50+ Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom
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Some of the favorite tips and tricks of Cool Cat Teacher. Get ideas for slides and ideas for your classroom. And remember, pick your big three - the next three things you're going to learn. And innovate like a turtle - pick 15 minutes once or twice a week to learn and try something new. You can do it!
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50+ Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom
- 1. Fantastic Tools for Schools 50+ ways to rock! Coolcatteacher.com/akron Vicki Davis, Teacher
- 2. 2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change STEP 1: Innovate Like a Turtle
- 3. 2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change STEP 2: Select your “Big 3”
- 4. 15 minutes 2-3 times a week
- 5. 1. How I teach almost everything www.youtube.com/coolcatteacher
- 6. 2. Install and Use Google Chrome Preventing Tool Conflicts
- 7. 3. Sign into Google to Sync across multiple machines (even your phone)
- 9. http://www.coolcatteacher.com/extensity/ Preventing Tool Conflicts 5. Watch the tutorial video
- 10. Document Management 5. Got a problem converting files?
- 11. 5. Use Zamzar to Convert Files Document Management
- 12. 6. Use calibre for ebook conversion Document Management
- 13. 7. Teach Google Voice Typing
- 14. 8. Add Read/Write for Google Chrome: Predictive Typing
- 15. 9. Read and Write for Google Chrome – Hover Speech Tools for Understanding
- 16. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 10. Read Write Toolbar: Dictionary
- 17. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 11. Read Write Toolbar: Picture of Object – great way to help struggling readers
- 18. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 12. Translate – Help English as a Second Language Learners
- 19. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 13. Make an audio file out of text using Speech Maker
- 20. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 14. Screenshot reader
- 21. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 15. Screenmask – great for Dyslexics
- 22. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 15. Highlight words on the page for a purpose (print or share)
- 23. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 16. Make Vocabulary Lists out of highlighted words with symbols and definitions
- 24. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 17. Simplify a page and take off the ads
- 25. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 18. Student Read Aloud Practice (can also use fluency tutor)
- 26. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding 19. Get the Free version of Read Write Toolbar for Teachers
- 27. R E A D A N D W R I T E F O R G O O G L E C H R O M E Tools for Understanding
- 28. 20. Rewordify • https://rewordify.com/ Tools for Understanding
- 29. 2 1 . M I N D M A P P I N G ( B U B B L . U S ) Mindmapping http://madaboutmattering.wikispaces.com/Self+Harm
- 30. 22. I like Mindnode (ios)
- 31. 2 3 . L U C I D C H A R T S Mindmapping & Graphic Organizers LucidChart for English Teachers https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/education/k12/english
- 32. 2 4 . C L A S S T O O L S . N E T Graphic organizers www.classtools.net
- 35. Did you know? http://www.classtools.net/twister/ You can make “Fake Tweets” at Classtools.net
- 38. 2 5 . S T O R Y B O A R D T H A T Storyboarding www.classtools.net
- 39. 2 6 . C A R T O O N I N G Storyboarding www.toondoo.com
- 41. 2 8 . D I I G O O U T L I N I N G T O O L Outlining
- 42. D I I G O O U T L I N I N G T O O L http://www.coolcatteacher.com/diigo-social- bookmarking-tutorial/ Outlining
- 43. ‹#›@coolcatteacher Programming in Augmented Reality 28. Metaverse – Augmented Reality Programming
- 44. ‹#›@coolcatteacher 29. Present in a Zoom Room (can also use Skype)
- 45. ‹#›@coolcatteacher 30. App Building in MAD-Learn Spence
- 47. ‹#›@coolcatteacher Levi 30. App Building in MAD-Learn
- 48. ‹#›@coolcatteacher Programming in Augmented Reality 31. Metaverse
- 49. ‹#›@coolcatteacher Spence 32. Zoom to Communicate and write script in Google Docs
- 50. • Meetings and video 32. Zoom Room
- 51. ‹#›@coolcatteacher 33. MAD-Learn App Building Tool Spence
- 52. ‹#›@coolcatteacher Brent 34. Hold a “Shark Tank” when only One app can go “live”
- 56. 37. & 38. Use Hemingway App w/ Grammarly
- 57. 39. Pro Writing Aid
- 59. TIP: Add 25% transitions
- 60. 40. Kaizena (as a standalone)
- 61. Kaizena (in Google Docs)
- 62. Kaizena (on your phone)
- 63. 41. Read and Write for Google – w/ 1 minute voice comments Voice Commenting 1 minute or less voice comment
- 65. 42. Dragon Dictate Voice Typing
- 66. 43. Mac Dication • Press Fn Fn twice on your Mac Voice Typing
- 67. 44. Seesaw: Simple Portfolios
- 70. 45. PowerPoint: Make Beautiful Handouts Tip: Get fonts, graphics, etc. on TpT.
- 71. Formative Assessment 46. Socrative ROCKS www.socrative.com! Tip: Play quizzes as races for review. Use open ended questions
- 72. 47. Kahoot – getkahoot.com
- 73. 48. Plickers (if you have no technology)
- 74. Plickers (if you have no technology)
- 75. Plickers (if you have no technology)
- 76. 49. GradeCam
- 78. Type Record your voice Add a hyperlink Add a photo What you can share on Padlet
- 79. Customize how your Padlet looks
- 81. Security and Control on Padlet
- 82. How You can Give Students the Link to Padlet
- 83. Younger classes (as a portfolio) As a simple blog Class padlet with links to everything Have students sort pictures on padlet to classify them (use on your Interactive Board) Use as a class backchannel Have students upload pictures of how they solved problems. Some Ways to Use Padlet
- 84. 51. Flipgrid Book groups Conversation starters “Meet the class”
- 85. 52. Hyperdocs Literacy task boards
- 86. 53. Audacity (for making podcasts) http://audacity.sourceforge.net
- 88. 54. Search from a page by right clicking
- 89. 55. Link Clump for multiple links
- 90. 56. Write About App Free Writing https://www.writeabout.com/
- 91. 57. Write the World
- 92. 58. Day One App Free Writing http://dayoneapp.com/
- 93. 59. Wolfram Alpha Pro
- 96. Google Classroom and Geogebra
- 97. 61. (G) Math for Google http://cctea.ch/cct-gmath
- 99. 63. More Citizen Science https://www.zooniverse.org/
- 101. 65. Anatomy AR+ for Merge Cube https://www.miniverse.io/experience?e=anatomyar-for-merge-cube
- 102. 66. Galactic Explorer for Merge Cube Galactic Explorer (Solar System) - https://miniverse.io/experience?e=galactic- explorer-for-merge-cube
- 103. 67. Print Your Own MergeCube • http://is3.4chan.org/po/1514408834842.png
- 104. 68. Classcraft: Turn Your Whole Classroom into a Game
- 105. 69. Gameon Wordpress Plugin
- 106. 70. Edpuzzle
- 107. 71. Nearpod (PearDeck is another alternative)
- 108. 72. Karen Bosch Sketchnote Resources http://cctea.ch/bosch-sketchnote
- 109. 73. Paper by 53 https://www.fiftythree.com/
- 110. 74. Procreate
- 112. 76. Canva for Graphics (upload your own items) http://www.coolcatteacher.com/canva-how-to/
- 113. How I use Canva • Blog graphics • Infographics • YouTube thumbnails • Book covers 6 free lesson plans using Canva https://designschool.canva.com/teaching-materials/writing-letters-that-matter/
- 114. 77. Google Forms – A school survey Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 115. Goes into Spreadsheet Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 116. Cool Trick Copy out of spreadsheet into Wordle! Step 1: Convert Everything to lowercase by pasting into MS Word. Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 117. 78. www.wordle.net Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 118. What my students own Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 119. 79. Wikisource: Copy Text from Famous Speech http://en.wikisource.org Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 120. 80. http://www.tagxedo.com/ Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 121. Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 122. Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 123. 82. Mover.io You’re not stuck! You can move your files. Mover.io
- 124. 83. Spelling City www.spellingcity.com Top Teaching • Teaching Helps • Making Meaning • Classroom Management • Finding Cool Classroom Tools • Building your PLN • Staying positive
- 125. 84. www.funbrain.com Top Teaching • Teaching Helps • Making Meaning • Classroom Management • Finding Cool Classroom Tools • Building your PLN • Staying positive
- 126. 85. Visuwords – www.visuwords.com Top Teaching • Teaching Helps • Making Meaning • Classroom Management • Finding Cool Classroom Tools • Building your PLN • Staying positive
- 127. 86. Feedly.com Replacement for Google reader Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 128. • Flipboard • Editor.flipboard.com – can co-curate magazines also! 87. My “personal” newspaper Top Teaching •Teaching Helps •Making Meaning •Classroom Management •Finding Cool Classroom Tools •Building your PLN •Staying positive
- 129. 88. 30/30 app
- 130. • http://www.coolcatteacher.com/googl e-classroom-resources/ 89. 100+ Google Classroom Resources
- 131. • https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/googleclassroom-gafe 90. Google Classroom Symbaloo for beginners
- 132. 91. Free painting software http://www.getpaint.net/ ---- ninite 21st century competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 133. 92. Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org 21st century competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 134. 93. Microsoft Worldwide Telescope http://www.worldwidetelescope.org 21st century competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 135. 94. Build your own planetarium http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ExperienceIt/ExperienceIt.aspx?Page=Dome 21st century competencies • eFolios • Collaborative Writing • Cloud Tools for Whole Schools • Multimedia • eBooks • 3D Virtual Worlds
- 137. 96. Alfred (productivity tool)
- 138. 97. Scrivener: My Favorite Writing Tool
- 139. 2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change STEP 1: Innovate Like a Turtle
- 140. 2 Step Strategy for Transformational Change STEP 2: Select your “Big 3”
- 141. Fantastic Tools for Schools 50+ ways to rock! Vicki Davis, Teacher @coolcatteacher
Editor's Notes
- He wants strategies for continuous improvement
- And that is what I suggest for you to do today. Your assignment for this webinar today is to come up with your “Big Three” at the end of the webinar. Pick three things – start there!
- So, I embed my learning and take 15 minutes 2-3 times a week to learn and explore new technologies and this, has been the thing that has led to the complete transformation of my classroom! But you don’t have time – you say.
- Hover speech — you can highlight and it will read there - it starts reading wherever you have your mouse. Reads it to you — text on a page.
- Dictionary looks up the word for you.
- And you can see a picture of the item you’re reading about - some students learn better with drawings and pictures.
- Can also translate into the language of your choice. (Will show in a moment how to change language.)
- This is cool. Want to send an audio file of some text you’ve typed or found on the web. Highlight and hit a button and you have an mp3 file. Teach kids how to do this and put them on their phones.
- OK, so you have text in pictures and need it read! This is cool. Screenshot reader lets you draw a square around the picture and will read you everything in the image! Very cool.
- Now, I have worked with dyslexics and we know how guided reading strips help them focus on the text better. You have a guided reading script built into Read and Write for Google that will let you focus on just what you’re reading - called screenmask.
- Now, you can highlight words and phrases, but here is what is cool.
- but can also take highlighted words and click “vocabulary list and it makes word, definition, picture and notes and you have a cute handout!
- Now, dyslexics need help focusing as we saw with Screenmask - here’s a tip - click simplify, then do screenmask on top and you’ve got a much simplified page.
- This is a quick read aloud sent to teacher. Works via email. However if you want to do more with read alouds, I have another tool I’ll recommend later for that. This is just for quick things (or even questions for your students who struggle with writing and typing.)
- Speaker: Brantley - This week we’ve been programming in Augmented reality using meta verse (simply explain — we can work on this.)
- Person speaking: Spence Overview: Here, you can see me and my friend Jay starting to speak about our app, the Brave app. We not only collaborate with kids around the world, we present with them.
- Speaker: Spence I was graphic designer on the Brave app. On our projects, each student takes a role that suits their talents and interests. (About how each person brings their strengths in.) Our app was about ____ because we wanted to help people be more brave.
- Speaker: Peyton Here are covers of ebooks. (Can mention a few topics) We are encouraged to pick topics that are important to us We are taught graphic design principles to help things look good Encouraged to find our voice.
- Student speaking: Levi Another thing we do is make movies. We all learn to write scripts, produce, direct, and edit our own movies. Movies are the modern essay. People respond to movies.
- Speaker: Brantley - This week we’ve been programming in Augmented reality using meta verse (simply explain — we can work on this.)
- Person speaking: Spence Overview: Here, you can see me and my friend Jay starting to speak about our app, the Brave app. We not only collaborate with kids around the world, we present with them.
- Speaker: Spence I was graphic designer on the Brave app. On our projects, each student takes a role that suits their talents and interests. (About how each person brings their strengths in.) Our app was about ____ because we wanted to help people be more brave.
- Person speaking: Brent In our class, we don’t just use apps, we make them. Can mention about first app - was fun and about nachos (a kind of food w/ chips and cheese), but that you got serious and leveled up.
- Speaker: Peyton Here are covers of ebooks. (Can mention a few topics) We are encouraged to pick topics that are important to us We are taught graphic design principles to help things look good Encouraged to find our voice.
- Speaker: Brent: Here are some screenshots of our YouScience profile where we are tested about strengths. 2 Points I want here are: Relationship between teacher and student Knowing your strengths, appreciating the strengths of others and bringing your strengths to the table.
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- He wants strategies for continuous improvement
- And that is what I suggest for you to do today. Your assignment for this webinar today is to come up with your “Big Three” at the end of the webinar. Pick three things – start there!