Student-friendly News Sites (November 2014)

Student-friendly News Sites (pdf)

Google Search Tips (October 2014)

Google Search Tips (pdf)

Write About & Tell About Apps (March 2014)

Write About This  &  Tell About This

 Write About This is a “visual writing prompt & creation platform perfect for classrooms ...with endless ways to respond and the ability to craft custom photo prompts, it will kick-start any writing activity.” 

Tell About This is an easy platform to inspire and capture thoughts and stories! Students can explore and respond to over 100 interesting photo prompts using their voice.

 

PowToon (March 2014)

PowToon
www.powtoon.com/edu-home 

“Bring Awesomeness to your Classroom!”  to create Animated Videos and 

Presentations.  PowToon’s great vision is: to effect the way people communicate in a profound way.  They strive to make a difference in education by a tool for educators and students to create content that is visually engaging, captivating and fun to make. Plus, its free.  Always.  

Currently, PowToon offers several styles for creating Videos and Presentations including Marker Style (shown to left).

Use Technology, including the Internet,

to Produce and Publish...

~PA Common Core~

Resources from the Smithsonian (February 2014)

Seriously Amazing
from the Smithsonian: seriouslyamazing.si.edu

Seriously Amazing is all about "questions and answers".  The Smithsonian created seven "quirky" characters that symbolize the type of questions posed every day in the areas of Art, Culture, History, and Math.  Visit the site to meet:

• The Wild represents the diversity of the animal kingdom
• The Green reflects the wonder of the natural landscape
• The New is where technology and creativity collide
• The Masterpiece embodies artistic expression
• The Storyteller is about America, its people and the tales they tell
• The Discoverer explores our world and the universe

The Smithsonian asks and answers questions
exciting the learning in everyone, every day

        Smithsonian Channel App

This app provides a new way to watch, find, and explore the vast video collection of the Smithsonian Channel. Select your favorite topics and explore a universe of related content.  

Curiosity is rewarded and discovery is at your fingertips!

Showing Evidence Tool & Facetalk App (January 2014)

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 HD– FREE! 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. 

FlipBoard– FREE! “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!

GoogleDrive– FREE!  “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!