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Social Media for Education
edmodo
- Online & cross-platform
- iPad, iPhone, designed from the ground up
- android.
- Social networking for education
- Network, post, embed, quiz, library, poll
- Very private. Parental access codes.
- Assignments: do it the day it’s assigned, appears in calendar
- Can attach docs and work with Google Docs
- All attachments & links get put into the library
- Can go totally paperless
- There is a grade book
- Exports in an excel spreadsheet
- Continually being upgraded.
- free
Note-Taking, Document Sharing
Evernote
- Online and cross-platform
- Note taking, sharing, collaborating, planning.
- iPad, iPhone.
- Android.
- Powerful!!
- free, with tiered options
- School accounts available.
Dropbox
- Online file storage, sharing, collaborating.
- iPad, iPhone.
- android.
- free, with tiered options
Google Drive
- Collaborate & share.
- Real-time collaboration and editing
- Forms makes for easy record keeping.
- Android
- iPad, iPhone. iTouch
- free
SlideShare
- Load a power point, share it
- Many available already to share
- Visit the slideshare community on Facebook
- free
Collaborative Tools
diigo
- Online bookmarking
- Will bookmark by tags or chronologically
- Is a toolbar add on
- Can share easily, by email
- iPad app
- Android App
- free
Dropbox
- Online file storage, sharing, collaborating.
- iPad, iPhone.
- android.
- free, with tiered options
Evernote
- Online and cross-platform
- Note taking, sharing, collaborating, planning.
- iPad, iPhone.
- android.
- Powerful!!
- free, with tiered options
- School accounts available.
Glogster
- Online & cross-platform
- Digital poster.
- Attach/embed text, images, photos, videos, audio, power points
- Embed in blogs or edmodo to share and reflect
- Collaborate through Glogster site
- free, with tiered options
- Site license available
Google Drive
- Collaborate & share.
- Real-time collaboration and editing
- Forms makes for easy record keeping.
- Android
- iPad, iPhone. iTouch
- free
VoiceThread
- Online audio reflection & collaboration.
- iPad, iPhone App.
- Put up a picture and students can comment
- Students can do reports with this
- Students can talk and/or write
- Free, with tiered pay accounts.
- Site license available.
Padlet
- Online message board
- Messages, announcements
- Comments during videos, presentations
- Try it as a KWL board
- free
YouTube
- Bringing culture into the classroom: restaurant scene, tours (cities, castles, etc)
- Vocabulary, themes
- Music, Television (news & fun), movies
- Podcasts, vodcasts – upload your own class recordings!
- Students can create, collaborate and reflect on their own videos!
- Android App.
- iPad, iPhone App.
- free
Presentation Tools
Animoto
- Turn photos, video clips, music into video slideshows
- Fast, easy to use
- Share and download
- free
Blabberize
- Students can call in from their cell phone to record
- Choose a picture, the mouth speaks what they record
- Very fun!
- free
Flipsnack
- Turn PDFs into flipbooks
- Can link or embed these
- Publish student work!
- free
Glogster
- Online & cross-platform
- Digital poster.
- Attach/embed text, images, photos, videos, audio, power points
- Embed in blogs or edmodo to share and reflect
- Collaborate through Glogster site
- free, with tiered options
- Site license available
Google Voice
- Oral presentations
- Listen when you want
- Your own google voice phone number
- Students can call and text that number
- It’s easier to do speaking assessments this way
- Can download speaking assessments called in
- Can email, embed, edit transcript
- free
Make Beliefs Comix
- Intuitive
- Story retells and creative writing
- Can be printed
- free
Piclits
- Creative writing
- Contains a set of images – can’t use your own, choose image that best fits your target
- Use freestyle to write whatever you want below image
- If signed in, then it’s saved to a gallery
- Can take screen shots, print those, hang around the room, make a gallery walk
- free
SlideShare
- Load a power point, share it
- Many available already to share
- Visit the slideshare community on Facebook
- free
Slideshark
- Online power point storage.
- iPad app to view.
- free
Storybird
- Collaborate
- Write and share
- Short, art inspired stories
- free
Tag Galaxy
- Takes/grabs images from flicker
- Can’t save them or embed
- Needs to be an on the spot thing/event
- free
ToonDoo
- Online cartoon creator
- Easy to use!
- Search, create, or print!
- free
Vocaroo
- Simple audio recordings
- Share link or embed
- Very easy to use!
- free
VoiceThread
- Online audio reflection & collaboration.
- iPad, iPhone App.
- Put up a picture and students can comment
- Students can do reports with this
- Students can talk and/or write
- Free, with tiered pay accounts.
- Site license available.
Voki
- Fun way for students to create their own avatars
- Students can log in as you and you can have different avatars for your students at this site
- Voki for education
- Voki Facebook Group
- free, with tiered options
- School accounts available.
Padlet
- Online message board
- Messages, announcements
- Comments during videos, presentations
- Try it as a KWL board
- free
Wordle
- Word clouds
- Brainstorm
- Put thematic units into a wordle = study guides
- Type a text in, kids can find main ideas and supporting details
- free
YouTube
- Bringing culture into the classroom: restaurant scene, tours (cities, castles, etc)
- Vocabulary, themes
- Music, Television (news & fun), movies
- Podcasts, vodcasts – upload your own class recordings!
- Students can create, collaborate and reflect on their own videos!
- Android App.
- iPad, iPhone App.
- free
xtranormal
- Create your own movies
- Try doing your class procedures
- Animated, variety of voices
- was free…
Creative Fun
Animoto
- Turn photos, video clips, music into video slideshows
- Fast, easy to use
- Share and download
- free
Blabberize
- Students can call in from their cell phone to record
- Choose a picture, the mouth speaks what they record
- Very fun!
- free
Flipsnack
- Turn PDFs into flipbooks
- Can link or embed these
- Publish student work!
- free
Glogster
- Online & cross-platform
- Digital poster.
- Attach/embed text, images, photos, videos, audio, power points
- Embed in blogs or edmodo to share and reflect
- Collaborate through Glogster site
- free, with tiered options
- Site license available
Make Beliefs Comix
- Intuitive
- Story retells and creative writing
- Can be printed
- free
Piclits
- Creative writing
- Contains a set of images – can’t use your own, choose image that best fits your target
- Use freestyle to write whatever you want below image
- If signed in, then it’s saved to a gallery
- Can take screen shots, print those, hang around the room, make a gallery walk
- free
Storybird
- Collaborate
- Write and share
- Short, art inspired stories
- free
Tag Galaxy
- Takes/grabs images from flicker
- Can’t save them or embed
- Needs to be an on the spot thing/event
- free
ToonDoo
- Online cartoon creator
- Easy to use!
- Search, create, or print!
- free
VoiceThread
- Online audio reflection & collaboration.
- iPad, iPhone App.
- Put up a picture and students can comment
- Students can do reports with this
- Students can talk and/or write
- Free, with tiered pay accounts.
- Site license available.
Voki
- Fun way for students to create their own avatars
- Students can log in as you and you can have different avatars for your students at this site
- Voki for education
- Voki Facebook Group
- free, with tiered options
- School accounts available.
Padlet
- Online message board
- Messages, announcements
- Comments during videos, presentations
- Try it as a KWL board
- free
Wildself
- Build your own alien avatar
- free
Wordle
- Word clouds
- Brainstorm
- Put thematic units into a wordle = study guides
- Type a text in, kids can find main ideas and supporting details
- free
xtranormal
- Create your own movies
- Try doing your class procedures
- Animated, variety of voices
- was free…
iPad Apps – general, cross-curricular
Dropbox
- Online file storage, sharing, collaborating.
- iPad, iPhone.
- android.
- free, with tiered options
Evernote
- Online and cross-platform
- Note taking, sharing, collaborating, planning.
- Mac, iPad, iPhone.
- PC, android.
- Powerful!!
- free, with tiered options
- School accounts available.
Explain Everything
- iPad screen capture app. Best of the iPad options.
- $2.99
Flashcardlet
- Make and search for flash cards .
- Imports Quizlet card sets.
- iPad app.
- Facebook page for questions/discussion.
- free
Slideshark
- Online power point storage.
- iPad app to view.
- free
Quizlet
- Online flash card maker
- Mac, iPad, iPhone.
- PC, android.
- free
StudyBlue
- Online flash card maker
- Mac, iPad, iPhone.
- PC, android.
- free
Teacher Assistant
- iPad app.
- Student monitoring program: positive, negative, attendance, RtI.
- Instant parent email possible.
- $6.99
VoiceThread
- Online audio reflection & collaboration.
- iPad, iPhone App.
- Put up a picture and students can comment
- Students can do reports with this
- Students can talk and/or write
- Free, with tiered pay accounts.
- Site license available.
Flashcards
Flashcardlet
- Make and search for flash cards .
- Imports Quizlet card sets.
- iPad app.
- Facebook page for questions/discussion.
- free
Quizlet
- Online flash card maker
- Mac, iPad, iPhone.
- PC, android.
- free
StudyBlue
- Online flash card maker
- Mac, iPad, iPhone.
- PC, android.
- free
Screen Capture, Annotation Tools
Camtasia
- Screen capture software
- Record and annotate images and video
- varies with tiered options
Explain Everything
- iPad screen capture app. Best of the iPad options.
- Paid
Jing
- Free screen capture software
- Record videos, up to 2 minutes
- Free
Showme
- iPad screen capture app.
- free
Skitch
- iPad screen capture app.
- free
- syncs with Evernote
Snagit
- Screen capture software
- Record videos, up to 2 minutes
- Annotate images
- Save recordings as MP4 files
- $49.95
Backchannel Tools
edmodo
- Online & cross-platform
- iPad, iPhone, designed from the ground up
- android.
- Social networking for education
- Network, post, embed, quiz, library, poll
- Very private. Parental access codes.
- Assignments: do it the day it’s assigned, appears in calendar
- Can attach docs and work with Google Docs
- All attachments & links get put into the library
- Can go totally paperless
- There is a grade book
- Exports in an excel spreadsheet
- Continually being upgraded.
- free
Today’s Meet
- Back channel site = a temporary chat room
- All the thoughts in the background, tapping into that
- A web page set up where thoughts can be shared
- Text this in and people can respond to this
- 21st century note passing
- Can get to this through cell phone
- free
Padlet
- Online message board
- Messages, announcements
- Comments during videos, presentations
- Try it as a KWL board
- free
wifitti
- Back channel
- Talking during a movie, in silence, projected from a different screen
- Allows all students to participate
- free
Survey Tools
Doodle
- Easy scheduling and confirmation
- Connect with your calendar
- Free
Poll Everwhere
- Uses cell phones as clickers to respond
- Students can share cell phones!
- Text in answer
- Can respond via web
- Free
QuizSnack
- online surveys and quizzes
- embed and share
- real-time results
- free