Sunday, November 24, 2013

Teacher Tools 11-2013





Teacher Tools
for Scheduling and Organizing

Need snacks for a class party?  Looking for volunteers?  Want to schedule a meeting?
Consider SignUp Genius, Doodle, or WhenIsGood to help organize dates, attendees, or supplies!
SignUp Genius is a free site designed to help create and organize online sign-up forms for all types of group activities. For example, having a class party and need to coordinate snacks?  Inviting chaperones to a field trip?  Creating a schedule for Mystery Readers?  Use SignUp Genius! 
Doodle and Whenisgood are scheduling tools that provide a way for participants to determine availability for a group event or one-one meeting!  Both are free and easy to use!


Teacher Tools
for Productivity

DocScan HDFREE! app to scan documents that can also “fast auto-detect document edges from a picture, correct perspective distortion, remove shadows and brighten it up to produce a clear and sharp document.”  Using DocScan, you can draw lines or annotate on the scanned image anytime. 

FlipBoardFREE! “social-network aggregation, magazine-format application”
Gather all of your news in one app to create your own personal magazine!  For example, combine news from Pinterest, TedTalks, Edutopia, blogs you follow, Twitter feeds, etc! All in one app!

GoogleDriveFREE“upload photos, videos, documents, and other files that are important to you, then access what you need wherever you go, on any device.”  Also, create and share using the GoogleDrive app!