Group items tagged

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

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

"MouseMail uses Active Email Filtering to scan for inappropriate content, as well as non-approved contacts in every email. MouseMail scans all incoming and outgoing email messages for inappropriate content. Questionable messages will not be delivered to the child, but diverted to the parent for review. This filtering allows parents to passively monitor their children's communications, giving parents a chance to talk with their child if an issue arises before that issue becomes serious."

GroupTweet turns a standard Twitter account into a group communication hub where members can post updates to everyone in the group using direct messages. When the group account receives a direct message from a group member, GroupTweet converts it into a tweet that all followers can see.

"Use us to automatically call or text every phone number on your list. Call-Em-All helps make life a little easier for groups, businesses, and organizations everywhere. Give your phone a rest, and keep your group in the loop for just pennies per message!"

" What amazed me most about Classtools.net was not the valuable tools provided, but the ability for teachers to easily customize these tools and use them in any subject area. If that is not enough, how about the ability to embed your newly made instructional resource on your own classroom website, wiki, or blog? Any educator will also like the fact that students have no need to log in or sign up for an account… and neither do teachers! Need tutorials… they are provided! Do samples help you understand better… you will find plenty! Is budget a problem… then free should be affordable! Classtools.net is the work of educator, Russel Tarr, Head of History at the International School of Toulouse, France. Upon entering the site, educators will see the listing of tools. Clicking on a tool allows teachers to individualize that specific tool for their own classroom needs. Teachers then have the option of copying a generated link to place on their own web site or of copying a generated code to embed as a tool (widget) on their classroom site. Also, on the front page, are some video links that will provide further information. Two videos that provide excellent information are the 1 Minute Overview and How to Create Games. The Listing Of Over 20 Digital Tools For Your Classroom The tools that you can even customize are included below. Along with this tool listing you will find descriptions of each tool, an overview of and samples of specific tools (if provided), and any related video (if provided). * Arcade Game Generator - Allows teachers to create concept builders, practice exercises, and reviews. Best of all, one set up feeds into five different game possibilities at the same time The teacher can choose which game, or allow students a choice. Make sure you check out all the examples and pre-made games in (overview and samples). Also watch the How to Create Games . * Random Name Picker - Can be used as an activity management tool or skip the names.

"the big picture Celly believes small messages change the world so we built a place where your message will build movements inspire learning level playing fields & promote free speech we call this place a cell. "

Ask your audience a question They answer using SMS text messages, Twitter, or the web (try voting!) Results update live in your web browser or PowerPoint

"transl8it! (trans-late-it) is simple! Just type in SMS, text message, emoticon, smiley, slang, chat room net lingo or abbreviations and let transL8it! convert it to plain english to understand -- OR -- type in your phrase in english and convert it to SMS TEXT lingo slang!"

The California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is offering a comprehensive set of tools to support teaching and learning in California classrooms. Calaxy, this free suite of tools, includes blogging, videoconference scheduling, wikis, an asset management module, as well as Moodle-an online course management system and a file sharing system where educators can upload videos, podcasts, images and documents. Thousands of Thinkfinity resources are also available in Calaxy. Calaxy is an excellent tool to share lesson ideas, upload student learning objects, disseminate best practices, and more! Messaging and social networking functionalities help you connect with other educators in the K12HSN Trusted Community. Make sure you take advantage of these free resources provided by the K12HSN and the California Department of Education.

Cell phones have the capability to become the "Swiss army knife" for student research and organization. First, we explore using cell phones as data collection tools: audio recorders, digital cameras, and digital camcorders. Additionally, we consider how classroom projects can be developed for cell phones: creating ring tones, text messaging, mobile WebPages, and mobile surveys. Finally, we contemplate the future features of cell phones and how those features play a role in learning.

Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.

"MouseMail uses Active Email Filtering to scan for inappropriate content, as well as non-approved contacts in every email. Questionable messages will not be delivered to the child, but diverted to the parent for review. This filtering alerts parents to any inappropriate communications, giving the parents a chance to talk with their child if an issue arises before it becomes serious."

"Kindle Fire is a premium product, offered at a non-premium price. It brings everything we've been working on at Amazon for 15 years - Kindle, Amazon Instant Video, Amazon MP3, Amazon Prime, Amazon Appstore, and Amazon Web Services - together into a single, fully-integrated experience for customers. We've also developed a new, faster web browser called Amazon Silk, specifically designed for Kindle Fire. It's a split browser that lives partially on Kindle Fire and partially in the cloud, taking full advantage of Amazon Web Services' incredible computational horsepower to accelerate web browsing - something you won't find in iPad's Safari browser. "

Coordinating teachers and administrators on evolving technolgy

This is a site that I created to try to spur on more people. The complaints that i got were another site to log into and there was no way to post a message to all participants or send out reminders so they would forget.

"Community forums and newsletters sent home in backpacks are so old school. You want to find out whether stewed tomatoes are on tomorrow's lunch menu? Check out the district's latest tweet. How about the date for the next school board meeting? Look on Facebook. Don't like a school district decision? Post a comment. "