Teacher Tech Tools for the Classroom By: Dawn Walker Connect 3 Conference ESC 12 ~ June 9-10, 2011
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21 st Century Skills Life and Career Skills Flexibility and Adaptability Adapt to Change; Be Flexible Initiative and Self-Direction Manage Goals and Time; Be Self-directed Learners Social and Cross Cultural Skills Interact Effectively with Others Productivity and Accountability Manage Projects; Produce Results Leadership and Responsibilty
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Don’t forget: You can copy- paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.
Poll Everywhere 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. Free Template from 6
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8 Pete’s PowerPoint Station Download and edit PowerPoints that are already made Free Clip Art
Free Template from 9 Game Templates PowerPoint Game Templates PowerPoint Scoreboards Non-linear PowerPoints SmartBoard activities
QR Codes Code Reader Make codes at iPhone App – QR Maker Smartphone apps – ATTScanner, QR Reader, QuickMark, Free Template from 10
Free Template from / Upload pictures Cut out mouth Add voice to the pictures to make them talk.
Presentation maker that has the look of a poster Include motion and zooming Free Template from 12
Free Template from A video presentation maker Upload photos or PowerPoint slides Add words and music Get a free downloadable video Phone app available
Free Template from Online Avatar creator Make your avatar talk Type in text box Call in on your phone Use microphone
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Slideshare uploads PowerPoint files into embeddable presentations. Free Template from 16
Online poster maker Upload video, sound, and image files beer/ Free Template from 17
Free Template from Random Name/Word Picker Vista Print free printed materials – you just pay shipping Urban Font– Can be a little tricky to save for use. Ask A tech person to help you get started Urban Font Timer -
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Blogs and Wikis Wiki hosts Google Sites Wikispaces rhsanimation.wikispaces.com bodysystemswalker1.wikispaces.com Blog hosts Blogger Wordpress Free Template from 20
Blog Questions Post articles or questions related to content (literature, current events), have students reply on your blog Voicethread – allows students to call in and record their comments or type answers to discussions online Free Template from 21
Online file storage Access files from any computer No more saving to a flash drive or ing yourself files. Sharable Smart Phone app Free Template from 22
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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 Free Template from 24
Cool Tools for Schools Are you looking for a specific type of technology tool? Search Cool Tools for Schools to get ideas for web 2.0 tools. Free Template from 25
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 files on dropbox Simple Mind+ - Concept Maps Free Template from 26
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