Technology in the ABLE Classroom
Resources for 21st Century Classrooms
Free, Easy to Use Tools to Enhance Instruction
Content Focused Tools
The links below are great resources for enhancing your delivery of content and increasing student interest and comprehension! Spend some time exploring each of them!
Video Notes
Video Notes allows you to download a video and take synchronized notes for discussion or points to reinforce with students! Click here to see an example of Video Notes that I created using a video about the Titanic!
Lingro
You will want to share this site with your students! Access the Lingro site, copy the url of any article or web page you want students to read, paste the link where indicated. You and your students have a dictionary with the click of a mouse! A must see site and great for ESL learners!
InstaGrok
Are your students struggling with a particular concept? Would you like to know a little more about a topic as you prepare for instruction? Instagrok provides an interactive visual interface. But what does that mean? Well...they are concept maps brought to life! Click on the link here to view all of the features of this excellent site!
Wolfram Alpha
Wolfram Alpha is an educator's search engine that displays all sorts of information. Search a math equation and results will include solutions, graphs, alternative forms, and more. Search you're favorite band and results will include band members, albums, and wiki hits. There are literally thousands of ways to use this search engine.
Student Interactive Tools
The following tools all students to use their electronic devices in the classroom to increase interest and participation in learning!
Socrative
Socrative allows students to respond to true/false, multiple choice and short answer questions that you pose during class. The site allows your students to participate in polls and take quizzes! Registration is free and you will be assigned a room number that you will provide to students! Click to view all the features of this excellent tool!
Padlet
Are you looking for some student feedback that allows for a more in depth response? Would you like them to reflect on the day's lessons before leaving? Do you want them to practice building their writing and grammar skills. If so, Padlet is an excellent choice! Think of it as a visually appealing discussion board that offers multiple background and posting options. Click the link to see a sample and respond to the question!
Oneword
Some students may worry about having to prepare essays on the computer. Oneword provides a one word prompt and students are given one minute to respond. A great tool for teaching the freewriting strategy to students, as well as provides an opportunity to practice writing using a computer. Click on the link to take a look at the site and give it a try!
Interactive Poster Presentations
These websites offer tools that allow both you and your students to prepare interactive poster presentations with minimal time and effort!
Thinglink
Smore
Glogster for Education
Glogster for Education is one of the best tools for creating interactive and fun poster presentations. You are able to add every type of media to the posters, as well as many graphics to enhance their appeal. Click on the link to view a glog about triangles!
Great Tools for Student Projects
Keep Your Notes Handy!
EVERNOTE
A Free Glogster EDU Student Registration for You!
As a Premium Member, I never use all of my student accounts, so I would like to give each of you a student account and then you will be able to create as many glogs as you would like on any topics that you want and share them with your students!
Please copy and past the registration link below into your browser to register:
http://edu.glogster.com/register?edu_type=student
Please use my Educator Code: 77D83F
Once you have registered, I will put you into the "ABLE Group" class that I created. I hope you have fun creating many different types of glogs for your students!
A Few Words about Technology and Common Core
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