The document provides an overview of various educational tools and technologies, such as mentormob.com for curating learning playlists, animoto.com for creating short videos with music, and slideshare.com for sharing presentations. It also mentions the snipping tool in Windows for capturing images and highlights interactive educational resources available on 3dtoad.com. Additionally, it suggests several apps for further educational engagement.

1. Cool Tools &
New Technologies
mentormob.com
Snipping tool
animoto.com
slideshare.net
3dtoad.com
Endless

2. Mentormob.com
• Browse to mentormob.com and sign up
• You can then watch instructions & examples
there
• Probably the coolest site I've come across this
year.
• MentorMob is a place where teachers can
curate the web into learning playlists
• Playlists can then be shared with students via a
link or embedding into a site.
• Great for students who may have lengthy
absences.
• Add “extra’s” for those who get done quiclkly

4. The snipping tool
• In windows 7 click the start button
• Type snipping in the search box
• Then click here
• The snipping tool will open
• Your cursor becomes a cross
• Click & drag & let go
• The image will be captured
• The image will be “snipped”
• You can save, or copy
• Then paste in documents
• Cool huh?

5. Animoto.com
• Browse to animoto.com
• Sign up & have fun – these are REALLY COOL!
• Adding music and uploading photos is super easy
– Songs must be mp3 format (audio converters are available
for download that will convert other music formats into
mp3s
• As a Lite subscriber, your videos are limited to 30
seconds.
– For only $5/month or $30/year, upgrade to a Plus plan for:
• Unlimited full-length videos
• 600+ music tracks
• Video downloads to your computer and DVD

6. Biber Beach Wedding
(Janelle may even like this more then Smilebox!)

7. Slideshare.com
• Browse to slideshare.com
• Sign up & have fun!
• Upload your teaching PowerPoints to
share with others, view and email
slideshows for classroom use, HW,
etc.
• Browse shared presentations, save
yourself some work!

8. 3dtoad.com
• An amazing site for finding interactive
educational images
• Avoid smelly classrooms
• Teacher & students can zoom in and
out
• Images rotate 360 degrees
• Gross + cool = engaged students
• You will wish there were more!

10. Apps to try
• Endless ABC: search same on itunes
• 3D dissections: search dissections in ibooks
• Brainpop has a free daily movie app
• Worldsalad is fun, try it!
• This Day is a cool calendar app
• Body puzzle is easy for little ones too
• Spelling City, always great!
• Share others you have found with me 