tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62976970968270749242024-02-20T22:17:30.072-05:00Tech Teaching Tipsby Janet AndersonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-12513333744801909452015-04-28T13:30:00.003-04:002015-04-29T06:12:02.356-04:00Contraption Maker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ClCiPHIU0MI/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ClCiPHIU0MI?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe></div>
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://contraptionmaker.com/" target="_blank"><b>CONTRAPTION MAKER </b></a> is a great new program that will get your students having a blast creating and building their own Rube Goldberg-like devices that can be very complicated and intense, or, just funny and quirky. Actually, it's not a new program at all, it's the old <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine_%28series%29" target="_blank">"The Incredible Machine,"</a> but what is new about it is they are offering it to schools for <a href="http://contraptionmaker.com/education/" target="_blank">FREE</a>!<br />
<br />
There are opportunities for students to work collaboratively or individually. There is also a <b><i>Contraption Maker </i></b>community where students can post their creations.<br />
<br />
Students in my class are very quickly embracing this creative program, smiling and laughing as they work together to come up with some wacky creations. Without perhaps realizing it, your students will be working in many curriculum areas, for example - physics, weight, velocity, momentum; or math as they determine timing or sequencing; as well as using organizational skills as they create their own "story board sequences" for what they'd like to have happen in their game from start to finish, and.... lots more!<br />
<br />
As a middle school teacher, my classes include some very quick and capable "need to be challenged" students who, when asked, have said to me (without taking their eyes off of their screen), <i>"I like this. It's a lot of fun and really</i><i> challenging </i><i>!"</i><br />
<br />
I also have some "challenging" students who feel great delight and accomplishment when they create their own simple working device with flying balls and kitties and other combinations of wacky things. <i>"Try my game! I added some more stuff, try mine next!"</i><br />
<i><br /></i>
It doesn't take anything special to install <b><i>Contraption Maker</i></b> on your school computers, your IT staff and your students will LOVE it! Definitely a two thumbs-up with my middle schoolers and I'm quite sure that elementary as well as High School students will love it too!<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
Check out <b><a href="http://contraptionmaker.com/education/" target="_blank">CONTRAPTION MAKER</a> </b>for your classes, </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
after-school programs, camp groups, library programs, etc!</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="http://images.clipartpanda.com/smiley-face-clip-art-thumbs-up-clipart-two-thumbs-up-happy-smiley-emoticon-512x512-eec6.png" height="167" width="200" /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7RP7X2I7ZLA4ugv_ShzRkHoL_fq_pPme1ptSTQiXjXUA3zhtWkvDMLzyvmWNsNDrdNyhgwRSKU-WH5EM85ygHKD5Su5AXB6NFRcKb5pg4SKomcFEcr1c6n-sZUPBSPAcDJMubvfLEvH-/s1600/Contraption_Maker.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7RP7X2I7ZLA4ugv_ShzRkHoL_fq_pPme1ptSTQiXjXUA3zhtWkvDMLzyvmWNsNDrdNyhgwRSKU-WH5EM85ygHKD5Su5AXB6NFRcKb5pg4SKomcFEcr1c6n-sZUPBSPAcDJMubvfLEvH-/s1600/Contraption_Maker.png" height="362" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-58260985722090686532015-01-14T12:25:00.001-05:002015-01-14T12:25:34.810-05:00Google Translate app<br />
"<a aria-haspopup="true" class="Object" href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/google-for-educators_22.html" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2633_com_zimbra_url" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #000099; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Google</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> has </span><a aria-haspopup="true" class="Object" href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/hallo-hola-ola-more-powerful-translate.html" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2634_com_zimbra_url" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #000099; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">just announced an update</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> to their Translate app that will prove very useful in education. </span><a aria-haspopup="true" class="Object" href="http://translate.google.com/about/intl/en_ALL/#" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2635_com_zimbra_url" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #000099; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Google Translate</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> apps have been updated (</span><a aria-haspopup="true" class="Object" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate&hl=en" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2636_com_zimbra_url" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #000099; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Android</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> and </span><a aria-haspopup="true" class="Object" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-translate/id414706506?mt=8" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2637_com_zimbra_url" style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #000099; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">iOS</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">) to do instant translations.</span><br />
<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">
You can already use the camera mode to take a picture of text and get it translated. Now, you can do it instantly. Aim your camera at the text and the translation will instantaneously show up over the image, even without a data connection. This works for English to and from: German, Italian, Portuguese, French, Russian and Spanish with plans to add more languages soon.<br /><br />This is great for ELL students who are trying to learn English and need some help, as well as helping out on trips. Students, and parents, could use this to translate signs at the schools, as well as text on posters and such."</div>
<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">From</span><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2015/01/google-announces-updates-to-translate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EducationalTechnologyGuy+%28Educational+Technology+Guy%29" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;" target="_blank"> Educational Technology Guy</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"> -</span></div>
<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU54Vo6CMpTKh9NO41hcK2BUWtxeHEu14NV9WV9JBtFTnjc3D-FhfJA8ZonfIdUPhl7D1mwvAzrr1IBKvfpIyUFQUs1SjePjVxTICsHWM2OObUeVvQNH-vdwtJzhQ8I8JooDjj94NaORue/s1600/Google+Word+Lens+iPhone+GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU54Vo6CMpTKh9NO41hcK2BUWtxeHEu14NV9WV9JBtFTnjc3D-FhfJA8ZonfIdUPhl7D1mwvAzrr1IBKvfpIyUFQUs1SjePjVxTICsHWM2OObUeVvQNH-vdwtJzhQ8I8JooDjj94NaORue/s1600/Google+Word+Lens+iPhone+GIF.gif" /></a></div>
<div style="background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-45517064797844784672014-12-18T12:18:00.004-05:002014-12-18T12:18:34.348-05:00BIOMAN Biology<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuSRBuBZOTcyv8bVUKTpEOCe2SpBTa8sbP7q2Nq2x_wVWBpwJ3oDVc8J5G-Ycsm9ISpGgmoUS2TvcO2qqDcq0VRl2jgIY5St-aa9_h7G6UiUYpRG-sUpCug5GOhuwAd4kyvtoar59js1p/s1600/bioman+logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbuSRBuBZOTcyv8bVUKTpEOCe2SpBTa8sbP7q2Nq2x_wVWBpwJ3oDVc8J5G-Ycsm9ISpGgmoUS2TvcO2qqDcq0VRl2jgIY5St-aa9_h7G6UiUYpRG-sUpCug5GOhuwAd4kyvtoar59js1p/s1600/bioman+logo.png" height="219" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Check out <a href="http://www.biomanbio.com/" target="_blank">BIOMAN Biology</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><b>BioMan Biology</b> is the fun place to learn Biology! Here you will find learning games, review games, virtual labs and quizzes that will help you to learn about cells, ecology, genetics, physiology, and much more!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;"><i><b>Note:</b></i> If you are a teacher, please check out the teacher section for ways to use the site to increase student engagement and learning. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Remember, everything on this site is completely FREE to use!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-88971877017074770462014-12-05T12:18:00.002-05:002014-12-11T09:01:57.322-05:0020 Free Tools for Making Comics and Cartoons for Teaching and Learning by Kelly Walsh<br />
<div>
<div class="headline_area" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 2.2em; padding: 0px;">
<h1 class="entry-title" style="line-height: 1.267em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">20 Free Tools for Making Comics and Cartoons for Teaching and Learning</span></h1>
<div class="headline_meta" style="color: #888888; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.667em; padding: 0px;">
by <span class="author vcard" style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">KELLY WALSH</span> on <abbr class="published" style="border-bottom-style: none; cursor: help; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;" title="2014-12-11">DECEMBER 11, 2014</abbr></div>
<div class="headline_meta" style="color: #888888; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.667em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="color: #111111; line-height: 1.158em;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="headline_meta" style="color: #888888; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.667em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="color: #111111; line-height: 1.158em;"><b>Comic Strips and Cartooning can be a Fun Way for Students to Explore Learning Topics</b></span></div>
</div>
<div class="format_text entry-content" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.467em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px;">
There are so many good free tools for creating comics and cartoons on the web, as well as apps for tablets and smartphones. I’ve built out a list of fun tools I am looking forward to trying out over the upcoming holiday break. I can’t wait to brainstorm creative ways to leverage these in lessons!</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=10046434C1482582" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="MakeBeliefsComix-ExampleKW" class="aligncenter wp-image-20145 pib-hover-img" src="http://www.emergingedtech.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/491x156xMakeBeliefsComix-ExampleKW.jpg.pagespeed.ic.wL558Qh6dA.jpg" height="156" style="border: none; clear: both; display: block; float: none; margin: 0px auto 1.467em; padding: 0px;" width="491" /><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Click to view original, large image</em></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px;">
Note that some of these tools offer very different types of functionality. It’s important to explore them yourself before introducing them students.</div>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.158em; margin: 1.737em 0px 0.579em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Web Apps for Cartooning and Comic Creation</span></h3>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ToonDoo:</strong> “Fastest Way to Create Comic Strips and Cartoons”:<a href="http://www.toondoo.com/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">www.toondoo.com</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BitStrips</strong>: <a href="http://www.bitstrips.com/create/comic/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">www.bitstrips.com/create/comic</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Make Belief Comics</strong>: <a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix</a> (you don’t even have to create an account to use this)</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Create Your Own Comic from Marvel:</strong><a href="http://marvel.com/games/play/34/create_your_own_comic" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">marvel.com/games/play/34/create_your_own_comic</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Pixton</strong>: <a href="http://www.pixton.com/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">www.pixton.com</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Comic Creator from Read Write Think:</strong><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Strip Creator:</strong> <a href="http://www.stripcreator.com/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">www.stripcreator.com</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Strip Generator:</strong> <a href="http://stripgenerator.com/strip/create" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">stripgenerator.com/strip/create</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Write Comics:</strong> <a href="http://writecomics.com/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">writecomics.com</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Toonlet:</strong> <a href="http://toonlet.com/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">toonlet.com</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cambridge English Online’s Cartoon Creator:</strong><a href="http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Cartoon_Maker/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">cambridgeenglishonline.com/Cartoon_Maker</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cartoonize Your Pet!</strong> <a href="http://www.cartoonizemypet.com/index.php" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">www.cartoonizemypet.com</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Anmish</strong>: <a href="http://anmish.com/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">anmish.com</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“LOL” Builder:</strong> <a href="http://builder.cheezburger.com/builder/rage" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">builder.cheezburger.com/builder/rage</a></div>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.158em; margin: 1.737em 0px 0.579em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">iPad and Android Apps for Making Comics and Cartoons</span></h3>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Comic Touch 2 </strong>(iOS): <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/comic-touch-2/id692819867?mt=8" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">itunes.apple.com/app/comic-touch-2/id692819867?mt=8</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cartoonatic </strong>(iOS)<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">:</strong><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/il/app/cartoonatic/id420905479?mt=8" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">itunes.apple.com/il/app/cartoonatic/id420905479?mt=8</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">DoInk </strong>(iOS)<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">:</strong> <a href="http://www.doink.com/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">www.doink.com</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Comic Puppets Lite</strong> (Android):<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.touchmultimedia.comicpuppetsfree" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.touchmultimedia.comicpuppetsfree</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Marvel Comics: </strong>(Android): <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marvel.comics" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marvel.comics</a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;">
<strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Draw Anime – Manga Tutorials</strong> (Android):<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mangatutorial.drawanime" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mangatutorial.drawanime</a></div>
<h3 style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.158em; margin: 1.737em 0px 0.579em; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">A Few Important Things to Keep in Mind When Using Comic and Cartoon Creation Tools in the Classroom</span></h3>
<ul style="list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 1.467em 1.467em; padding: 0px;">
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Try a few tools yourself and find those you think will work best in your classroom</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Make sure that the app(s) you select actually work in your classroom (they are not blocked, for example)</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Watch out for inappropriate content created by other users</li>
</ul>
<div style="margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px;">
So there you go … now start clicking and using your imagination to have some fun with the cool tools! <span style="color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you have some experience with these or similar apps in the classroom, we hope you will comment and tell us about it.</span></div>
<h4 style="clear: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.0049991607666px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<i>About <a class="authorsure-author-link" href="http://www.emergingedtech.com/author/admin/" rel="author" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Kelly Walsh</a></i></h4>
<div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.0049991607666px; padding: 0px;">
<i>Kelly Walsh is Chief Information Officer and a faculty member at The College of Westchester in White Plains, NY and is the founder and author of EmergingEdTech.com. As an education technology advocate, he frequently delivers presentations on a variety of related topics at schools and conferences across the U.S. Walsh is also an author, and online educator, periodically running <a href="http://www.emergingedtech.com/flipped-classroom-online-workshops/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Flipped Class Workshops</a>online. His latest eBook, the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book</strong> was published in September, 2013 and is <a href="http://www.emergingedtech.com/2013/09/announcing-the-flipped-classroom-workshop-in-a-book/" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">available here</a>. In his spare time Walsh also writes, records, and performs original (and cover) songs (look for "K. Walsh" on iTunes or Amazon.com or check out his original song videos on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/minstreltube" style="color: #2361a1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">here on YouTube </a>).</i></div>
<div style="font-size: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.467em; padding: 0px;">
<br /></div>
</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-11796016448944672842014-11-27T16:41:00.001-05:002014-11-27T16:42:22.893-05:00Easy Accents App with Google Docs<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;">
Easy accents with Google Docs</h3>
<div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
<div class="post-header-line-1">
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8528013369281748224" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; position: relative; width: 570px;">
I often have students ask me to help them with their World Language Docs, and finding the correct accent symbol can be tough. There is the feature right in Google Docs, called "Symbols", and you will have to switch it to "Latin" to find most French and Spanish accents. </div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8528013369281748224" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; position: relative; width: 570px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8528013369281748224" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; position: relative; width: 570px;">
Luckily there is a new Google Doc Add-on called "Easy Accents." Not sure we can save this on student accounts, but you might want to share it with your students for them to set up on their home accounts.</div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">This Add-on is free, and extremely easy to use! </span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">1: Open up any Google Doc new or old.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">2: Click on "Add-ons" at the top of the doc.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">3: Search "Easy Accents"</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">4: Click "free" and then accept the Add-on.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">5: Return to your Google Doc and click on Add-ons again</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf27ghbIYOUGaYaAgdT7-21Ke-bq2m4XOpPHtrQz1pPFvbDD3w721EUhhh0scPBZTED2n1fKw72WBV3m_wB1eGICAmmAAIQqT63IZjNtRSxznUDRrymemshti8QxL2_EjLWkGYwOJsvuI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-11-27+at+11.56.51+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #b87209; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf27ghbIYOUGaYaAgdT7-21Ke-bq2m4XOpPHtrQz1pPFvbDD3w721EUhhh0scPBZTED2n1fKw72WBV3m_wB1eGICAmmAAIQqT63IZjNtRSxznUDRrymemshti8QxL2_EjLWkGYwOJsvuI/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-11-27+at+11.56.51+AM.png" height="199" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">
6. A new page will show you the variety of choices of accents in the language that you have selected....that's all there is to it! </div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">
Easy Accents....check it out!</div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
<img src="http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/shutterstock_65356459.jpg?bf8fc8" height="200" width="200" /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-14773378840910756882014-11-16T08:54:00.005-05:002014-11-16T08:54:49.982-05:00DYSLEXIE FONT .com<br />
<br />
<div class="text text-1 parbase section" style="background-color: white; color: #281b21; font-family: sl-Apres; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 100px;">
<div style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
Dutch designer Christian Boer created a <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2014/11/09/christian-boer-dyslexie-typeface-dyslexia-easier-reading-istanbul-design-biennial-2014/" style="color: #660033; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">dyslexic-friendly font</a> to make reading easier for people with dyslexia, like himself.</div>
</div>
<div class="text-3 text parbase section" style="background-color: white; color: #281b21; font-family: sl-Apres; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-left: 100px;">
<div style="line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
Designed to make reading clearer and more enjoyable for people with dyslexia, Dyslexie uses heavy base lines, alternating stick and tail lengths, larger openings, and semicursive slants to ensure that each character has a unique and more easily recognizable form.</div>
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6-eNYbyzQhNy3I6muCJvXggE3kLaTg9hZQ64d_Mn4K3WKlbc75Z7KRdZ5rTRwZlzg_M8Nz5QM0ifa_nqLj1rg_RK07jYOg6dLxpici3Lb76PIKnQ3PtIIK7rRdMEjYWIu7TGSb-WwYCu/s1600/alphabet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6-eNYbyzQhNy3I6muCJvXggE3kLaTg9hZQ64d_Mn4K3WKlbc75Z7KRdZ5rTRwZlzg_M8Nz5QM0ifa_nqLj1rg_RK07jYOg6dLxpici3Lb76PIKnQ3PtIIK7rRdMEjYWIu7TGSb-WwYCu/s1600/alphabet.jpg" height="200" width="181" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Watch the video for more details.</div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://vimeo.com/85075132" target="_blank">DYSLEXIE FONT</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-44046739923010874522014-11-06T09:18:00.001-05:002014-11-06T10:18:37.024-05:00Saving a Video to a Google Presentation/SlideUsing Google Slides it is now very easy to insert a YouTube video to your presentation so that all you need to do is open the slide, click on the video to activate it, and you are good to go!<br />
<br />
To do this - open Google Slides and slide your cursor over to the word "INSERT" when you slide down you will see the word VIDEO with a video icon. Click on that and a page will open up that looks like this -<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_klFjmTviwlyRvmFTpUTXqZ2kJREaoeivNhqSMovCo_T0XcnejsO9AYh4GGUYbQz_RamdB87Atnb5pgma9bxWidOd2rU5hdsAv8rbxDk7jOoPVaW_DOADs-iKXlKla8AR0H0TX2tDFUw/s1600/insert+video.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_klFjmTviwlyRvmFTpUTXqZ2kJREaoeivNhqSMovCo_T0XcnejsO9AYh4GGUYbQz_RamdB87Atnb5pgma9bxWidOd2rU5hdsAv8rbxDk7jOoPVaW_DOADs-iKXlKla8AR0H0TX2tDFUw/s1600/insert+video.JPG" height="246" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
From here type in either the specific name of the video or category that you would like - </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
"Bill Nye Science Guy" or "Bill Nye Science Guy - Physics" for example</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
and it will bring you to a few selections on the Internet. You can then click on the specific one that you'd like and insert it onto your slide where it will now be able to play once you activate it from your Google Presentation!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>Nice!!</i></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bpid0LBTqWg?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-82631863536282285882014-11-04T12:43:00.005-05:002014-11-05T08:52:33.272-05:00PINTEREST<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqk_lNNcHO8Mi9u_WjX8GWbjSp2CtXeHes7U75dHFrI3RxujUkpErc_-NwBlw1JBG0cd_rvv8pwRIzBFQrGHz6rDVZxnNBDRLaEs2sC9hEyDAIbqGrWgru-WxaeBb_mC7TrIrjSEW0AT6t/s1600/pinterest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqk_lNNcHO8Mi9u_WjX8GWbjSp2CtXeHes7U75dHFrI3RxujUkpErc_-NwBlw1JBG0cd_rvv8pwRIzBFQrGHz6rDVZxnNBDRLaEs2sC9hEyDAIbqGrWgru-WxaeBb_mC7TrIrjSEW0AT6t/s1600/pinterest.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/all/education/" target="_blank">PINTEREST</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px; text-align: start;">Pinterest has entire category dedicated to education. It is a virtual treasure trove of sources of inspiration for educational projects, activities and reference materials.</span><br />
<span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px; text-align: start;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/janderson0364/" target="_blank">My PINTEREST BOARDS</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT08Y9l5XKjjggqqaj4sKC6ITw_akKYY2SdGobSGBXiSDIlcvyRbSiOFR9OULCCDWZ4Z1cFsNSo51fhD96x6FKSLErbhG3HmPhLT7z9f4k9aVw39J480Kry0blv8bTMmfLCriiLKq_G9SF/s1600/How-Educators-Use-Pinterest-800.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT08Y9l5XKjjggqqaj4sKC6ITw_akKYY2SdGobSGBXiSDIlcvyRbSiOFR9OULCCDWZ4Z1cFsNSo51fhD96x6FKSLErbhG3HmPhLT7z9f4k9aVw39J480Kry0blv8bTMmfLCriiLKq_G9SF/s1600/How-Educators-Use-Pinterest-800.png" height="640" width="287" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-53516540438866585982014-11-04T11:51:00.003-05:002014-11-04T12:01:58.585-05:00DUOLINGO<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0FTx6Kz0gmb_WhGY2cAKpV1MTVLMvLrR-yMbkpnkc73n-WeQ2szQRB_tLG15P2QKYEGHlD3yN1exo80NrqerKIYoFuDQph8VD1WwM4GRjK1Dlw6Vruw2e_Qn41jxhCo1wbG0nnhV1cJ9/s1600/duolingo-banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0FTx6Kz0gmb_WhGY2cAKpV1MTVLMvLrR-yMbkpnkc73n-WeQ2szQRB_tLG15P2QKYEGHlD3yN1exo80NrqerKIYoFuDQph8VD1WwM4GRjK1Dlw6Vruw2e_Qn41jxhCo1wbG0nnhV1cJ9/s1600/duolingo-banner.png" height="218" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.duolingo.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">DUOLINGO</span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">Offers free language instruction where users translate documents </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">and vote on </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">the accuracy of those translations. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">Contains a description of how it works, a blog, etc.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-35394553258163800912014-11-04T10:18:00.001-05:002014-11-04T11:58:24.264-05:00DISCOVERY ED<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNpXb800mODfUgqKtnAGxw3r32ga5MJ635Np7KOInks7bgFUcC8cYEWzdXvY063YX4vXpPz33OzrG-n0al8OIPZyAKqg9T5TjbDtzCydfuqBOTp8tqF7_qxO_oEodGFuSxaVGh8Mz4EQd/s1600/disco+ed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNpXb800mODfUgqKtnAGxw3r32ga5MJ635Np7KOInks7bgFUcC8cYEWzdXvY063YX4vXpPz33OzrG-n0al8OIPZyAKqg9T5TjbDtzCydfuqBOTp8tqF7_qxO_oEodGFuSxaVGh8Mz4EQd/s1600/disco+ed.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">DISCOVERY ED</span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
GLOBAL WRAP</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-61004405698822401102014-11-04T10:15:00.001-05:002014-11-04T11:58:41.420-05:00National Library of Virtual Manipulatives<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNxfjv2spvpeoXsHrd5L4W_U18mkFKytBtI-dPgRIClHpo6uzf7RZbR1klTPS7IRmbLLuFO-qFRhBpHt_TDAVn8n4_YGd5Kpm9BWScCLoIiAGMwScprUH2w1x2ClyCbIKIH8_94QigFsO/s1600/NLVM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNNxfjv2spvpeoXsHrd5L4W_U18mkFKytBtI-dPgRIClHpo6uzf7RZbR1klTPS7IRmbLLuFO-qFRhBpHt_TDAVn8n4_YGd5Kpm9BWScCLoIiAGMwScprUH2w1x2ClyCbIKIH8_94QigFsO/s1600/NLVM.png" height="253" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">National Library of Virtual Manipulatives</span></a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-21896656685501154882014-11-04T10:11:00.003-05:002014-11-04T10:11:37.892-05:00EDMODO<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopcJLrZjIX39mdYnuRHM1SxybUK12zw8-RCVElMo9lL5M6pJbPKI1qDiX-E-pFIXUuMjMgDau_LnNQME8j9X-69tU6W84nABDNz3C6Ct7DFU6Tum-oaXoYLTXZRA6u0MPGab4pvsl9dSe/s1600/edmodo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopcJLrZjIX39mdYnuRHM1SxybUK12zw8-RCVElMo9lL5M6pJbPKI1qDiX-E-pFIXUuMjMgDau_LnNQME8j9X-69tU6W84nABDNz3C6Ct7DFU6Tum-oaXoYLTXZRA6u0MPGab4pvsl9dSe/s1600/edmodo.png" height="179" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.edmodo.com/" target="_blank">EDMODO</a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNQxKorGGKccohuFP0uhCxMVlkIdX5HyEfil7BtFW5cpbeaalPPN43NLzlh0PaCTpZR4CGCJObWITiMmEffhEhP17SlhoVid0sfuQWKC9BbCHed5Pnfsaf1UNUZResbDmuvC_NjmZTDSs/s1600/edmodo+page.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNQxKorGGKccohuFP0uhCxMVlkIdX5HyEfil7BtFW5cpbeaalPPN43NLzlh0PaCTpZR4CGCJObWITiMmEffhEhP17SlhoVid0sfuQWKC9BbCHed5Pnfsaf1UNUZResbDmuvC_NjmZTDSs/s1600/edmodo+page.png" height="202" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-26488454183562449282014-11-04T10:04:00.001-05:002014-11-04T11:59:10.711-05:00NEWSELA<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRUMqOmW8zFFoZaaIFEh2ESX27vlRf-Ia45Vnn55JsborKUYJFbkaGNimE0IOv9zDV_8OHUbPcIK4qKv4Z1xUlg1KVzDkh_FcoIDRJJ0IVVaGtcl-817xY9gn6qzfn1679yW8ZMAwjg21/s1600/newsela.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRUMqOmW8zFFoZaaIFEh2ESX27vlRf-Ia45Vnn55JsborKUYJFbkaGNimE0IOv9zDV_8OHUbPcIK4qKv4Z1xUlg1KVzDkh_FcoIDRJJ0IVVaGtcl-817xY9gn6qzfn1679yW8ZMAwjg21/s1600/newsela.png" height="88" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://newsela.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">NEWSELA</span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
News articles updated daily. Different grade/reading levels</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-58085459694624450022014-11-04T10:02:00.001-05:002014-11-04T11:55:34.031-05:00READ WRITE THINK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MTEwMqbw8QSCOvco8NxYPC7jWSQjbPj-64oWbOXCFRNEDJ8Y5yr5MFTElEEmRC7Y8Hh2i3kxOWoDlaKhNapPowZ-Q3ee3oqlg9G3pjP_k8IdcQ5F1tuiNFAu4GAwDn7XDcu8_vMmB1ws/s1600/read+write+think.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MTEwMqbw8QSCOvco8NxYPC7jWSQjbPj-64oWbOXCFRNEDJ8Y5yr5MFTElEEmRC7Y8Hh2i3kxOWoDlaKhNapPowZ-Q3ee3oqlg9G3pjP_k8IdcQ5F1tuiNFAu4GAwDn7XDcu8_vMmB1ws/s1600/read+write+think.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">READ WRITE THINK</span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">Providing educators and students access to the highest quality </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">practices and resources in </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">reading</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"> and language arts instruction.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/" target="_blank">TRADING CARDS</a></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/printing-press-30036.html" target="_blank">NEWSPAPER</a></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-8810509385286122222014-11-04T09:58:00.003-05:002014-11-04T11:55:52.430-05:00PBS Learning Media<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEmiPUx-l_RAk5jnyW1OVFup7wOANLqMsjvv5IZJ5VGdldswvfuExFMsJg-BQBdzJTitb0v1WBbN3GkLW3bxvRSAlq9tXEu3y8mJpjUrzPR-JnFM9sATOfwmZu8pqh7yoR2bDZR9kiQ8k/s1600/learningmedialogo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEmiPUx-l_RAk5jnyW1OVFup7wOANLqMsjvv5IZJ5VGdldswvfuExFMsJg-BQBdzJTitb0v1WBbN3GkLW3bxvRSAlq9tXEu3y8mJpjUrzPR-JnFM9sATOfwmZu8pqh7yoR2bDZR9kiQ8k/s1600/learningmedialogo.jpg" height="77" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/" target="_blank">PBS LEARNING MEDIA</a><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">Lessons</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"> complete with free </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">media</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"> spanning multiple subjects </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">for preschool through 12th grade.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-51816812732779117942014-11-04T09:55:00.007-05:002014-11-04T11:56:13.486-05:00RUBISTAR<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk83_UyMMOJcHsqH6qzGGobu5vK2tMTIJl9YaL4WOGj9Gwiz5ERgBe1c-1Vtmew-qe6i2BYiKooLH1FGzt1P4R6-dU2DikkbQaV71q3sMJFsPpnBH4GLgQTiqbwp0WD5zB6aeMGXo_SIH/s1600/rubistar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk83_UyMMOJcHsqH6qzGGobu5vK2tMTIJl9YaL4WOGj9Gwiz5ERgBe1c-1Vtmew-qe6i2BYiKooLH1FGzt1P4R6-dU2DikkbQaV71q3sMJFsPpnBH4GLgQTiqbwp0WD5zB6aeMGXo_SIH/s1600/rubistar.jpg" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">RUBISTAR</span></a><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">RubiStar</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"> is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-34226667364984727272014-11-04T09:51:00.000-05:002014-11-04T11:59:23.609-05:00SCHOOLOGY<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5YayYEaxQsBWsVf4eWpbQ0bu3ti70ddS5lJUWeYH0pSziTwZPztMuKuOvEA7CZDRrTJhyCpiNpL2QSXXAtb1mfJn9mf897we0ZpdKC3ZsSg02DwafRU1eU3E8UTZBmH-mHZLIyswuY07/s1600/Schoology_logo_black.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5YayYEaxQsBWsVf4eWpbQ0bu3ti70ddS5lJUWeYH0pSziTwZPztMuKuOvEA7CZDRrTJhyCpiNpL2QSXXAtb1mfJn9mf897we0ZpdKC3ZsSg02DwafRU1eU3E8UTZBmH-mHZLIyswuY07/s1600/Schoology_logo_black.png" height="138" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.schoology.com/home.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">SCHOOLOGY</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<a href="https://www.schoology.com/learning-management-system.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">more info</span></a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-66454694428141536532014-11-04T09:48:00.002-05:002014-11-04T12:01:21.996-05:00QUIZLET<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDKdYmWoRjcpk_-dgtoo8ZfPq67Et0k1wI-2lS8opUCFV_Od3-g3EUnveOi86z0sdh-q7JeFtCvjJ6Pa4u2TIPs7rTl6lUtZmn81qoGfi795P49YIJGX8CuNg__zEPuyghCdZ-g1g4bna/s1600/quizlet.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDKdYmWoRjcpk_-dgtoo8ZfPq67Et0k1wI-2lS8opUCFV_Od3-g3EUnveOi86z0sdh-q7JeFtCvjJ6Pa4u2TIPs7rTl6lUtZmn81qoGfi795P49YIJGX8CuNg__zEPuyghCdZ-g1g4bna/s1600/quizlet.png" height="116" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://quizlet.com/" target="_blank">QUIZLET</a></span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;">Quizlet</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"> is a free website providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes. It was created by high school sophomore Andrew Sutherland in 2005 and now contains over 40 million study sets. All of the material is user-generated.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-60939192710403210752014-09-22T18:49:00.001-04:002014-11-04T12:01:44.943-05:00Educreations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmlv0Y1geIRLVYHDTB5pcH0aVYV3VRPcLVGK2bVJojEA4XvKnTviK7MQkLisSoFIxZBM5S3z7vRMYRJc8_JM3Si4tQxxU-uHKLCxDtKJKCPC_WlHEGDBDO6830MQNaqjw13DBZCdN8CjD/s1600/educreations_logo_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmlv0Y1geIRLVYHDTB5pcH0aVYV3VRPcLVGK2bVJojEA4XvKnTviK7MQkLisSoFIxZBM5S3z7vRMYRJc8_JM3Si4tQxxU-uHKLCxDtKJKCPC_WlHEGDBDO6830MQNaqjw13DBZCdN8CjD/s1600/educreations_logo_1.png" height="256" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #7c8595; font-family: 'Whitney SSm A', 'Whitney SSm B', sans-serif; line-height: 24px;"><b>"Educreations</b> is a unique interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool that's simple, powerful, and fun to use. Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you explain any concept. Teachers can create short instructional videos and share them instantly with students, or ask students to show what they know and help friends learn something new."</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Check out - <a href="https://edshelf.com/tool/educreations" target="_blank">Educreations</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">and a tutorial - <a href="https://www.educreations.com/lesson/view/how-to-use-educreations/7416256/" target="_blank">HERE </a>...</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-12231301021127881402014-09-22T10:25:00.001-04:002014-09-22T10:55:44.518-04:00Google Sharing Basics from Teaching Forward<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/05GOsev23jQ" width="480"></iframe><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
A great tutorial for teachers just starting up with Google Docs on how to control who you share what with on this recent post from <a href="http://teachingforward.net/2014/09/22/google-sharing-basics/" target="_blank">Teaching Forward</a> .<br />
<br />
Worth checking out.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UbFszb_N_ZBK3khWqqV0rLuCpOZ-EQDv-64JOusTT2OMh1Zi5X3puvAgwRYaRo3XE-bLIggVlgdTLnAsiqGeVm84J7tYLhh2Gg8l3yho30VjW-OIUjadAhu9KbsLihy9051wNSIUK0UU/s1600/teaching+Forward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UbFszb_N_ZBK3khWqqV0rLuCpOZ-EQDv-64JOusTT2OMh1Zi5X3puvAgwRYaRo3XE-bLIggVlgdTLnAsiqGeVm84J7tYLhh2Gg8l3yho30VjW-OIUjadAhu9KbsLihy9051wNSIUK0UU/s1600/teaching+Forward.jpg" height="65" width="320" /></a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-14406647888061544382014-09-15T08:12:00.002-04:002014-09-15T08:16:13.650-04:00Google Docs Cheat SheetThe folks at <b><i>Shake Up Learning</i></b> have put together a "cheat sheet" for better understanding all the tools and menu on Google Docs.<br />
<br />
Check it out <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/239729667/Google-Docs-Cheat-Sheet" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Pl554rRsNR5ToSFM4PA84puitGKMp3xZUUQ3yxcyGj11dZNSNMvKxAlSnKMn5UpUOaHtLxCPd22yPlcTQdyfzG-8wEGeNasv1AqsAsGmbuSAz1KWx1hGQLk02cHF8ztBSvmI9IeeFUoc/s1600/cheat+sheet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Pl554rRsNR5ToSFM4PA84puitGKMp3xZUUQ3yxcyGj11dZNSNMvKxAlSnKMn5UpUOaHtLxCPd22yPlcTQdyfzG-8wEGeNasv1AqsAsGmbuSAz1KWx1hGQLk02cHF8ztBSvmI9IeeFUoc/s1600/cheat+sheet.JPG" height="304" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-30276996677150822522014-09-09T13:28:00.005-04:002014-09-15T08:18:14.789-04:00ED Puzzle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBX_pB1Z9uHSJ06waDMtxfG7pBnBREHc87Yt6AtfCp8ibSCNFzWDxgc_p3GyAR7t16D55fkEyRatgWpJBgtvlcggqPIiYCQQAEp-BSmfPZ6mn8d8DBB-ElLVwDtrU_RWf70ajBwUZTUgw/s1600/edtechedpuzzle.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBX_pB1Z9uHSJ06waDMtxfG7pBnBREHc87Yt6AtfCp8ibSCNFzWDxgc_p3GyAR7t16D55fkEyRatgWpJBgtvlcggqPIiYCQQAEp-BSmfPZ6mn8d8DBB-ElLVwDtrU_RWf70ajBwUZTUgw/s1600/edtechedpuzzle.png" height="320" width="282" /></a></div>
An interesting sounding free app for teachers - <a href="http://edpuzzle.com/">EDpuzzle.com</a><br />
<br />
If you use videos in your classroom yet would like to shorten them or make them a bit more specific to your class and needs, Edpuzzle might be a good resource for you.<br />
<br />
This app helps you edit/crop videos to the segment you need; add your own voice-over to them so you can point out something that you might want to emphasize to your class; and you can even set up little quizzes that will give you data as to what individuals in your class are understanding, or not, from the presentation.<br />
<br />
EDpuzzle also has a library of video offerings from other teachers that you might find useful to draw from.<br />
<br />
<br />
Check out <a href="https://edpuzzle.com/" target="_blank">EDpuzzle</a> and see how it works for you in your classroom.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-60179800569381445522014-08-23T19:15:00.004-04:002014-08-23T19:16:20.426-04:005 Online STEM Courses - Edudemic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdI-RvVRXNoWYjVFPxJlglBHgg_3TzGlxl5baDK5l8nx6UhyJOcC6EUeTA5SYlw97zCH1uxrGttLvioYkBg8KcljU5XDWdekVqCDvRnG9aeKQsJwaX4JWAmZgCqrWB7zeD47v3FN4MhBX/s1600/edudemic.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdI-RvVRXNoWYjVFPxJlglBHgg_3TzGlxl5baDK5l8nx6UhyJOcC6EUeTA5SYlw97zCH1uxrGttLvioYkBg8KcljU5XDWdekVqCDvRnG9aeKQsJwaX4JWAmZgCqrWB7zeD47v3FN4MhBX/s1600/edudemic.png" height="90" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
There's so much out there to share with our students these days....<br />
Here's some sites/apps to check out that range from Baseball to Computer Programming to AI Robotics and Game Design....<br />
<br />
Check out these courses shared by Jeff Dunn on <a href="http://www.edudemic.com/free-online-stem-courses-you-should-check-out/" target="_blank">Edudemic</a> -<br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 32px;"><b>Baseball Analytics - </b></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">Learn about the math of selecting baseball players. You know,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/bux/bux-sabr101x-sabermetrics-101-1558#.U3ZTS61dUY0" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #37a6d6; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">like that movie Moneyball</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">.</span><br />
<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Intro to Computer Programming</span></h2>
<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">
<a href="https://www.udacity.com/course/cs291" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #37a6d6; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Computer programming basics</a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">– a great place to start.</span></h2>
<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">AI For Robotics</span></h2>
<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">Maybe someday,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><a href="https://www.udacity.com/course/cs373" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #37a6d6; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">you can design</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.udacity.com/course/cs373" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #37a6d6; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="font-size: x-small;">your</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 23px;"> </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">own</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Jetsons_characters" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #37a6d6; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Rosie</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">to clean your house, make your dinner, and serve you up some sass.</span></span></h2>
<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Creative 3D Graphics</span></h2>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
3-D graphics aren’t just found in your local IMAX theater anymore. And the red and blue flimsy glasses? Well, at least they’re a little bit cooler now (and not so red and blue and cheap). Learn about <a href="https://www.udacity.com/course/cs291" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #37a6d6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">3-D graphics</a> in this course.</div>
<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Intro to Game Design</span></h2>
<div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;">A must for gamers, you can learn to design your</span><a href="https://generalassemb.ly/online/videos/introduction-to-game-design" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #37a6d6; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> own game! </a></div>
<h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; line-height: 32px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;">
</h2>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-62225808526427392202014-08-23T10:27:00.002-04:002014-08-23T10:30:48.440-04:00Minecraft, Learn to Mod and more!<a class="irc_mil" data-ved="0CAUQjRw" href="https://twitter.com/LearnToMod" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; border: 0px; clear: left; color: #660099; cursor: pointer; float: left; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img class="irc_mi" height="320" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/472467434222272512/iGrl4NUH.png" style="-webkit-background-size: 21px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098) 0px 5px 35px; background-color: white; background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(239, 239, 239) 25%, transparent 25%, transparent 75%, rgb(239, 239, 239) 75%, rgb(239, 239, 239)), -webkit-linear-gradient(45deg, rgb(239, 239, 239) 25%, transparent 25%, transparent 75%, rgb(239, 239, 239) 75%, rgb(239, 239, 239)); background-position: 0px 0px, 10px 10px; background-size: 21px 21px; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65098) 0px 5px 35px; margin-top: 0px;" width="320" /></a> Lots of students enjoy playing <a href="https://minecraft.net/" target="_blank">Minecraft</a>, a game that uses blocks to break and build things. Fantastic structures, mysterious castles, and gathering and crafting items are a big part of the lure of the game for players. It's also a game that with your avatar you can fight off creatures of the night and build your world as you'd like it. It's not as violent as many multi-player adventure games, though it involves some killing of creatures (no blood, just a grunting noise indicating that they have died).<br />
<br />
For more on Minecraft read these couple of reviews - one from and avid and creative player <a href="http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/24/minecraft-review" target="_blank">Anthony Gallegos</a> and one from a mother, Bec Oakley, of <a href="http://minemum.com/" target="_blank">MineMum </a>who appreciates and elaborates on the learning benefits of the game, and has put together a site that helps other parents understand the game better. She gives a thorough overview of Minecraft including how to install the mods/modifications that help enhance the game.<br />
<br />
I need to spend some more time on Minecraft myself, as some teachers are finding it quite educational and helpful in their classes as a way to teach all kinds of curriculum from history to microbiology. Check out <a href="http://minecraftedu.com/" target="_blank">Minecraft EDU</a> for further info on that.<br />
<br />
Recently, ThoughtSTEM, (think Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), came out with <a href="http://www.learntomod.com/" target="_blank">LearntoMod</a>.<br />
Through this mod making program students create their own mods, and the great thing is, they are learning to program while they create. Learning programming is big, and if your students are enjoying what they are creating through their programming sessions, all the better!<br />
<br />
Check out this recent article in <a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/08/learntomod/" target="_blank">Wired</a> for further info on LearntoMod.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297697096827074924.post-8944869999543156832014-08-18T09:49:00.002-04:002014-08-18T09:49:43.652-04:00BYOD - Student Owned Devices in our Classrooms<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_0_2_9pUifMYmBwyr_CUTpzh7vxhDw86eDC0w22AsBs92znRaWWou8g90bzUvGRp0Mhz-0p6QHS7_VWg31r4U943eYN1hPD3M3l6vnyfFH35JTe7si5LNTlH8r2auws4_LBbLOJ3_-WJ/s1600/byod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_0_2_9pUifMYmBwyr_CUTpzh7vxhDw86eDC0w22AsBs92znRaWWou8g90bzUvGRp0Mhz-0p6QHS7_VWg31r4U943eYN1hPD3M3l6vnyfFH35JTe7si5LNTlH8r2auws4_LBbLOJ3_-WJ/s1600/byod.jpg" height="231" width="320" /></a></div>
We've been given the nod that students can BYOD - bring in their own devices to help with in-class research, video/photos, classwork, graphing trends, etc. Whether we're ready for it or not, experts claim that this is inevitable and the future, especially given the demand on school finances and not always being able to keep up the latest technology. So, we might as well find ways to start using them effectively in our classrooms now!!<br />
<br />
Here's a good post from Katrina Schwartz on a recent edition of <a href="http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-student-owned-devices-in-any-classroom/#comments" target="_blank">Mindset</a> that will help give you some ideas on how to effectively use these devices in your classroom and maybe even help impress upon students how to use their devices for educational purposes, and something besides checking out YouTube videos or posting photos on Instagram. Along with elaborating how to establish some ground rules with BYODs in school, Schwartz also posts some "go-to apps" that some teachers like to introduce to their students to help with this engagement and learning with technology.<br />
<br />
Share some here what and how you are using devices in your class as the year goes on!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530316124470283365noreply@blogger.com0