This document provides a list of productivity and technology tools that can be useful for new teachers, along with brief descriptions and suggested tasks or classroom uses for each tool. Some of the tools highlighted include RememberTheMilk for to-do lists, Camscanner for scanning documents with a smartphone, Educreations for digital presentations, Adobe Voice for tablet presentations, Jing for screencasting, Word Clouds for visualizing text, Tagxedo for generating word clouds, Quizlet for flashcards, a crossword puzzle maker, Vocaroo for voice recording, and EngradePro for online grading. The document encourages teachers to explore these tools and try out the suggested tasks.

1. Melissa Minkin
www.TeacherHacks.
net/tech-for-new-
teachers
CSUDH
June
19,2014
Tech For New Teachers

2. Productivity Tools

3. Manage Multiple To-Do
Lists
rememberthemilk.com
Desktop and Smart Phone Versions

4. Camscanner
(Smart Phone App)

5. Educreations
Go to Educreations.com (or use iPad app)
Create a presentation with three slides about
why you want to be a teacher.
Make sure you write/draw on the presentation

6. Adobe Voice
Use the tablet app
Create a 3 slide presentation about why you
want to be a teacher

7. Jing (Screencasting)
Record everything on
your screen
http://www.techsmith.co
m/jing.html

8. Your Task - Jing
Create a screencast showing how to open and
close a document in Microsoft Word. Or how to
do something else.

9. Word Clouds
Los Angeles Times. “Debate Over Amnesty” 5/13/201

10. Word Clouds
Instant, intuitive way to digest
information
Wordle.net and Tagxedo.com
How to use: Create  Load (enter text)  Submit
Jeff class survey –
Student Survey –

11. Sample: “What Makes a
Good Book Review?”

12. Your Task
Go to Tagxedo.com
Drop in text (your most recent blog post, a paper
you just wrote, the front page of the New York
Times).
See what happens

13. Classroom Uses
Teacher types text as students
call out answers, “whip-
arounds,” etc.
Use with Google Forms
Have students create them

14. Card Maker – Quizlet.com
Great for flashcards
Great Substitute for Avery Forms
Enter Quickly
Prints in many helpful formats
Sample File

15. Your Task
Open an account at Quizlet.com
Create a set with three flashcards
Explore the study options
Explore the print options

16. Crossword Puzzle Maker
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/inter
actives/crossword/
Or Google: read write think crossword puzzle
creator

17. Omnidazzle (Mac) - Just
Fun

18. Easy Voice
Recording
Podcasting in an instant
Generates a share-able URL
Requires microphone enabled
computer (or headphones with mic?)
http://vocaroo.com/

19. Your Task
Go to www.vocaroo.com
Speak two sentences about why you want to be
a teacher
See what happens

20. Classroom Uses –
Switching Modalities
What do you do now using pen/paper?
Which students would benefit by
speaking it instead?

21. Students comment on text they’re read,
etc.
HW email link to you, post on blog,
etc
Have student read aloud for fluency
testing
Have students explain how they did (or
would do) math problem

22. -Enter Grades
Fast,
-Attach
Assignments
-Student &
Parents/Guar
dians Can
Log In
Online
Gradingengradepro.com

23. Links To More Resources
Great Educational Leadership Article
7 Tips for Using Technology in Your Classroom -
http://goo.gl/QIOqs
Educreations – go to
www.TeacherHacks.net/educreations
Math Apps – Go to free4teachers.com and type
in “math
Grants - free4teachers.com

24. Stay in Touch –
Seriously
Melissa Minkin
Melissa@TeacherHacks
.net