This document provides a list of educational resources for teachers. It describes websites and apps for lesson planning, organizing class schedules, providing instructional videos, facilitating virtual guest speakers, cloud storage, sharing files, social networking, creating websites and presentations, bookmarking resources, video creation, and interactive assessments. Key resources highlighted include Planboard, Mathvids, the Smithsonian, Google Drive, Twitter, Scoop-It, Symbaloo, Wix, MentorMob, Powtoons, Khan Academy, Animoto, Haiku Deck, Popplet, and Nearpod. The document encourages teachers to use different technological tools that best suit their needs and skill levels in their classrooms.

1. By: Anita Lesage
RESOURCES

2. PLANBOARDAPP
• Organize your classroom with this lesson planning and organization app.
Create classroom schedules, reminder notes, link video’s all in one
location.
https://www.planboardapp.com/

3. PLANBOARD EXAMPLE

4. MATHVIDS.COM
• Instructional videos for middle school and high school math.
• Excellent online resource for students to refer to for help outside of class.
http://mathvids.com/

5. SMITHSONIAN
• Have your students complete a web quest to earn digital badges using
the Smithsonian’s Centre for Learning and Digital Access.
• Use Skype to have an expert virtually communicate with your class as a
guest speaker.
http://www.si.edu/

6. GOOGLE DRIVE
• Cloud computing
• Storage Site
• Sharing your files, presentations
http://www.google.com/drive

7. APPS GONE FREE
• This iPad, iPhone app is free to download.
• Get high quality paid apps for free for a period of time.
• You are able to download the full versions free of charge.
AppsGoneFree

8. TWITTER
• Social networking site
• Find resources
• Connect with other
https://twitter.com/

9. TWITTER
Create your profile and
connect with others.
@AnitaLesage7

10. SCOOP-IT
• You can connect with your Linkedin, Google+, Facebook and Twitter.
• The idea is that you scoop any concept in which you may like and share
with those around you.
• By attaching it to your Twitter account it will send out a tweet of what you
have scooped.
• Others can then follow and read the information.
http://www.scoop.it/

11. SCOOP-IT EXAMPLE

12. SYMBALOO
• Allows you to save all of your resources in one simple location
• Create a web mix of web resources and share it easily with your class
• Find hundreds of web mixes full of resources for a wide variety of
subject areas
http://www.symbalooedu.com/

13. SYMBALOO EXAMPLE

14. WIX
• Create your own website for your students and have your personal
portfolio.
www.wix.com
• No Coding Required.

15. MENTORMOB
• Create, research and copy playlists for yourself either through
collaboration, or individually.
• Learning playlists can be embedded into blogs and websites
• Delivers high-quality professional development for teachers, and
allows students to construct their own ideas.
• You are able to find information about any subject area, including
technology implementation.
http://www.mentormob.com/

16. MENTOR MOB EXAMPLE

17. PHOTOSYNTH
• Shoot wrap-around panoramic shots and stitches
• Use the web tool for stitching digital photos or use iPhone/iPad app for
shooting panoramas
http://photosynth.net/

18. POWTOONS
• Create quick free accounts that are accessible from anywhere online.
• PowToon is the best free animated presentation online software tool and
PowerPoint alternative that supercharges your presentations and
animated videos.
• Save time and create awesome animated explainer video clips that bring
the WOW factor to your demos, and presentations.
• Create cool social media clips
• Give awesome animated. http://www.powtoon.com/

19. POWTOONS EXAMPLE

20. COOL TOOL FOR SCHOOL
• Great free resources for anything a student or teacher may need.
• Lists in each category to transform your classroom to much more.
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

21. COOL TOOLS FOR
SCHOOLS.WIKISPACES

22. DIIGO
• Social bookmarking site
• Highlight, bookmark and comment on your sites.
• Create your own groups
https://www.diigo.com/

23. DIIGO

24. PREZI
• Create unique and interesting presentation
• Cloud based program
• Collaborative work
http://prezi.com/

25. PREZI

26. KHAN ACADEMY
• Video library of free instruction and interactive assessments
• Teachers are able to follow what each student is learning and see a realtime report
• Not just science – maths, computer science, history, economics, finances
and medicine.
https://www.khanacademy.org/

27. RED PEN TOOL
• Create your task
• Create your assignment
• Upload the work
• Annotate the work
• Mark the work
http://www.redpentool.com/

28. ANIMOTO
• Cloud Computing
• Make your photos, video clips and music into a presentation
video.
www.animoto.com

29. ANIMOTO EXAMPLE

30. HAIKU DECK
• Designed to make visually stunning presentations
• Simple to work with, providing fun finished products
• Start with an idea, add background photos, using either your own or
choose from many preloaded images.

31. HAIKU DECK EXAMPLE

32. POPPLET
• Popplet is a place for your brainstorming and organizing ideas.
• It is used as a space to create galleries, record and organize your
thoughts, and most importantly, do it through collaboration.
http://popplet.com/

33. POPPLET EXAMPLE

34. NEARPOD
• Have real time assessments completed.
• Students can be engage virtually with live feeds for full comprehension.
Nearpod

35. DISCOVR
• Find apps relative to the topic of your choice
• Send your findings to your friends.
Discovr

36. DISCOVR EXAMPLE

37. By: Anita Lesage
SUMMARY

38. SOMETHING TO REMEMBER
• Technology can be used for all curriculum areas.
• Presentations occur in every class
• Organizational tools
• Assessment tools
• Research tools
• Student interaction, collaboration and creativity as part of ISTE nets
• You will adapt and use the tools that best suit your needs for your
classroom.
• Use these skills to your skill level, and the tools that will work for
you and your students.

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Planboardapp
Mathvids.com
SmithSonian
Google Drive
AppsGoneFree
Twitter
Scoop-It
Symbaloo
Wix
MentorMob
Powtoons
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CoolToolsForSchools
Diigo
Prezi
Khan Academy
Red Pen Tool
Animoto
Haiku Deck
Popplet
Nearpod
Discovr