MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

Naxos

Present.me How to REGISTER: facebook, google, or other

Present.me How to USE: (work is saved automatically)

Present.me

How to SHARE: very simple!

Present.me LIMITATION: only a 7 day free trial with a 5- presentations limit, or only 3 presentations a month for $3.95 SUGGESTION: refer three friends and receive the upgrade for free, or use sparingly (not for flipped classroom but special occasions)

Spotify How to REGISTER: (downloading app is optional)

Spotify How to USE: (web browser version)  Similar to iTunes  Radio feature  Turn on private session to silence posts to facebook

Spotify How to SAVE:  Star (or plus-sign) songs to save to your music library

Spotify How to SHARE:

Spotify LIMITATIONS: ads, no restrictions on content (explicit or racy material easily accessible) SUGGESTIONS: Only assign to high-school age kids, or play in the classroom from your own account

iPAD APPLICATIONS

iPad Apps Class Dojo Remind Too Noisy Hailey Andes November 19, 2014

Class Dojo App available for iPad, iPhone, Android, or online

Apps available! Apps make this an easily accessible tool where ever you are.

Create separate classes

Easily see student behavior

Award for the daily five Station 1-5 listed. Can click on the button to award a student for working positively in each station of the daily five. This will encourage students to stay on task.

Take points away for the daily five

Create your own buttons and decide their weight Can make certain buttons worth +/- one to five points.

See charts about student behavior- as individuals or a class

Take attendance with option to mark tardys

Invite students and parents

Message parents with text, photos/videos, or audio.

Remind App available for iPad, iPhone, Android or online.

Students can have a feed with all of their classes One-way text messaging. Students cannot respond to texts. They can get texts sent to their phone as well as download the app in order to see messages on a feed similar to Facebook.

Your real phone number is kept private Teacher, parent, and student phone numbers are kept private.

Too Noisy App available for iPhone, iPad, or Android.

Measures the volume level Can be used in the Daily Five or during any other noisy activity to make sure the sound is at an appropriate level. Lower volume levels can help keep students on task during the Daily Five.

Multimedia Creation Tools

Easel.ly  Easly.ly is a website where students can make visual aids and other infographics.  Easel.ly offers many free templates or you can start building your infographic from scratch.  The pro version is very inexpensive, about two dollars a month.

Easel.lyFeatures  Different objects from different categories.  Different themes and backgrounds.  Able to upload images, graphs, etc.  Able to download as a pdf or download to print out.  Able to delete multiple elements at a time by highlighting over the section.

Piktochart  Piktochart is another infographic website that offers different templates and formats than easel.ly.  Piktochart has a infographic, banner, report, or presentation maker.  Therefore, you can use the appropriate format for the appropriate assignment.

Piktochart Features  Able to preview templates.  Able to separate into blocks so that you can format each individual section.  Able to upload images and other files.  Different styles and fonts, backgrounds and colors.  Able to change information within their maps and charts.

Instructional Media and Technology

Powtoon Can use it to make animated videos for lessons, projects, presentations, anything! Not extremely professional - students aren’t able to practice presentation skills.

Educreations Can create online lessons for students. Only one “draw” function. Can add images, however could use more functions.

Interactive Websites

Weeby Website Use in the Classroom  Students can play games during free time  Hold little competitions to see who can get the high score on a certain game  Students having trouble with learning can easily find a game to help them  Easy to navigate, safe to use  No login necessary  Small section dedicated to aiding teachers in the classroom  Works with SMART boards and other interactive whiteboards  There are little to no advertisements on the website  Can be used in multiple subjects

Drawbacks  Students are unable to save progress from previous game play.  Teachers are unable to continuously check work done by students.  Cannot share work or progress.  Some games are unavailable (mostly in the brain teaser section).

Classroom Management

Classroom Management/Participation  Poll Everywhere is a site where teachers (and students) can create polls. Others can respond to these polls in real time through text messages. Can poll fun and academic questions Poll Everywhere  New Use: Gain students’ attention through the use of technology.  Drawback: All students would need either a cell phone computer with internet to participate.

Poll Everywhere: How To? 1. Create a FREE account 2. Click “Create Poll” 3. Type in your question and the format you want it in 4. Ask students to text the code (answer) to the number or go to the link if they are on a computer or tablet

Poll Everywhere: How To (cont.) 5. If using the weblink, press the “push” button. This will send the poll question to the site. 6. When you want students to be finished, click the “stop” button. 7. Use summary table to view responses