HOW CAN WE ENHANCE OUR TECHNOLOGY?

What the Tech!

Wallwisher

Wallwisher is an online notice board maker.

Positives:•Can post individual ideas to a question

Some problems I ran into:•May be more effective for intermediate•Can get congested with many post•The program was picky when I made the URL

How do you think you could use it in your classroom?

Storybird

Storybird - Geffery and His Friends!! Storybird’s are short, visual stories that

you make to share and print.

How can you use this in your classroom?

Symballo

Example page Symballos are a way to organize, share

your online and discover that of others.

How can you use this in your classroom?

Blabbberize

Make images talk. Only problem I ran into was getting

image to talk since we do not have microphones, however it is very easy.

Blabberize.com - Make a Blabber!

How can you use this in your classroom?

Wordle

Input or copy in some text and generate a visual could of the most frequently used words.

What was important in the article, When Nice Won’t Suffice?

How can you use this in your classroom?

Edmodo

Social platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files and assignments.

Students can use external usernames and passwords provided by BCPS.

Introduce passwords using word. Great way to post links such as,

symballo Can generate questions for students to

answer Let’s login to see how to make questions. EdmodoHow can you use this in your classroom?

Glogster.Edu

Make interactive posters Can take awhile to load Picky about what it will upload Different way to present the information

How can you use this in your classroom?

Animoto

Let’s you create videos from images Free accounts don’t have are only

offered a limited number of minutes for a show and special features.

Let’s make oneHow can you use this in your classroom?

PhotoStory

Create visual stories with digital photos. On all computers at Logan Let’s take a look and make a mini

photstory about AIDEN’S SUMMER

How can you use this in your classroom?

SlideShare

Store and share presentations This presentation I uploaded! This is really a site for teachers

How can you use this in your classroom?

SlideRocket

Online version of PowerPoint Many of the same features as PowerPoint This is an example from my spring

project: sliderocket example

How can you use this in your classroom?

Windows Movie Maker

Take footage from flipcams and convert into a movie.

MovieMaker allows you to upload, edit and publish movies

Example movie made was seen in the sliderocket presentation.

Do need to convert image and sound prior to uploading into moviemaker. Software needs to be installed

Let’s take a look…..How can you use this in your

classroom?

PIXIE

Rose can install it onto your computers Teacher’s can make activities on the

program for students to interact Student’s can use features such as

graphics and text to display stories, assessment tool.

How can you use this in your classroom?

Kidspiration3

Students can use to create stories, graphic organizers and posters.

Located on every computer at Logan. Let’s take a look at it…

How can you use this in your classroom?