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Ann Baum (Johnston)

Free Technology for Teachers: Read & Write - A Great Chrome App That is Now Free for Te... - 1 views

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    "Read & Write is a Google Chrome Web App that increases the accessibility of the text of documents in your Google Drive account. After installing the app you will see a Read & Write tab appear at the top of your browser window whenever you have a document open in Google Drive. Clicking that Read & Write tab will open a menu of accessibility options. "
Michelle Krill

Tech Futures | Scholastic.com - 0 views

  • First, technology is changing the way students interact with information. It has revolutionized the way we obtain, gather, evaluate, and search for information, and schools that have not adapted to these changes find themselves disconnected from their students.
  • Secondly, many technology initiatives are specifically designed to increase a student’s access to technology. Therefore, a school district can achieve its goal without actually improving student learning. The problem is that access to technology should not be the goal; improving teaching and learning should be.
  • Consider how strange it would be to see a lesson that includes the statement “Students will use paper and a pen….”
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  • There was a time when information was only accessible at school from teachers, libraries, and textbooks. If a student didn’t learn the information before they left school, they had very limited access to these information resources. Yet now, the Internet has changed the rules: Information is available at any time to anyone with access.
  • School leaders need to decide what should be the focus of instruction: information retention, or information consumption.
  • Districts need to realize that one size does not fit all, and placing the same technology in each classroom in the name of equity is a recipe for disaster.
Ann Baum (Johnston)

Get Professional Personnel ID - 1 views

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    Can't remember/find your PPID? Quickly access it by completing the requested information, so you can receive Act 48 for your professional development. For future reference, create a contact in your phone and add your PPID there, so you have access to it wherever you are located!
karen sipe

Leveled Library » Register - 0 views

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    "Anyone can use LeveledLibrary without registering for a free account. However, registered users have access to many features that are not availble to the unregistered users. Most notably, registered users can: Everyone Keep an inventories of the books you own and their levels Specify the leveling system in which you want the book levels displayed. Print labels for your leveled books in popular label sizes View book details, such as binding, dewey decimal number, suggested categories, and cover images Keep books in your shopping cart across multiple computers All Educators Search the inventories of colleagues at your school Vote on book levels for books in the system Manage Courses and Track Student Lending Access reports about your classroom library Administrators Purchase and unlock reports: See what books are in your school Analyze how well a teacher's library matches the students in the class Track student reading growth over time See how well your students are picking books on their reading level"
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    I have often wondered if there was a tool to organize my own library of books and I think th is may be it.
Marge Runkle

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine - 1 views

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    The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and provides specialized services for adaptive reading and information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.
Marge Runkle

Symbaloo | Access your bookmarks anywhere - 0 views

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    You can use this to create a Personal Learning Network (PLE). A video that introduced the use of this tool was shared by Ann Johnston at IU 12. That can be accessed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY
Marge Runkle

Aviary - 0 views

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    Aviary is on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing. -Image editor, color editor, effects editor, vector editor, image markup, screen capture, audio editor
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    Aviary is on a mission to make creation accessible to artists of all genres, from graphic design to audio editing. We're a privately held company currently headquartered in Long Island, NY, with team members around the world. Recommemded by Karl Fisch
Ann Baum (Johnston)

Keystone Commons - 2 views

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    Keystone Commons is the networking platform for PAIUnet members to communicate, create, and collaborate. PAIUnet is a statewide, high-speed educational network that enables educators and students throughout Pennsylvania to access and share valuable resources for enhancing student learning. PAIUnet helps to transform the way educational services and information are delivered by connecting all 29 Intermediate Units (IUs) and their member school districts throughout the Commonwealth.
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    Keystone Commons is the networking platform for PAIUnet members to communicate, create, and collaborate. PAIUnet is a statewide, high-speed educational network that enables educators and students throughout Pennsylvania to access and share valuable resources for enhancing student learning. PAIUnet helps to transform the way educational services and information are delivered by connecting all 29 Intermediate Units (IUs) and their member school districts throughout the Commonwealth.
Ann Baum (Johnston)

Discovery Education | Siemens Science Day - 2 views

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    "This K-6 program is designed to promote science literacy in elementary schools through free hands-on science activities and supporting videos. Access fun activities and enter to win a school-wide science assembly! "
Ann Baum (Johnston)

Chrome Web Store - Read&Write for Google Docs™ - 2 views

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    "Use Google Docs with all of your students including those with dyslexia, learning disabilities, struggling readers, and English Language Learners. This Chrome Extension makes any Google document accessible. "
Ann Baum (Johnston)

Storify your English classroom - 2 views

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    "Our focus this term is a thematic study about power and greed, perfect as a lead in to out text study of George Orwell's Animal Farm. We introduced Storify to our students, with the intention of them curating resources of their choosing that they feel link to this theme. Storify is pretty simple to use; you make your stories by accessing tools of the social web that are handily searchable in a sidebar and can be dragged into your story space."
Lauri Brady

Miss Hill's Digital Hallway - 1 views

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    Check out Miss Hill's Digital Hallway link at the bottom of her page. This is great way that she shares student work displays with parents who can't get into the building. Miss Hill adds a QR code for the display video to her newsletter so parents can access it from their smartphones as well! Great idea!
Marge Runkle

Free YouTube to MP3 Converter: Convert playlists from YouTube to MP3 - YouTube Mp3 Down... - 0 views

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    With the demise of access to Zamzar for the download of YouTube videos, I have found that this works!)
Marge Runkle

Bee English Dictionary: Free Online Dictionary of English - 0 views

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    Search, Save and Master Words * Search from more than 300,000 words and phrases * Multiple usages to clarify the context * Audio, phonetics, meanings, synonyms and antonyms * Save the words to your personal deck and access from anywhere
Marge Runkle

The National Science Digital Library - 1 views

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    National Science Foundation's online library of resources and collections for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research. A digital library is a coherent, organized collection of resources, usually accessible via the Internet. A digital library may appear to be a single entity, but often links to other libraries or information services in an effort to present a unified view of a topic or collection to the end user. Despite the strong connotation with printed resources that the term library carries, digital libraries usual contain far more than electronic versions of textual documents, and can include any type of information that is "born digital" or can be converted into an electronic format.
Marge Runkle

WatchKnow - Videos for kids to learn from. Organized. - 1 views

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    All content viewed on WatchKnow is hosted by other websites. I tried the one titled "Home Run" and discovered it was missing. So this resource needs to be viewed prior to accessing it during class! I enjoyed "Finding Perimeter". You need to look at this one!
Marge Runkle

8 Useful Online Applications For Note Taking - 1 views

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    Though the traditional pen-and-paper notebook has its advantages, an online application provides more features (multi-user collaboration, instant access from anywhere in the world, and so on). This is a list of 8 useful online applications for note taking. Enjoy being more productive!
Marge Runkle

Chronicling America - The Library of Congress - 1 views

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    Welcome to Chronicling America, enhancing access to America's historic newspapers. This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
Marge Runkle

NOOKstudy Download Free, Digital Textbooks, eTextbook Application - Barnes & ... - 0 views

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    Nook Study gives students access to more than 500,000 free ebooks. Students can also purchase and download other titles.
Marge Runkle

CC Search: For content you can share, use, and remix - 1 views

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    Disclaimer: Please note that search.creativecommons.org is not a search engine, but rather offers convenient access to search services provided by other independent organizations. CC has no control over the results that are returned. Do not assume that the results displayed in this search portal are under a CC license. You should always verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link. Since there is no registration to use a CC license, CC has no way to determine what has and hasn't been placed under the terms of a CC license. If you are in doubt, you should contact the copyright holder directly, or try to contact the site where you found the content.
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