Following on from my post about Creativity 2.0 and web tools to use in your class, comes Best Embeds for Educational Wikis and Blogs from Making Teachers Nerdy. She offers similar tastes on options available for embeddable tools on your site. They are broken down into:
Collaborative Project Tools
Communication Tools
Photos
Student Products
Video
Go have a look. I was glad to find Calameo as an alternative to Issuu. Calameo allows you to create digital books that also allow video and audio. Sign up required.
I found the following on Issuu and thought it may be of interest. Click the book cover to take you to the article on Issuu. You may also download the document. (Chip and Dan Heath, Michael Wesch)
I am really loving Issuu as of late. I have written about it before here. As a teacher, one of the first places I go to look for resources is YouTube and TeacherTube. I like to embed these videos into my class websites. Now the next place I will try is Issuu. There are a lot of great resources there that may be untouched, like this one on Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication (thumb below). Teachers and students, SHARE your resources! Everyone is always nervous about putting themselves out there in the open but some of the best feedback I have received has been from strangers. When uploading, you also have the option of making it a downloadable PDF. Give it a try. I am currently pushing it in my school. I am considering using it to store my art units for students and then embed them into our class website.
Explore a world of publications by people and publishers alike. Collect, share and publish in a format designed to make your documents look their very best. My example is below (or click here for a larger version). Watch the video below for more information. A great way to share your publications for students and teachers alike. Issuu site here.
