Teaching in the Digital
AgeBy: Gena Montgomery and Dawn Walker
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21st Century Skills
Core Subjects
Life and Career Skills
Learning and
Innovation Skills
Information, Media,
and Technology
Skills
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Poll Everywhere www.polleverywhere.com
• Poll your students to see what they know or begin your class with a hook .
• Can answer with text messaging if you have older students or have students answer online on a computer.
• Answers can be open response or answer choices.
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Other polling tools
• http://wiffiti.com/ • http://www.textthemob.com/
• http://www.wallwisher.com/
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Microsoft Office Tools
Word• Brochures• Posters• Web
Pages
Excel• Formulas• Charts• Polling
and Sampling
PowerPoint• Presentation
s• Save as JPGs• Drawing
Tools
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Pete’s PowerPoint Stationhttp://pppst.com
• Download and edit PowerPoints that are already made
• Free Clip Art
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Game Templateshttp://technologyrocksseriously.blogspot.com/
• PowerPoint Game Templates• PowerPoint Scoreboards• Non-linear PowerPoints• SmartBoard activities
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• Advanced Search• Google Squared• Wonder Wheel• Google Timeline
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http://www.timetoast.com/
Online timeline maker – add pictures, and notes to your timeline presentation
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QR Codes• Code Reader• Make codes at www.qrstuff.com• iPhone App – QR Maker• Smartphone apps – ATTScanner,
QR Reader, QuickMark,
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http://blabberize.com/
• Upload pictures• Cut out mouth • Add voice to the pictures to
make them talk.
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http://prezi.com/index/
• Presentation maker that has the look of a poster
• Include motion and zooming
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www.animoto.com
A video presentation maker •Upload photos or PowerPoint slides•Add words and music•Get a free downloadable video• Phone app available
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http://www.voki.com/•Online Avatar creator•Make your avatar talk Type in text boxCall in on your phoneUse microphone
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Digital Photos
Mixbook – embed, can be previewed
Shutterfly – Photo storage with the advantage of creating memory books
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www.slideshare.net
Slideshare uploads PowerPoint files into embeddable presentations.
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http://edu.glogster.com
• Online poster maker• Upload video, sound, and image files
http://mathman3.edu.glogster.com/william-schubert/
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MuseumBoxhttp://museumbox.e2bn.org/
• Presentation Option for you or your students• Process of getting an educators
account is longer, so don’t expect to sign up and be able to use it right away.
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Teacher Stuff
• http://www.classtools.net/• Random Name/Word Picker• Vista Print
free printed materials – you just pay shipping
• Font Space – be careful with this one!
• Timer - www.online-stopwatch.com
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Blogs and WikisWiki hosts • Google Sites• Wikispaces • rhsanimation.wikispaces.com• bodysystemswalker1.wikispaces.com
Blog hosts• Blogger • Wordpress
http://dwalker.risdblogs.org
http://gmontgomery.risdblogs.org
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Blog Questions
• Post articles or questions related to content (literature, current events), have students reply on your blog
• Voicethread – http://voicethread.com/
• allows students to call in and record their comments or type answers to discussions online
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http://www.dropbox.com
• Online file storage• Access files from any computer• No more saving to a flash drive
or emailing yourself files. • Sharable • Smart Phone app
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http://www.worksheetworks.com
Helps creates worksheets when you can’t find what you need.
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Diigo and Delicious
Social bookmarking • Like bookmarks in web
browser• Accessible on any computer
with Internet• Browser plug-ins • Share bookmarks with
others
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Cool Tools for Schoolswww.cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com
Are you looking for a specific type of technology tool? Search Cool Tools for Schools to get ideas for web 2.0 tools.
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Screencasting
Web 2.0 tools for recording your screen
• Screencast-o-matic• Screenr• Camstudio
Useful for• Creating tutorials• Capturing video
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Must-Have Apps
• AppShopper – advertises apps
on sale, new, or updated • JotNot Pro – your camera
becomes a scanner, take pictures of papers and save as pdf or jpeg files, not good with pictures
•DropBox – access and email files on dropbox
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Apps for Student UseCreative Expression
• Storyrobe• Storykit • Storybuddy • Photcard• Faces I make• Doodle buddy• Whiteboard
• Typrdrawing• Fotobabble• Ps express• Flickr• Adobe ideas• Color splash• Crop for free
Use Youtube to find instructions for use
Teaching in the Digital
AgeBy: Gena Montgomery and Dawn Walker