THE D.O.T.- Zone 4
FWISD INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER
IN THE ZONE!
Help Students Fact-Check the Web.
FactCheck
recommends FactCheck.org for fact-checking both politics and science.Read more here!
PolitiFact
recommends this site that rates its entries on a scale of "True" to "Pants On Fire" Read more here!
Snopes
recommends Snopes as a site to help research rumors on a wide variety of topics. Read more here!
TECH TIPS
Visit the Software Center!
Extended Desktop
New HP desktop not connecting?
THE 4 C'S -- COMMUNICATION
We often take communication for granted. How do you and your students define it? What does effective communication look like? The NEA addresses the 4 C's in their Educator's Guide to the "Four C's." Communication skills are defined as:
- Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and contexts
- Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions
- Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate and persuade)
- Utilize multiple media and technologies and know how to judge their effectiveness and assess their impact
- Communicate effectively in diverse environments (including multi-lingual)
For more information about the 4C's, you can download the entire publication here.
Thinglink
thinglink
Make your online images come alive by adding links to video, text, images, shops, music and more! Every image contains a story and ThingLink helps you tell it.
Responster
Responster
Turn your surveys into great user experiences that boost response rates. Designed from scratch for today’s diverse world of smartphones, tablets, and browsers, we aim to accommodate as many survey building and sharing goals as possible.
Tozzl
tozzl
Create a backchannel that has sections for a chat, file sharing, and YouTube videos within one stream.
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