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How can educators decide which tech to use in the classroom? There are specialists who can help with that.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Finding great tools for your subject area is often time consuming. This post provides links and descriptions of 30 tools. Most are free (but not all). Although geared to social studies most tools would be useful to all teachers and learners. Below is a list of five tools, including several that were new to me. * Draggo, a free tool that helps you organize websites and is shareable. * Explee, an easy online video maker. This tool provides a free trial and then requires payment. There is an education plan available.. * Flipsnack allows you to create an online flipbook. You can create a book up to 15 pages in length for free. * CK-12 Flexbooks allows you to create your own online textbook, or modify ones that exist. * Kahoot allows you to create interactive quizzes that have a game show quality. There are many more great tools in this post. Take a few minutes to peruse it and you may find one or two tools to add to your toolbox next year. 
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"The 2014 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Yesterday I posted the top choices from the American Association of School LIbrarians (AASL) on the best apps for 2014. Today they listed the top websites in the following categories: * Media Sharing * Digital Stories * Manage & Organize * Social Networking & Communication * Content Resources * Curriculum Collaboration As you review the websites you will find one or more standards that are addressed by the websites. Although I know many of the websites, there are some that are new to me that I look forward to exploring. Below are several that I have used and really like, or are ones I have checked out and will be using in the future. Are you looking for new tools and want ideas on how to use them as well as examples and links to learn more about the tool. Check out Remix-t, a site from the University of Notre Dame, that is chock full of great ideas and resources. Although this site is geared to college teachers the resources and examples will provide you with great ideas and you will be able to modify them for your classroom. You will find in under Content Resources. Mixed Ink is a new site to me. It allows you to create a group of students who will write together. They may comment and evaluate the submissions and each students' writing will show up in a different color. This looks like a great site, esp. for schools that are not using Google apps. There are many more that I will be exploring. Do you have a favorite website? Share them in the comment section and let us know why it is a favorite of yours.
Murielle Godement's curator insight,
July 3, 2014 1:54 AM
Annuaire (partiel et) commenté par catégorie. 
Rosemary Tyrrell, Ed.D.'s curator insight,
July 3, 2014 1:01 PM
the American Association of School LIbrarians (AASL) listed the top websites in the following categories: * Media Sharing * Digital Stories * Manage & Organize * Social Networking & Communication * Content Resources * Curriculum Collaboration
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Video, audio, and images can help students gain deeper understanding of a question. Previously, struggling readers might have had assessment questions read aloud to him or her. Now, multimedia tools allow these students to take tests independently.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out these five tools that will help students present their knowledge using different forms of multimedia. * Metta * ImageQuiz * eduCanon * Kahoot * Google Forms For many students these tools will help them create a more authentic product. Click through to the post to learn more about each tool and find short videos to help you with ImageQuiz, Kahoot and eduCanon..
Drora Arussy's curator insight,
February 25, 2014 7:32 PM
Great ideas and tools - let the creative assessment begin! |
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"I thought I could read my students' body language. I was wrong. As an experiment, I used Socrative when I taught binary numbers. What I learned forever changed my views on being a better teacher."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post begins with the author writing about an experience teaching binary numbers...and learning that students may raise their hands to say they understand when in fact they do not. If instead of raising hands you use one of the many free new tools that allow for quick formative assessment you may make a better choice. Why use free online tools? You get immediate feedback. Some tools will work well with the entire class (such as Socrative or Plickers, where your feedback from all students comes in quickly). If you are have students watching videos Zaption is a great tool to check out as you can embed questions that students need to answer correctly to move on. Five free tools are discussed in this post: * Socrative * Plickers * Kahoot * Zaption * Back Channel Chat Tools Each is described in more detail in the post. You may also want to check out the comment section. There are a number of additional tools suggested by some readers that may be of interest.
Halina Ostańkowicz-Bazan's curator insight,
February 12, 2015 11:40 AM
Good formative assessment removes the embarrassment of public hand raising and gives teachers feedback that impacts how they're teaching at that moment. Instant feedback. We can do this now. How??? 
K.I.R.M. God is Business " From Day One"'s curator insight,
February 13, 2015 1:47 AM
ITS HARD TO TEACH THOSE YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW! AND IS WHY TEACHING IS A GIFT THAT IN TO DAYS SEASON IT'S TEACHING FROM A BOOK AND NOT THE HEART. WHILE THE CHILDREN OF TODAY ARE OUR FUTURE BUT ACCORDING TO THE EDCATION SYSTEM THEY ARE OR ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE TAUGHT IN , THEY ARE EDUCATED TO BE FUTURE "WHAT" WHEN THE TIME COMES WE WILL FIND OUT! 
Melody Watson's curator insight,
February 22, 2015 3:16 PM
Great ideas to use in the computer lab, or even with just one device.
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Gamification is one of the buzzwords in education right now, and for a good reason: Gamification is empowering, exciting, and under the right circumstances can be the disruptive innovator many teachers desperately need in order to change the dynamics between knowledge and the learner. There is an explosion of EdTech tools destined to gamify the …
Beth Dichter's insight:
As schools are coming to the end of the year in my part of the world, many of us will begin to think about changes we might make next year in our classroom...and chances are for some that will include the concept of gamification. This post from Edudemic provides descriptions of three edtech tools that may help you in this process. * Socrative is a free program that allows you to create questions and students may answer using a wide variety of platforms. * Kahoot is also a response system, but is designed gaming mechanics to provide motivation and engagement. There are many unique features to this tool and it worth checking out their website at https://getkahoot.com/ * FlipQuiz is similar to Jeopardy. It "makes it easy to design game-show style activities in the classroom that transform learning into an engaging and entertaining experience." The post includes an introductory video for each tool.
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These tech tools offer the teacher a wide array of options that can serve a multitude of purposes. In this article you can find a list of technologies this teacher has utilized and the tasks that they offer. From video creation, to word sharing, to primary sources this article offers an abundance of great information for any teacher, but really plays to the success of the social studies teacher.
Technology integration for social studies
I am supporting a social studies teacher integrate technology in her classroom