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Microsoft in Education
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- Prezi, a whole new type of presentation. See Prezis by other teachers. Sample, Instructions
- Museum Boxes: Join GHS, Save to work on later, Load to edit, Submit to publish.
- BitStrips: comics in minutes
- Creaza - Digital stories, cartoon creator, graphic organizers, movie maker, audio recorder and editor
- You've got a whiteboard with DabbleBoard and an interactive white board with idroo
- Facebook PPT Template
- Flips in the Classroom
- FlockDraw is a free, real-time web based painting/drawing tool. ImaginationCubedis a multi-user drawing tool.
- Online Posters withGlogster
- Use Community Clips to Video What You're Doing (vodcasting)
- Embed YouTube so It Can't be Blocked or Download YouTube videos with KeepVid.
- Make a Podcast or VideoCast in Five Steps, Make one even faster with Podomatic (example)
- OneTrueMedia, An online photo gallery Here's a test gallery. and here's a sample of MixBook, another great photo and document gallery site, PhotoStory3 (example) and Podomatic has just released MiniCast
- All of your students can add photos to one site with Troovi. Simply grab the URL directly above the logo and share it with the whole class. Students simply upload the images from their cameras to that URL (no login
- PowerPoint Games and Templates
- Perk up your Presentations with Web 2.0 tools
- Story Creator: same logon as Museum Box
- Study/Flash Cards and Games
- Microsoft Math
- ToonDoo
- Videos from PPT Slides or any Images
- Voice Thread and How to Make One( vodcasting)
- WebQuest
- WallWisher. Online bulletin/ discussion board?
- Websites for Students: Zuni , Weebly Tiny Purple Grapes , Moonfruit , and look what students can do with websites with Publisher
- Xtranormal - make animated movies, quick start guide
- ZooBurst - popup books
Using Technology for Assessment
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Tools for Collaboration
- Corkboard is like Wallwisher, but no logon is required. You can embed or send the link.
- CoSketchis another whiteboard that you can collaborate on to visualize your ideas and share them as images.
- EditGridis an online spreadsheet. You can share the spreadsheet with other users; many users can edit at the same time.
- Google Moderator
- Gliffy: Collaborative graphic organizers
- FlockDrawis a free, real-time web based painting/drawing tool.
- Idroo - collaborative whiteboard
- ImaginationCubedis a multi-user drawing tool.
- Mindmeister is an online collaborative mindmapping tool with which you can brainstorm with others in real time.
- PrimaryPadis another collaborative tool for schools. It's a Web-based processor for collaborating with students in real time.
- Protagonize is a community that writes collaborative interactive fiction. One person starts the story, and others post chapters to the story that lead it in different directions.
- Stixylets you create online bulletin boards.
- StoryBirds are short, simple stories that connect you with others.
- TypeWithMe is collaborative text synchronized as you type.
- Twitter and How to Use it in the Classroom
- Creative uses for Twitter
- Online bulletin/discussion board? Try WallWisher.
- Writeboard : example
- You've got a whiteboardwith DabbleBoard
- Online file sharing and collaboration by Windows
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Apps
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- Livebinder of Ipad apps and lessons
- Educational Apps at Appitic
- Top 25 Droid Apps for Education
- Apps for Education (70 pages of them from Vanderbilt!)
- APP REVIEWS: iPad users!Here's a site to search for education apps, Apple Apps for Education, iPad etc. apps reviewed by educators, Scoop It - Recommended educational Ipad Apps, SNapps4Kids- reviews aapps and includes an embedded list of skills that are addressed in every app, Apps in Education- Great blog spot! Includes apps for music, math, English teachers, special needs and more, IEAR- I Education Apps Review- Read reviews on apps, schools spreadsheets of Apps, student reviews and more.
- Control your computer and Promethean wirelessly with Splashtop
- Run Flash webpages with Puffin or SkyFire and games with Iswifter.
- Discovery/United Streaming - moblie.DiscoveryEducation.com
- Turn your iPad into a CPS device using Eclicker and cellphones
- Write on your iPad with Upad
- Share your content with 30 ipads using NearPod
- ShowMe and Educreations apps records what you're doing on your ipad just like Community Clips or Screenr does for your laptop
- Textbooks and iPads: Inkling, Kno
- See Tech publications for more app suggestions and reviews.
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GHS Weekly Countdown Tech. Publications.
GHS Programs (Yes, we use cell phones.)
Do Just About Anything to Your School InSite Page:
Instructions and FAQs for Windows 7
- Quick Reference Guides for Windows, Word, Outlook, Office, Excel , Access, PPT, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint, OneNote
- Online learning for Office 2003 -2010
- Activate your GAMES
- Log on with Fingerprint
- Add Gadgets and Sticky Notes
- Problems Installing Programs like TekNet?
- Typing all over the Place? Mouse running away?
- Print to OneNote
- Find Recent Documents
- Tablet Buttons and Rotate your Screen and Connect to LCD/Prometheanet
- Using your Touch Screen (or not)
- Short Cuts (find a few you like)
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Tools for New Teachers:
Fun and Free
- 100 FREE Tech Tools for Teachers!
- Web 2.0 toolsfor you, your students, your class
- Google Tools for Education.
- Blabberize: take a photo and make it talk
- Voki: make your avitar give announcements , vocabulary, etc. See lesson plans.
- Computational Knowledge Engine - WolframAlpha
- Sites for Flashcards
- Free online test/quiz makers and graders: QuizStar , Quiz Center, eQuizzer , QuizBiz, Learning Express, and don't forget about ExamView. Its tests can be published to your website and graded too.
- The Randomizer - randomly chooses students, number, vocabulary words, groups, whatever you want. Right click to stop. The Hat does the same thing but it's more visual. Here are some others: Random Student, Random Name or Word, Super Teacher, Who's Next app
- Students want to leave the classroom? Leave it up to the Magic 8 ball. App for iPhone, Droid, Website
- LiveBinders- a way to save and organize searchs, create a binder for a project or class, limitless and easy (Example)
- Free Classroom Tech . Resources
- Quick, Easy Ideas to Add Variety to Your Lessons
- Free poll sites and surveys? Doodle , Poll Everywhere , Survey Monkey, Google Docs Survey, Kwik Survey, SchoolInSites, and QuestionForm
Photos and Videos
- Troovi is a site for your students to upload photos from their phones directly to your troovi site. No log on required.
- Animoto - make videos using their photos and music or your own
- Creaza- has online video editing tools where Flip videos can be uploaded for easy manipulation. Creaza also has a wonderful alternative for GarageBand and a rather incredible comic creator.
- PhotoStory3 (example)
- OneTrueMedia, An online photo gallery that turns your photos into a polished video
- Videos from PPT Slides or any Images
- Xtranormal - make animated movies, quick start guide
- Voice Thread and How to Make One( vodcasting) Use Voice Thread (and there's an app) to post videos and PPTs allowing students to comment on them.
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Use Promethean with or without the board: (Thanks, Jill!)
Helpful Sites
- These are updated frequently.
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Virtual Learning Links Contact Jamie House
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