cindymeds+resources

Cindy Medeiros
cmteched =Web2.0 Educational Tech Tools: = About half of these resources are new to me this quarter, either through this class or, a few, I discovered during this term through other resources. The other half are some of my favorite tools.
 *  EDU641 SNHU **

=ClassTools Fakebook = a tool that allows students to create a fake profile, for a literary character, historical character, or a public figure. Use for character development, plotting books, recreating historical events, debates, etc. Looks just like Facebook! They have other tools there too but this is my favorite. = = = =

=Edmodo = is a classroom social networking tool and learning management system that allows students to share ideas in a Facebook style interface. It also allows teachers to ask questions for discussion, give assignments, quizzes, upload video, and monitor discussions. There is no private messaging between students, teachers control via a code who joins the group, but it can be used to collaborate with other classes and has a parent portal as well. It tracks student work and even has badges you can award for outstanding work or for meeting goals. We used it last year to discuss digital citizenship with a class.

=Edublogs = is a blogging tool that is created for schools. The teacher can control when material is published and who can see it. But in addition to blog tool, it also has a pages function and a wiki function all in the same site. It can be used to create a class website. I also used it to create a site about digital citizenship with another class.

=Meograph = is a presentation tool with a built in timeline, built on top of Google maps. You put in date, location and information and it organizes the information chronologically to tell a story. Able to embed photos, videos, website links, and narration. Great for history, social studies, and current events topics. Also works for biographies.

= media type="custom" key="24692942" width="161" height="166" align="left" Voki =  is a tool that lets you create a talking avatar. You can modify the attributes of different characters, like hair and eye color, and size of features and body to create your own avatar. There are also animals, cartoons, historical and political figures. You can record your voice or type in words and choose from different voices and accents. Can be used for creative writing, speeches, giving instructions, introduction to a website, etc

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=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Powtoon = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">is a presentation tool that uses cartoon characters and other images to help you make an interesting and engaging presentation.

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=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Timetoast = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">is a timeline tool, which can be used to visually depict a timeline. Great for history, or displaying a timetable of an event. It could also be used to outline the plot of a story.

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 1.5;">Minecraft EDU - = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">The compu <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">ter game Minecraft is being used more and more in schools and now has an educational site where the teacher has control over the server and can monitor and teach students anything from collaboration to digital citizenship with this site. = = = =

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Google Lit Trips = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">a site that uses Google Earth to plot the locations within a book, to follow a character's journey through the story. You place photos and other media on placemarks on the map, similar to Thinglink.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">(Note: this is a free non-profit venture started by a retired English Lit teacher and is not affiliated with Google other than the use of Google Earth. Check out his site and see how you can help raise funds by shopping on Amazon through his site and help keep this site alive)

= = = = =<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> Glogster = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> is a multimedia poster creator which you can add pictures, text, links to videos, podcasts, etc to create an interactive poster. Makes a great project for summative assessment of a unit. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Here's a great student example that was shared via Twitter from another school: Charlemagne's Crowning

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=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> = =<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">VoiceThread = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">is a presentation tool that allows viewers to comment and collaborate on the project using several input methods (recording voice directly on the VT, uploading a voice file, typing text, and even using a phone). This creates an interactive conversation and allows for peer review and feedback.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">//I just discovered they have an educational portal (click on link above) that costs $79/year or $15/month for up to 50 student accounts, which the teacher can monitor and edit, and does not need student email addresses.//

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=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Tagxedo] = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">is a word cloud creator that allows you to create shapes and even use photos as templates.

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">RealTimeBoard = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; line-height: 1.5;">allows users to collaboratively create brainstorming sessions where they get to share text, pictures, and drawings using links. There is also a chat functionality embedded in Real Board that enables users to chat with each other while brainstorming. It can also be used to create a presentation. Teachers and students can get a free upgraded account!

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 24px;">ScratchEd = <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">I decided to add this, as **Scratch** is a programming language for kids to learn to program, but it also teaches problem solving, math concepts (distance, xy grid, angles, positive and negative numbers) and it can be used to create interactive stories and presentations, as well as games and other things; and teachers can create their own educational games. The **Scratch community** can also be used to teach collaboration and digital citizenship skills. **ScratchEd** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;"> is a resource site for teachers with lesson plans and other information.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Here's an interactive Christmas card I made with Scratch this week.**

<span style="color: #ff00a4; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 200%; line-height: 1.5;">**Lesson: Book Report**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 1.5;">The traditional book report usually consists of text, either written or typed, with an account of what happened and may talk about the characters in the book. There may be some pictures included as well, but it consists of static pages of text, that's not very exciting.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Google Lit Trips book report** is a multidimensional experience, where the reader can see the locations on the map and can be "in" the story.


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Choose a short story or novel that names several non-fictional places.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Find at least eight locations in the work and gather images and information about them.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Create placemarks in Google Earth for your locations
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Add pictures and informational text explaining what happened there in the book.

=<span style="color: #ff00a4; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 36px; line-height: 54px;">Posters: = glogster **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">with 5 tools ** edmodo poster edublogs poster [|timetoast poster] voicethread poster