Technology in the classroom

updated 2016-02-03

Animoto

https:llanimoto.com/education/classroom

Teachers can apply for a free animoto plus account. This software allows you and your students
to make presentations with videos, images
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Try to make a book trailer see examples on youtube
https:llwww.youtube.com/watch?v=hwcuir24zSo&index=7&list=PLtDtNy
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Aurasma

is an image-recognition

software for creating students' interactive learning in their

environment using their mobile devices.

http://educade.org/teaching

Demonstration and tutorial https:llwww.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ

Delicious

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is a way to manage, save and retrieve your favourite web sites and links

https:lldelicious.com

Dig ital Sto ryte IIing Lesson

https:llsites.google.com/site/digitizeww/home

this site provides steps and links to tools to digitize the writing workshop. Explore it and possibly
adapt some aspects to one of your lessons.
And many more amazing resources here
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/page.cfm?id=24&cid=24

Edmodo

is like facebook for schools. Edmodo is a "social learning platform" website for

teachers, students, and parents. Teachers can invite students into private groups that can be
used for online classroom discussions, but in a format that keeps the teacher in control.
https:llwww.edmodo.com/
youtubeintroduction
https:llwww.youtube.com/watch?v=TzPHQr1

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and here is support https:llsupport.edmodo.com/hc/en-us

-teachers can communicate with students in a safe environment; post assignments, test
notifications, create polls, award grades, etc.; students can check homework due dates, find test
dates, exchange ideas with classmates; (FREE)

Ether Pad and Ether Pad Lite

is a free open source online editor where multiple

writers can collaborate in real time and save revisions. http://etherpad.org/
https:llgithub.com/ether/etherpad-lite
is an updated version
here is a video giving an overview https:llwww.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFQ5KgtMrM
Here is the wiki for additional info and functionality https:llgithub.com/ether/etherpad-lite/wiki

Google Does, Sheets and Slides

Free productivity apps to create different kinds of online documents, work on them in real time
with other people, and store them in your Google Drive online. You can access the documents,
spreadsheets, and presentations you create from any computer, anywhere in the world. The
guide in the following link will give you a quick overview of the many things that you can do with
Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/49008?hl=en
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Docs https:llsupport.google.com/docs/topic/21008
Sheets Google Sheets getting started guide.
Slides Google Slides getting started guide

Here is a tutorial for using google slides.

Tutorial https:llwww.youtube.com/watch?v=KsUX7Piez-0

Lesson Cast

http://www.lessoncast.com/is

where teachers submit via Powerpoint, doc,

pictures, webcam; lesson idea or management strategy; each submission is reviewed/vetted by

other accomplished teachers, then shared online; for NEW TEACHERS - looking for new ideas,
can search for ideas for the classroom; (FREE)

Powerpoint

here are some tutorial videos to be more efficient in creating ppts.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL

Prezi

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presentation software https://prezLcom/

Pliekers

Kind of like a moving ppt.

a way to make a quick check of your students' understanding of big concepts and

key skills https:l/plickers.com/d

SehoolTube

http://www.schooltube.com/is
a safe environment where students can post
self-produced videos for classroom use; is a platform to share creations (FREE)

Storybird

https:l/storybird.com/ is for short, art-inpired stories you make to share, read, print;
images available; can design own on line books (work alone or with classmates); can create
private groups, manage assignments & grade work; (FREE for first 30 students)

Sway

https:/Isway.com/?WT.mc
id=016 Chrome Web Store App Sway 1 Sway is a free
app from Microsoft Office. It lets you create and share interactive reports, presentations,
personal stories, newsletters, vacation memories, school and work projects, and more.

Voki

is a class management system https:/IvokLcom/classroomllogin

Watch a tutorial https:llwww.youtube.com/watch?v=FunBew6S4Bk

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Wikispace Classroom

https://www.wikispaces.com/contentlclassroom/about

Wikispace

Classroom is a social writing platform for education. It is free for teachers and students
Youtube tutorial https:llwww.youtube.com/watch?v=SBI-VzMR1jc

Weebly -

a tool to create a website http://education.weebly.com/ed-features.php

Watch a tutorial https:llwww.youtube.com/watch?v=VIURuZWSoXw

Wordpress Watch a tutorial

Contributors:
Nicki Marquis

another tool to create a website and a blog https:llwordpress.com/#!/read/