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Fantastic Tools for Schools
The document lists over 50 effective tools and resources for schools, including Google Apps, collaborative editing, eBook access, and social media management solutions. It emphasizes automation in communication and assignment management, while also introducing various educational websites and software. The suggested tools aim to enhance classroom engagement and streamline administrative tasks.
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- 1. Fantastic Tools forSchools 50+ ways to rock! Vicki Davis, Teacher
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- 3. • http://wiffiti.com/screens/83428 http://wiffiti.com/screens/83428c
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- 6. Google apps fordomains (free) http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/edu/
- 7. Cell phone friendlyemail (gmail) • Groups with distribution lists of parents. (i.e. I send to Computer Fundamentals and it sends to all the parents) • Automatic distribution lists – Classes – teachers
- 8. Google Docs • Shared folders • Color codes
- 9. Collaborative editing inDocs • How we edit Kindle Kids corner
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- 11. http://gadd.lib.overdrive.com/171866E5-F8A1-41B0- B638-2CC566B998B3/10/512/en/Libraries.htm Check out ebooks Kindle Audiobooks With your library card Online!
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- 13. Google Forms –A school survey
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- 15. Cool Trick Copyout of spreadsheet into Wordle! Step 1: Convert Everything to lowercase by pasting into MS Word.
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- 18. Wikisource: Copy Textfrom Famous Speech http://en.wikisource.org
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- 23. Picasa web album,Google Calendar
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- 28. www.smugmug.com Monetize the photosyour annual staff is taking. I hereby authorize the School to use photographs, videos, writings, artwork, and audio recordings of my child in school media and advertisements. I understand that I must notify the Ravenscroft Communications Office, in writing, to change this authorization. Ravenscroft School
- 29. Sharing the message • Automate Automate Automate!
- 30. Setting up tohave an easy social media distribution plan Create a blog on blogger.com Use feedburner to create a feed Feedburner email (lets people sign up with a form) Take the feed into Twitterfeed Twitterfeed posts to Twitter
- 31. Now one postcan! Blog Post Email to subscribers Tweet from the post Facebook fan page update
- 32. Make it easier •Go into blogger settings Mobile and Email • Make an email – now your secretary or principal can update using email.
- 33. www.hootsuite.com Schedule updates likelunch menus.
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- 38. Diigo www.diigo.com Bookmarking groups;Auto blog posts
- 39. www.igoogle.com Building your PLNand tracking projects
- 40. Netvibes.com or Pageflakes.com Forbuilding Classroom Monitoring Portals (CMP)
- 41. Brainstorming tool bubbl.us/ Source: http://www.web2teachingtools.com/bubbl_us.html
- 42. Voicethread www.voicethread.com • See these in action on the Eracism Project • http://eracism.flatclassroomproject.org/Semi+ Finals+VoiceThreads
- 43. Dropbox www.dropbox.com My key to paperless
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- 46. Glitch: Only 3from one IP address can sign up here in a day. Unless you get the free email service from https://skydrive.live.com
- 47. http://www.microsoft.com/education/ en-us/solutions/Pages/liveedu.aspx • Live@edu: Microsoft’s free email, site alternative.
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- 50. Build your ownplanetarium http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ExperienceIt/ExperienceIt.aspx?Page=Dome
- 51. Free interactive whiteboardresources http://www.iboard.co.uk
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- 64. Diigo www.diigo.com • http://www.diigo.com/list/coolcatteacher/fan tastic-classroom-tools • QR Code Generator • http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
- 65. Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher http://tinyurl.com/cct-differentiate www.flatclassroombook.com
- 66. The power ofThree! Pick three
Editor's Notes
- #66 So, when I came back to Camilla, I started using wikis with my students immediately and sat down in my classroom to begin blogging. I turned to a student and said, “I have to create a blog and I have to name the thing – what should I name it?” The students sitting there said, “Well, Mrs. Vicki, you’re cool and we’re the wildcats, so, why don’t you call it the cool Cat teacher blog
- #67 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!