Tutorials



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 * **Richard Byrne's "[|How to do 11 Techy Things in the New School Year]"; a version for download is below:**
 * [|Animoto] (online video creator)
 * [|Applying for Animoto for Education]
 * [|Getting Started with Animoto for Education]
 * [|Setting up Gmail Account and Animoto Student Regsitration]
 * [|Animoto How-to Short Version]
 * [|Animoto How-to Expanded Version]
 * [|Animoto Video Tutorial] from Richard Byrne (scroll to page 12)
 * From Animoto For Education
 * [|Getting Started and FAQ's]
 * [|Using Your Classroom Code]
 * [|Atomic Learning] (Subscription required)
 * [|Audacity]
 * [|Downloading LAME MP3 Encoder]
 * [|Blogging] (from Richard Byrne Free Technology for Teachers blog)
 * Comic Life Tutorials for many Web app's by Gwyneth Jones
 * [|Common Craft Video Tutorials]
 * [|CustomGuide Quick References] / Cheat Sheets for Microsoft App's
 * [|Drop.io] (online collaboration; file sharing; from Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers blog)
 * [|Edmodo] (classroom management system)
 * [|How-to Documentation]
 * [|Edublogs] (blogging platform)
 * Educational Origami (Many Web 2.0 tutorials here; "Starter Sheets")
 * Flip Video
 * [|Flip Video Tutorials] (You Tube blocked by school filter; will have to view from home)
 * [|Student Instructions for Saving Flip to Network Folder]
 * [|Student Instructions for Converting Flip Video to AVI Format for Editing in Windows Movie Maker]
 * [|Editing Flip Video in Movie Maker]
 * [|More Detailed Flip Video Tutorial] (reads "for Mino" but instructions work for Ultra model as well)
 * Flip Video in Education (scroll down for tutorial links)
 * [|ForTeach] (tons of tutorials here; some are a bit "geeky")
 * [|Glogster] (online posters)
 *  Glogster - registr ation and tips on creating a Glog (slide presentation)
 * [|Glogster - setting up student accounts] (screenshots)
 * [|Glogster - making your Glog] (screenshots)
 * [|Glogster] - setting up student accounts and getting started by Traci Blazosky (screenshots)
 * Glogster - a Glog by Traci Blazosky explaining how to get started with Glogster EDU
 * [|Glogster EDU Guide for Educators]
 * ** Google for Teachers - More great resources from Richard Byrne **

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 * Google Docs (online collaboration file sharing)
 * Getting started
 * [|Overview from Common Craft]
 * [|Spreadsheets]
 * [|Presentations]
 * [|Documents]
 * Forms
 * [|Google Forms Expanded Version]
 * [|Google Tools from Richard Byrne] (several slideshare tutorials)
 * [|Tutorials] (resources collected by Buffy Hamilton)
 * [|Google Doc/Forms Self-Scoring Quiz]
 * Sample pre-assessment (J. Mackniak)
 * Sample as PD follow-up (T. McCabe)
 * [|Screencast-O-Matic tutorial on self-scoring quiz]
 * [|Another set of instructions for self-scoring]
 * [|Another set of self-scoring instructions]
 * [|Google Sites] (tutorial resources collected by Buffy Hamilton)
 * [|Google Calendar] (video tutorials)
 * [|iGoogle] (intro, example, tutorial links in T. McCabe Google Doc)
 * [|iGoogle] (setting up personalized homepage)
 * [|Entourage Help Page]
 * [|Herricks Virtual Library of Technology Tutorials]
 * [|Information Literacy] (Research) Tutorial for Professional Development from Rutgers University
 * [|Intel Teach] (Professional development)
 * [|Internet4Classrooms: On-Line Practice Modules]
 * [|Jing]
 * [|Getting Started]
 * [|Video Tutorial]
 * [|How to use Jing in your classroom]
 * [|Sample]
 * [|John Larkin "techtorials"] (blocked by school filter - blog - must be viewed at home)
 * [|Kid Blog]
 * [|Tutorial] (blocked by school filter - You Tube - so may need to view from home)
 * [|LearningElectric.com]
 * [|Microsoft/Education: Tutorials]
 * [|Microsoft Entourage by Microsoft]
 * Moodle (classroom management system)
 * [|NoodleBib] (online citation generator and note cards)
 * [|NoodleBib Sign In Instructions] (screenshots)
 * NoodleBib Introduction (screencast)
 * How-to-Complete the NoodleBib Webform for Subscription Databases (screencast)
 * How-to-Complete the NoodleBib Webform for Websites (screencast)
 * [|Completing the NoodleBib MLA Web Site Form] (screenshot)
 * [|Creating Notecards using NoodleTools] (screenshots)
 * [|Creating Notecard piles] (screencast)
 * [|Moving Notecards and the Tabletop] (screencast)
 * [|Notecard Visual Cues] (screencast)
 * Outlook
 * [|CustomGuide Quick Reference Cheat Sheets for Microsoft Office]
 * [|Microsoft Office Assistance: Outlook 2003]
 * [|Microsoft Office Training Video Tutorials: Outlook 2003]
 * [|PBS TeacherLine] (Online professional development)
 * [|Prezi] (web based presentation software)
 * [|Tim Davies "One Page" Guides] on how to get started with Web 2.0 tools
 * [|Teacher Training Videos by Russell Stannard]
 * [|Tech Training Wheels] (technology videos created by some Google Certified Teachers)
 * Video - [|Making Videos on the Web] (another spectacular resource from Richard Byrne)
 * [|VoiceThread] (digital storytelling)
 * ed.VoiceThread - overview by Steve Muth, co-founder of VoiceThread
 * [|ed.VoiceThread - for getting students / classes setup under SIS school subscription] (screenshots)
 * [|ed.VoiceThread - student instructions] (screenshots)
 * ed.VoiceThread - sharing options instructions (screencast)
 * Website
 * [|Building a classroom website] from Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers blog
 * Web Page Hosting
 * [|Google Sites]
 * [|Weebly]
 * [|Getting Started with Weebly for Education]
 * [|Tutorial]
 * [|Screencast Tutorial]
 * [|Yola]
 * [|Wiki's](from Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers blog)
 * [|Woopid] - hundreds of no-cost technology video tutorials dealing with both hardware and software; great for quickly learning a new skill (the site is ad-based)

More to come...

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