This group is meant to share bookmarks promoting technology usage in the classroom, articles supporting technology usage, and ideas of technology usage.
"Odentical by Onix™ copies a complete Google Drive folder including all of its subfolders and files. It then places the copy into a specified Google Drive location. "
"You bring the content. We bring the games. Blended games for the classroom using your content. Blended Play is a gaming platform for any classroom content. Our goal is to provide easy to use, strategy driven games that can help review content in any subject."
"Kialo is designed to facilitate constructive debate about the most important issues in the world, without turning into the usual Internet Shouting Factory. We aspire to become not just where you come to argue, but also where you can explore the reasons why people disagree and see diverse points of view on the issues that matter. On Kialo, you can view and critically assess others' discussions, add your voice, and watch the conversation expand as more and more people chime in."
"Virtual reality (VR) is on the verge of gaining a foothold in schools thanks to affordable viewers like Google Cardboard. And with more VR apps appearing every day, it's likely that immersive VR expeditions will eventually become an engaging way for students to explore everything from historical landmarks and distant planets to oceanic locations and even the human body.
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A fun quiz site where the user must discover whether a published news article is fake or real. A great site for older students when teaching about vitality of sources.
Blockly Games is a series of educational games that teach programming. It is designed for children who have not had prior experience with computer programming. By the end of these games, players are ready to use conventional text-based languages.
"it is even easier for teachers and students to keep track of those big mile markers when a paper goes from rough draft to revised draft to final copy. Recently Google gave Revision History a face lift, renaming it to Version History and adding the new ability to name specific versions."
"In a political climate where sharing fake news has become commonplace, it's more important than ever to rely on trustworthy and dogged fact-checking services to vet information. While these sites always work overtime during a national election, this year the volume of work has only continued to increase since President Trump's inauguration."
"Click and Choose. Drag and Drop. Edit and Play. That's Animaker - 10X Better than other Online Animation Video Making software (#DIY). Animaker is a simple animated video making app which helps a wide range of users to craft videos of studio standard without much training or external guidance."
"Digital portfolios allow educators, students and professionals to showcase themselves and provide an opportunity for reflection and continued professional growth. Developed by teachers, PortfolioGen makes it easy for users to create and add portfolio pages, upload documents, insert photos and links, embed videos and add relative content to build a comprehensive online portfolio website that you can customize and design to reflect your own personal style."
"In a world filled with ever-more-complex technological, sociological, ecological, political & economic systems... a tool to make interactive simulations may not be that much help. But it can certainly try."
AutoDraw is a new kind of drawing tool. It pairs machine learning with drawings from talented artists to help everyone create anything visual, fast. There's nothing to download. Nothing to pay for. And it works anywhere: smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, etc.