Educational or Inspiring Videos:
47 Alternatives to YouTube:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/09/47-alternatives-to-using-youtube-in.html#.VAXqZvk0NI4
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/09/47-alternatives-to-using-youtube-in.html#.VAXqZvk0NI4
Creating Activities & Instant Feedback
Create iPad Activities for Students with Frolyc
Frolyc is a terrific, free tool for teachers looking to design their own lesson-based activities for students to complete on their iPads. Teachers create assignments such as creating a graphic organizer, identifying cause and effect in a passage, drawing a response to a question, writing a summary, or taking a quiz. Students access activities that are assigned to them using Frolyc's free iPad app Activity Spot. As students complete the activity, teachers receive feedback on student progress in real time.
Frolyc is a terrific, free tool for teachers looking to design their own lesson-based activities for students to complete on their iPads. Teachers create assignments such as creating a graphic organizer, identifying cause and effect in a passage, drawing a response to a question, writing a summary, or taking a quiz. Students access activities that are assigned to them using Frolyc's free iPad app Activity Spot. As students complete the activity, teachers receive feedback on student progress in real time.
Discussion & Polling/Quizzing Resources:
- Backchanneling - Live (real time) Discussion boards-everyone has a voice and can remain anonymous
- What is backchanneling or a collaboration tool? & many tools listed!: Educational Technology Tips
- -Powerpoint of a few tips on Backchanneling - Class Discussion - :RichardByrnes
- Great Backchannel tool!: http://todaysmeet.com/
- Polling & Discussion:
- Socrative - Instructions: - Student: Open a second computer/smartphone and go to m.socrative.com - Student: Join the Room ###.
-Displays results on screen for single questions but exit ticket & quizzes send results to email via Excel - Use Google Forms - located in Google Docs- go to Google Docs then to create & then select forms
- Take polls via cell phones with mulitple choice or open-ended questions -can upload questions from documents!:http://www.polleverywhere.com/
- How to use Twitter hashtags for groups/subjects: learnitin5
- Quizzes:
- Use Google Forms - located in Google Docs -go to Google Docs then to create & then select forms
- Premade Google Form Templates: https://sites.google.com/site/kernkelley/forms
- This site will grade an online quiz and then email the students their grade: Flubaroo
Edmodo:
- Pinterest for education -teachers and students can clip, save, curate, and share photos, images, etc. - free app for Edmodo: EduClipper
Rubrics:
- Rubrics that you make from a set format or modify or choose from one of the several 1,000s already created by teachers: Rubistar
Typing practice/games for students:
1. http://www.learning.com/
- S# & pass.;district is: northside isd
- cannot log-in as teacher -call: 1 877.284.0160
- how to videos: - assign classes to students, etc. : http://www.learning.com/resources/
2. http://www.powertyping.com/
3.http://www.typingweb.com/
4. http://www.wordgames.com/
5. http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/jumping.swf
6. Hear about the news and practice typing: http://www.listen-and-write.com/
- S# & pass.;district is: northside isd
- cannot log-in as teacher -call: 1 877.284.0160
- how to videos: - assign classes to students, etc. : http://www.learning.com/resources/
2. http://www.powertyping.com/
3.http://www.typingweb.com/
4. http://www.wordgames.com/
5. http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/jumping.swf
6. Hear about the news and practice typing: http://www.listen-and-write.com/
Online educational gaming assessments:
Collecting & Distributing lessons:
- Blog, text students anonymously, dropbox for student's work, store lessons for students to review-sign up with NISD!!: Edmodo
Blogs:
- What are blogs?: Common Craft
- 3 Ways to Use Classroom blogs: freetech4teachers.com
- Easily set up a Wordpress blog for your class (via NISD): http://learningspace.nisd.net/ -Once you have set up your blog - Log in here
- 3 classroom blogging tips: the tempered radical
- Wikispaces :
Motivating Students:
- 5 great motivational videos: educationaltechnology
- 5 great example of innovative student thinking: educationaltechnology
Plagarism Detection:
- Great document with several free plagiarism detection sites: docstac