Teaching Technology Today

1. TTTTECHIE TOOLS TODAY
By Sharon Rohde
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2. About Me……..

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4. Image retrieved from teach.com

5. Audio/Video Tools In The
Classroom
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6. Audio/Video Tools in
the Classroom
• Audio/ visual tools can address
the many ways that students
learn
• Examples: of AV tools
• Podcasts
• Collages
• Video
• Interactive resources

7. Tagxedo, Powtoon,
Blogger, Voki and Weebly
http://pialujan1986.blogspot.com/2012/06/21st-century-classroom.html

8. Tagxedo

9. Curriculum Connections &
Educational Focus
• Appropriate for grades 2 and up
• Curriculum application
–1. 3rd Grade VA SOL 3.1 – Tagxedo
project about Greek culture
–2. Plants and plant parts
–3. Content and grade level
vocabulary

10. Functionality and Limitations
• Creatively display text
• Small selection of colors, fonts, and
shapes.

11. Powtoon
Image retrieved from www.powtoon.com
• Powtoon brings
your presentations
to life through
animated videos.

12. http://sharonrohde.blogspot.com/2014/06/pow
toon.html
Click the link above to view the Powtoon I made
about classroom rules.

13. Curriculum Connections &
Educational Focus
• Appropriate for grades 2 and up for
student use and teacher use
• Curriculum applications
1. 3rd Grade VA SOL 3.11- The student will write a
short report.
2. 3rd Grade VA SOL 3.12- The student will use
available technology for reading and writing.
3. Students will use this to create a book report
or a visual aid for a book they have read.

14. Functionality and Limitations
• This is a great tool that is fun to use and
enables students to easily add
animations to their visual presentations.
• Cannot download video without paying
for a subscription.
• www.powtoon.com

15. Blogger
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16. Sharon Rohde’s Blog

17. Curriculum Connections &
Educational Focus
• This tool is appropriate for 4th grade and
up.
• Curriculum applications
• 1.Students will read and react to an article
on the teacher’s blog.
• 2. Students can respond to specific
questions or allow students to post
reflections after listening to a podcast.
• 3. SOL VS.3 Have students post ideas and
opinions about topics discussed in class.

18. Functionality and Limitations
• It is a great communication tool
between teachers, parents, and
students.
• Cannot be used with lower age
elementary.
• www.blogger.com

19. Voki
http://www.voki.com/

20. • http://sharonrohde.blogspot.com/search?upd
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• Open this link to see the voki that I made.

21. Curriculum Connections &
Educational Focus
Appropriate for grades K-12
Curriculum applications
1. Self recordings of poems
2. Create a book talk
3. 3rd Grade VA SOL 3.5, 3.6-Students can read
and record themselves for fluency.
Lesson plan retrieved from www.classroom20.com

22. Functionality and Limitations
• Great visual tool for students
• Limited choices for avatars unless you
purchase a license.

23. Weebly
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24. http://srohdelibrary.weebly.com/

25. Curriculum Connections &
Educational Focus
• Appropriate for grades k and up for
group projects and grades 2 and up for
independent projects.
• Curriculum applications
– Group Project- display student work
– Student created webpages
– 3rd Grade SOL 3.11/2.4-informational webpage
comparing past and present of Egyptian
culture

26. Functionality and Limitations
• Weebly has a very user friendly
interface for creating webpages.
• It has a limited upload file size with the
free version.

27. I hope you enjoyed this “handy”
guide to techie resources.
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28. Time for
Questions and Answers
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