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http://kurtishewson.wordpress.com @hewsonk27 Technology Tools For the Classroom Compiled and Shared by Kurtis Hewson Dropbox is a free online file sharing system where you can store files, documents, photos and videos which can be shared with anyone you wish to invite. Larger storage capacity can be purchased. Files can be accessed anywhere with internet access and synced with your desktop, smartphone and tablet. www.dropbox.com YouTube not only has an incredible treasury of videos related to teacher professional development and classroom instruction, but also can allow teachers to post screencasts, webcasts and other videos for students. Teachers can create libraries of videos, created video feedback for students and instructive screencasts for learning. www.youtube.com Surveymonkey is a free online tool that is can be used to quickly develop surveys with multiple formats (text responses, rating scales, multiple choice, etc.). Can be distributed easily via email, posted on a website or embedded. Results are collected and compiled as surveys are completed. www.surveymonkey.com Polleverywhere allows you to ask a question and participants respond using a text message, Twitter or an email. Questions can be openended or multiplechoice and responses are posted as they are submitted. Text responses can also be compiled in a Word Cloud to determine themes. www.polleverywhere.com Twitter is an outstanding social media tool for microblogging and building your professional learning network (PLN). A great way to connect and learn with educators worldwide and use as a formative response tool in class. www.twitter.com Remind101 is a communication webtool that allows for communication from the instructor to parents, students or colleagues, determined by a created list. Others can subscribe to a list to receive either texts or emails, without having to share personal information with the instructor. www.remind101.com Wiffitti allows instructors to use a Twitter hashtag to visually display tweets using that hashtag. A great formative tool to visually display tweets in an attractive format in the classroom or embedded in a website. www.wiffitti.com

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http://kurtishewson.wordpress.com  @hewsonk27    

Technology  Tools  For  the  Classroom  

Compiled  and  Shared  by  

Kurtis  Hewson    

 

Dropbox  is  a  free  online  file  sharing  system  where  you  can  store  files,  documents,  photos  and  videos  which  can  be  shared  with  anyone  you  wish  to  invite.    Larger  storage  capacity  can  be  purchased.    Files  can  be  accessed  anywhere  with  internet  access  and  synced  with  your  desktop,  smartphone  and  tablet.  www.dropbox.com    

 

 

YouTube  not  only  has  an  incredible  treasury  of  videos  related  to  teacher  professional  development  and  classroom  instruction,  but  also  can  allow  teachers  to  post  screencasts,  webcasts  and  other  videos  for  students.    Teachers  can  create  libraries  of  videos,  created  video  feedback  for  students  and  instructive  screencasts  for  learning.  www.youtube.com      

 

 

Surveymonkey  is  a  free  online  tool  that  is  can  be  used  to  quickly  develop  surveys  with  multiple  formats  (text  responses,  rating  scales,  multiple  choice,  etc.).    Can  be  distributed  easily  via  email,  posted  on  a  website  or  embedded.    Results  are  collected  and  compiled  as  surveys  are  completed.  www.surveymonkey.com      

 

 

Polleverywhere  allows  you  to  ask  a  question  and  participants  respond  using  a  text  message,  Twitter  or  an  email.    Questions  can  be  open-­‐ended  or  multiple-­‐choice  and  responses  are  posted  as  they  are  submitted.  Text  responses  can  also  be  compiled  in  a  Word  Cloud  to  determine  themes.  www.polleverywhere.com      

 

 

Twitter  is  an  outstanding  social  media  tool  for  microblogging  and  building  your  professional  learning  network  (PLN).    A  great  way  to  connect  and  learn  with  educators  worldwide  and  use  as  a  formative  response  tool  in  class.  www.twitter.com      

 

 

Remind101  is  a  communication  webtool  that  allows  for  communication  from  the  instructor  to  parents,  students  or  colleagues,  determined  by  a  created  list.    Others  can  subscribe  to  a  list  to  receive  either  texts  or  emails,  without  having  to  share  personal  information  with  the  instructor.  www.remind101.com      

 

 

Wiffitti  allows  instructors  to  use  a  Twitter  hashtag  to  visually  display  tweets  using  that  hashtag.    A  great  formative  tool  to  visually  display  tweets  in  an  attractive  format  in  the  classroom  or  embedded  in  a  website.  www.wiffitti.com      

 

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Wordpress  is  a  free  service  (or  available  with  subscription  for  enhanced  features)  for  creating  websites  and  blogs.    Easy  to  track  comments,  posts  and  other  viewing  stats  and  make  revisions  to  websites  and  blogs.    Allows  users  to  create  multiple  websites,  each  with  a  unique  url.  www.wordpress.com      

 

 

Screencast-­o-­matic  is  a  free  service  that  allows  users  to  create  screencasts  up  to  15  minutes  long  and  publish  in  a  variety  of  ways  (including  YouTube).    The  program  does  require  a  java  script,  that  is  downloaded  the  first  time  the  program  is  used.  www.screencast-­‐o-­‐matic.com      

 

 

Scoop-­it  allows  teachers  to  create  theme-­‐based  pages  with  collections  of  videos,  pdfs,  websites  and  other  online  resources.    Allows  for  specific  comments,  images  and  order  to  be  manipulated  to  create  a  visual  page  of  online  resources  related  to  a  topic.  www.scoop-­‐it      

 

 

Tagul  is  a  free  service  that  creates  visual  word  clouds  based  on  text  that  is  copied  and  placed  in  the  program.    Increasing  frequency  of  words  results  in  varying  font  sizes.    Users  are  able  to  manipulate  the  cloud  shape,  appearance  and  other  features.    Can  be  used  in  conjunction  with  other  programs  (such  as  polleverywhere.com)  www.tagulcom      

 

 

Wallwisher  allows  teachers  to  create  boards  for  students  to  place  digital  “post-­‐it  notes”  without  students  needing  a  username  or  password.    Teacher  can  set  an  option  to  approve  all  notes  prior  to  being  displayed  on  the  board.  www.wallwisher.com      

 

 

Google  has  a  myriad  of  free  tools  available,  including  Google  Drive  (to  save  and  share  files),  Google  forms  (create  easy  surveys  and  response  forms  –  data  collected  in  a  spreadsheet),  Google  Calendar  (to  coordinate  team  events  and  activities)  and  other  collaborative  tools  that  are  constantly  evolving.  www.google.com      

 

 Kidblog  allows  teachers  to  create  student  blogs.    Students  are  able  to  publish  posts  and  participate  in  discussions  within  a  secure  classroom  blogging  community.    Teachers  maintain  complete  control  over  student  blogs,  including  approving  blog  postings,  comments  and  other  features.    No  student  email  addresses  are  required.  

www.kidblog.com      

   

A  number  of  other  online  collaborative  tools  (along  with  explanations)  can  be  found  at  Cool  Tools  for  Schools.