Technology Ideas/ Resources
Websites & Apps for Making Videos & Animation
Best Apps & Websites for a Flipped Classroom
Best Student Portfolio Apps & Websites
Google Add-ons
The Tag Cloud Generator - will create a word cloud in the right-hand margin of any of your Google Documents that contain more than one hundred words.
EasyBib Bibliography Creator
Easy Accents - helps students access the shortcuts to type the accents and characters used in different languages
Lucid Press - great for newspaper formats, brochures, etc...
g(Math)- enables you to easily insert graphs and equations into your Google Documents
ReadWrite - for reading text out loud/also highlights words as it reads
Spreadsheets:
Online Rubric -this is a Google Spreadsheets Add-on that enables to you create rubrics, enter scores, and email scores to students all from one place.Once you've given
Online Rubric permission to run on your Spreadsheet there are three basic steps you need to complete.The first step is to create a roster. Rosters are made by entering student's names and email addresses (optional). The second step is to actually create your rubric. Unlike some online rubric services, with the Online Rubric Add-on you can build as many rubric cells as you like. You can assign any point values that you want to use for each rubric cell. When you're ready to enter grades you will use your roster sheet to enter point values for each rubric cell. To email grades simply select "email grades" from theOnline Rubric Add-on. You can find a video demonstration at
http://bitly.com/ftrubric
Flubaroo - a popular Google Sheets Add-on that enables teachers to grade all at once all of their students' responses to a quiz created in Google Forms.
Forms:
FormLimiter - allows you to set a time for a form to automatically stop accepting responses. You can also use Form Limiter to set a limit on number of responses a form will accept.
g(Math) - is a also available as a Google Forms Add-on that allows you to insert graphs and mathematical expressions into your Google Forms. To insert graphs and equationsinto your Form select g(Math) from your Add-ons menu and follow the directions that pop-up on the right side of the screen.
Form Notifications- allows you to create triggers for emails to be sent to you when submissions are made through one of your forms. You can set the Add-on to send you an email alert after a specified number of responses are received or after every submission.The Add-on also allows you to have an email sent to Form respondents after they have completed your Form.
Chrome Extensions for Time Management:
Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome - a convenient Chrome extension that enables a person to create keyboard shortcuts for words and phrases that they frequently use in emails.
Stay Focusd - a Chrome extension designed to help you stop wasting time on sites like Facebook and get your work done instead. With
Stay Focusd installed you can set a timelimit for yourself for how much cumulative time in a day that you spend on sites likeFacebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. Once you've used up your self-allotted time on thosesites you won't be able to revisit them in that browser for 24 hours. Might be a great suggestion for students, parents, and teachers!
Dayboard - an extension that opens your daily to-do list every time you open a new tab in Chrome. When you open a new tab for the first time Dayboard will appear and ask you to enter your to-do list for the day. After creating your to-do list for the rest of the day whenever you open a new tab you will see your list. You can place a checkmark next to items as you complete them.
Best Apps & Websites for a Flipped Classroom
Best Student Portfolio Apps & Websites
Google Add-ons
The Tag Cloud Generator - will create a word cloud in the right-hand margin of any of your Google Documents that contain more than one hundred words.
EasyBib Bibliography Creator
Easy Accents - helps students access the shortcuts to type the accents and characters used in different languages
Lucid Press - great for newspaper formats, brochures, etc...
g(Math)- enables you to easily insert graphs and equations into your Google Documents
ReadWrite - for reading text out loud/also highlights words as it reads
Spreadsheets:
Online Rubric -this is a Google Spreadsheets Add-on that enables to you create rubrics, enter scores, and email scores to students all from one place.Once you've given
Online Rubric permission to run on your Spreadsheet there are three basic steps you need to complete.The first step is to create a roster. Rosters are made by entering student's names and email addresses (optional). The second step is to actually create your rubric. Unlike some online rubric services, with the Online Rubric Add-on you can build as many rubric cells as you like. You can assign any point values that you want to use for each rubric cell. When you're ready to enter grades you will use your roster sheet to enter point values for each rubric cell. To email grades simply select "email grades" from theOnline Rubric Add-on. You can find a video demonstration at
http://bitly.com/ftrubric
Flubaroo - a popular Google Sheets Add-on that enables teachers to grade all at once all of their students' responses to a quiz created in Google Forms.
Forms:
FormLimiter - allows you to set a time for a form to automatically stop accepting responses. You can also use Form Limiter to set a limit on number of responses a form will accept.
g(Math) - is a also available as a Google Forms Add-on that allows you to insert graphs and mathematical expressions into your Google Forms. To insert graphs and equationsinto your Form select g(Math) from your Add-ons menu and follow the directions that pop-up on the right side of the screen.
Form Notifications- allows you to create triggers for emails to be sent to you when submissions are made through one of your forms. You can set the Add-on to send you an email alert after a specified number of responses are received or after every submission.The Add-on also allows you to have an email sent to Form respondents after they have completed your Form.
Chrome Extensions for Time Management:
Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome - a convenient Chrome extension that enables a person to create keyboard shortcuts for words and phrases that they frequently use in emails.
Stay Focusd - a Chrome extension designed to help you stop wasting time on sites like Facebook and get your work done instead. With
Stay Focusd installed you can set a timelimit for yourself for how much cumulative time in a day that you spend on sites likeFacebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. Once you've used up your self-allotted time on thosesites you won't be able to revisit them in that browser for 24 hours. Might be a great suggestion for students, parents, and teachers!
Dayboard - an extension that opens your daily to-do list every time you open a new tab in Chrome. When you open a new tab for the first time Dayboard will appear and ask you to enter your to-do list for the day. After creating your to-do list for the rest of the day whenever you open a new tab you will see your list. You can place a checkmark next to items as you complete them.
COMICS/CARTOONS
Chogger
Make Beliefs
Pixon
Sketchpad
Tons more ways to make comic strips online!
IMAGES/FONTS
Pics4Learning
Clipart
FontSpace
StockVault.net – Free images from photographers around the world
Kozzi.com – One free photo per day
FindIcons.com – Huge resource for avatars or small images
Flickr Advanced Search – Use advanced search filters to show only CC licensed images
Morguefile – Free stock photos (Thanks Sue Lyon-Jones for link in comments!)
Open Clipart Libary – Public domain clipart (Thanks Sue Lyon-Jones for link in comments!)
Larry Ferlazzo post on great locations of images
INFOGRAPHICS
Easel.ly
Infogr.am
Piktochart
Visual-ly
MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS/SCREENCASTING
iMovie (Mac only)
Animoto (create videos)
Meograph (create videos and record your voice)
Prezi (similar to PowerPoint, but, ah, not)
Screencast-o-matic (record your voice)
Storybird (artful storytelling)
ThingLink (embed media on image)
7 Lessons from the World's Most Captivating Presenters
Creating Animated Presentations
Moovly
Powtoons
PHOTO EDITING AND COLLAGE
BeFunky
Padlet
Movie Posters: http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php
TIMELINES
Dipity
TikiToki
Timetoast
TIMERTOOLS
PowerPoint Timer (countdown version)
Google Timer
Newspaper Article Templates
RWT Printing Press
Newspaper Generator
Google Docs Templates (Lucid Press)
3D SKETCHING PROGRAMS
Tinkercad
Autodesk123
SketchUp
ANNOTATION/RESOURCE SHARING
Scribble
Notability (Apple Products Only)
Showbie
AudioBoom
Snagit
MarkUp.io
Zaption
Diigo
Movenote
Webklipper
SharedCopy
TAKING NOTES/ORGANIZATION
KustomNote
Google Keep
Teaching Informational Literacy
Best Resources for Learning Research Citation Skills
ShowMe Information Literacy Modules: Starter, Junior (MS), Advanced (HS)
Digital Literacy Lesson Plans
Alan November Web Literacy Lesson Plans
Huge Doc of Copyright Info
Google Search Education Lesson Plans
How to Search on Google Cheat Sheet
Copyright Laws
Copyright Law (advanced)
Copyright Law (Student Friendly)
http://copyright.gov/
Public Domain Texts
Project Gutenberg
VIDEO TOOLS
KeepVid (downloads youtube videos)
SafeShare (watch youtube videos without ads)
WEBSITE CREATION
Weebly
Google
Wix
eMaze
WORD CLOUDS
Tagxedo
Wordle
SOME RESEARCH AND LEARNING WEBSITES
John Green's Crash Course
Gapminder - world statistics and data
Open Culture
Picturing America
Smart History - Khan Academy
Ted Ed
TED
WatchKnowLearn
CNN Student News
Discover Magazine
Discovery Education Student Resources
Library of Congress
World Health Organization
National Archives
National Geographic
NewsELA.com
Great Sentences
NYTimes
NYTimes: The Learning Network
Pixar's Rules of Storytelling
Pro/Con.org
Smithsonian Magazine
Student Pulse: The International Student Journal
Wall Street Journal
iCivics
PBS Learning Media - tons of how to videos for different programs
Curriki - An open curriculum community
COLLABORATION TOOLS
Voxer
Google Drive
EyeJot (video sharing via email)
Slack
RESEARCH/INQUIRY TOOLS
Instagrok
AudioBoom
Google A Day
TedEd Interactive Question
Zaption
MyWejit
Google Comparisons
(Google Tip - news:)
CITING SOURCES
Citelighter
EasyBib
JUST PLAIN OL' FUN
Blabberize
Avatar Creators
https://sites.google.com/site/webtoolsbox/avatars
FREE AUDIO FILES
List of Resources for Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects
DIGITAL STORYTELLING RESOURCES
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-08-26-a-guide-to-producing-student-digital-storytellers
Chogger
Make Beliefs
Pixon
Sketchpad
Tons more ways to make comic strips online!
IMAGES/FONTS
Pics4Learning
Clipart
FontSpace
StockVault.net – Free images from photographers around the world
Kozzi.com – One free photo per day
FindIcons.com – Huge resource for avatars or small images
Flickr Advanced Search – Use advanced search filters to show only CC licensed images
Morguefile – Free stock photos (Thanks Sue Lyon-Jones for link in comments!)
Open Clipart Libary – Public domain clipart (Thanks Sue Lyon-Jones for link in comments!)
Larry Ferlazzo post on great locations of images
INFOGRAPHICS
Easel.ly
Infogr.am
Piktochart
Visual-ly
MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS/SCREENCASTING
iMovie (Mac only)
Animoto (create videos)
Meograph (create videos and record your voice)
Prezi (similar to PowerPoint, but, ah, not)
Screencast-o-matic (record your voice)
Storybird (artful storytelling)
ThingLink (embed media on image)
7 Lessons from the World's Most Captivating Presenters
Creating Animated Presentations
Moovly
Powtoons
PHOTO EDITING AND COLLAGE
BeFunky
Padlet
Movie Posters: http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php
TIMELINES
Dipity
TikiToki
Timetoast
TIMERTOOLS
PowerPoint Timer (countdown version)
Google Timer
Newspaper Article Templates
RWT Printing Press
Newspaper Generator
Google Docs Templates (Lucid Press)
3D SKETCHING PROGRAMS
Tinkercad
Autodesk123
SketchUp
ANNOTATION/RESOURCE SHARING
Scribble
Notability (Apple Products Only)
Showbie
AudioBoom
Snagit
MarkUp.io
Zaption
Diigo
Movenote
Webklipper
SharedCopy
TAKING NOTES/ORGANIZATION
KustomNote
Google Keep
Teaching Informational Literacy
Best Resources for Learning Research Citation Skills
ShowMe Information Literacy Modules: Starter, Junior (MS), Advanced (HS)
Digital Literacy Lesson Plans
Alan November Web Literacy Lesson Plans
Huge Doc of Copyright Info
Google Search Education Lesson Plans
How to Search on Google Cheat Sheet
Copyright Laws
Copyright Law (advanced)
Copyright Law (Student Friendly)
http://copyright.gov/
Public Domain Texts
Project Gutenberg
VIDEO TOOLS
KeepVid (downloads youtube videos)
SafeShare (watch youtube videos without ads)
WEBSITE CREATION
Weebly
Wix
eMaze
WORD CLOUDS
Tagxedo
Wordle
SOME RESEARCH AND LEARNING WEBSITES
John Green's Crash Course
Gapminder - world statistics and data
Open Culture
Picturing America
Smart History - Khan Academy
Ted Ed
TED
WatchKnowLearn
CNN Student News
Discover Magazine
Discovery Education Student Resources
Library of Congress
World Health Organization
National Archives
National Geographic
NewsELA.com
Great Sentences
NYTimes
NYTimes: The Learning Network
Pixar's Rules of Storytelling
Pro/Con.org
Smithsonian Magazine
Student Pulse: The International Student Journal
Wall Street Journal
iCivics
PBS Learning Media - tons of how to videos for different programs
Curriki - An open curriculum community
COLLABORATION TOOLS
Voxer
Google Drive
EyeJot (video sharing via email)
Slack
RESEARCH/INQUIRY TOOLS
Instagrok
AudioBoom
Google A Day
TedEd Interactive Question
Zaption
MyWejit
Google Comparisons
(Google Tip - news:)
CITING SOURCES
Citelighter
EasyBib
JUST PLAIN OL' FUN
Blabberize
Avatar Creators
https://sites.google.com/site/webtoolsbox/avatars
FREE AUDIO FILES
List of Resources for Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects
DIGITAL STORYTELLING RESOURCES
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-08-26-a-guide-to-producing-student-digital-storytellers