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Desktop Publishing Software
Students create their own letterhead, brochures, flyers/posters, newsletters, newspapers, and books
Examples:
Microsoft publisher
Adobe InDesign and Pagemaker
Adobe Dreamweaver
Microsoft WebMatrix
Interactive Whiteboard
Teachers create lessons for use with interactive whiteboards
Displays screen connected to a computer and digital projector
Information can be manipulated on board with special pens
Drawings and writings can be saved
Examples:
Notebook
ActivStudio or ActiveInspire
Worksheet and Puzzle Generators
Teachers create puzzles and worksheets to allow skill practice
Teachers enter content and software formats the puzzle or worksheet
Examples:
Crossword Puzzle Maker
Worksheet Works
Quia Web
PDF and Forms Makers
Teachers and students create documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) and create forms that can be complete online
Creates documents and webpages with forms that can be filled in on-screen
Easy to create forms to collect information from students, parents, or faculty
Examples:
Adobe Acrobat Pro
PDF Maker Pilot
Cute PDF
FormArtist Professional
Online Survey Tools
Teachers design and implement surveys to collect data for instructional purpose
Provides a variety of item formats
Can be used for student polling
Examples:
SurveyMonkey
Zoomerang
Student Information Systems
Teachers, administrators, and parents keep track of student and class progress on required curriculum objectives
Track and report attendance
Maintain student demographics
Track and report on test scores
Provides parent access to students grades
Examples: PowerSchool
Pinnacle SIS
Tyler SIS
QuickSchools
Student Response Systems
Teacher display a questions or problems, all students answer it at the same time, and the system summarizes and displays results immediately; teachers use the systems to engage students an check comprehension
Examples:
Student Response Solutions
Smart Response
ActiVote, ActiveExpression, ActuveEngage
iRespond
Kahoot!
Electronic Grade Books
Teachers keep tract of and calculate student grades
Calculate weighting systems
Require less teacher setup time than spreadsheets
Examples:
PinnacleGrade Gradebook
Tecaher Planet’s listing of gradebook packages
PowerSchool
Test Generators
Teachers create test and test items banks, and administer tests online
Randomly generates questions
Selects questions based on given criteria
Provides answer keys
Examples:
Exam View Learning Series
Test Creator
Wonderhshare QuizCreator
EasyTestMaker
Word Cloud Generators
These tools allow creation of a unique graphic display called a “word cloud,” which shows most frequent words from a text passage as larger.
Create word clouds for objects that have a givem geometric shapes and use Tagul or Tagxedo to fit the words into the shaoe.
Example: Abcya
Tagxedo
Tagul
Worditout
Wordle
wordhsift
Outlining Tools and Concept Mapping
Help students organize their ideas in outline or concept map to prepare for writing or to examine story structures
Helps with the writing process
Examples:
Inspiration
Kidspiration
SmartDraw
Lesson Planning Software
Help teachers prepare and document lesson plans
Provide onscreen prompts
Printout lessons in standard formats
Examples:
PlanbookEdu
ILessonPlan
MyLessonPlanner
Scheduling Calendar and time management
Help teachers organize their time and plan activities
Set reminders
Plan for monthly, weekly, or daily events
Examples:
FileBuzz Teacher Calendar Software
Reel Logic Calendar Software
Easy Schedule Maker
Graphing Calculators
Software programed devices that have small screens that can illustrate equations in graphs
Calculator-based labs
Examples:
Texas Instrument
Casio
Online Language Translators
Students use these as reference in the study of languages other than their native ones
Teachers can use these to translate documents for ESOL students
Examples:
Foreign language dictionary websites
WordLingo
Babylon 9