FPS Integrating Technology into Your Classroom

"I've watched a student cry in front of her PC after she found a Word document she had worked on for days corrupted. I've witnessed someone spill coffee on my colleague's MacBook, and then felt enraged when he had to spend almost half its price to make the thing work again. Now you may ask me: What's going on with our computers? Well, there is nothing wrong with the computers. It's us. It's our bad habits that led to these tragedies. That's what I'd like to share with you today: four good computer habits every teacher should have in the digital age. "

The Answer Pad (TAP) is a multi-platform BYOD (bring your own device) student dialogue system that focuses on real-time assessments. Teachers can register for free, create their class, and sign up their students.

"A new type of video content: Ask questions, multi-choice quizzes, and collect feedback through your videos. Increase engagement: Turn passive viewers into active participants. Improve your content from feedback. Grow your audience: Generate leads from your videos and make them even more shareable."

"Students created a professional development resource relating to a technology tool of their choosing. Alternatively, students could also create a professional development resource that uses multiple tools to address a specific skill covered in the course. The product was organized so the various tools worked together toward a common goal rather than be just a collection of tools."

"Educators must start with the end goal in mind: college and career readiness. To get there, students must be able to read independently and proficiently at a certain level, and fluently apply math foundations."

"Marking student assignments in Google Docs is overly complicated and time consuming. The JoeZoo Express add-on makes it easier and faster for teachers."

"file conversion in the cloud: There is no need to install any software on your computer! Upload your files to CloudConvert and we will do the job for you. Don't worry, your files are safe and only you can access them. They will be deleted again as soon as your conversion is finished."

"A "growth mindset," as Dweck calls it, is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a tendency to believe that you can grow."

"TwistedWave is a browser-based audio editor. You only need a web browser to access it, and you can use it to record or edit any audio file. All the audio is stored and processed on the server, so you don't need to download anything, or save your work when you are done. Close your browser window and your work is saved. Open TwistedWave somewhere else, and all your audio files, with the complete undo history, are still available. With a free account, you can edit mono files up to 5 minutes in length."

"The original online Free PDF editor & form filler."

"I've found that the best feedback is the kind that can be applied right away. Why wait when we can get help right now with whatever we're cognitively wrestling with? Especially today, where technology is ubiquitous and communication is instant, we can do so much better than tardy feedback."

"Explainer videos rule. And now, creating them is a piece of cake! Simpleshow has created explainer videos for corporate customers for years. With mysimpleshow, we have used all our experience and developed a simple online tool that empowers anyone to make professional videos."

"Capture important moment of online video TurboNote provides in-page video note taking experience, it helps you keep your ideas right with the video. You can easily come back and review the video and idea at specifc moment any time you want!"

Free Tools for creating professional intros, animations, slideshows and music visualizations in minutes. You don't need any previous knowledge in video editing. Make your videos online and publish to your network in one click.