FPS Integrating Technology into Your Classroom

"Record Quick Videos in Seconds Click: Click the extension to start recording your video. Record: You can capture yourself, anything on your screen, or both! Share: Your video is automatically copied to your clipboard and ready to share."

Spigot aggregates news, research, opinion, and information for those working at the intersection of learning, technology, and youth. This is a great starting point for those who want to grow their Personal Learning Network (PLN).

"Edtech is making is easier and more efficient to help students at every level, and to bring even the most timid of learners out of their shells. Dr. Kenneth Shore, a psychologist and Chair of a child study team for the Hamilton, New Jersey Public Schools, explains that "Low self-esteem can lessen a student's desire to learn, his or her ability to focus, and his or her willingness to take risks. Positive self-esteem, on the other hand, is one of the building blocks of school success; it provides a firm foundation for learning."

"Google Classroom is an outstanding tool for managing your classroom. Without it, simple tasks like sharing documents, tracking late assignments, and organizing class discussions would be very difficult. Here's the deal, most teachers are only scratching the surface of what they can do with Google Classroom! Posting assignments and receiving student work is just the beginning. I would like to share 5 advanced ideas for getting more out of Google Classroom!"

Highlight Online Videos to Share Important Parts. Annotate, collect, and share parts of online videos. Share anywhere, LEGALLY. No downloading or screen-recording involved. What is ReClipped? ReClipped is a tool to annotate, collect, share and discover video segments of your interest. What are video annotations? Video annotations are your notes on particular segment of a video. These notes can range from a simple bookmark title to an elaborate backstory about the segment. Typically, annotations are created by users, to summarize the video segment in own their words.

"The author created a Depth of Knowledge chart that corresponds to each of the core content areas. You're welcome to view each chart in this post or download the PDF files at bottom of the website."

"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."

"I spoke to educators from across grade levels and content areas who are actually using VR with their students. Based on their experiences, it appears VR has plenty of potential-especially when it comes to engagement. Here's a run-down on the perks from some of America's early-adopters."

"A cross-platform design tool for the 21st century. Gravit Designer is a full featured free vector design app right at your fingertip."

"The editors had to ponder what would make a technology easier to avoid than try to implement, and came up with a list of broad technologies and technology trends that either A) caused, rather than eased, more problems and concerns in the classroom, and/or B) were not evolved enough to make an actual difference in teaching or learning."

"Edit audio anywhere. An experimental audio editor. Copy. Snip. Pan. Record. Flexibly fade volume with envelopes. Apply and move effects (filters, compression, etc.) amongst tracks. And more. Edit while playing for quick feedback. Works online or offline."

Analyzing Documents Teach students the process of document analysis, the foundation for working with primary sources: 1. Meet the document. 2. Observe its parts. 3. Try to make sense of it. 4. Use it as historical evidence. Learning Objectives: Think through primary source documents (photos, written documents, artifacts, posters, maps, cartoons, videos, or sound recordings) for contextual understanding. Extract information to make informed judgments. Internalize the process of analyzing primary source documents."

"Virtual field trips can give students a bit of the "field trip experience" without the need for funding, permission slips, and chaperones."

AudioPlayer for Slides is a Chrome Extension designed to help you easily add or record audio to your Google Slide presentations. Once installed, simply click the extension icon and authenticate to Google Drive. Then open a new Slide presentation and right click a slide and click Manage Audio. Away you go! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/audioplayer-for-slides/anlkfbpodhealnhnmdaflcekcmcjpnil?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

"Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online software that improves reading, learning, and teaching. This site can: Intelligently simplify difficult English, for faster comprehension Effectively teach words, for building a better vocabulary Help teachers save time and produce engaging lessons Help improve learning outcomes"

"Virtual field trips allow us to take our students on adventures we never thought possible. We can take our students under the ocean, across the globe and even into space. But sometimes finding the right virtual field trip, or even finding a virtual field trip at all, can be time consuming. That's why we put together this growing database of virtual field trips you can take with your class!"

"Looking for the perfect illustration? Discover CocoMaterial, the Open Source hand-drawn illustration library with 2,494 images. Customize & download!"

"Present, Share & Collaborate. We create technology that simplifies how people present, share and collaborate. You can find our solutions in meeting rooms, classrooms, and huddle spaces across the world."

"Deliver engaging lessons - no matter where your learners are. Lumio is the digital learning tool for transforming lessons into active, collaborative learning experiences that engage students on their own devices"