This group is meant to share bookmarks promoting technology usage in the classroom, articles supporting technology usage, and ideas of technology usage.
"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!"
PingPong is a new student response system for checking for understanding, surveying, and quizzing. Watch the YouTube video on the bottom of the page to learn more about PingPong.
The innovation adoption curve of Rogers is a model that classifies adopters of innovations into various categories based on the idea that certain individuals are inevitably more open to adaption than others. It is also referred to the Multi-Step Flow Theory or Diffusion of Innovations Theory.
"a former Chicago Public Schools teacher who is now the chief technology officer for School District 62 in Des Plaines, Ill., said there are three types of people whom ed-tech leaders will encounter when they encourage their staff to innovate: "hoorays, hmms, and hell nos."
The "hoorays" are those who are eager to try new tools and techniques in their classroom, she said. The "hmms" are those who watch with interest but aren't ready to dive in right away, and the "hell nos" are those who actively resist."
"One more educational use for Google Drawings is to create an interactive multimedia poster. This is very much like creating a Thinglink. Let's call it a Googlink."
"Kami, formerly Notable PDF, is the streamlined, easy-to-use solution to my PDF hopes and dreams! With Kami, students can view and annotate PDF documents from within the Chrome Web Browser, so it is a perfect tool for Chromebook and laptop users. Once annotated, the files are stored in Google Drive, which makes integration with Google Apps for Education and Google Classroom possible, too."
"visuals help people understand. They help compel them to feel emotion, and give them a visual anchor to recall ideas. That means they work, so we've collected a list of visual teaching tools and resources below for your perusal."
21Things4Teachers helps educators make connections between technology tools and best practice instructional strategies. It provides a chance for you to collaborate with fellow teachers in a cohort or as an individual to learn more about 21st century technology skills in a non-threatening environment with a highly skilled instructor.
"Beautiful Infographic Templates & Designs. Choose from hundreds of professional templates for infographics, reports, posters, promotions and social media posts."
"VideoAnt is a web-based video annotation tool for mobile and desktop devices. Use VideoAnt to add annotations, or comments, to web-hosted videos. VideoAnt-annotated videos are called "Ants"."
"Search now to download properly attributed, Creative Commons photos for school! Teachers have told us they need a place to access safe images that are available to be used in the classroom and for educational purposes. Plus, they want accurate image citations. We've heard you and created "Photos For Class" to meet your needs for images!"
"Marking student assignments in Google Docs is overly complicated and time consuming. The JoeZoo Express add-on makes it easier and faster for teachers."
"Personalized math and reading comprehension practice your students will love.
By addressing student weaknesses and building off strengths, Front Row is designed to increase confidence
and promote growth in ALL students, regardless of their ability level."
"On GE Teach students can compare two maps side-by-side. Students can select from gallery of map layers to compare side-by-side in GE Teach. In addition to comparing maps students can still use the drawing and measuring tools that you would typically find in Google's My Maps tool."
a free quiz game platform. Students play your quiz games on their laptops or tablets by going to the Quizalize website then entering their names and a class code. Students are awarded points for correctly answering questions quickly.
Buncee is essentially an online slideshow. But you can save your Buncee offline as an interactive PDF which makes it a great way for students to build ebooks. A Buncee can also be used as an online invitation to an event. When you have completed the creation of your Buncee you can select "RSVP" when you share it and recipients will have an option to register their interest in attending your event.
