Classroom Tools - Dr. Howie DiBlasi

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Classroom Tools - Dr. Howie DiBlasi
27 Digital Classroom Tools
Learning Skills-Literacy Skills-Collaboration Skills-Life Skills
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”
Digital Journey
howie@frontier.net
www.drhowie.com
www.disneyscience.com
FETC- Presentation : 2015
TWITTER:
@ hdiblasi
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Conference Links:
www.drhowie.com
www.disneyscience.com
TWITTER:
@hdiblasi
e-mail: howie@frontier.net
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www.drhowie.com
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www.disneyscience.com
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http://www.edutopia.org/
Empowering and
connecting teachers,
administrators, and
parents with innovative
solutions and resources
to better education.
Use the best teaching practices,
training materials, and rubrics
with your students.
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Where are we going today?
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Productivity
Life Long Learning
Social Networks
Classroom Tools
Online Learning Tools
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Mobil Apps
Gaming
A Safe Place To Fail
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Creativity-Innovation
Collaboration Skills
• Mind Mapping
Communication• Written
• Presentation
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English/LA
Math/Science
Social Studies
STEM
Information Literacy
Google
Global citizens
Digital Tools
Media
• Draw-Sketch-Paint
• Storytelling
• Slide Shows
Technology Operations/Concepts
– Multimedia
– Literacy - Media - Visual
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Top Tech Skills, Circa 2005
Here is the list of the most important tech skills from T.H.E. Journal's
2005 article
Word-processing skills;
Spreadsheet skills;
Database skills;
Electronic presentation skills;
Web navigation skills;
Web site design skills;
E-mail management skills;
Digital cameras;
Computer network knowledge
applicable to your school
system;
File management and
Windows Explorer skills;
Downloading software from
the Web (including ebooks);
Installing computer
software;
WebCT or Blackboard
teaching skills;
Videoconferencing skills;
Computer security
knowledge
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10 Tech Skills Every Educator Should Have
http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/01/22/10-tech-skills-every-educator-should-have.aspx
1) Searching the Web Efficiently
2) Mastering Microsoft Office and Basic Word Processing
3) Being Willing To Learn New Technology
4) Connecting with Social Media
5) Sharing and Collaborating via YouTube and Blogging
6) Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Devices
7) Reaching Out with E-Mail
8) Making Your Point with Presentation Software
9) Googling It
10) Getting Ahead in the Cloud
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7 New Technology in the Classroom Tricks
http://www.teachhub.com/6-new-technology-classroom-tricks
Go Paperless (As Much As You Can)
Make Your Own Textbook
Create an Infographic
Use Twitter
Use a Twitter Hashtag
App Smash
Introduce Augmented Reality into your
Classroom
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What did you learn today?
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Things 21st Century Teachers Should Be Able to Do
(self Assessment) Carl Hooker
1- Post a question of the week on your classroom blog
2- Participate in a Twitter chat
3- Create your own class hashtag
5- Create an infographic as a preview
6- Make a class book
7- Google hangout with an expert
8- Bring augmented reality into your classroom
Am I the Barrier to my Students’ Full
Tech Integration?
http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_1626690528_72630_33
It is not from a place of fear, I am all for technology and using it well.
It is rather from my own ignorance.
Often I don’t know what I don’t know.
Often I don’t know whether a tool will work for the thing we are doing.
Often I get a little scared, wondering whether they will be able to be
successful if they veer off the beaten path.
Often I assume that I have to be the expert and this should know
everything and have all of the answers, giving all of the permissions.
Pernille Ripp is the the author of
Passionate Learners – Giving Our Classroom Back to Our Students ,
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Am I the Barrier to my Students’ Full Tech Integration?
Barriers:
It’s one more thing to do.
It is overwhelming.
It will be chaotic.
My subject matter won’t work.
It will be replaced with another idea soon.
I don’t want to integrate more technology or don’t have access.
I won’t be a good teacher.
I have to do the same as all the other teachers in my subject or
grade level.
Parents/administrators/community will be upset.
Pernille Ripp is the the author of Passionate Learners – Giving Our Classroom Back to Our Students ,
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Moving From Evolution To
Revolution
Be Engaged
Be A Risk Taker
Don’t be afraid To Make Mistakes
(Fail Fast : Succeed Sooner)
Provide Real World Problem Solving
How do we
inspire and
engage
the Digital
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
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Life Long Learning
Social Networks
Classroom Tools
Online Learning Tools
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Build Your PLN
(Personal Learning Network)
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Classroom 2.0
All Members ( 81,819 )
http://www.classroom20.com/
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Twitter Help Center |
Getting started with Twitter
1. Create an account
2. User name
3. Verify e-mail
Follow me
Twitter-WHY ?
Digitally Speaking / Why Teachers Should Try Twitter
10 Reasons Twitter Works In Education
- TeachThought
10 Amazing Ways For Teachers & Tutors To
Use Twitter In
50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom | TeachHUB
12 Reasons
to Get Your School District Tweeting This Year
Google+ Communities: A Beginner’
s Guide
Communities are places
where users can share
specific questions,
comments or content
relating to a particular
topic with other users
who are just as
interested in the c…
Continue reading...
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Google+
40 Essential Google+ Resources Google+ Tips, Tools and
Talk
Google+: The Complete Guide This guide has everything you'll ever want
to know about Google+. Updated regularly.
Google+: The Pros & Cons Here are some pros and cons of Google+,
from the social network's early users.
Google+: First Impressions Mashable's Ben Parr takes Google's new
social network, Google+, for a spin. Check out his review.
The Google+ Cheat Sheet [PIC] This Google+ cheat sheet includes most
of the common syntax, hotkeys and tips you need to know to use Google+
like a pro.
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Google+ Tips & Tricks: 10 Hints for New Users
From quicker sharing options to better content
curation via savvy privacy settings, will have you
Google Plussing like a pro.
Google+ Tips & Tricks: 10 More Ways To Make
the Most of Your Account
10 more suggestions for how to get the most out
of Google's new social networking service.
15 Google+ Sites & Services for Power Users
From directories where you can find new Plussers,
to sites that will show you the hottest posts and
even resources that will help you get more out of
the service.
Google+: The Numbers Driving Its Growth [STA
TS]
New data from Experian Hitwise -Google+ is
growing fast, thanks to a young demographic and
lots of traffic.
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What is Google+ Hangouts WHY?
Video chat with the whole family, face to face
to face.
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10 Ways to Use Google+ Hangouts
for Education
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How To Host A Google+ Hangout
With
Your
It's time to figure out
the best
ways to Students
use Google+ to host a 'hangout' with your
students, teachers, parents, admins, ...
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Add YOUR favorite websites!
http://www.symbaloo.com/
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Best Free Online Meeting Scheduler
Doodle
Use with Google Calendar, Exchange,
iCal and Outlook, and create polls
Saves time and energy when you’re trying
to find a time to bring a number of people
together.
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Best Free Online Document Collaboration
Crocodoc
Convenient tool to collaborate
PDFs, Word and Powerpoint
documents
Highlight, add or strike out
text
Add a note shared by an URL
Password protection $$
http://crocodoc.com/
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Free online file converter
http://www.online-convert.com /
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ZAMZAR – File Converter
http://www.zamzar.com/
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Best Free Online Meeting Scheduler
Doodle
Use with Google Calendar, Exchange,
iCal and Outlook, and create polls
Saves time and energy when you’re trying
to find a time to bring a number of people
together.
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Dispatch - Combine and Share Resourc
es from Evernote, Dropbox, and Googl
e Drive
Pull together and organize in one place
your files and notes from:
Google Drive
Evernote
Dropbox
Box
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Primary purpose of Dispatch is to provide a place
in which you can create a group of collaborators
to share files, exchange notes, and plan projects.
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Online Storage
Drop Box
FREE - (free for 2GB to $49.99 per month
for 500GB)
Simplest file-synchronization tool
Access to your files no matter what computer or
device you have at hand.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2343852,00.asp
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Keep everything in sync
With Evernote, all of your notes, web clips,
files and images are made available on
every device and computer you use.
https://evernote.com/evernote/
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https://evernote.com/evernote/
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http://www.picmonkey.com/
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Top 10 Sites for Photo Editing by David Kapuler
Sumo Paint - One of the most popular and oldest online photo editors around.
Sumo Paint has lots of nice tools for editing a photo such as brush, shapes,
crop and looks a lot like PhotoShop.
Aviary - Aviary is one of the best online suites on the web for doing lots of
multi-media things, including editing photos. Not only does it have an
educational portal, but it also has browser extensions, and a very nice user
interface.
Splashup - A great site that is similar to Sumo Paint that allows users to edit
photos and adjust pixels and layers as well.
Cloud Canvas - Another great site for editing photos that allows users to draw,
crop, and paint.
Phixr - An easy site to use to upload a photo from a computer or social
networking site and then edit by adding images or text.
iPiccy - A great site for uploading a photo and then editing it with tools such as,
text, drawing, or paint.
Imageoid - A site that is similar to iPiccy for adding effects to an image.
Citrify - An excellent free online photo editor with lots of options to choose from
such as touch-ups, effects, etc.
Fix Picture - A nice site for converting, resizing, or rotating an image.
Picjuice - A site similar to Fix Picture where a user can crop, resize, rotate or
adjust a photo.
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The Missing Guide for Google
Hangout Video Calls
Danny Schreiber
https://beta.zapier.com/blog/google-hangouts-video-c
alls-guide/?utm_content=bufferb4130&utm_medium=socia
l&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
As a remote team of 12, we've come to depend
on Google Hangout video calls for our weekly
standup meetings.
The tool is free, quick to access and familiar to
everyone on the team. Though like any other
video conferencing software, Hangouts comes
with hangups.
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Curriki
http://www.curriki.org
Free, global, communitydriven, open-source web site
Allows educators to free
teaching resources
Activities, lesson plans, units of
study, and whole courses on
Curriki
Validated by subject-area
experts
Templates provided -materials
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Curriki- Common Core
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Best Free Online Document Collaboration
Crocodoc
Convenient tool to collaborate
PDFs, Word and Powerpoint
documents
Highlight, add or strike out
text
Add a note shared by an URL
Password protection $$
http://crocodoc.com/
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
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Productivity
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Social Networks
Classroom Tools
Online Learning Tools
Self Direction
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Udemy: Everything you need to teach online.
More than
2 Million
Students
8,000 Courses
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On-Line Learning/Open Courseware
MIT OpenCourseWare
Free Online Course Materials
The OpenCourseWare
Consortium
OpenCourseWare
Finder - OpenContent
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Three Places to Search for Free Online Courses
Open Culture, has a list of more than
700 free online courses
RedHoop is a search engine for online
courses
SkilledUp, is a search engine for online
courses.
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30 Free Teacher PD Courses
Coursera announced a new category of courses,
Teacher Professional Development
Johns Hopkins University
Engaging Students through Cooperative Learning
Commonwealth Education Trust
Foundations of Teaching for Learning 1: Introduction
New Teacher Center
First Year Teaching (Elementary Grades) - Success f
rom the Start
X:-14;49T
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MIT to Offer Free Online Courses in Game Design,
Ed
Tech
http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_1543109026_68917_23
For information on the courses, go to
MIT's EdX website.
Design and Development of
Educational Technology
Educational technologies must be
designed based on what we know about
how people learn.
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Online Learning Tools
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Top 5 Most Popular Social
Networking Sites | Aug. 2014
1 Facebook
999,999,000
2 Twitter
560,178,000
3 LinkedIn
255,000,000
4 Pinterest
250,000,000
5 Google Plus+ 120,000,000
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Why Twitter?
What’s the point of Twitter?
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twitter in 60 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYz9M70KVR0&feature=player_embedded#!
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Twitter makes a terrible first
impression.
You hear about this new service that lets
you send 140-character updates to your
"followers," and you think….
Why does the world need this ?
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Twitter
A social networking tool that allows people
to ‘follow’ what you’ve been up to
It also allows you to ‘follow’ other people
Similar to a Facebook ‘status’ or instant messaging ‘away message’
Only allows 140 characters
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Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom?
Post your homework assignments or lesson
assignments.
Post your question of the day or problem of the
day.
Use as a mini journal/thought space.
Keep in touch with your students-if they are
absent.
Have students debate over an issue.
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Example of Twitter in Classroom
www.twitter.com/SJA5thGrade
5th grade classroom updates daily by posting
about what they learned that day
Parents and Teachers ‘follow’ this classroom
by going to the above link
Parents and Teachers-comment on the
Twitter page if they create their own account
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Twittering with Colleagues
You have learned a lot this semester! Did
you tell all your colleagues about it?
– new uses of technology
– lesson plan ideas for your curriculum
– discovery of new resources
Can you think of a way of using Twitter with
colleagues in your grade/content?
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Twittering with Parents
Parents can follow you from the Twitter Web site, their
mobile phones, or instant messaging. Think of all the
things you tweet!
– tonight’s homework
– a new long term project
– school or classroom supplies needed
– a new topic/unit
– enrichment suggestions
– quick survey/opinion about something relevant to the
lesson or class discussion
Think of a way of using Twitter with parents in your
grade/content?
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Twittering with Students
introducing a topic/lesson
– take a quick poll/fact collection from your network
– access the prior knowledge of your network
– type a keyword in Twitterfall
– http://twitterfall.com/
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– read what people are saying about it
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Social Networks for Students and Teachers
https://www.graphite.org/top-picks/social-networks-for-students-and-teachers
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eduClipper URL:
http://www.educlipper.ne
Grades Pre-K-12
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Type Website
Clip and share online
educational content
with students
Kidblog URL:
http://kidblog.org
Grades 1-8
Safe, supportive blogs Type Website
boost kids' writing skills,
digital citizenship
twiducate URL:
http://www.twiducate.co
m/
Grades 1-12
Type Website
Safe social network for
classroom
communication
somewhat limited
Price Free
Learning Rating
Teacher Rating
Price Free
Learning Rating
Teacher Rating
Price Free
Learning Rating
Teacher Rating
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Social Networks for Students and Teachers
17.
9.
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Pinterest
Publisher:
Google Hangouts
URL:
Pinterest
http://www.google.com/
Visually
appealing,
+/learnmore/hangouts/
endlessly creative
Communication,
gallery
of images and
learning,
and fun
ideas
converge nicely in
Google's slick platform
Grades 9-12
Grades 6-12
Type App
Type Website
Google Hangouts URL:
http://www.google.com/
+/learnmore/hangouts/ Grades 6-12
Type Website
Communication,
learning, and fun
converge nicely in
Google's slick platform
Price Free
Platforms Android,
iPad, iPhone, iPod
Touch, Kindle Fire,
Learning Rating
Learning Rating
Nook
HD, Chromebook, Teacher Rating
Price Free
Teacher Rating
Windows Phone, Apps
for Windows, Mac, Fire
phone
Price Free
Learning Rating
Teacher Rating
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
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Life Long Learning
Social Networks
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Online Learning Tools
Self Direction
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Edsitement – The link brings you to the
lesson plan page
Be sure to explore other amazing areas in the site. The
lesson plans can be explored by Art & Culture, World
Language, History & Social Studies , AP U.S. History,
and Literature & Language Arts. Be sure to explore the
Student Resources. These are engaging interactive
activities by grade or subject area collected from around
the Web. They can be used to support related lesson
plans or as standalone activities in the classroom.
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SAS Curriculum Pathways –
Collection of highly engaging lessons plans
available for free from SAS Curriculum
Pathways in North Carolina. With a collection
of around 700 lesson plans as of this
publication, the archive allows teachers to
search and also browse through multiple
social studies categories. The provided link
will bring you to the Social Studies area of
the site.
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Teachers Pay Teachers
On a recent visit to this site there were close
to 80,000 social studies and history resources
available.. It could then be narrowed down to
almost 10,000 free social studies and history
resources. The supplied link goes to those
almost 10,000. With this many, it is real
possible to find something. Best of all, use the
keyword search and narrow it down more. If
free is desired… be sure to turn on that filter.
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Classroom Tools
•Fishtree - An innovative new digital learning platform that allows educators to curate and create
lessons for their students.
•Bouncy Balls - A great way to monitor classroom noise through balls bouncing on a screen.
•ClassFlow - Cloud based learning platform that teachers can use to create digital lessons to be
viewed on browser based devices.
•Poindle - A nice free tool for educators to schedule appointments.
•News-O-Matic - A terrific free mobile app designed to bring 5 Common Core aligned articles to
students.
•30hands Learning Community - A ideal and easy to use cloud based LMS that lets educators
assess, collaborate, and grade students in real-time.
•NameCoach - An interesting free site for teachers wanting to learn student names and the proper
way to pronounce them.
•Been for Education - Innovative site for social learning that allows educators to surf and collaborate
on the web with their students in a safe environment where educators create/manage student
accounts.
•geddit - A fantastic simple to use learning tool where students use their mobile device to answer
questions with a tap of button in real-time.
•Tackk - A great site with educational portal that allows educators to create student accounts where
they can create static pages filled with dynamic media.
•Gooru - A great place for students to find study guides on a wide range of subjects that are aligned
to Common Core Standards and ideal for personalized learning.
•FlipSnack Edu - A new Web 2.0 site with educational portal that allows educators and students to
create and deliver online content in a safe way.
•PortfolioGen Classroom - An excellent site with educational portal that allows students to create
digital portfolios in a safe environment.
•ClassWallet - An interesting new site that allows educators to electronically manage and organize
classroom funds.
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Resources To Explore
11 Tech Tools to Teach the Common Core
Standards | Catlin Tucker ...
Tools and Resources - Common Core in Vermont - Google
Sites
Google Apps Common Core - Google Tools for Educators
Common Core Standards-Google Earth Technology Resources
Tech Tools Perfect for Teaching Common Core
Math Standards ...
Digital Resources - Common Core
My Common Core Standards Math Page
The Common Core Toolkit: September 2013
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P.D Resources To Explore
Google Apps Lesson Plan: Exploring Shapes
Google Docs and The Common Core - SlideShare
Synchronous Editing with Google Docs to Teach the
Common Core ...
Google Apps Meets Common Core | Facebook
Teaching the Common Core Standards Made Easy with
Google Apps
Classroom Tech Google Apps: Google Apps Meets
Common Core
Common Core & Google Tools - cloudcampnh
7 Must-Know Apps for Common Core Skills -- THE Journal76-345
P.D. Resources To Explore
109 Common Core Resources For Teachers By Category
Common Core Introduction - LiveBinder
The Common Core Toolkit
Connecting the Common Core to iOS Apps K-3
Common Core State Standards and the School Librarian
3 Useful Web Tools That Meet Common Core Standards
7 Must-Know Apps for Common Core Skills
10 Common Core Resources
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P.D. Resources To Explore
Common Core / Elementary
Elementary Common Core – LiveBinder
Middle School Common Core Binder – LiveBinder
Common Core Resources for Physical Education - Li
veBinder
50 Important Links for Common Core Educators
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
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Gaming
A Safe Place To Fail
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
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Mobil App: Apple - Android
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Otus - A fantastic and easy to use 1:1 learning solution for mobile classrooms (i.e iPads/Chromebooks). Educators can
manage/create student accounts, take attendance, grade, and assess students in real-time, and much much more.
Pixel Press Floors - An amazing iOS app for Game Based Learning that allows students to create their own game by
drawing.
Stick Around - A great iPad app that can be used for Project Based Learning or Flipping a Lesson by creating
puzzles/diagrams and having students label them.
Rosetta Stone for Kids - A wonderful free iPad app for kids ages 3-7 learning how to read.
TowerStorm - An innovative free iOS game that takes place in a 3D virtual world designed for grades 2nd-10th in the
subjects of Math and Literacy.
Plickers - A unique (free) mobile app that acts as a student response system that uses QR codes and mobile devices to
answer/respond to questions.
Math w/ Amigos - Healthy Heroes 1 - Two of my favorite educational iOS game that is ideal for Game Based Learning in
the areas of basic Math and Health.
Chronicle - A unbelievable iPad app for helping teachers with their best teaching strategies by "chronicling" each student
through, notes, videos, assessments, and much much more.
Voice Dream - The best text to speech app I have ever seen with an abundance of features such as: highlighting,
definitions, bookmarking, and more.
AR Flashcards Shapes & Colors - Space - Excellent iOS apps that uses Augmented Reality to bring interactive 3D
objects to life to teach about: shapes, colors, and outer space.
Teachley: Mt. Multiplis - Players build bridges in this computational Math game to help students build their multiplication
skills.
Book Writer One - A free and easy to use iOS app for creating digital books. This is a great way to introduce digital
storytelling to the classroom.
WeLearnedIt - An excellent free iPad for the mobile classroom, ePortfolios, and Project Based Learning.
Word Clouds by ABCYa - A terrific free iPad app for creating word clouds.
Drawp for School - A wonderful free iPad app with educational portal and cloud storage for creating beautiful looking
projects.
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Grid Lines: Ordered Pair Game - One of my favorite iOS apps for Game Based Learning that uses a
familiar Battleship style game to practice plotting points on a graph.
Ask3 - One of my favorite free iPad apps for adding narration to an image to visually explain any topic.
This is ideal for creating a flipped classroom.
GuidedVideo - A wonderful iPad app for Guided Learning where educators create questions with
images as the answers that students tap on.
Write on Video - A great iPad app for digital storytelling that allows users to upload a video and then
annotate, draw, or add images over it.
Magical Mental Math - A super fun iOS game designed for grades 2nd-6th working on their basic Math
skills.
TeleStory - An amazing new iOS app for digital storytelling that lets kids star in their very own TV show.
Write to Read - A iPad app designed for kids 3-10 yrs old to help develop their Reading and Writing
skills by creating a digital book. Also, this app is ideal for introducing digital storytelling and aligned to
Common Core Standards.
Exam Elf - A fantastic free iOS app that helps students develop basic Math skills while developing test
taking skills as well.
Tell About This - A great iPad app for digital storytelling that lets students record their voice to visual
prompts.
Xnote - An innovative iOS app for geocaching that takes going on a scavenger hunt to a whole new
level.
Tocomail - An excellent site/app that provides a safe "filtered" email environment for kids.
PICME - A nice free iPad app where kids "star" in their very own digital story by replacing their face with
the main characters.
Quiz Dungeon - A wonderful iOS game that helps students learn basic Math through an RPG style
adventure.
Hideout: Early Reading - A great iOS app for young readers looking to develop their Reading skills in
such areas as: word recognition, sounding out words, finding the letter, and more.
Zeus vs. Monsters / Math vs. Dinosaurs - Two excellent Android apps for learning basic Math skills by
fighting off mythical creatures and dinosaurs.
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Mobil App: Apple - Android
Tynker - A free iPad app that teaches students how to program/code by assembling blocks together (i.e Scratch).
Letter Battle - A super fun iOS app for learning how to Spell in a RPG setting.
Bluster - A free iPad app that helps students develop their Vocabulary by playing a multiplayer game.
Chromville - A fantastic mobile app that uses augmented reality to have students complete a fun filled 3D
adventure.
Kid Screen Time - A excellent schedule/timer for an iOS device that alerts parents when their child's time is up.
ZooKazam - Bring 3D animals to life is this beautiful interactive augmented reality iOS app.
Imagistory - A wonderful free iPad app where students record/narrate their very own "wordless" picture book.
Book Builder - A nice free iOS app that acts as a "choose-your-own" adventure where students select how they
story is going to progress.
Toonia Storymaker - One of my favorite iPad apps for digital storytelling where the more a student plays the
more features they unlock.
Math Monsters Bingo - A fun free iOS game for learning basic Math in a Bingo style game.
Teachable - A very nice productivity iPad app that helps teachers plan, track, and organize their classroom.
littleBIG History - One my favorite timeline apps for the iPad that covers areas from the Big Bang Theory to
Current Events.
Little Story Creator - A wonderful new iOS app for scrapbooking or digital storytelling.
Wizenworld - Uses Game Based Learning to teach Common Core Math skills in RPG/Action Adventure setting.
Angle Asteroids - A fun iOS app that helps students learn how to measure angles in the old "Asteroid" style
arcade game.
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Brainfeed - An excellent iPad app for finding safe and educational videos for students.
Flipgrid - Kind of reminds me of an "adult" version of Voicethread where educators can ask a question via a
video and students can respond.
Speaking Times Table - A fun iPad app for students wanting to learn and practice their multiplication tables.
Math Hunter - A wonderful iOS game for basic Math skills that has lots of replay value in this adventure filled
bow-n-arrow game.
Common Core Quest - A excellent free Android app aligned to Common Core Standards for practicing Math
and LA tests/problems.
Reading Raving - A great iPad app for beginning readers where they progress from letters to phonics to
reading full sentences.
Speech Wizard - A terrific iPad app for ESL, parents, or teachers looking to help students with their
articulation skills.
Classkick - Interesting new iPad app that allows educators to gather, assess, and provide real-time feedback
with students.
Door 24 - A wonderful fee iPad app for basic Math skills aligned to Common Core Standards for grades 4th8th.
Sticker Story - A fun iPad app for digital storytelling through the use of stickers.
Verso - A great way to flip your class by creating lessons students can view at home and then respond to.
Slidebean - A nice site/app for creating beautiful looking presentations with lots of templates to choose from.
Elevated Math - An excellent free iOS app for finding animated Math lessons on a wide variety of topics.
MarcoPolo Ocean - A wonderful iPad app for young learners wanting to interact and learn about the ocean.
Puzzlin Pieces USA - Fantastic iPad app designed for kids 6-8 yrs old for learning the geography of the
United States.
Piiig Labs - iPad app that teaches young kids about Science by performing different scientific experiments.
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Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
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Gaming
Answerables - A super fun and innovative site that brings Game Based
Learning together with a Learning Management System to provide a
safe environment for students to learn any subject in a 3D virtual world.
Wizenworld - Uses Game Based Learning to teach Common Core
Math skills in RPG/Action Adventure setting.
Classcraft - Using the mega-popular PC game World of Warcraft theme
to the classroom to promote learning through Game Based Learning.
RoomRecess - A excellent site for finding free educational games for El
Ed students.
Kahoot - Is a fantastic free tool that combines Game Based Learning
and a Student Response System to bring a fun and easy to use realtime assessment tool to the classroom.
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MinecraftEDU Now Available via Cloud
http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_1610524754_72072_16
MinecraftEdu Hosting is a flexible, cost-effective way to get your
students playing together without the hassle of running your own
server.
Install the game, log in, and be connected to your own private
and secure game world.
You get powerful teacher tools and can use any of the teachercreated lessons in our World Library.
We are opening up our hosting service to a limited number of
pilot schools. The price for the service starts from $20 a month
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Two Useful Web Tools to Create Educatio
nal Games for Students
FlipQuiz
Web tool that allows teachers and educators to easily create
game-show style quizzes
Design as many game boards as you want.
Add questions and answers to your game boards.
Need a free registration.
Log in - click on "new board", type in your questions and
answers
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Two Useful Web Tools to Create Educatio
nal Games for Students
Jeopardy Rocks
Web platform to create educational review games in
Jeopardy-game style.
Create a game board where you can add your questions and
answers.
Type in a unique URL for it.
You will also need to enter your email and a password so
that you will be able to edit your boards whenever needs be.
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Let the Games Begin:
Entertainment Meets Education
Video games, once confiscated in class, are
now a key teaching tool -- if they're done right.
http://www.edutopia.org/video-games-classroom
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Games Help Kids Turn Failure
into Learning
http://www.educationnation.com/index.cfm?objectid=B5A4243B-62ED-11E1-8D32000C296BA163
Failure is hot.
The Harvard Business Review devoted
an entire issue to the power of failure
Noted economist Tim Harford wrote a fabulous book
about it – "Adapt: Why Success Always Comes from
Failure."
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How Playing Games Makes You Liv
e By
Longer
Adam Ostrow
The world collectively play
21
billion hours of games per
week
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Five Reasons to Use Games in the Classroom
Students learn through the process of playing the game.
Games provide a context for engaging practice.
Students can learn a variety of important skills
Critical thinking skills, creativity, teamwork, and good
sportsmanship..
Students develop a variety of connections with the
content and can form positive memories of learning.
Games grab students’ attention and actively engage
them.
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The best learning games can help accomplish this
Whether it's learning about proteins through FoldIt
Algebra with DragonBox
Programming and game design via Gamestar Mechanic
Science, math, health and social studies with BrainPop.
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BrainPOP
•www.brainpop
.com/
Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and
English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12
kids, ...
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www.brainpop.com
Science
Animated science, health and technology with movies,
quizzes ...
Social Studies
Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social ...
Math
BrainPop Math Topics - Math | Free Movies - Algebra - ...
Science, Social
Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social ...
English
All English Topics - Grammar - Study and Reading Skills - Tour
GameUp
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Scott Adams
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Instructions:
Draw a map as you go
Examine things you find
If you get stuck try typing HELP
To speed things up you may use the following abbreviations N,
S, E, W, U, D
Somewords available are:
Get, Take, Drop, Go, Climb, Jump, Enter, Examine, Go, Leave,
Move, Quit, Say, Wear, Read, Save, Light, Pull, Push and Look
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What If The Year's Biggest Games Were Cl
unky Old Text Adventures?
http://www.freearcade.com/Zplet.jav/Advland.html
Let’s see if we can figure this out……Your Turn
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Scott Adams Text Adventures: #1: Adventureland
Free Online Scott Adams Text Adventures on FreeArcade.com
www.freearcade.com/Zplet.jav/Scottadams
.html
www.freearcade.com/Zplet.jav/Scottadams.html
Scott Adams Text Adventures:
Adventures: #1: Adventureland, Now with Hints and Solutions. Wander through an enchanted
realm and try to uncover the 13 lost treasures.
Scott Adams (game designer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott
_Adams_(game_designer)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_
Adams_(game_designer)
Scott Adams (born July 10, 1952) is the co-founder, with ex-wife Alexis, ... These early text adventure games use a
minimal parser, recognizing 2-word ...
Classic Game Downloads - Scott Adams Grand Adventures (SAGA)
www.msadams
.com/downloads.htm
www.msadams.com/downloads.htm
Remember: Anything can happen when you play a Scott Adams Adventure ... and it usually does! The Scott Adams
original text Adventure games
Scott Adams Grand Adventures (SAGA)
www.msadams
.com/
www.msadams.com/
Description: C:\web\Scott
C:\web\Scott Adams Grand Adventures\new\images\ ... which he describes as “interactive fiction,” or “a
text adventure game with sound effects.
iFiction - Category - Scott Adams Classic Adventures
www.ifiction.org/games/?cat=44
You have entered a small office on one side of the store. In one corner stands a beautiful wood desk with a Tiffany
lamp on it. The man sitting at the desk is "Scott
"Scott ...
Scott Adams Text Adventures 1-6 - Virtual Apple
www.virtualapple.org/scottadamstextadventures
1-6disk.html
www.virtualapple.org/scottadamstextadventures1-6disk.html
Scott Adams Text Adventures 1-6 Disk 1 · Java version of ... "My first computer was an Apple IIGS and I love the site
disk archive" -- Scott Williams, Macosx.com.
Scott Adams Adventures - Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Pages
www.trs-80.com/wordpress/emulation-scott
www.trs-80.com/wordpress/emulation-scott--adams/
adams/
Feb 20, 2009 - The Scott Adams original text Adventure games are still copyrighted by Scott Adams and are not
Public Domain. They may be freely ...
Scott Adams Text Adventure Games - Malinche Entertainment
www.malinche.net/scottadamstextadventure
games.html
www.malinche.net/scottadamstextadventuregames.html
Scott Adams Text Adventure Games. Scott Adams wrote his text adventure games to run on a wide variety of
computers, using just 16 kilobytes of memory and a ...
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4 Tools To Create Your Own Text
Adventure Games
The games were known as
interactive fiction
ADRIFT
Playfic
Quest
TADS
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ADRIFT
ADRIFT may actually be the easiest to
learn and use.
Has a graphical interface that lets you
point-and-click
ADRIFT is divided into two programs:
Developer (for creation) and Runner (for
playing).
Windows and Linux
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Playfic http://playfic.com/
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About Amanita Design
http://amanita-design.net/games.html
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Questionaut
http://amanita-design.net/games/questionaut.html
Journey through strange worlds and test your knowledge of English,
Math and Science
Magical mission-recover your friend’s hat.
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Samorost -
Point and Click Game
Point-and-click
adventure game.
Help the little space
gnome save his home
asteroid from collision
Solving diverse
puzzles.
Play Game
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The Quest For The Rest
http://amanita-design.net/thequestfortherest/
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The Best…” Lists On Learning
Games by Larry Ferlazzo
The Best Online Learning Games Of 2012
The Best Online Learning Games Of 2011
The Best Online Learning Games — 2010
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25 Top Resources For Higher Order Thinking Skills
5 Rules of Thumb for Designing HOTS Classroom Activities
http://www.slideshare.net/dkuropatwa/5-rules-of-thumb-designing-classroom-act
A SlideShare show from Darren Kuropatwa
5 Tech Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher Order Thinking http://thejour
An article from The Journal
Apps to Support Revised Blooms Taxonomy
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=713727
An interactive resource site from Livebinders and Ginger Lewman
Children’s Complex Learning Skills Begin Forming Before They go to Scho
http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2013/01/23/children-s-complex-thinking-sk
An article from the University of Chicago
Children Thinking Skills Blog
http://childrenthinkingskills.blogspot.com/p/high-order-of-thinking-skills.html
An article from Children’s Thinking Skills
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Critical and Creative Thinking from Blooms Taxonomy
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic69.htm
An article from Teacher Tap
Examples that Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://teaching.uncc.edu/articles-books/best-practice-articles/instructional-methods/promoting-higher-thinking
An article from The Center for Teaching and Learning at UNC C
A Guide to Using Free Apps to Support Higher Order Thinking
http://learninginhand.com/blog/guide-to-using-free-apps-to-support-higher-order-thinking-sk.html
A resource site from Learning in Hand
Higher Order Thinking
http://www.pinterest.com/gladridge/higher-order-thinking
A resource site from Pinterest
Higher Order Thinking Skills
http://www.mcsk12.net/schools/peabody.es/hots/hots1.htm
A HOTS Resource site
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What is Critical Thinking?
In 1605, Sir Francis Bacon, the father of
scientific thinking, outlined these habits of
mind (paraphrased):
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1605, Sir Francis Bacon
"Nimble and versatile" enough to see
relationships among things, in addition to
subtle distinctions between them.
Inquisitive.
Patient enough to doubt and ask questions.
Fond of reflecting. .
Slow to assert and ready to consider multiple
points of view.
Careful to support their points of view and to
formulate an argument with reasons and
evidence.
Alert to all deception.
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What teens don’t know about Google
Clive Thompson- The average high school and college student
“Mastering “crap detection 101” isn’t easy”
Unable to
discern the hidden agendas
largely the fault of schools,
which rarely teach critical thinking.
This naïveté is
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“Mastering “crap detection 101” isn’t easy”
The average high school and college student….
Unable to discern the hidden agendas
Students really don’t bother trying to assess
the credibility of information found
online
largely the fault of schools,
which rarely teach critical thinking.
This naïveté is
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Critical Thinking Skills
A well cultivated critical thinker:
Raises vital questions
Assesses relevant information
Comes to well-reasoned solutions
Thinks open-mindedly
Thinks about the implications
Thinks about practical consequences
Communicates effectively with others
Rely on reason rather than emotion
Evaluate a broad range of viewpoints
Maintain an open mind to alternative interpretations
Accept new evidence, explanations and findings
Are willing to reassess information
Can put aside personal prejudices and biases
Consider all reasonable possibilities
Avoid hasty judgments
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BOOKS
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking (The Daily Spark)
180 Easy-to-Use Lessons and Class
Activities! [Paperback]
SparkNotes Editors (Author)
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BOOKS:
Creativity - Critical Thinking - Innovation
Sample from the book:
Which of the following animals does not
belong in this list ?
WHY?
Polar bear, Penguin, Beluga,
Moose, Walrus, Reindeer
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Answers….
All can be found in the ArticEXCEPT Penguins..Penguins can
olny be found in the Southern
Hemisphere
Moose - for hair and desert
Polar bear – 2 words
Beluga – only one word-in the water
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Fact – Fiction or Opinion
#27-221
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Determine if each statement sounds like a fact or
an opinion
My mom is the best mom on earth.
My dad is taller than your dad.
My telephone number is difficult to memorize.
The deepest part of the ocean is 35,813 feet deep.
Dogs make better pets than turtles.
Smoking is bad for your health.
Eighty-five percent of all cases of lung cancer in the U.S.
are caused by smoking.
If you flatten and stretch out a Slinky toy it will be 87 feet
long.
One out of every hundred American citizens is color blind.
Two out of ten American citizens are boring.
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http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/educator-resources/
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Conspiracy Theories in Aerospac
e History
A Lesson in Critical Thinking for the Internet Age
http://www.smithsonianconference.org/conspiracy/
How do you evaluate the reliability of online
information?
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Discuss four major events in aerospace history that have captured people’s
imagination and given rise to speculation and conspiracy theories:
Thinking Critically About the Apollo Moon Landings
Thinking Critically About Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance
Thinking Critically About UFOs
Thinking Critically About the Attack on Pearl Harbor
http://www.smithsonianconference.org/conspiracy/
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http://www.smithsonianconference.org/conspiracy/
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Who fired the first shot?
The Boston Massacre became a rallying
point for those opposed to remaining
British colonials.
There is a great deal of mystery and
misconception about what really
happened.
How can we know what is truth and what
is fiction?
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Creative and Critical Thinking
Activities and Ideas
http://www.pinterest.com/reallyrachel/creative-and-critical-thinking-activities-and-idea/
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http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/
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Resources:
http://www.brainpop.com/educators/communit
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Free Critical Thinking
Worksheets
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/critical_thinki
ng/
Graphic Organizer
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Language Arts
Math Worksheets
Science
Social Studies
Holidays
Critical Thinking
• Elementary
• Research Skills
• Teacher Template
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• Worksheets Club
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Critical Thinking
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Creative Thinking-Critical Thinking
- Problem Solving
Edheads http://www.edheads.org/
brings you 10 (TEN) high quality, free
educational activities for your classroom
Edheads helps students learn through educational games
and activities designed to meet state and national
standards.!
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http://www.edheads.org/
http://www.physicsgames.net/
http://www.coolmath-games.com/
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21 Design Squad challenges.
Braingle
http://www.braingle.com
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Braingle
http://www.braingle.com
20,000 brain teasers, riddles, logic problems, quizzes and mind
puzzles
Submitted and ranked by users like you,
Braingle has the largest collection anywhere on the internet.
Multiplayer games
Improve your brain, check out the Mentalrobics section.
Increase your creativity, boost learning and become a better
person at Braingle. Get ready to have your brain tangled!
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Best question I ever asked a
candidate that was interviewing
-- "So where
is Waldo,
really?"
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What you may NOT be prepared for !!!!
How many times a day does a clock’s
hands overlap?
How many golf balls can fit in a school
bus?
Design an evacuation plan for San
Francisco.
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What you may NOT be prepared for !!!!
“An apple costs 20 cents, an
orange costs 40 cents, and a
grapefruit costs 60 cents, how
much is a p__r?”
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Under
Surveillance
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One Way or the Other
Think of the many black and white
things in the world.
Name 8 or more of them
Remember ONLY BLACK and WHITE
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Zebra
Oreo cookie
Piano keys
Speed limit sign
Penguin
Skunk
Soccer Ball
Dalmatian
Orca
Snoopy
Domino
Tuxedo
Crossword Puzzle
Cow
Dice
Puffin
Panda
Movies
Newspaper
Police car
TV shows
Prison stripes
Yin Yang
Universal Product Code
Jolly Roger
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Book Exercises:
"BRAIN STORMING"
(sample from the book)
by Marty Fligor Published by Creative
Publishing Mansfield Center, CT
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Practice :
1. Where in the world would you
find a leaf or leaves?
2. Give uses for a piece of toast
3. Give uses for a windshield wiper
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Practice 3:
Name things that have holes in them.
Practice 4:
Give uses for Velcro
Practice 5:
List uses for a balloon
Practice 8:
Give ways to put out dragon's fire
Practice 9:
In 1 minute name countries
Practice 10: Compare and Complex - Name a manufactured item for each letter
of the alphabet. (example a-abacus b-block c- car etc
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Book Exercises:
"BRAIN STORMING"
Practice 61:
Your ship is sinking. What will
you do? ( really think outside to
box on this one or throw the box
away)
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Common Core Standards
Technology Resources
Common Core Standards Technology Tool
Google Earth
Display two different images and ask, “why
is there such a difference between these
two images?”
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Curriculum Projects
Using Google Maps
Across the Curriculum
How-to's and Intro Activities
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df6bwk2v_664
ckk4bzgq
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Why do the first two images look different?
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Why do the first two images look different?
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
• English/LA
• Reading
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• Presentation
Creativity-Innovation
Collaboration Skills
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5 Tech Tools to Inspire More Reading
http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_1626690528_72630_28
Bookster - Cost: Free
Designed by educators, and loved by children, this program empowers kids and makes reading time
the most entertaining part of the day. Children can listen to books read by other kids and record their
own versions of the story. Read-along mode highlights tappable words as they are read to help
strengthen vocabulary too. User-friendly program makes for a worthy addition to any classroom.
Learn more at Imaginelearning.com
Whooo’s Reading - Cost: Free
New online program has been wildly successful with children and teachers. Set up an account,
teachers create their class and invite students to do the same. From here children can log their
reading, earning wisdom points for both books and minutes read—children can purchase accessories
for their owlvatar with the wisdom points earned. The kids can also comment on and like books their
peers have read via the in-platform newsfeed. Teachers can assign pre-written Common Core aligned
questions for students to answer after finishing a book to increase reading comprehension.
Learn more at Learn2Earn.org
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English/Language Arts
Flashcard Monkey - A fun way to learn
vocabulary with cartoon based flashcards.
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21st Century Book Reports with iMovie Trailers
http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_1630903191_72740_23
iMovie.
Create a professional looking video in literally minutes. Whether you
are using the Mac version (desktop/laptop) or the iPad App.
Students can use iMovie Trailers to show their learning.
Book Trailers
Commercials
Promotional
Digital Storytelling
Project Based Learning
Science Projects
Famous People
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The iMovie app is simple to use
If you are also using Google
Apps for Education, the Openin Feature within Google Drive
allows you to share photos and
video footage between ipads or
computers to promote
collaboration.
Start by uploading the data to
Google Drive
O the iPad select the footage,
then the open-in feature by
selecting iMovie, or another
compatible app.
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Watch this short video that explains the Book
Trailer process from a student's perspective.
http://www.techlearning.com/default.aspx?tabid=100&entryid=8604
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I worked with 1st & 4th graders to create a Book Trailer on their favorite
books. Check out some of their projects below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnk7yStm-gM#t=44
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Sample Project-4 Grade
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View more projects on Ms.
Bergin's classroom blog here
For a full lesson plan on how to
incorporate book trailers into your
classroom, check out my APP Flow on
Graphite Common Sense Media website.
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
• English/LA
•
Reading
• Communication
• Written
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Collaboration Skills
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Writing
WordWriter - New learning tool from the award-winning
collaborative writing site, BoomWriter. Using BoomWriter's
innovative collaborative process, students can develop their
reading/writing skills as well as their vocabulary.
Booktrack Classroom - A excellent site/app for adding a soundtrack
to students' writing. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned
lesson plans.
Citelighter - An online Writing platform for K-12 that helps students
organize and research for papers and homework. Also, educators
can monitor, add assignments, and grade students.
Penzu Classroom - A wonderful safe site where educators and
students can create an online journal and track/grade assignments
and more.
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blogging in the classroom
Three Tips for Classroom Blogging Projects
by William Ferriter
http://blog.williamferriter.com/2014/08/27/three-tips-for-classroom-blogging-projects/
Based on almost ten years of trying to
make blogging a part of the work that my
students do in the classroom — might be
useful to you:
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Tip One:
Create ONE Cause-Driven Classroom Blog
That’s why I recommend that
teachers always START classroom
blogging projects with ONE classroom
blog that EVERY student can make
contributions to.
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Tip Two:
Create blogs that are focused on a specific
theme or topic rather than general blogs that
contain content across several domains and/or
interest areas
For an example of this kind of blogging project,
check out the Sugar Kills blog — a site that is
designed to raise awareness about the amount
of added sugar in the foods that today’s tweens
and teens eat.
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Tip Three:
Get Your Students READING Blogs
Doing so gives students samples of the kinds of
writing that blogs make possible.
They can spot topics for new posts and post
styles that they might never have considered.
Encourage your students to become active in
the comment sections of the blogs that they are
reading
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Tip Three:
Recruit Commenters to Push Against Student Thinking
Every comment left for a blogger is proof
positive that they DO have an audience and
that they ARE being heard.
Every comment is an opportunity for student
bloggers to have their thinking challenged.
— and the tension that results whenever
thinking is challenged ALWAYS leads to new
learning as students are forced to refine and
polish their positions on topics that they care
about.
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Need an example of this intellectual revision
Look at the public challenge in action.
Then check out this comment, left
on a post that my students wrote about the
amount of sugar that teens and tweens
can eat on a daily basis. Then,
check out the action that the comment
provoked in my student writers.
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English Language Arts (K-12)
http://www.state.nj.us/education/modelcurriculum/ela/5.shtml
Grade 5, the following standards are repeated in each unit
Reading: Literature
Reading: Informational Text
Reading: Foundational Skills
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
– Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases based on grade 5 reading and
content, choosing flexibily from a range of strategies.
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Project- Creative writing
Three Minute Tales
Tell a three-five minute story,
most of us stumble.
Writing a 500-word story-as a
project, which is to get
something going rapidly.“
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?sto
ryId=105685925
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Round 6 Stories
Send us original works of fiction
One of the characters tells a joke
One of the characters cries
Our Round 6 winner was "A Saint And A Criminal" by
Lauri Anderson.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/03/133542373/a-saint-and-a-criminal
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Storybird
Two Nice Tools Students Can Use to
Create Picture Books
Storybird provides templates and artwork for
creating digital stories. To use Storybird you
simply select a theme (layout) then drag and
drop the drawings you like into your story.
Once you've selected drawings for your story,
you then write in the text of your story. Using
Storybird, anyone can create great-looking
digital picture book stories regardless of your
drawing skills or lack there-of.
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Creative Writing
Storybird
http://storybird.com/
Build your own stories (with images) and share them with others
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Where could you use it?
http://zooburst.com/zb_gallery.php
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone
easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.
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Web Tools to Create e-Books for you
r Classroom
Blurb
Tikatok
Storyjumper
Bookr
Blog Booker
You turn to explore
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FanFiction | Unleash your imagination
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10300487/1/The-Frozen-and-Pierced-Heart
The Frozen and Pierced Heart
By: against a sea of troubles Starts approx. 18 months
before the King and Queens fateful journey. Rebellion is
threatened over the closed gates. Elsa is given a
personal guard. What will happen if he find out her
secret? Relationships and love are forged. Battles are
fought. Revenge comes. A new curse is discovered.
Comfort is sought. Death strikes. Who will survive?
Pairings revealed as the story goes on.
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https://www.fanfiction.net/
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Just FOUND !!!!! ….
Page99TEST
Read page 99 of a
new book and,
according to Ford
Madox Ford, you'll
know whether you
want to read the
whole thing. A new
website plans to let
us all try this out.
Would you turn the page?
www.page99test.com
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This I Believe Essays New
and Old- Thirty Things I Believe
…by 6 year old - Tarak McLain
I believe life is good.
I believe God is in everything.
I believe we're all equal.
I believe we can help people.
I believe everyone is weird in their
own way.
I believe hate is a cause for love.
I believe we should be generous.
I believe I should not whine.
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This I Believe
international project engaging people
in writing, sharing,
the core values that guide their daily
lives
short statements of belief
http://thisibelieve.org/
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Sample essay assignments:
“One of the most rewarding assignments given in many years of
Thirty
Things .I Believe
by kindergartner Tarak McLain
teaching.”
The Beatles Live On
by sixth grader Macklin Levine
A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country middle school student Ying Ying Yu
Inner Strength from Desperate Times by high school student Jake Hovenden
Finding the Flexibility to Survive high school student Brighton Earley
America's Beauty Is in its Diversity high school student Alaa El-Saad
Accomplishing Big Things in Small Pieces college freshman William Wissemann
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Educational Curricula
These curricula are available for a small donation to This I
Believe, along with several other documents that have been
prepared for houses of worship and community groups.
Download the Middle School Curriculum (PDF)
Download the High School Curriculum (PDF)
Download the College Curriculum (PDF)
Download the Lifelong Learners Curriculum (PDF)
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The Best Part of Me
Students will identify a positive physical feature of
themselves.
Students will work in pairs to take part in an online writer's
workshop.
Students will create a descriptive poem about their favorite
feature.
Students will create a digital photo of the physical feature.
Students will create a Photo Story Frame about their favorite
feature.
Students will record the audio of their poem for Photo Story
about their favorite feature.
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
• English/LA
•
Reading
• Communication
• Written
• Presentation
•
Collaboration Skills
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Top 5 Presentation Tools for Teachers an
d Learners
http://ictevangelist.com/top-5-presentation-tools-teachers-learners/
1 – Haiku Deck - This is available as an app and now as a web tool. It creates beautiful clean and word
minimal presentations. Brilliant as it uses creative commons images, and also as students can’t just read off
slides.
2 – PowToon - This is a lovely little animation style presentation tool, which really helps to engage learners
in creating a whole presentation, not just about creating words on a slide. It also allows a lot of creativity in how
the presentation will look, so children can really take ownership of their work
3 – Slid.es - In many ways this is similar to PowerPoint, but has a very polished professional look. The
templates are easy to use, and even younger learners will be able to achieve a high level of work. Good for
building confidence, and developing literacy skills.
4 – Presentation in G drive. The key to the power of this tool is in its ability to allow children to
collaborate. You can allot one slide per child and have them working on their own topic, but allow them to peer
assess each others work with FiSH (Friendly, Specific and helpful) comments. This is true collaborative working
facilitated by a digital tool.
5 – VideoScribe - This tool is an app, which can be a bit tricky to get the hang out, but provides as unique
feel to a presentation, which allows allows you to choose background music, and for learners to do a voice over. I
have done some work on AppSmashing (using more than one app to produce creative results) and this is a great
one for that as you can import the product from the camera roll into iMovie to produce a more polished result
along with other assets you might want to include.
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Create, Edit and Share Your
Presentations Online
Introducing Zoho Show 2.0: Make powerful presentations.. Zoho
Show's pre-built themes, clipart and shapes coupled with features like
drag-and-drop makes it an easy application to use.
How is Zoho Show different from a desktop presentation maker?
Access from anywhere, anytime-Access, import, edit and share
presentations
Sharing and Collaboration-shared presentations can be viewed/edited
with just a browser.
Present from Remote- Give a presentation to a client who is half a globe
away. Do your demos while at your seat.
Embedding
Make your presentations public. Embed them in your blog or website for
easy viewing of your readers.
ZOHO- SHOW
http://show.zoho.com/
Glogster
An "interactive poster," is, in effect, a
personal Web page complete with
embedded media links, sound, and video
capabilities. Students can work with
Glogster individually or as a group to
create presentations, share information,
and interact with their peers. Make sure
you sign up for the "EDU" version, which
prevents other users from viewing classspecific "Glogs."
Glogster Great way to share posters
and images you’ve made with friends
http://edu.glogster.com/login/
http://ed.ted.com/
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Build a lesson around any TED-Ed Original, TED Talk or YouTube video
Create a Lesson
1 Find a Video 2. Select a Video 3 Adding your own questions, notes and
resources.
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11 Fantastic TED Ed Talks for Your Students
http://ed.ted.com/
1- How sugar affects the brain - Nicole
Avena View full lesson here
2- Sex determination: More
complicated than you thought - Aaron
View full lesson here
3- How do we smell? - Rose Eveleth
View full lesson here
4- The mystery of motion sickness Rose Eveleth
View full lesson here
5- How tsunamis work - Alex Gendler
View full lesson here
6- Questions no one knows the
answers to - Chris Anderson
View full lesson here.
7- How big is the ocean? - Scott
Gass View full lesson here
8- How art can help you analyze Amy E. Herman
View full lesson here
9- Why is glass transparent? - Mark
Miodownik
View full lesson here
10- How did English evolve? - Kate
Gardoqui
View full lesson here
11-The power of simple words Terin Izil
View full lesson here
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Class Tech Tips: 16 Presentation Tools for Edu
cators on iPads
http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_1594041398_71491_24
Pic Collage
SnapGuide
SlideShare
Nearpod
Doceri
Toontastic
Shadow Puppet
Educreations
Glogster
Thinglink
ShowMe
Popplet
Zaption
Haiku Deck
ScreenChomp
Tellagmi
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10 Sites To Make Free Photo Slideshow
Online With Music
FREE Websites to create photo slideshow online with
background music.
Kizoa
TripAdvisor Trip Wow
PhotoSnack
Animoto
PhotoPeach
PicoVico
Slide.ly
123-slideshow
Roxio Photo Show
FlixTime ???
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Kizoa
Kizoa-free slideshow and collage maker.
Store and edit your photos in Kizoa.
Extra features that allow you to add
transitions, effects, text, music, animations
Convert your photo slideshow into video to
share it on Youtube. Simply the most
powerful slideshow creator on the Internet.
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PhotoSnack
Free photo slideshow maker -easy to use.
Choose to upload photos from 6 different sources:
your computer, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa,
Photobucket, SmugMug or Instagram.
Customize your slideshow by choosing 1 of the 9 free
templates.
Add background music into the slideshow. Upload
your own audio file or pick 1 out of the 20 sound
tracks available for free.
Publish your slideshow and it will be available online
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PhotoPeach
3 quick steps are required to make a slideshow instantly
Upload & arrange your images
hoose title & music
Share your show or embed it in your blog/website.
Similar to PhotoSnack
Doesn’t have many advanced features
Ideal for users who wish to create simple slideshows
without some fancy effects or transitions.
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The Digital Vaults
“http://www.digitalvaults.org/
Vast resources of the National Archives, Allows
you to use those resources to create your own
movies, posters
“Pathway Challenges”
Challenge others to find connections between a
series of images, documents, and other
resources you put together.
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“The Digital Vaults.”
Explore:Share10
andBillion
Compare
http://www.digitalvaults.org/
Records
National Archives Experience
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LiveSlide
Allows teachers to create or download
presentations and share with the entire class
Via ANY device, be it desktop, laptop,
tablet…even a smartphone.
Allowing the teacher or any student to
annotate directly onto any slide while the rest
of the class follows along on each of their
own personal devices
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LiveSlide
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MIDDLE SCHOOL
Multidimensional Book Reviews
According to Jill Barnes, her middleschool students have three desires:
to have choices, for learning to
be authentic, and to be
connected to a global audience.
“I let them use tools like
Animoto, Kidblog, and Padlet
to create what they want to
share with the world,”
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Welch’s Favorite Field Trips
Roots of Democracy—Greek-inspired Architecture and Columns in
Roswell, GA Virtual Tour
■ https://sites.google.com/site/welchsclass/sem/semvirtualtour-greece
Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branch Virtual Tours
■ http://www.congressforkids.net/ Judicialbranch_supremecourt.htm
■ http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/overview.htm
■ http://www.congressforkids.net/Legislativebranch_house.htm
Paul Revere’s House
■ http://www.paulreverehouse.org/
WWI Interactive Poems
■ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/activities.shtml
Virtual Cell
■ http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm
How Are Fossils Formed Scavenger Hunt
■
http://welchsclassscience.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-are-fossils-formed.htm
l
Virtual Pond
■
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.u
k/ponddip/index.html
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“I let them use tools like Animoto, Kidblog,
and Padlet to create what they want to
share with the world,”
Kidblog
Kidblog | Safe and simple blogs for your students.
Kidblog is designed for K-12 teachers who want to
provide each student with an individual blog. Students
publish posts and participate in academic discussions
Kidblog is built by teachers, for teachers, so students
can get the most out of the writing process. Our mission
is to empower teachers to embrace the benefits of the
coming digital revolution in education. ...
http://kidblog.org/home/
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Animoto
Make beautiful videos from images in a snap
http://animoto.com/
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Check out the education version:
http://animoto.com/business/education
Introduce yourself
Start or finish a new unit
Book trailer
PSA
Research report
Scavenger hunt
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Relive and share those warm weather memories with
our newest video style, Life’s A Beach!
http://animoto.com/blog/news/product-updates/lifes-a-beach-style/
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Animoto http://animoto.com/
Automated presentation generator
Focuses on using images to communicate
a message
Great for class collaboration
Easier than using PowerPoint
Check out the education version:
http://animoto.com/business/education
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“I let them use tools like Animoto, Kidblog,
and Padlet to create what they want to
share with the world,”
Padlet
http://padlet.com/
Padlet
is the easiest way to create and collabo
rate in the world
Features · Gallery · Support · Sign up Log
in · Features · Gallery · Support.
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http://padlet.com/l_smith/vjuctipuqp
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http://padlet.com/coffeebite/1rbmyjr47x
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•
•
•
English/LA
Reading
Communication
• Written
• Presentation
• Collaboration Skills
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What can students learn when
they
are working collaboratively?
Leadership
Communication
Learn about cultures
Time management
Working together
Use web tools
Views of culture, economics, ecology, geography, literature, art,
and/or social awareness
Solve a problem with another student who has a completely
different background and experiences
Utilize their critical thinking skills
Provides competitive edge in regards to understanding global
issues
Become global citizens
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Where Do I go to find Global
Partners? www.cilc.org
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Give Kids A Global Voice:
Globalize the Curriculum
http://www.epals.com/
Using Web 2.0
Tools
Social Networking
for Global
Collaborative
Learning
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http://www.epals.com/#!/global-community
/
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Connecting
classrooms in 200
countries
20 million students
& teachers
www.epals.com/Join
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E-Pals
Project Search
Select a Country
Select a classroom from the list of profiles
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The Way We Are
En Español
http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=TheWayWeAre_overview
What makes me who I am?
Collaborative learning experience
Learn about the daily lives
Cultures
Climates and geography
Live in other regions of the world.
http://www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/
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http://c
hallenge
s.epals.
com/
Think It: Have a great idea for an invention
Explore It: Investigate inventions and ideas of the past
Sketch It: Draw pictures and diagrams to figure out how your
invention might work
Sell It: Market your invention to people who might buy it
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Eligibility- 5-18 years old, Learn more
Guidelines
Complete four of the Spark Lab Steps of Invention Learn more
Standards
Learning by inventing is wildly FUN! Teachers, check out
all the standards this challenge meets. -Learn more
Guidelines
Each Challenge entry must identify a real-world problem
and demonstrate at least the following four Spark!Lab
Key Steps of the Invention Process:
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Helpful links:
Taking it Global for educators
Taking it Global
Global Education Ning group
Teachers without Borders
iEARN (International Education and Resource Network)
ePals
Instructional Technology Community Site
Speed of Creativity
Wikis
Blogs
Bridgit
Distance Learning
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Projects - Collaborations
The Way We Are
Weather
Digital Storytelling
Holidays and Festivals
Around the World
Global Warming
Habitats
Natural Disasters
Water
Maps
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Standards
National Geography Standards
Places and Regions
Standard 6 : How culture and experience influence people's
perception of places and regions.
Human Systems
Standard 10 : The characteristics, distributions, and
complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
Standard 12 : The process, patterns, and functions of human
settlement.
National Education Technology Standards (NETS)
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Culminating Activity
Students will create final digital
presentations about themselves and their
ePals reflecting an increased
understanding of the differences and
commonalities between their cultures,
their environments and their lives.
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Collaboration across the Digital Divide:
Hello From Sao Paolo, Brazil
New York Students and their
ePals in Botswana
Louisiana and United Kingdom
Students from the Guangxi School, China
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The World Outside: 7 Ways to Use
Multimedia and AV Tools to Enhance Creativity
http://inspiredclassrooms.wikispaces.com/
Heather Welch
Mountain Park Elementary in
Roswell, Georgia
Turn classrooms into portals for
global learning
Virtual tours are part of the IC model
Students visited Paul Revere’s house
Answered guiding questions as they went through the Web site.
Students discussed their experience on Edmodo.
Students even logged onto Edmodo at home to continue chatting and posting
examples of things they found related to Paul Revere.
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Global Education Project
http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/
Over 100,000 people used our website last year.
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
• Creativity-Innovation
•
•
Collaboration Skills
• Mind Mapping
Communication• Written
• Presentation
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quirky.com - Amazing product idea?
Do you have an idea?
It doesn't matter if it's a napkin
sketch, a sentence, or a fully baked
product.
Holy ideas! We've got so many.
Which are the best? You be the
judge.
Vote for the ideas you like, or
submit your own and show us
who's boss.
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quirky.com - Amazing product idea
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What is Creativity?
Creativity at Work
Creativity is the act of turning new and
imaginative ideas into reality.
Knowledge is the driving force that
puts creative passion to work.
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Creativity-Innovation
Edventure Builder - An innovative new site
that is perfect for sparking student
creativity by providing an online platform
to create: scavenger hunts, interactive
stories, or "choose-your-own-adventures".
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What if Abraham
Lincoln Had a Facebook Page?
Learning Connections:
Abraham Lincoln and Facebook Templates for Learning
What if Abraham Lincoln Had a Facebook Page
? - ISTE Learning ...
Jane Bozarth and Cammy Bean posted a terrific parody
of what Abraham Lincoln’s Facebook page might look
like. While Lincoln’s Facebook template is well-done and
humorous, it also serves as a history refresher by
including popular, and lesser-known facts, about Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln and Facebook
Templates for Learning
http://multimedialearning.com/abraham-lincoln-and-facebook-for-learning/
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As an autobiographical challenge, the
six-word limitation forces us to
pinpoint who we are and what
matters most — at least in the
moment.
The constraint fuels rather than limits
our creativity.
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Charlotte 'Charley' Berkenbile, 8,
is in third grade at Florence Elementary
School in Keller, Texas.
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Sonia Rose Menken, 10, attends Charles
H. Bullock School in Montclair, N.J., where she is in
fifth grade.
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Shawn Budlong, 13, is in seventh grade at the
Thurgood Marshall School in Rockford, Ill.
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6 words examples
Woke up old surprised now what
We met. We loved. He left.
I still believe in Santa Claus.
Still don't know what I'm doing.
Successful outside, empty inside. Why bother?
I should have never said goodbye
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6 words examples
I made people forget time.
"Keep on going, it gets better."
I had nothing better to do.
Long days, short nights: working Mom.
Embrace the day...smile at someone
Saying goodbye is hard to do.
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Creativity Tools – Try it and PLAY
Cube Creators
Story Map
Trading Card Creator
Fakebook - ClassTools.net
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Read Write Think
Cube Creators
Provide templates
designed to break the
writing process into
six distinct parts.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/
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Story Map
Free interactive
story planning
tool
From Read Write Think.
Story Maps provides
four templates for
outlining stories.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/story-30008.html
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Trading Card Creator
Create an
Abraham
Lincoln
trading card
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.
html
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Fakebook - ClassTools.net
http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page
Use "Fakebook" to chart the plot of a book,
the development of a character, a series of
historical events, the debates and
relationships between people, and so ...
Example Fakebook
pages and ideas for use in
the classroom | Web ...
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
• Digital Tools-Media
• Draw-Sketch-Paint
•
•
•
Storytelling
Slide Shows
Technology Operations/Concepts
– Multimedia
– Literacy - Media - Visual
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"I describe my self you Draw me"
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D/D and Draw a Story Objectives
SKILL
Self-awareness;
Cooperative work.
Working and negotiating in
cooperative groups
Learning some habits and
customs of other people
Language: (English)
Practicing grammar and syntax in
a real situation
Increasing vocabulary
Developing strategies for
overcoming language barriers
Engaging in languages other than
the native tongue
Art:
Drawing the portrait following the
given description
Creating the portrait to add to
webpages
Drawing with a graphic software
Communicate with other kids by
means of the artworks
Technology:
Practicing the use of a word
processor
Using a scanner to import their
drawing in the computer
Accessing and utilizing online tools
Locating a web site
Making a personal KidPagef
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"I describe my self you Draw me"
Hello!!
I'm Francesca and I'm 10 years old.
I'm a girl and I live in Magnacavallo (Italy).
This is me.
My face is oval and thin, with regular features and freckles. My
complexion is pale.The expression of my face is serene.
My mouth is small, red and with regular teeth.
My nose is little and pointed.
My eyes are brown with thin and spaced eyesbrows.
My eyeslasches are long. My ears are regular.
My hair is very long, smooth and brown. I've got a fringe. I
usually have got a pony tail but my hair is sometimes loose on
the left parting.
I'm tall and of average build.
I usually have earrings and necklace.
I like playng piano and dancing. At school my favourite subject is
Music. I like animals especially rabbits and pandas. I love music.
Bye,bye!!! :)
FrancescaB
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Draw-Sketch-Paint 15 Free Awesome Drawing and Painting Tools for
Teachers and Students
By Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
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Draw-Sketch-Paint 15 Free Awesome Drawing and Painting Tools for Teachers
and Students
Pencil
Pencil is an animation/ drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It
lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation ( cartoon ) using both bitmap
and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source. it requires download.
Psyko Paint
Psykopaint is a website where users learn and enjoy painting using a wide
variety of tools such as brushes, pencils, and many more. It is so much fun to
use.
Chogger
Chogger is simple platform where you can use different tools to create
awesome drawings. It is free and web based.
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Draw-Sketch-Paint 15 Free Awesome Drawing and Painting Tools for Teachers
and Students
DoInk
DoInk is a simple and friendly vector editor that lets users create
flash-style animations.
FlockDraw
FlockDraw is a free to use online whiteboard based painting and
drawing tool. It makes it easy to draw online free with multiple
people .
Drawing Game Maker
This is a free drawing program for children with many nice options. It
lets users draw with many different pens, and put stamps on their
drawings. It is available for download for free.
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and Students
Tux Paint
This is a free drawing program for children ages 3 to 12. It has a user
friendly interface, and fun sound effects. It is available for download for
Windows XP, 2000, Vista 7.
Quickmaps
Quickmaps allows users to draw a quick map. It is very easy to use but it
requires a sign up which is completely free.
Sketchpad
Sketchpad is a cool platform that you can use to make awesome
drawings using text and a wide range of colours and patterns.
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9 Creative Storytelling Tools That Will Make
You Wish You Were A Student Again
By Kim Fortso
http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/10/22/9-storytelling-ipad-apps-and-web-tools
.aspx
1. Popplet
2. My StoryMaker
3. StoryLines for Schools
4. ZooBurst
5. Sock Puppets
6. Meograph
7. XtraNormal
8. MentorMob
9. Storybird
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2. My StoryMaker
Colorful characters (think pirates and little blue men),
whimsical props and scenery and an endless number of ways
to put them together . “My StoryMaker lets you scaffold what
you’re doing with the app,” Bellow said. “For instance, if you
have two characters--a witch and a genie holding an apple-you can click on the genie and say ‘give,’ and the app will
write, ‘The genie gives the apple to the witch,’” Bellow
explained. “But what I love most about it is that you can
actually alter the story in any way you want. You can
incorporate vocabulary words and all sorts of material.” Full
disclosure: it’s kind of fun for adults, too.
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5. Sock Puppets
An homage to those endearing creatures
from the pre-iPad era, this mobile app lets
students record their own dialogue to be
acted out by--sock puppets. Drag-anddrop scenery and a voice modifier that
adapts a speaker’s tone of voice to a
character make it a great tool for younger
kids learning the foundation of story,
Bellow said.
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6. Meograph
Criswell commends Meograph’s method of
“four-dimensional storytelling” by adding
time and place to stories. “I think the multimodal digital timeline that is connected
visually with geography is very powerful,”
she said. Users construct geographic
“Meographs” by embedding content,
hyperlinks, pictures, and videos onto mapbased timelines.
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8. MentorMob
Think of this as “an eBook with the steps
being the chapters,” said Kristin Demidovich,
MentorMob’s communications director. Allows
teachers to aggregate content in sequential
steps by organizing lessons and
supplemental learning materials into “learning
playlists,” compilations of videos, articles, and
uploaded files such as PDFs or images that
are “easy to learn from and share,”
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Create Online Sketches http://
www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_1570092081_70420_22
SKetch Toy
•Without signing up, you can start drawing on a blank page.
•Choose different colors to draw on the page.
•Provides a link that you can share with others. The link shows the actual
drawing of your sketch on the canvas.
•Students can draw their live cards for birthdays, mother’s or father’s days,
etc…
•Send students a greeting card for special days or different occasions.
•Students can also create their own mini animations using this tool and
share them with others.
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Digital Tools
• Media
•
•
•
•
•
Draw-Sketch-Paint
Storytelling
Slide Shows
Multimedia
Literacy - Media - Visual
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Educational Video Sites
Academic Earth
Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.
academicearth.org
Big Think
Video interviews with 600+ thought leaders in a range of fields.
bigthink.com
Brightstorm
Short-form online video lessons by professional educators. Free math lessons.
brightstorm.com
CosmoLearning
Aggregator of free, online video lessons and documentaries.
cosmolearning.com
Coursera
Lectures taught by world-class professors and reinforced through interactive exercises.
coursera.org
EdX
Courses designed specifically for interactive study via the web.
edx.org
Futures Channel
High quality multimedia content ideal for use in the classroom.
thefutureschannel.com
Howcast
Professional and user-generated how-to videos.
www.howcast.com
Internet Archive
Collection of more than two-hundred thousand free historical videos, many academic.
archive.org
YouTube- EducationWatch, upload and share videos
http://www.youtube.com/education
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YouTube- EducationHistory
Chemistry
Primary & Secondary Education »
Lifelong Learning »
Science »
Mathematics »
Engineering »
Business »
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Media
• Draw-Sketch-Paint
• Storytelling
• Slide Shows
• Multimedia
• Literacy - Media - Visual
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Storytelling in 20
photos...
http://belladebilsjourney.blogspot.com/2011/04/storytelling-in-30-pho
tos-part-1.html
Leila's Blog - Emerald City Girl
My Journey
http://belladebilsjourney.blogspot.com/2011/04/storytelling-in-30-photos-part-1.html
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1. Someone I spend alot of time with
2. A picture of myself
3. A picture of someone in my family
4. A picture of something that makes me happy
5. An old picture of myself
6. A picture of a sibling
7. Class photo
8. A random photo of you and your significant other
9. A picture I havent posted online before
10. A relative of mine
11. Someone I tell everything to
12. A picture from my everyday life
13. A picture from a place I love
14. A picture that reminds me of old times
15. A picture from a great night
16. An unusual picture
17. A picture of my spare time
18. A picture of people who are closest to me
19. A picture of someone who is always there
20. A picture of a time in life I miss
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http://www.kizoa.com/
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Creat a FREE Account
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http://www.kizoa.com/
Slideshow
and Video Maker, Collage Creator and Photo
... all in one place.
Easy-to-use and completely
Online
Free to join!
Get Started! Be creative: create slideshows,
videos, and collages, edit photos
Slideshow and Video Maker - Collage Maker Photo Editor - Premium
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Click and DRAG each photo down
to the TIMELINE
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Poetry in Song
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/poetry-song
Overview
Students will recognize the poetry in song
lyrics and understand some of the tools
or poetry elements a lyricist uses.
By Emy Lopez - Grades: 6–8
Unit Plan: Teaching Slam Poetry
A Whole New World
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A Whole New World
I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never
knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
that now I'm in a whole new
world with you
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A Whole New World
1. I can show you the world
2. Shining, shimmering, splendid
3. Tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide?
4. I can open your eyes
5. Take you wonder by wonder
6. Over, sideways and under
7. On a magic carpet ride
8. A whole new world
9. A new fantastic point of view
10. No one to tell us no
11. Or where to go
12. Or say we're only dreaming
13. A whole new world
14. A dazzling place I never knew
15. But when I'm way up here
16. It's crystal clear
17. that now I'm in a whole new world with you
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Poetry in Song -Project steps
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Search the Web for the lyrics of the song
Select 5-20 lines of the song that tell a story or theme
Identify KEY words in the song
Use GOOGLE or Image search
Locate KEY IMAGES that go with the WORDS
Save the KEY Images to your desktop as JPEG
SAVE name of file with the KEY WORD
Storyboard your ideas with 3x5 cards and put in order
Select the Photo Story APP you want to use
Upload the Images
Arrange Images in the correct order
12. Upload the song
Set sequence-motion and timing to match lyrics
Test-Reflect-SHARE
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Media
•Photos for Class - The easiest way to find safe Creative
Common licensed photos for the classroom that are cited
appropriately.
•ThingLink - Wonderful site/app for students to tag images
with multimedia content such as: text, audio, or video files.
•EverySlide - A great way to take a presentation and make it
interactive by sharing a unique access code.
• Ginkgotree - An innovative way to take any kind of print
media (textbook, website, etc) and digitize it to make it their
own.
•Comment Bubble - Neat little site where a user uploads a
video and then selects what type of feedback others can give
(i.e. text, audio, video).
•TwistedWave - A nice online audio editor that integrates with
Google Drive and SoundCloud.
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
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Creativity-Innovation
• Collaboration Skills
• Mind Mapping
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4 Powerful Apps for Creating Mind Maps o
n Chromebooks
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/12/4-powerful-apps-for-creating-mind-maps.html
Lucid Chart
MindMeister
Mindomo
MindMup
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Lucid Chart
Lucidchart is an HTML5based visual collaboration
tool that makes drawing
diagrams fast and easy.
Work together with an
unlimited number of others
to create and edit
diagrams in real time, with
changes merged and
synced instantaneously -great for team
collaboration.
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MindMeister
Deeply integrated into Google Drive,
allowing users to open and edit many mind
map formats.
• Create, share and collaboratively edit
mind maps
•Import from Text, MindManager and
Freemind
•Export to Word, PowerPoint, PDF, image,
MindManager and Freemind
•Add icons, images, notes, links and
attachments
•Integrated live chat
•Publish and embed maps
•Task management and notifications
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Mindomo
Visually outline complex
concepts, tasks, ideas, and
other related information in a
structured form.
Real-time collaboration
Embedded video and audio
files
Presentation Mode
Multiple layouts (mind map,
concept map, org chart, tree
org chart)
Import/Export formats
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MindMup
• Free - with realtime
collaboration and cloud
storage: Keep it in the
cloud with Google Drive,
Dropbox, GitHub
• Access your maps with a
browser or a mobile
device
• Application works nicely
with both desktop, tablet
and mobile browsers
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Brainstorming-Mind Mapping
ProcessOn - A great site for brainstorming
or mind mapping in real-time.
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White Boards
Modern Chalkboard - A wonderful free site
for finding free interactive SMART board
lessons for your digital whiteboard.
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English/LA
Math/Science
Social Studies
• STEM
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Information Literacy
Google
Global citizens
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5 STEM Tools You Can Use For Any Subject
By Manorama Talaiver, Paula Klonowski Leach and Stephanie Playton
Squishy Circuits (right) is
a wonderful tool to teach
very young students
about basic concepts in
electricity using
conductive dough.
Students can easily
manipulate the materials
and get the circuit to
work.
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MaKey MaKey
MaKey MaKey is a tool for slightly older children. With
MaKey MaKey, students can make any conductive
material act as the input device for a computer.
Because it comes preprogrammed, students with no
coding experience can use it. But MaKey MaKey also
allows those who want to try coding to experiment.
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LilyPad
LilyPad Arduino (right), a sewable microcontroller,
also reinforces concepts about electricity but is
geared more toward older children, as the manual
dexterity for sewing the components may be a bit
challenging for young students. The LilyPad is also
a wonderful introduction to some basic coding
using the Arduino platform.
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Finch Robot
Finch Robot (left) is appropriate if your
intent is to teach basic coding very
quickly. This robot is ready out of the
box and can support more than a dozen
programming languages and
environments.
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Hummingbird Robotics Kit
Hummingbird Robotics Kit (right) also allows
students to develop basic programming but is
different from Finch in that it offers users great
flexibility and creativity in designing their
robots.
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27 Digital Classroom Tools
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Social Studies
STEM
Information Literacy
Google
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Discovery Education 25
Classroom Resources
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/
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Math/Science
Glean - A excellent site for finding educational videos/lesson on
math and science.
Prodigy - A fantastic free online Math game aligned to Common
Core Standards grades 1-6th. Best of all this game differentiates
instruction and educators can track students' progress as well as
generate detailed reports.
Hooda Math - A great site with over 50 Math games for grades K12th.
FlashDecks - A cool and easy to use site for finding and creating
digital flashcards.
Matific - A nice all-in-one site for Math for finding a wide variety of
worksheets, videos, activities, and more.
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English/LA
Math/Science
• Social Studies
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STEM
Information Literacy
Google
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Ten Engaging Digital Education Sites For Any
Social Studies Classroom
By Michael Gorman
http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_1586105115_71125_14
National Council for Social Studies –
Edsitement –
New York Times Learning Network –
SAS Curriculum Pathways –
Teachers Pay Teachers
Go Social Studies Go
Annenberg Learner
OER Commons
Social Studies and History Teachers’ Blog
Mr D’s Neighborhood
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English/LA
Math/Science
Social Studies
STEM
PBL
Information Literacy
• Google
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Helping your students to
become better searchers
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/index.html
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Google Art Project
http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-project
Explore 17 museums from around the
world,
Discover and view hundreds of artworks
at incredible zoom levels
Create and share their own collection of
masterpieces.
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Google Art Project
http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-project
Resource for Art related activities –
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Google Maps Links in Education
Teachers Teaching Teachers: Sharing Stories with Mapping –
Use Google Maps Mashups in K-12 Education
How Digital Mapping Tools Can Change Our Perspective on Learnin
g
Educator website uses Google Maps to connect students with pen p
als
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Weather and Earth , History Maps , Travel and Tourism ,
Google Maps Viewing Tools
Google Earth :
Back to School - Educational Uses with Google Earth
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Map the 7 Wonders of the World
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Simulate a flood to show damage effects
http://flood.firetree.net/
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40 Interesting
Ways* to use
Google Maps
in the
Classroom
http://digitalexplorer.com/2010/01/12/40-ideas-on-using-google-earth-and-maps-in-the-cl
assroom
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Virtual Push Pin example
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/03/lewis-clark-trail-on-google-maps.html
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http://scribblemaps.com/
19. Scribble Maps is a
fun and useful
application for drawing
and typing on Google
Maps.
Using Scribble Maps
anyone can draw and
type on a map.
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Google
Pear Deck - A cool educational tool that
interacts with Google Chrome/Drive to
create interactive quizzes, slideshows,
and presentations.
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Google A-Z
Google offers a lot of free products
and services for a wide variety of
purposes.
Have you ever wondered just how
many there are?
Where you can find them all?
Peter Beens has compiled a list of
them all.
The list can be found in
this public Google Document .
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TQupkuKAo7HQT-Sc8w
MOcqVvXtc9j4QGWA2BrfBWpbI/edit?hl=en_US
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English/LA
Math/Science
Social Studies
STEM
PBL
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Google
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I don’t know what I
don’t know….
Rubrics for Validation of Web Sources
About 14,800,000 results
Search Results
Validating rubric.pdf - Educational Origami
Validating Resources Why Validate
Rubrics/criteria for evaluating online
learning resource ... - DLConnect
Evaluating Websites - Lrs Ed Uiuc
Use of Rubrics in Online Assessment
Evaluating Internet Resources - eduScapes
Teaching Students How to Evaluate Internet Resources
Rubrics for Assessments of Online
Activities | Wired@Heart
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http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2041
365_2041364_2041373,00.html
The Republic of Cascadia
http://zapatopi.net/cascadia/
Breaking NEWS on CNN: GenoChoice
Create your own genetically healthy child online .
Thank you for considering GenoChoice to plan the future wellbeing of you and your family. My name is Dr. Elizabeth
Preatner, a prenatal geneticist and embryologist here at GenoChoice.
Using our state-of-the-art technologies, you can quite possibly ensure
that your child's life may be free of such diseases as cancer,
Alzheimer's, and heart disease -- as well as conditions like obesity,
aggression, and dyslexia.
Our probes and DNA amplifiers can identify these negative
genes and eliminate them in your child... all at the preembryonic stage!
And you can even specifically choose genes that may
determine favorable characteristics in your child . With
the special help of GenoChoice©, you can truly offer your progeny
"the best of nature... before you nurture!"
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Apply your “Rubric” to validate the following Web Sites
Genochoice
Prenatal genetics to eliminate various genetic traits in unborn children.
http://www.genochoice.com/selection.shtml
RYT Hospital-Dwayne Medical Center which gives it added credibility.
Type: Scientific Furnetics
The world's only provider of customized genetic body modification solutions..
Type:Commercial Funky Shoes
Shoes with a past life. Shoes with karma. Shoes with history and character.
Type: Commercial Telco Powered Products
A range of products that are powered by the electricity you get from the
telephone point. -Type: Commercial Floral Sculpture Clinic
This is close to be entirely possible. The site offers to sell you items that can
be inserted under the skin and onto the bone to create sculpture under the
skin. -Type: Commercial -
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Apply your “Rubric” to validate the following Web Sites
Pets or Food
A supposedly commercial site selling exotic animals for food. This is very well done,
and has a semi working ordering system.
Type: Commercial - Credibility? 10/10 - Child safe? May upset younger children
The Ova Prima Foundation
This site answers the age old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg.
Type: Scientific - Credibility? 10/10 --Child Safe? Yes
Music Fauns
A plastic surgery type of site, promising to give pointed ears for better experiencing
music.
Type: Scientific - Credibility? 10/10 - Child safe? Yes
The Museum of Jurassic Technology
Museum parody site; very dry and dusty.
Type: Scientific - Credibility? 7/10 - Child safe? 16+
Save the Guinea Worm
Well put together site, very credible.
Type: Scientific - Credibility? 6/10 - Child safe? Yes
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Research and Information Fluency
NETS: Students apply digital tools to gather,
evaluate, and use information.
Common Core: W.8.8.
Gather relevant information from multiple
print and digital sources, using search terms
effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of
each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and
conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism
and following a standard format for citation.
Comment: These standards are aligned almost perfectly.
Collecting and evaluating information from digital sources is very
prevalent in the Common Core.
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http://www.instagrok.com/
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Slider Difficulty
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https://duckduckgo.com/
Duck Duck Go
DuckDuckGo has some slick features
'zero-click' information (all your answers are found
on the first results page).
(helps to clarify what question you are really
asking).
And the ad spam is much less than Google.
Visit DuckDuckGo here
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Best Search Engines for Students
iSEEK - Designed specifically for students
and educators
http://education.iseek.com/iseek/home.page
iSEEK is a non-commercial search engine
Delivers editor-reviewed results
From universities, government sites and
other noncommercial providers.
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General thomas gage
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Wolfram-Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Computational Knowledge Engine
- is more than a search engine. It gives you
access to the world's facts and data
and calculates answers across a range
of topics, ...
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Wolfram-Alpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/
MATHEMATICS »
Elementary Math · Numbers · Plotting · Algebra ·Matrices · Calculus · Geometry
Trigonometry ·Discrete Math · Number Theory ·
PHYSICS »
Mechanics · Statistical Physics · Thermodynamics ·Electricity & Magnetism ·
Optics · Relativity ·Nuclear Physics · Quantum Physics ·
Particle Physics ·Astrophysics · Physical Constants ·Physical Principles
PLACES & GEOGRAPHY »
Maps · Projections · Geodesy · Navigation ·Distances · Geomagnetism · Geocod
ing · Countries ·Cities · Elevation Data · Oceans · Lakes · Rivers ·Islands · Mount
ains
PEOPLE & HISTORY »
People · Genealogy · Names · Occupations ·Political Leaders · Historical Events
·Historical Periods · Historical Countries ·Historical Numerals · Historical Money
WORDS & LINGUISTICS »
Word Properties ·Dictionary Lookup ·Word Puzzles ·Anagrams · Languages · Do
cument Length ·Morse Code · Soundex Number Names ·Character Encodings
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Meta Search Engines:
Dogpile - Dogpile searches other search engines, such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing and
Ask, to bring you the best of the web in one handy results list. You can also feel good
about using Dogpile because the site donates portions of its revenue to the American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA.)
Yippy - Yippy is a unique meta search engine that delivers results in related clusters to
help you find exactly what you need as fast as possible.
MetaCrawler - This meta search engine searches Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Ask, About,
MIVA and others. You can use this engine to find information, images, videos, news,
yellow page listings and white page listings.
Mamma - Known as the 'mother of all search engines,' Mamma allows you to perform a
general Web meta search like the above engines, or focus your results on Twitter, news
feeds, images and video, local results and job opportunities.
Info.com - Info.com returns results from everyone's favorite search engines, including
Google, Yahoo!, Bing and About. The site also offers filtering for subjects like flights,
jobs, multimedia, shopping and more.
MsFreckles - There are tons of different ways to use MsFreckles. You can search the
entire web, search Google blogs, search UK sites only, search specific domains, search
for multiple websites, search definitions, search scholarly papers - the list goes on and
on.
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50 Search Engines You Probably
Don't Use Yet
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50 Search Engines You Probably Don’t Use Yet - Added by Katie Lepi
Students, teachers and the public turn to their librarians for help researching everything from technology to
genealogy to homework help and lesson plans. Even if your library is equipped with subscriptions and
memberships to top of the line databases and online journals, you’ve probably had to get creative during a
patron’s requested search for something unfamiliar.
Next time, though, you can turn to one of these 50 search engines, designed to pull from the Web only the
information you really need.
Meta Search and Multi Search Engines
These meta search and multi search engines can search numerous engines and sites at once, maximizing the
number of results you get each time you conduct a search.
Ms. Freckles:
Freckles: Adorable Ms. Freckles can search online for different file types, definitions, translations, film,
finance sites, and a lot more all at once.
Kart00:
Kart00: This cartoon-inspired search engine lets you hover over results to get a preview of the site before you
open it. Results are also organized by topic so that you can narrow down your search and organize hits.
Fazzle:
Fazzle: Search the web’s best, the entire web, downloads, images, videos, audio or headline news. You can also
select an advanced search to find incredibly specific results.
Trexy:
Trexy: This site saves your search memory so that you don’t have search multiple times on different engines.
Mamma:
Mamma: Here at “the mother of all search engines,” librarians search the web or video. Next to your results is an
option to refine your search by choosing a suggested category.
1-Page Multi Search:
Search: Type your search into one or several of the following search engines at once: Alta Vista,
AOL, EntireWeb, Gigablast, Hot Bot, Lycos, Scrub, Yahoo!, Google, YouTube, Dogpile, Ask Jeeves, and a lot
more.
iZito:
iZito: Busy librarians who are constantly finding new reference sites and search engines will like iZito because of
its ability to save your history in an easy drop down tab.
Multimedia and Interactive
For help finding pictures, podcasts, music and shareware, use these search engines.
Metacafe:
Metacafe: Find videos on this site if you want a change from YouTube.
Songza:
Songza: Patrons looking for music can use this search engine, which “lets you listen to any song or band.” You
can also search the featured list or top played list.
Picsearch:
Picsearch: This large photo search engine has more than 2 billion images in its directory.
Shareware:
Shareware: If you need to install new software programs on your library computers, turn to Shareware first, which
pulls up tons of free programs and downloads.
Curriculum Search:
Search: Help teachers find reference materials, lesson plans and tools by searching this Google
custom search engine.
Thinkers: Wisdom:
Wisdom: This site features a literary search engine called Wisdom that can search the web, images,
audio, video, a dictionary and more.
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Google Advanced Search-Why?
Thomas Gage
General Thomas Gage
British General Thomas Gage
Lieutenant General Thomas
Gage
Bunker Hill
Breed Hill
Lexington
Concord
Image
Video
Youtube
PBS
Britannica Online
Encyclopedia
2 letter country code
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Google Search settings
Review of the options that you can set (and change
whenever you like) on the search settings page.
Find page by clicking the gear icon in the top
right corner of the search results page, then
clicking Search settings.
You can also visit the page directly at:
google.com/preferences.
The options are grouped into three categories: Search
results, Languages, and Location.
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Google Books http://books.google.com/
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Google Ngram Viewer
http://books.google.com/ngrams/
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Google scholar search.
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Google Trends
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http://www.google.com/patents
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GoogleSites
Make your own website while
knowing nothing about websites!
http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html
Looking at more and even more Searching:
Google Image Search
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Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014
1.Been for Education - Innovative site for social learning that allows educators to surf and collaborate on the web with their students in a safe environment where educators create/manage
student accounts.
2.* Otus - A fantastic and easy to use 1:1 learning solution for mobile classrooms (i.e iPads/Chromebooks). Educators can manage/create student accounts, take attendance, grade, and
assess students in real-time, and much much more.
3.* Pixel Press Floors - An amazing iOS app for Game Based Learning that allows students to create their own game by drawing.
4.Answerables - A super fun and innovative site that brings Game Based Learning together with a Learning Management System to provide a safe environment for students to learn any subject
in a 3D virtual world.
5.* Stick Around - A great iPad app that can be used for Project Based Learning or Flipping a Lesson by creating puzzles/diagrams and having students label them.
6.* Rosetta Stone for Kids - A wonderful free iPad app for kids ages 3-7 learning how to read.
7.WordWriter - New learning tool from the award-winning collaborative writing site, BoomWriter. Using BoomWriter's innovative collaborative process, students can develop their
reading/writing skills as well as their vocabulary.
8.geddit - A fantastic simple to use learning tool where students use their mobile device to answer questions with a tap of button in real-time.
9.Glean - A excellent site for finding educational videos/lesson on math and science.
10.* TowerStorm - An innovative free iOS game that takes place in a 3D virtual world designed for grades 2nd-10th in the subjects of Math and Literacy.
11.Tackk - A great site with educational portal that allows educators to create student accounts where they can create static pages filled with dynamic media.
12.ThingLink - Wonderful site/app for students to tag images with multimedia content such as: text, audio, or video files.
13.GoNoodle - My favorite site around for giving students "brain breaks" during class through educational and fun activities/videos.
14.Gooru - A great place for students to find study guides on a wide range of subjects that are aligned to Common Core Standards and ideal for personalized learning.
15.Booktrack Classroom - A excellent site/app for adding a soundtrack to students' writing. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned lesson plans.
16.Pear Deck - A cool educational tool that interacts with Google Chrome/Drive to create interactive quizzes, slideshows, and presentations.
17.News-O-Matic - A terrific free mobile app designed to bring 5 Common Core aligned articles to students.
18.Prodigy - A fantastic free online Math game aligned to Common Core Standards grades 1-6th. Best of all this game differentiates instruction and educators can track students' progress as
well as generate detailed reports.
19.Citelighter - An online Writing platform for K-12 that helps students organize and research for papers and homework. Also, educators can monitor, add assignments, and grade students.
20.* Plickers - A unique (free) mobile app that acts as a student response system that uses QR codes and mobile devices to answer/respond to questions.
21.* Math w/ Amigos - Healthy Heroes 1 - Two of my favorite educational iOS game that is ideal for Game Based Learning in the areas of basic Math and Health.
22.* Chronicle - A unbelievable iPad app for helping teachers with their best teaching strategies by "chronicling" each student through, notes, videos, assessments, and much much more.
23.* Voice Dream - The best text to speech app I have ever seen with an abundance of features such as: highlighting, definitions, bookmarking, and more.
24.* AR Flashcards Shapes & Colors - Space - Excellent iOS apps that uses Augmented Reality to bring interactive 3D objects to life to teach about: shapes, colors, and outer space.
25.* Teachley: Mt. Multiplis - Players build bridges in this computational Math game to help students build their multiplication skills.
26.* Book Writer One - A free and easy to use iOS app for creating digital books. This is a great way to introduce digital storytelling to the classroom.
27.30hands Learning Community - A ideal and easy to use cloud based LMS that lets educators assess, collaborate, and grade students in real-time.
28.* WeLearnedIt - An excellent free iPad for the mobile classroom, ePortfolios, and Project Based Learning.
29.NameCoach - An interesting free site for teachers wanting to learn student names and the proper way to pronounce them.
30.* Word Clouds by ABCYa - A terrific free iPad app for creating word clouds.
31.* Drawp for School - A wonderful free iPad app with educational portal and cloud storage for creating beautiful looking projects.
32.* Grid Lines: Ordered Pair Game - One of my favorite iOS apps for Game Based Learning that uses a familiar Battleship style game to practice plotting points on a graph.
33.RoomRecess - A excellent site for finding free educational games for El Ed students.
34.* Ask3 - One of my favorite free iPad apps for adding narration to an image to visually explain any topic. This is ideal for creating a flipped classroom.
35.* GuidedVideo - A wonderful iPad app for Guided Learning where educators create questions with images as the answers that students tap on.
36.Kahoot - Is a fantastic free tool that combines Game Based Learning and a Student Response System to bring a fun and easy to use real-time assessment tool to the classroom.
37.Edventure Builder - An innovative new site that is perfect for sparking student creativity by providing an online platform to create: scavenger hunts, interactive stories, or "choose-your-ownadventures".
38.* Write on Video - A great iPad app for digital storytelling that allows users to upload a video and then annotate, draw, or add images over it.
39.Photos for Class - The easiest way to find safe Creative Common licensed photos for the classroom that are cited appropriately.
40.Flashcard Monkey - A fun way to learn vocabulary with cartoon based flashcards.
41.* Magical Mental Math - A super fun iOS game designed for grades 2nd-6th working on their basic Math skills.
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Productivity
Life Long Learning
Social Networks
Classroom Tools
Online Learning Tools
Mobil Apps
Gaming
A Safe Place To Fail
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Digital Tools
Media
• Draw-Sketch-Paint
• Storytelling
• Slide Shows
Technology Operations/Concepts
– Multimedia
– Literacy - Media - Visual
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Collaboration Skills
Global citizens
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English/LA
Math/Science
Social Studies
STEM
PBL
Information Literacy
Google
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Learning Skills-Literacy Skills-Collaboration Skills-Life Skills
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”
Digital Journey
howie@frontier.net
www.drhowie.com
www.disneyscience.com
FETC- Presentation : 2015
TWITTER:
@ hdiblasi
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