Presentation to new teachers at California State University, Dominguez Hills

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