Language Arts Department Head Meeting (Tech Tools and More) Presentation by Carlos Fernandez

Vocab Ahead http://www.vocabahead.com/ Vocabulary Videos Can Focus on Memory, Student Focus, Attention, Speed, Spatial Reasoning, and Problem Solving

Doink http://www.doink.com/ Create Animations

Source: http://cloudyinthemiddle.wordpress.com/tag/testing/ Polls in the Classroom Instant Student Feedback in classroom. Class Question Homework Question Liker Scale Check for student understanding http://pollmo.com/ 4 Source: http://cloudyinthemiddle.wordpress.com/tag/testing/

Testmoz Testmoz - is one of the best and easiest free Test Generators. Make the test. Post the test where students can access it. Testmoz will give you a report of the student data and outcomes. Testmoz.com Source: http://testmoz.com/ 5

Testmoz Reports 6

Sample Test Note: If you click on sign up - you can register but it will ask you for a donation. After using this product a couple of times you might see that its well worth a donation. 7

Popplet 8

How can I integrate Popplet in education? Mind mapping Assessment Student Projects Brainstorming Presentations Build your lesson around a Popplet Share Popplet’s with students/co-workers Collaborate and Much More 9

My Symbaloo End of Presentation they will get a link to this. 10

Symbaloo Sites http://edu.symbaloo.com/ http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/web20toolsforteachers

Language Arts Resources http://cybraryman.com/languageartslinks.html Contains Classroom Activities, Resources, Games, and More.

Litfy http://litfy.com/ Lots of free E-Books

Create Character Dialogues. Witty Comics http://www.wittycomics.com/ Create Character Dialogues. Select the Pre-Drawn background scenes and the pre-drawn characters they want to feature in their Comics. Writing the dialogues is the creative element that is left to the student.

We Video http://www.wevideo.com/ WeVideo lets you tell your story with video. Our online video editing platform is affordable, simple to use, and uniquely collaborative. Learn more today.

Resource Blog http://www.sccenglish.ie/2011/09/websites-for-english-teaching.html

Shakespeare Resources - Search Engine - Word Frequency Lists - Shakespeare Library General Poetry - Poetry Archive - Poetry Foundation - Poetry 180

Newspaper Generator http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Newspaper Generator In a nut shell - this site basically allows the student to enter the following data:  - Name of the News Paper  - Date:  - Headline:  - Enter your story: As you can imagine there are millions of ways that a teacher can infuse such a great resource into their daily teachings.  Here are some basic examples of possible usage.  - Teach different purposes of writing - Teach informational text - How to write op/ed articles - Use as a form of recapping a daily, weekly, or unit lesson - Teach Black History - by focussing on a time period, era, or person - Inspire Creativity with Children As you can see the their are many possible ways to infuse such a great tool in the classroom.  My favorite aspect of this resource is that its web-based (free) and simple to use.