Tech Apps PD Course Participants

Adobe's website dedicated to all things html, Adobe Edge, conferences, open source, web platform, and more

Interesting web-based application for viewing global facts and trends

"Popcorn Maker makes it easy to enhance, remix and share web video. Use your web browser to combine video and audio with content from the rest of the web - from text, links and maps to pictures and live feeds."

one-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac with no install and it's free!

organize your own mobile social network

connect with students at other schools through blogging rotations

"Tynker is a new computing platform designed specifically to teach children computational learning and programming skills in a fun and imaginative way. Tynker is inspired by Scratch from MIT. It is a completely browser-based implementation written using Open Web standards such as Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 and does not use Flash."

The TechMatrix is a powerful, free online database to help educators and families find educational and assistive technology resources and help for students who are struggling or have special needs. With the addition of new search features, expert advice, professional development resources, Hot Topic pages, and updated product listings, the TechMatrix is greatly expanded, easier to use, and includes many new implementation resources.   Search by content area, grade level, disability, instructional support, and more than 10 other subjects. Both free and for fee products will be returned in the results.

"We've partnered with Google to offer our entire 140-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology's incredible potential to improve our lives. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do."

"you can search for any single word and see how many times it appeared in each issue of Popular Science since 1872."

Answer Underground is an iOS education app that helps students learn by connecting them with study groups across the country. Teachers are able to create groups for their students to join and can customize the privacy settings for each group. The teacher can then verify the content shared and mark student answers as correct.   Push notifications give students and teachers the ability to see group activity in real time and get instant notifications when questions have been answered. The free app can improve peer communication as students help each other learn. 

Net Texts allows students to replace their textbooks with customized multimedia courses delivered to their iPad, Android tablet, or laptop!

great list of tools to use for collaboration

great visual way to organize and categorize apps for learning!