Technology+Resources+for+Teachers

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/11/14/the-best-web-2-0-applications-for-education-in-2011/

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This is a free version that allows you to create 10 page pop-up books w/ text and images.

Upload your own images and keep the books in a "library" under your teacher account.

If select a pay teacher version you can choose to only have an account monthly for $9.99 or yearly for $49.99 for the year.

The paid version allows you to establish classes and individual/groups within those classes. You keep their books in your account and can view and edit them.

Make Your Own Graphic Novel
http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/


 * http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/**

http://prezi.com/learn/getting-started/
Google Forms Tips -

Here are some tricks and tips I picked up: Gates
 * 1) Don't forget the page breaks and page flow options. Page flow allows you to direct a student to a certain question based on their response to a question. (Tip: Only ONE question can at as the flow control question)
 * 2) If you use http://goo.gl to create a shortcut to a form, the site will also give you a QR code for it. Tonight's presenter suggested printing it and putting it outside the door to your room for the kids who like reading the qr codes. It would just take them right to that form page.
 * 3) It IS possible, using the Set Notifications area in the Share menu, to alert you when a given number of entries have been submitted. It will send you an email when the value in a certain cell changes. Set it to A11 to alert you when 10 entries have been submitted. (A1 is the row header, remember)
 * 4) There are lots of quiz templates to choose from that are all set up except for the questions and your desired point values.
 * 5) Oh, and I liked the idea of using a Section Header as, for example, the prompts for the following set of questions. You know, have them read that text and then ask questions below based on it. I liked that technique.

**Wiki for Technology**
http://aphsprofdev.wikispaces.com/TechnologyWeb2.0

The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators. You can find the book/download here:

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/super-book-of-web-tools-for-educators.html

Blog http://ilearntechnology.com/

Great Tools
www.quia.comThis is a paid site if you want to create your own materials or set up classes for online tests and quizzes. However, if you are simply looking for review materials for your students to use with laptops or on the IWB, it is free and has thousands of pre-made resources.

www.readwritethink.orgThis is an invaluable resource for every level that has many links to other activities that are content specific

http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_flash.aspThe ultimate Poe resource...must see to believe.

http://www.canadianshakespeares.ca/ An excellent online resource for Shakespeare; it includes an interactive folio for Romeo & Juliet, online games, video resources, interviews...etc...takes a long time to fully explore, but well worth it.

Requiresregistration www.animoto.com www.incredibots.com www.kerpoof.com www.glogster.com www.toondoo.com www.edmodo.com

**Best Education Blogs to share:** www.ilearntechnology.comwww.technosavvy.orgwww.edgalaxy.comhttp://www.thisweekinedtech.comhttp://chronicle.com Oh, I can't live without the following either:www.jingproject.comwww.camstudio.comwww.prezi.comwww.slideshare.comwww.imagechef.comwww.skype.com

Technology Tutorials
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line.htm

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**Butler Technology Wik**i
http://butlertech.wikispaces.com/

Great Resources
http://www.edu20.org/

How to Make a Google Earth Tour http://etoolbox.wikispaces.com/Google+Earth+Tour+Tips

Classroom Instruction that Works
http://www.tltguide.ccsd.k12.co.us/instructional_tools/Strategies/Strategies.html

Tutorials for all things 2007
http://qr.customguide.com/

**Blogging with Steve Dembo**
http://www.teach42.com/category/30-days-to-being-a-better-blogger/

Flashcards
http://www.ediscio.com/ ...create cards with text or pictures, and keep track of which ones students got right and wrong ... not flashy, but effective. It is free.

College of William and Mary
http://activitytypes.wmwikis.net/ Curriculum based learning activities.

Microsoft Word 2003 vs. 2007
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx?WT.mc_id=24

Free Web Media Resources
http://jessediaz9271.spaces.live.com/

**List of back channels and chat from J. Valenza**
http://newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com/BackChannel+and+Chat

**Easy Quiz Maker**
http://www.thatquiz.org/

One Page Training Guides
http://www.timdavies.org.uk/tags/onepage/

http://qr.customguide.com/

http://www.educationwebcasts.com/Webcast.aspx?i=3659

=Read the Horizon Report= The Horizon report is..."a long-running qualitative research project that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within learning-focused organizations." Learn what technologies will be making an impact in the next two years. http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2009/

**Learn or Review Technology with Alison**
[|http://alison.com/] This is a free digital learning platform where users can register to begin learning about computing, gmail, digital enterprise, identity theft, and Microsoft Aps (2003). This online tool might be helpful for those who are looking for a self-paced learning environment. Use this site to help beginners.

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[|http://www.glogster.com/glog.php?glog_id=1373922]
 * GLOGSTER TUTORIAL** So you want to create a full size page to paste into your wiki. The problem is that when using glogster the embed codes they give you are a different SIZE when you do if from your main glog profile page and from the individual glog page itself. To get a full size glog to embed, create the glog in edit mode...save and publish...but don’t grab any code from this publish page. Go back to your profile, click on the glog icon which brings you to the url of that page. AT THE BOTTOM...there is a box that says rate it....where you can add to favorites, embed, send to friends etc.... Click on THIS link to embed and grab the code. This is the code for the full sized glogster page Here is a great tutorial on glogsteredu =====

= = = PRESENTATION VIDEOS = =Present Differently=

** Here's a link to New Brighton's CFF wiki video tutorial page **
http://nbasdcff.wikispaces.com/Staff+Video+Tutorial+Links = = http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b63a5840cc1113450801 = = = VIDEOCONFERENCING = =Engage your students in meaningful content and collaboration without leaving the classroom! = [|TWICE Videoconferencing List] [|Center for Interactive Learning & Collaboration] [|Football Hall of Fame] [|Video Conference Field Trip K-12] Virtual Field Trips
 * IPHONE Tutorial with a 2-year old**

**Web Inspiration**
http://www.mywebspiration.com/

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[|PBS Teachers] ® and Classroom 2.0 are partnering on a series of free monthly webinars designed to help preK-12 educators learn new ways to integrate online instructional resources in the classroom. ======

** Teachers start here to learn about sites on the web! **

 * AllMyFaves** http://www.allmyfaves.com/

**Widgets, Fun Wiki Tools** []
**Free Powerful Web Analytics**: www.woopra.com

**Free Camtasia/Snagit**: www.jingproject.com

**Free Photoshop**: www.gimp.org

**Free Stickies**: [|http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,70878-order,4/description.html]

**Sparklee.com**
**Free Photo Resizer:** [|http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,23007-order,1/description.html] ===**Adam Apps**[|http://adamsapp.com/]Adams Apps brings life to your dusty old static documents. With a flick of your wrist and a click of a button,add videos, HTML, stylized text and more to a static PDF or image file. **Share and embed PowerPoints with Animations** ===
 * How to Embed a Video** **from YouTube in a WIKI**
 * First, grab the embed code from the YouTube page.
 * Go to your wiki and click Edit Page for the page where you want to put the video.
 * Put your cursor in place on the page.
 * Click the small TV icon on the visual editor toolbar in wikispaces.
 * Click Video>YouTube and paste the embed code from YouTube.
 * Click Ok and then save changes.

**WEB 2.0 TOOLS FOR COMMUNICATION**
==== //**MUSE** is a social utility that connects you with Internet2 enabled technologies and educators in your area and around the globe. Take a tour and learn more//. [|http://k20.internet2.edu]====

= WEB 2.0 TOOLS FOR CLASS PROJECTS =

**Blabberize** http://blabberize.com/ Make a picture talk!

 * IMBEE** - young people's social networking site. http://www.imbee.com/

**Fodey Fun** http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp Newspaper Clippings

 * Web 2.0 Guru Tools** http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Resourses

**Museum Box** http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
====This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life? The life of a Victorian Servant? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others. ====

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Internet Classroom Assistant:** Nice Net http://www/nicenet.org Create a class in a safe environment. No need to have student emails.
[|http://justcrosswords.com] This site allows you to create a simple crossword. Save it and it gives you the embed code to place in your wiki.
 * Create Crosswords!**

Kindles from Terry The e-reader market has thus far been aimed at the individual reader, not the library. However, lately that has begun to change as libraries are buying e-readers and finding software that allows e-book check-out.

For example, Amazon announced a peer-to-peer sharing program in December: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_200127470_ksupport_faq_lending?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200549320

To take advantage of that, we are creating user groups in our school so our students and staff can peer-to-peer share. In addition, Amazon will allow multiple transfers of a work if you have all the devices registered under the same account, which will not work if you only want to use personal devices. We currently have 11 Kindles that we bought with money our library club raised.

The Overdrive program, mentioned in a previous email, seems to be the leader in e-book downloads to home devices. It was already the leader in audio downloads. Most public libraries subscribe, esp. regional center libraries.

I too like the EduKindle site but there are a few other good ones.

I am gathering E-Reader info on my wiki --which is an overdue work in progress--if you want to check back periodically for more info. Most of the links discussed here are posted on that page.

We manage all of our Kindles through one Amazon account. It is exclusively used for Kindles and Kindle content. Like others, we have a separate Amazon account that we use for purchasing print books and equipment.

Our Kindles are almost always checked out. We sometimes have waiting lists. We circulate the Kindles for 3 weeks (just like our print books). The Kindles were initially used by faculty but now they are almost exclusively borrowed by students.

We do duplicate titles- we usually initially buy them on the Kindles, but we want to have popular titles in print, too. When students are looking for a title that we do not have in print- we check to see if it is available on the Kindle. If it is, we purchase it. Like the Nook, when you purchase a title on the Kindle- you get six copies of it. This really stretches your title buying power. When we buy a title, we actually purchase 4 copies of it so that all titles are available on all of our Kindles.

If a student asks to borrow a title on their own Kindle, we will lend it to them. Not all Kindle titles are available for lending (it's up to the publisher).

We do not add the Kindle content into our database. We began doing that by adding a 505 (Contents field) into each Kindle's MARC record- and listing the authors and titles. This is a searchable field and works well for a static collection. Our collection is still growing quickly and it became too much for us to keep track of. If we want to know what is on our Kindles- we check the Amazon account (or look on an actual Kindle).

My last comment about Kindles/ereaders is this: Our experiences are unique to our library and our user's needs. Nothing is set in stone- and we change our policies as the technology itself changes (and as our users change). We've been circulating Kindles for over a year now, and we continue to adapt our policies. We've had Kindles break, we've had parents forbid their students from borrowing the Kindles, we've had students leave Kindles on buses, we've been audited and had to account for the money that we spent on the Kindle titles, ... I could go on. I know that I am lucky to have a supportive administration and a flexible staff. Regardless of your circumstances - you will come across situations that you weren't expecting. I've written a couple of articles on our Kindle policies and how we first established them. They may be helpful for those of you thinking about starting an ereader program:

“The High School Book Club– Now With Kindles!” Teacher Librarian June 2010, p. 57. http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=4i1Ff0R50J6n&EID=039132ef-0d40-4475-8486-19d04658ff2f&skip=

“The Kindle Learning Commons” Library Media Connection August/September 2010, p. 50. (available in MasterFILE Premier within Ebsco)