A DA M S ELEM ENTA RY TECH NOLOGY TEA M

C. FINCHER, K. GLADDEN, M. MASON, K. MILLER

GA DSDEN CI TY EDUTECH 2012

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AppShopper

Allows you to organize apps that you have bought and ones that are on your “wish list”. You can track price changes and updates.

Never miss a sale again.

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BBlabberize

Simple and easy: Upload a picture. Create a mouth on the

photo. Record your voice to

make your character speak.

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CCollaborize

Classroom

A free collaborative Education Platform for Students and Teachers.

Free Resources Professional Development Webinars Blog By Topic and Grade level App Available

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DDropbox

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the Dropbox website.

Diigo The 5.0 is more than a

simple bookmarking tool. Collect and organize

anything: bookmarks, highlights, notes, screenshots, pictures, docs, audio and more.

Access anywhere and easily share.

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EEvernote

Helps you remember things big and small from your everyday life using your computer, phone, tablet, and the web.

Keep everything in sync. Save favorite webpages. Work with friends and

colleagues. Research better. Plan your next trip. Remember things you like.

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F43Marks

Simple browser start page Customize it according to

your needs and preferences.

Offers links to popular websites neatly organized.

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GGo2Web20

Enables you to stay up to date with all the new and hot services that are born daily into the web.

Helps make your life on the net easier.

GeoCube

Re-inventing the way to explore Geography.

Based on the principle of the Rubik Cube with 6 faces and 54 topics.

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HHulu

Online video service that offers a selection of hit shows, clips, movies and more.

Does not require a download of software.

Allows you to select portions of media.

Ad supported.

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IInteractive Sp

elling Bee

Students will listen to stories and then spell words from each story.

You can click to hear a word as many times as needed.

Grades 1 - 12

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JJing

Take Screenshots Record Screencasts:

record up to 5 minutes of onscreen video.

Jog the Web

A web-based tool that allows you to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites.

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KKidBlog

Safe and simple blogs for your students.

Set up your class with no student email addresses.

Designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog.

Teachers can maintain complete control.

Kerpoof

It is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative.

Make Artwork K-8 Make an animated Movie K-8 Create cards and more K-8 Tell a story 3-8 Spell a picture K-3 Has downloadable lesson

plans for K – 8

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LLearner.org

Educational video programs with coordinated web and print materials for the professional development of k-12 teachers.

Helps teachers increase their expertise in their fields.

Assists teachers in improving their teaching methods.

Learn different strategies and activity ideas.

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MMonthly Teach

er

Developed by six veteran teachers.

Points out cool things they find for teachers on the web.

Emails a monthly newsletter.

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NNodes – Spicynodes

Online authoring tool. Spicy Nodes is a concept map

presentation tool that allows the users to link and embed pictures, websites, and more into the overall presentation.

Easy to use and fun to show, Spicy Nodes is a whole new way to present your information.What types of books do you like to read?

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OOcr Terminal

An online OCR service that allows you to convert scanned images to editable text formats - allows you to convert PDF to Word, JPEG to Word and much more.

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PPoll Everywhere

Provides instant audience feedback

Replaces expensive clickers with web technology.

Some Classroom Uses: Grading in-class quizzes Anonymous polls for sensitive topics Comprehension checks Text feedback to teachers

Prezi

Cloud-based presentation software.

Enables you to create visually captivating presentations.

iPad + Prezi presentation

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QQik

Capture life moments wherever they happen.

Capture special or spontaneous moments on video using your mobile phone.

Share Qik videos live or later, with anyone at anytime.

Quixey No need to know an apps

name or description keywords – just describe your problem and it will find an app to solve it.

Can search on mobile device, browsers, desktop, or on any other platform.

You just have to answer one question.

What Do You Want To Do?

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RRoyalty Free

Music

Provides you with royalty free: Sound effects Clip art Images Photos Music

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SSuperTeacher

Tools

Provides technology tools for teaching that are quick and easy to download, learn and start using in your classroom. Speed Match – Quiz Maker Random Name Generator Classroom Jeoplardy Seating Chart Who Wants to be a Millionaire? E Book Hitch and much more.

Sticky-Notes

Enables you to place virtual sticky notes on your Windows desktop.

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T10 Minute Mail

Why would you use this? Maybe you want to sign up for

a site which requires that you provide an e-mail address to send a validation e-mail to. And maybe you don't want to give up your real e-mail address and end up on a bunch of spam lists. This is nice and disposable.

Toodledo

Organize your tasks. Improve your productivity Go anywhere Collaborate Get reminders for tasks

that are due soon via email, twitter or iPhone.

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UUp to Ten

Early-learning games & activities.

Over 1353 games. Coloring activities Create animated cards

UDL - Universal Design for Learning

Leveled strategy support Glossary – multi-media Resources:

Summary of each chapter Author info Background info Maps Character Description

Author’s Craft Narrative Elements Literary Devices

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VViewpure

Watch YouTube videos without comments, suggestions, or the “other things”.

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WWiki.Com

Search thousands of Wikis. Search

Wikipedia Peoples’ wikis Encyclopedias All wikis

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XXplor

Adventures in Nature.Phenomenon: Nature

Deficit DisorderPurpose of site is get

children running for the door so they can have their own outdoor adventure.

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YYola

An award-winning Sitebuilder that is fast, free, flexible and makes it easy to create a professional-looking website without third-party advertisements!

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ZZooBurst

Create an interactive 3 D pop-up book.

ZooBurst Blog

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Questions and Comments

See our wiki for copies of the materials presented today and presented at past workshops.

http://adamstechteamprojects.wikispaces.com/

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