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20 Tech tools in 60 Minutes

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20 Tech tools in 60 Minutes

Tizmos at www.tizmos.com

Set up your home page with pictures that link to the sites

you want students to access!

http://joliprint.com/

Joliprint helps you to print only the article and not all the

"fluff" on the sides. Use the toolbar button to make it even

more convenient.

Readability for Firefox browsers--this tool allows you to see a

web page without all the extras, making it simpler for students

who are easily distracted. You can also download a toolbar

button "R" for this one.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/readability/

http://www.dropbox.com/edu

http://www.dropbox.com/

Dropbox is a service that allows you to store files on

the web from any computer or "in the cloud" so you

have access to them from anywhere.

http://www.meetingwizard.com/

End the round robin of emails or phone calls and

set up meetings that work for all the participants!

“When is good” is another service similar to this.

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

Skype is a great way to videoconference with others for

free. Call your parents, kids at college, or Skype with an

author or another class.

http://wakerupper.com/

Schedule your own wake up calls for free on any

phone.

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

This site will help you decide if it is the web site

that isn't working or just your computer.

http://www.snappywords.com/

This visual dictionary and thesaurus shows you related

words as well as parts of speech.

http://tinyurl.com/

Use tinyurl to shorten those horribly long URL addresses

to something more manageable. This one also has a

browser button to make it very convenient to use.

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

Do you ever need a timer for your classroom? This

site has more than you will ever use.

http://www.geni.com/

Working on a family tree or genealogy project? This site will

make it much simpler.

http://www.pandora.com

Do your students work more quietly if you have background

music playing? You can choose the kind of music you want

at Pandora radio.

http://www.qwiki.com/

Qwiki is a new kind of search engine that talks to you and

shows you pictures about your search topic.

http://www.wipeelist.com/tour/

Do you make lists and lose them? Perhaps an online list

maker could help you solve that.

http://www.keepandshare.com/htm/calendars/online_calendar/best_free_online_cale

ndar.php

https://www.google.com/calendar

http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/calendar/

http://www.famundo.com/demo

http://www.cozi.com/

If you want an online calendar there are lots of available

choices. Some include list makers and other goodies as

well.

These calendars are designed for family use.

http://www.commoncraft.com

Commoncraft is a great resource to explain technology and

other topics.

http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo is a place to collect bookmarks that are accessible from

every computer. Plus, you can highlight, take notes, and save

all of the information for later. You can add a tool to your

toolbar to simplify the process.

http://mrsvandrovecsphotos.shutterfly.com/

Shutterfly is a great site for creating web pages, especially

those with lots of pictures. You can link it to your EduWeb

teacher page. You don't have to know how to use html code

and best of all--it is easy and free!

http://www.schooltube.com/user/jpstech

Schooltube is one way to work around the youtube ban at

school. Send me links to the videos you want and let me

bring them into schooltube for you to access.

Creative Tools

Students can create "glogs" which are digital posters that can

include links, videos, sound, and graphics. This is so much

more engaging than a flat poster!

http://edu.glogster.com/

Instead of asking students to create a PowerPoint report,

let them use Prezi. The information is all on one large

"sheet" and you travel to each section. Wow factor!

http://prezi.com/

http://bighugelabs.com/

For creative work with digital pictures, go to Big Huge

Labs. Students can create posters, magazine covers,

trading cards, and lots more!

This site is similar--it has lots of fun things for kids to

customize!

http://www.redkid.net/generator/sign.php

To help students with spelling or vocabulary words, use

Spelling City. Create an account and enter the words you

want your students to learn. Sentences are provided but

can be edited.

http://www.spellingcity.com/

Wordle and others like it (Word it out, Tagul, and

Tagxedo) create word clouds based on frequency of

word use. Use it to show students how they overuse

adjectives, or create a wordle of an autobiography or of

the president's latest speech.

www.wordle.net

http://vocaroo.com/

Would you like students to record themselves reading or

practicing speaking? This is the easiest site for that! Email it

to yourself when they finish or follow the web link.

Need images for student reports? Stick to sites that use

pictures with Creative Commons licenses. They still need to

cite their source, but you know they won't be infringing on

copyright.

http://wylio.com

http://www.pics4learning.com/

To search for pictures by color use

http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/

http://www.morguefile.com/

Another interesting way to create reports is to use an online

magazine. After you publish, viewers turn the pages to see

the completed work.

http://issuu.com/

http://timerime.com/en/

Creating timelines is streamlined using online timeline

creators like timerime or dipity. Students can add

sound, pictures, and video to their timelines. Can you

say "History Day Project?"

Using a back channel is a way to keep your students

engaged during class. For instance, they can ask

questions or make comments during speeches or a video.

You monitor and respond during the back channel.

http://www.neatchat.com/

Comic creation is another way to get students writing.

http://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic

http://goanimate.com/

There is also a school edition

called Go!Animate4Schools with

prepared comics for teaching

available.

For those students who would like more of a

challenge, there is Xtranormal which allows you to

create videos in cartoon form.

http://www.xtranormal.com/index

PhotoStory 3 is a great program to create slideshow videos

of photos and/or videos. Students can create poetry,

reports, or book trailers. You can narrate as well as add

music. The videos look great when you finish and can be

played on any computer!

PhotoStory3

http://animoto.com/education

Animoto is a great tool for video creation. You can import

digital pictures or video, add text and music and Animoto

does the rest! Stupeflix is another option to create videos.

Using an online storage site helps keep research

organized so it can be retrieved later.

http://livebinders.com/

Live Binders example

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

Museum box is similar but has a different application--think

of it as a way to display your findings to present an argument

or to get a feel for a historical time or literature piece. There

are school accounts available for this one too.

Being able to get student feedback in a way that keeps

their dignity intact is easy using technology. There are

online polls that allow you to do this.

http://tinyurl.com/4jmhjq5

http://pollmo.com/

Making online quizzes for your students can be done quite

simply for free. Try this one to see an example of a quiz.

http://tinyurl.com/18r

http://www.quizinator.com/

We know that flashcards help students to retain information,

but we know that the students of today need something a

little more "flashy" to keep their interest. Some suggestions

are StudyStack, Flashcard DB, Quizlet, and Flashcard

Exchange.

http://www.studystack.com/

http://flashcarddb.com/

http://quizlet.com/

Another way to find out what your students are thinking is

to use Wallwisher. Each student can add a sticky note to

express themselves. http://www.wallwisher.com/

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/tech11

A similar site is http://corkboard.me

Students can make simple animated stories by dragging and

dropping story elements and typing words into the

conversation bubbles. You need to join to be able to save

your work. www.zimmertwins.com

Creative Tools for Elementary

http://www.tuxpaint.org/

Tuxpaint is a drawing program that you can download for

free. Students love it!

This is a new story site that I am really excited about. It has

things for all ages--spell a picture, draw, make cards, stories,

and movies. www.kerpoof.com

Zoo Burst is a new 3-D story creation site. You do need

to create an account to save your books.

http://www.zooburst.com/

There is a new program called Little Bird that is a fun story creator for little ones. You can include voice recordings in the books. http://littlebirdtales.com/

Thanks for coming!

I hope you found some fun new

tools to use!