Tech Nuggets
April 2015
One I found recently provides 3 tips for spotting malware. Check it out..
Tech in the Building
Location & Dates
Larned Middle School - Tuesday, April 7th
Phinney - Tuesday, April 14th
Northside - Thursday, April 16th
Larned High School - Tuesday, April 21st
EEC & TriCounty Office - Friday, April 24th (9am-11am)
*Please note that this will be the last official Tech in the Building day for the school year.
Digital Learning Day + PI Day = Engaged Learners - Provides a brief introduction and resources to Digital Learning Day and PI Day.
New Tools & New People at TIG - Peruse a collection of online tools and apps for teachers and students. You can also see a list of recommended people to add to your personal learning network (PLN).
10 Features of Google Keep - Learn about the tool Google Keep and what makes it AWESOME!
Remember, you can access sites from past Website Wednesdays by going to Ms. Lehman's Diigo Library.
Disclaimer: Not all sites are geared for students, but all sites are reviewed for ease of use, content and usefulness. Ms. Lehman makes every effort to check the accessibility of the sites for staff and students, but sometimes she misses one. If a site is ever recommended that you and/or your students cannot access, please email her and she will get it unblocked.
This blog post by Kasey Bell focuses on using Google Maps, Street View and Google Earth.
The Key Differences Between Summative And Formative Assessments | Edudemic
This short article from Edudemic provides a simple definition between summative and formative assessments. They have also included a handy infographic for those of us who are visual learners.
http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/blogs/edutopia-finley-53ways-check-for-understanding.pdf
53 ideas for checking student understanding.
75 Practical Ed Tech Tips Videos
Educational 'how-to' videos created by Richard Byrne, FreeTech4Teachers, covering a variety of topics such as storyboarding, blogging tools and tips, audio recording tools and more.
10 edu-books to inspire and stimulate
Looking for a book to help you go to the next level as an educator? Matt Miller, author of Ditch the Textbook, offers his top ten list.
Speedometry – Learn Math and Science | Hot Wheels
Register for your free Hot Wheels kit and download the lesson plans that address STEM integration.
Free games for helping students learn about place value.
Place Value lessons and games by Sheppard Software. Students will identify the digits, compare numbers, learn different ways of showing a number, and more. Geared toward elementary students.
42 Fill-in-the-Blank Prompts For Students To Design Their Own Projects
"...the following series of fill-in-the-blank prompts can be used by teachers to create lessons, students to create projects-or teachers to collaborate with students to create lessons-or projects. Or, well, you get the idea. I use these sorts of stems to create "learning blends" for students-either with them, or for them. I couple these prompts with other components-technology like apps or social media channels, texts from literary classics to postmodern non-fiction, creativity, or even local matters of citizenship." -from Terry Heick, author of this resource
Kid-friendly songs teaching students about similes & metaphors, prepositions, prefix or suffix, perimeter, triangles, and more. Most seem appropriate for upper elementary and middle school students, but the high school students might enjoy similes & metaphors.
How Light Bulbs Work and Activities for Learning About Electricity
From Free Technology For Teachers - This blog post features a short video created by Minute Physics on how modern light bulbs work and how the design has changed over the last 100+ years. it also provides applications for classroom use.
Bloom's Taxonomy Teacher Planning Kit
Great resource for teachers - provides definition, key words, actions, outcomes and
questions for the thinking skill levels in Bloom's Taxonomy.
50 Story Starters on Pinterest
Collection of story starter ideas for writing assignments or digital storytelling activities.
From PBS Learning Media, this 5 minute video relates the history behind single women homesteaders and the 1862 Homesteading Act. You can opt to stream or download the video. You can also see the standards tied to this content.
SHOW®/WORLD - A New Way To Look At The World
As you explore the various demographical information available, the country size will shift to indicate the data being depicted. This is a great for visual learners! With one quick glance you can see which country has the highest number in a specific area. When you hover your mouse over a country, you will get the country name and actual numbers.
New USD 495 Videos
Embedding Video on Weebly
Recording with Voice Recorder
Uploading & Sharing Voice Recording
New Mobile Apps
Check out other apps available for student devices on the USD 495 Apps website.
ChatterPix Kids
Use this to do some App Smashing with DoInk Green Screen and iMovie!
Counting Money BINGO
*iPad only
Doceri Interactive Whiteboard
Control your lesson or presentation live with Airplay or through your Mac or PC. Annotate a Keynote or PowerPoint, or present your original Doceri project. Great for student projects, too.
*iPad only
Doodle Buddy
Feed -'Em Fred
*iPad only
Fill the Cup
Fill the Cup allows the addition of fractions. Eight cups are filled by some fraction which shows on the cup. The child selects one to pour into a target cup, trying to fill it exactly. As the level goes up more difficult fractions are used.
*iPad only
Interactive Minds: Solar System
*iPad only
MarcoPolo Ocean
Math in the News
*iPad only
Math Snacks HD
*iPad only
My Story
NedTheNeuron
*iPad only
Ooops
There is also a button to reveal how the computer solved the problem, although, that is not always the only solution.
The program allows children to sign in and to earn points towards stickers as they reach a certain total, up to 500. Problems are worth 1 to 5 points depending on the level selected. The level goes up to 5, but each level will also include problems from the lower levels.
*iPad only
Picture Math
Ripped Apart: A Civil War Mystery
Through stunning high resolution imagery the app simulates the type of investigative work done by Smithsonian curators, fellows, and interns while it provides players age 13+ with the same thrill of discovery our staff experience when solving an historical mystery. The game explores slavery and abolition, gender roles, and political differences between the North and South and gives players multiple perspectives on the causes, course, character, and outcomes of the Civil War.
*This app has been highlighted by Richard Byrnes, iPad Apps for School and Glenn Wiebe, History Tech blog Social Studies Central Both provide information and ideas on how to use the app with students.
Ripped Apart - An iPad App About the Civil War
Ripped Apart: A Civil War Mystery
*iPad only
Slate Math
SlateMath forms the foundation of numbers, digit writing, counting, addition, order relation, patterns, parity and problem solving.
*iPad only
TallyTots Counting
Things to Think About
*iPad only
Toontastic
*iPad only
Word Mover
*iPad only
Write About This Free
Free version provides more than 50 leveled text & voice prompts and the ability to try the custom prompt creation and digital publishing tools!
*iPad only
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