Babel - Bringing Teachers Together

• 1: Babel
• 2: Lesson Plans
  • 2.1: Browse All
  • 2.2: Share Plans
  • 2.4: How Do I... ?
• 3: Web Quests
  • 3.1: Browse Web Quests
  • 3.2: Create a Web Quest
  • 3.9: How Do I...?
• 4: Methods
  • 4.1: Transitions
    • 4.1.1: Think-Pair-Share
    • 4.1.2: Know-Want-Learn
    • 4.1.3: A/B Writing
  • 4.2: Discussion Techniques
    • 4.2.1: Silent Discussion
    • 4.2.2: Continuum
  • 4.3: Cooperative Groupwork
    • 4.3.1: Jigsaw
  • 4.4: Visual Organizers
    • 4.4.1: Foldables
    • 4.4.2: Historical Heads
    • 4.4.3: Essay Organizers
    • 4.4.4: Compare and Contrast
    • 4.4.5: Character Wheels
  • 4.5: Performance Assessments
    • 4.5.1: Comedy Sketches
    • 4.5.2: Ad Campaign
  • 4.6: Differentiation
    • 4.6.1: RAFT
    • 4.6.2: Task Cards
• 5: Tech Tutorials
  • 5.1: Class Website w/ Blogger
  • 5.2: Create a del.icio.us List
  • 5.3: Google Docs Handouts
  • 5.4: Using a Flash Drive
• 6: Resources
  • 6.1: Online
    • 6.1.1: Custom Search Engines
    • 6.1.2: del.icio.us bookmarking
    • 6.1.3: Lesson Plan Templates
    • 6.1.4: Online Stopwatch
  • 6.2: Software
    • 6.2.1: iCab Web Browser
• 7: Bloggin
  • 7.3: News
    • 7.3.1: NJ School Funding
    • 7.3.2: Nevada Teacher's Union
    • 7.3.3: Social Promotion
  • 7.4: Student Rights on Display
  • 7.5: Poll Everywhere
  • 7.6: Current Issues
  • 7.7: Organize a Blood Drive
  • 7.8: Free Rice
• 9: My Account
  • 9.5: Log In
  • 9.6: Register

Useful Software for Schools and Educators

You can do a lot of things with free online tools - but at some point you might need some software for your school and your classroom.

Here you'll find links to and/or reviews of software that I've played around with and thought of using in my own teaching.  I dislike unnecessarily expensive software, so I try to focus on things that are freely available, free to use (shareware), or relatively cheap.

Know of any great software yourself?  Or maybe you make software you'd like me to look at?  Leave a comment below and I'll check it out.

01/26/08

Use iCab to Browse the Internet on Older Macs (OS 9)

Almost all of the computers at my school are old. They're underpowered Macs running Mac OS 9.2. They're good for some things, but the browser they came with - Internet Explorer 5 - just plain sucks. No two ways about it.

After some searching, I found a new browser that I love - iCab. I use it whenever I'm on a computer, and I plan on trying to convince the tech coordinator to put it on all of the laptops.

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