Category: Teaching Tools

Free Technology for Teachers

Resources and Freebies, Teaching Tools, Web 2.0 Technology

If you are looking for a way integrate ICT in your teaching, Free Technology for Teachers is probably the best place that you can explore. Free Technology for Teachers has about  three thousand posts  introducing new software, reviewing web 2.0 tools, citing resources, providing tutorials, and giving insights on how to integrate tools in teaching.

Free Technology for Teachers discusses topics in many fields – mathematics, science, foreign language, and many others.  It is hosted by Richard Byrne

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Free tools every math blogger should learn

High School Mathematics, Teaching Tools, Web 2.0 Technology

Although the list below is specialized for math bloggers, they can be used by bloggers of any field. I have used all the software below,

  • WordPress. WordPress is a free blogging site. Upgrade is available (for a fee) for larger storage and domain name customization.  I chose WordPress to host Mathematics and Multimedia mainly because of its Latex support. As of this writing, as far as I know, two of its top competitors, Blogspot and Typepad, do not support Latex yet.

  • Blogger/Blogspot. Blogger is also a blogging website that is included in Google Applications.  Once you have a Google Account, you already have a blogspot account, you just need to activate it. I use Blogger to embed GeoGebra applets since JavaScript embedding is not allowed in WordPress.com.
  • Google Docs. Google Docs can be used to store and share documents online. It has its own word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation software. It has currently released a new drawing software.  You can use Google Docs to store your documents and link your blog to it.

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Mind Mapping with Freemind

Teaching Tools, Web 2.0 Technology

If you are looking for a mind  mapping software, you may want to take a look at Joerg Mueller’s  FreeMind, a mind-mapping software written in Java.

Although I am not really familiar with other mind-mapping software, I think Freemind is more than enough for simple concept maps such as the one shown below. » Read more

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