Technology Tools

UK's CASTLE bootcamp wiki. Great links to teaching tools

The social network for those interested in  Web 2.0, Social Media, and Participative Technologies in the classroom. 

Within the various sections of this wiki, you will find tons of valuable, user-friendly resources to assist you with integrating technology into the classroom.

An adjustable assistive technology tool

You can create notebooks to access from any computer or device. You can share notebooks with others. We use this for Individualized Learning Plans- each teacher inserts their students, and we can each edit that students' ILP for parent teacher conferences

This is a great tool for organizing and sharing notes

This is a free website that allows students to express their ideas on a topic using video, audio, and text. Great for brainstorming!

Using a doc cam or laptop cam, students can instantly grade tests. You can export your rolls from IC into GC. It will align questions with state standards and send an Exel spreadsheet via email. Great also for formative assessment and exit slips!

Message your class. A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. Free.

This is a great resource for students to build and manipulate blogs for class projects/presentations.

This site is great for interactive discussions. You can post a question or topic and share the link. Participants can add sticky notes with their thoughts, ideas, or answers.

Not actually a tool, but one of my favorite sites to search for deals on technology.

We use this site to create super-easy, very polished websites for events like this technology bootcamp.

This is a great way for students to visually monitor time.

Edmodo looks like Facebook, which students love. It is a learning management system that you can post assignments, quizzes, and documents that you want your students to access. You can even download learning apps for skill practice, many of which are free. An email is not necessary and filters can be set for security.