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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

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 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

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 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

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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…

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 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…

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 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.

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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