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Free Technology Presentation to be given at the BSB Oct 2014TRANSCRIPT
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Sharing & Organisational Tools
Free CPD
RSS Feeds
• Make your life easier with RSS feeds.• RSS feeds deliver regularly changing web
content to you. No need to keep revisiting sites.
• Easy to keep them all in one site with a reader – Feedly or G2reader.
Making you life easier - sharing
Social bookmaking
• A way to share and a way to organise your RSS feeds.
• Best example – Diigo• Diigo allows you to bookmark, tag, highlight
and add sticky notes to articles.• A great research tool and a great collaborative
platform – able to form groups.• You are also able to recommend content.
TAGGING!!!
Other sharing tools
Use RSS feed, scoop articles and create own page, share on twitter or dept facebook page or simply receive a daily e-mail.
Making your life easier - twitter• A micro blogging site *140 characters• You follow fellow teachers to build up a
network• Use withYr12/Yr13• #bsbenergy• Excellent CPD
The location of teachers who follow me on twitter
What are you doing? 140
Update
Tweet it
Summarize the content of the lesson in 140 characters.
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Home Profile Find People Settings Help Sign out
What are you doing?
Update
Home
Unknown
Home
Following Followers Tweets
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@unknown
Direct Messages
Favourites
Search Q
RSS Feed
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More
Name of Twitter user and image here.
Most recent Tweet here.
Oldest Tweet here.
Monitor Students Group Projects
Free Video Tools
Audio
Audioboom – works on Android, iOS and as a web app.
No account needed, but only web based.
Research & Search Engines
Specialist search enginesQuintura & Kidrex for Yr 7/8
Google Scholar for Yr12/13
Understanding the meaning of words tools
Shahi – Visual Dictionary
WordWriter new way of learning vocab through writing
You set assignments in WordWriter
Presentational Tools
www.padlet.com
Collaborate, add youtube videos, photos, text and embed in your website/ VLE.
Free presentation software which forces students to focus on the visuals, as little text can be added.
Now a free web
app !
Emaze your audience
Flipboard – Create digital magazines. Students can collaborate
My Yr9 students preferred sites!
Both are very simple & easy to use, have templates, backgrounds to choose from, cool fonts, clip art…
Timeline tool
Help children plan a story or prepare for a special event, or review stories from the past. Can add images to the descriptions. Saving capability allows them to come back to unfinished work.
Create timelines with
maps
Allows students to create cartoon strips and alter the mood of the photo.
Turn quotes into cool posters
Cool Interactive tools for the classroom
Plenary Quizzes
Mapping Tools
Maps are not just for Geographers!
