Tech Tips 2Day
"A little fun. A little business. A lot of learning."
April, 2014
A new tech tip for each school day in April. Some tips are web tools, some are trouble-shooting help, and some are just plain interesting and will help you deliver an interactive curriculum. Every tip shows a connection between technology and the curriculum.
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April 1, 2014
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April 2, 2014
Curriculum connection: Dropbox - Allows you to automatically back-up photos from your device. Also, upload content for safe, off-site storage. This site allows you to upload from school and open at home or anywhere there's an Internet connection. Work smart!
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April 3, 2014
Curriculum connection: The Evernote family - These are must-haves for users of portable devices. You can take notes, send them, organize your thoughts and projects, and tons more. This is THE organizational tool for portable devices.
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April 4, 2014
Curriculum connection: You have to check this out. ThingLink uses interactive images that help students develop 21st century skills and enrich their enthusiasm for learning. Not only is it fun, it is educational.
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April 7, 2014
Curriculum connection: Flipboard is a single place to discover, collect and share the news that you care about. Add your favorite social networks, publications and blogs to stay connected to the topics and people closest to you. Current events.
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April 8, 2014
Curriculum connection: Most teachers don't seem to think of the TED series as being applicable to their classroom content. TED-Ed provides opportunities for curriculum expansion in a quality, motivational site.
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April 9, 2014
Curriculum connection: Edutopia allows you to expand your classroom to the entire world. Learn from others!
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April 10, 2014
Curriculum connection: Discover incredible content through smart searches and the Scoop.it community. Expand your classroom and gather new ideas to enhance your curriculum.
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April 11, 2014
Curriculum connection: Imagine you're giving a presentation where you can read the mind of every person in the room. You'd have an amazing ability to adjust to your audience's needs and emotions. TodaysMeet gives you an isolated room where you can see only what you need to see, and your audience doesn't need to learn any new tools like hash tags to keep everything together. This is an engaging and formative assessment tool.
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April 14, 2014
Curriculum connection: Remind101 is being used by teachers all over the district to send text messages to students and parents to remind them about projects, assignments, texts, arrival times, etc. If your students use cell phones, you need to check this out.
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April 15, 2014
Curriculum connection: A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more. This site provides ideas for curriculum enhancement.
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April 16, 2014
Curriculum connection: Face it, some of our students may need a tutor. Tutorsclass project is aimed at helping tutors and students to connect with each other for educational purposes, violating country borders and thousand-mile distances. If you are interested in being a tutor, check this site.
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April 17, 2014
Curriculum connection: IPiccy provides you and your students with the opportunity to edit photos for project use, personal use, and just about anything you would like. Unleash the creativity!
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April 18, 2014
Curriculum connection: Infuselearning.com offers your students the ability to share answers to your questions through their own device. It is very easy to set -up this site and offers many options for student response. Student choice. Visible thinking. Easy. ‘Student response’ will never be the same. (This site offers the type of options available on the ActiExpression handheld devices).
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April 21, 2014
Curriculum connection: Videos are a powerful way for students to share their thoughts, ideas, and projects. WeVideo offers you and your students a place to work on video projects.
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April 22, 2014
Curriculum connection: Aurasma is the world’s leading augmented reality platform. Available as a free app for iPhones, iPads and high-powered Android devices or as a kernel for developers, Aurasma uses advanced image and pattern recognition to blend the real-world with rich interactive content such as videos and animations called “Auras”. This is a wonderful way for your students to interact with your room and each other.
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April 23, 2014
Curriculum connection: There are now more than one million iPhone and iPad apps available not to mention the apps available for Android. So which are the best apps and games to download? Check out Appolicious' lists of the best free and paid iPhone, iPad, and Android apps and games of all time.
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April 24, 2014
Curriculum connection: Use IMDb, the internet movie database, to see if there are any movies that are relevant to the topic you’re teaching. If you find one, you can also check the rating to make sure it’s appropriate for your classroom.
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April 25, 2014
Curriculum connection: Testmoz is a test generator that sports 4 question types, automatic grading, a really simple interface and detailed reports. Testmoz is free, and does not require you (or your students) to register. This could be a huge time-saver for you.
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April 28, 2014
Curriculum connection: Quizlet features tools that improve significantly on their paper counterparts (flashcards, matching games, multiple choice tests, worksheets etc), much as Google Maps improved on the basic paper map. These tools help students with things like memorization and recall of key concepts, and basic practice in everything from vocabulary to math to language learning.
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April 29, 2014
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April 30, 2014
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April 31, 2014
Curriculum connection: Delivr® makes it simple to run campaigns that connect your print, social and broadcast media to mobile content, experiences and offers.
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