1. CHANGING EDUCATION ONE CLASSROOM AT A TIME

2. EVER COME ACROSS A URL THAT SEEMS TO GO ON FOREVER? Use google to shorten the URL so the students don’t have to type in the long URL. It will save you and them a huge headache. https://goo.gl/

3. WANT TO LIVEN UP GROUP WORK/ROTATIONS? STUDENTS DOWNLOAD A FREE SCANNER ON THEIR PHONES OR IPADS AND THEN……. 1. STUDENTS CAN COMPLETE A SCAVENGER HUNT 2. YOU CAN LINK A QR CODE TO A WEBSITE, PICTURE, ETC. https://createqrcode.appspot.com/

4. FINALLY…… YOUTUBE IS UNBLOCKED! * If you have a Gmail account, you can create playlists in YouTube (may want to keep it private) to keep track of videos you like and want to use in your class from year to year. You can edit the start and end times of the videos if you don’t want to show the whole thing.

5. YEP, FINALLY……. WE REALLY CAN GET YOUTUBE * Once you edit the video, you can use the URL shortner or QR code creator to get the students to the video. Helpful if you want to FLIP your classroom.

6. WANT TO MAKE A VIDEO INTERACTIVE CHECK OUT EDUCANON.COM IT WORKS WITH YOUTUBE, VIMEO OR TEACHERTUBE VIDEOS. EDUCANON.COM Stores all student responses so you can go back and check for student understanding at a later date

7. PADLET WWW.PADLET.COM AN INTERNET APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS ON A COMMON TOPIC EASILY. IT WORKS LIKE AN ONLINE SHEET OF PAPER WHERE PEOPLE CAN PUT ANY CONTENT (E.G. IMAGES, VIDEOS, DOCUMENTS, TEXT) ANYWHERE ON THE PAGE, TOGETHER WITH ANYONE, FROM ANY DEVICE.

8. LET’S TRY IT TOGETHER http://padlet.com/susan_cook/6thperiodimage Example: Your turn…… get out your devices…… come on…… I know you have your phones YOU TRY http://padlet.com/susan_cook/facultymeeting

9. INSTAGROK Research any topic with an interactive concept map that you can customize and share. www.instagrok.com

10. BLENDED LEARNING HELP?

11. LearnZillion https://Learnzillion.com A learning platform that combines video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting. Each lesson highlights a Common Core standard. MobyMax www.mobymax.com A completely integrated K-8 curriculum and teaching system with progress monitoring, goal setting, fluency practice, motivation tools, and much more.

12. Straight Ace www.straightace.com An eLearning system provides supplementary learning material for 6th, 7th and 8th grade math and ELA, along with brand-new 3rd, 4th and 5th grade content. With a comprehensive library of topics, StraightAce helps you manage homework assignments, practice quizzes, extra credit problems, and more! Activity Learn www.activitylearn.com An online literacy platform that empowers educators to transform reading and writing so students understand more, think critically.

13. JUST SOME FUN STUFF FOR YOU:

14. STUMBLEUPON www.Stumbleupon.com Be careful…… you could spend hours

15. PLAN TO TRAVEL ABROAD? Don’t leave home without this APP WORDLENS

16. WANT SOMETHING FUN TO DO WITH KIDS OVER THE HOLIDAYS? This has got to be the coolest app ever for kids ages 1-99 http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=EGMjsYHD7Ak

17. SHOWING YOU THIS BECAUSE IT IS COOL….. BUT…… IT COULD MESS YOUR KIDS UP FOR LIFE http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=LnwQonfAqk0