remix

     Protest Song Online Resources: http://www.spinner.com/2007/07/13/20-protest-songs-that-mattered-no-20/

Educational Voice Thread 

VoiceThread - http://voicethread.com

Ed.VoiceThread - Online media album http://ed.voicethread.com/#home

Educational VoiceThread -  What is Ed.Voice Thread?  Ed.VoiceThread.pdf, http://ed.voicethread.com/about/k12/#, K-12 Pricing

    There are many excellent VoiceThreads created by teachers and students that demonstrate the uses of VoiceThreads into the classroom:

• Triangle Scavenger Hunt

• 8th Grade Art Students

• The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Writing Project

• Special Education Teacher

• Bahamas: Period 3, Group 3

• Kindergarten Cow Facts

• Operation: Wind Glider

• Aquaria: Scientific Observations

   

VoiceThread Tutorials: 1 Minute VoiceThread, Getting your classroom started, Voice Thread Tutorial, The Doodler!, Comment Moderation!, Microphone setup for Windows XP, Microphone setup for MAC, Embedding a VoiceThread,

Thinkfinity Resources

Thinkfinity Website - http://www.thinkfinity.org/

WOW! Resource List -  WOW_Resource_List.doc

Integration Plan Template -  Integration_Plan_Template.doc

Sample Integration Plan -  IP+Sample.doc

Integration Plan Directions -  IP Directions.doc

Integration Plan Checklist -  Integration_Plan_Checklist.pdf

Thinkfinity Integration Framework -  Thinkfinity_Integration_Framework.pdf

Educator Guide -  Educator_Guide.pdf

Classroom Configuration Guide -  Classroom_Configuration.pdf

Educator's Chat Room

 Additional Wiki Pages

• Computer Concepts - Johnston Middle School

• Tel*A*Vision

Traci Latson M.Ed.

Texas Thinkfinity Field Trainer

Contact Information

Email: tlatson@houstonisd.org