Contact+and+Resources

This wikispace was created and developed by Ms. Sue Doherty (Green IRC) and Mrs. Carol Mills, teacher/librarians at Brockton High School, Brockton, MA.

Resources used in the creation of this Wikispace:
Audacity Audacity is free open source software used for recording and editing sounds. Audacity was used to make the podcasts for the IRC orientation.

Audacity LAME MP3 encoder links When people install Audacity, they usually also need to install this MP3 patch in order to export Audacity files as downloadable MP3 podcasts. This page contains links to the patch for a PC or a Mac.

Audacity Guide This is a helpful written guide for using Audacity from the Instructional Resources and Media Services department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Brainpop BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content on a wide variety of subjects that are taught in American classrooms. Some of it is free, but some of it you must pay for.

EmergingEdTech: "Comparing 12 Free Screencasting Tools" This article outlines and discusses 12 free screencasting tools for use in the classroom. Kelly Walsh, the author of the article, is also the author of the online journal it appears in and regularly writes about and reviews technology applications for the classroom.

Mr. Deep Positivity This singer and songwriter from Providence, Rhode Island uses hip hop to impart his positive messages to youth.

Screenr Screenr is a free online software program that allows you to easily create a screencast (a movie that shows what you are doing on your computer screen). The screencast will film an area you select on your screen and record what you are doing along with your voice narration. The screencasts can be made for up to five minutes and can be posted on Twitter, downloaded to an iPhone, and/or embedded in a website, wiki, blog, etc. Screenr was used to create the Destiny tutorials.

SlideShare SlideShare allows you to add audio to, upload, and share PowerPoint and Keynote presentations and Word and PDF documents.

Take a Screenshot.org Take-a-screenshot.org gives you simple visual directions for taking a screenshot (a picture of what appears on your screen) on a PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod, KDE, Knome, and website.

Wordle Wordle is an online tool that allows you to type or paste a chunk of text in a box and convert it to a "word cloud," or collage. The size of the words are in proportion to how often they appear in the original text. The colors, layouts, and fonts can be changed. The images you create and save with Wordle are posted in a gallery on the site, and you can also print them out, or save them to a picture file and then post them online.