The document provides an overview of 10 different tech tools that can help tackle challenges in the classroom, including tools for research, creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving. It then proceeds to describe each tool in more detail through text and images, highlighting their main features and how they can be used for educational purposes. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of choosing the right tools and keeping up with new emerging technologies.

1. 10 Tech Tools You Need to
Tackle Classroom Challenges
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies
Evangelist”
Digital Journey
Presentation : 2012
TWITTER: hdiblasi
howie@frontier.net
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7. Tools
But how do you choose the right one?
And how do you keep up with all the
new and often better tools?
• Here are some ideas >>>>>
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8. 10 Tech Tools You Need to
Tackle Classroom Challenges
• Research and information fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Presentation Skills
• Professional growth
• Community involvement 8

9. Sweet Search
• www.sweetsearch.com/
• SweetSearch is A Search Engine for
Students. It searches only credible Web
sites approved by Internet research
experts.
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11. Searchy Pants
• A Safe Search Engine for Kids
• http://searchypants.com/
• Simple and safe internet search engine
Families, children and pupils
• Create a custom search home page
• GOOGLE ADS !!!
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13. Boolify Project: An Educational Boolean Web Search Tool
• http://www.boolify.org/
• Lessons- Using Basic Boolean Search Operators (AND, OR, NOT
• Project: An Educational ...
• You and your students will be up and running with the tool in a ...
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• Boolify provides learners with a manipulative mental model for ..
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• What is Boolean logic? Boolean logic is a mathematics-based ...
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• Boolify provides learners with a manipulative mental model for ...
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18. instaGrok instaGrok tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXBVTAkXssI&feature=player_embedded
• Explore an interactive concept map
• Understand connections between key concepts and
facts
• Customize your map with facts and , links
• Key Facts show important facts about the topic (with
links to the original content page)
• Difficulty Slider adjusts the difficulty of the material
• Quizzes offer fun challenges that reinforce learning and
encourage exploration
• Glossary defines important terms 18

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20. Wolfram-Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
• Computational Knowledge Engine
• - is more than a search engine. It gives you
access to the world's facts and data
and calculates answers across a range
of topics, ...
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22. WolframAlpha
I can never get family tree straight, I typed in "first cousin
twice removed" and WolframAlpha gave me this:
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23. 10 Tech Tools You Need to
Tackle Classroom Challenges
• Research and information fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Presentation Skills
• Professional growth
• Community involvement
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24. Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-
Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition)
• Rethink the Way You Think
• Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help
you think like a genius.
• Techniques for approaching problems in unconventional
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25. Walt Disney Imagineering
The Imagineering Workout /Way
The Disney Imagineers
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26. Wired Magazine | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/magazine/
• Build a Trebuchet
•
Watch Star Wars The Right Way
•
Geekdad-Hardware
• Make Electric Play-Doh
•
Science in The Bath
• Puzzles for Ages 6-17
• How to Build an Art Bot
•
• Build a Hovercraft
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27. Glogster Glogster.EDU
• Lesson ideas to foster creativity and
higher order thinking skills
• Teachers and students can create
interactive posters for research,
websites, presentations, reflection,
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30. http://www.moglue.com/ 30

31. Web based 3D-
CAD for kids:
Tinkercad &
3DTin
• https://tinkercad.com/home/
(Bonus: Origo, a 3D
printer for 10 year olds)
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33. 10 Tech Tools You Need to
Tackle Classroom Challenges
• Research and information fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication- Oral/Written
• Collaboration
• Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Presentation Skills
• Professional growth
• Community involvement
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34. Just FOUND !!!!! ….
Page99TEST
Read page 99 of a
new book and,
according to Ford
Madox Ford, you'll
know whether you
want to read the
whole thing. A new
website plans to let
us all try this out.
Would you turn the page?
• www.page99test.com
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35. Creative Writing
• Storybird http://storybird.com/
• Build your own stories (with images) and share
them with others
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• ZooBurst - www.zooburst.com/
• a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily
create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Sign up!
Learn More. Premium ZooBurst accounts are ...
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37. Where could you use it?
http://zooburst.com/zb_gallery.php
• ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone
easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.
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38. Three Minute Tales
• Tell a three-five minute story,
most of us stumble.
• Writing a 500-word story
"strikes at the very heart of the
short story as a project, which
is to get something going
rapidly.“
• http://
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId
=105685925
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39. Round 6 Stories
• Send us original works of fiction
• One of the characters tells a joke
• One of the characters cries
• Our Round 6 winner was "A Saint And A Criminal" by
Lauri Anderson.
• http://www.npr.org/2011/04/03/133542373/a-saint-and-a-criminal
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40. 10 Tech Tools You Need to
Tackle Classroom Challenges
• Research and information fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication
• Collaboration-Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Presentation Skills
• Professional growth
• Community involvement
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41. Give Kids A Global Voice:
Globalize the Curriculum
http://www.epals.com/
Using Web 2.0
Tools
Social Networking
for Global
Collaborative 41

42. Student/Collaboration:
Project Overview
• Friendly letters with email
• Compared cultures
• Connect: Skype/Video Conf
• Completed “documentary”
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43. • Connecting
classrooms in 200
countries
• 20 million students
& teachers
>>>Select a Country
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44. Project Search
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45. Projects - Collaborations
• The Way We Are
• Weather
• Digital Storytelling
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• Holidays and Festivals • Natural Disasters
Around the World •
• • Water
• Global Warming
•
•
• Habitats • Maps
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46. Select a
classroom
from the list
of profiles
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47. The Way We Are
En Español
http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=TheWayWeAre_overview
Essential Questions
How is my life similar to and different from my ePal's life?
How does the natural environment where my ePal lives affect his or her life?
What effect does the culture in my ePal's region have on his or her life?
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48. Flat Classroom® Projects
• http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
• Flat Classroom® Directors, Julie Lindsay
and Vicki Davis, are excited to announce
the opening of projects for 2011-12
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49. • Flat Classroom Project
• ePals Global Community
• Global Collaborative Projects
• 10 Best Collaboration Websites
• Global Internet Collaborative Projects
• Want to start global collaboration! - ePals
Global Community
• iEARN-Learning with the world, not just about it
• Global Education Collaborative
• Global SchoolNet
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50. 10 Tech Tools You Need to
Tackle Classroom Challenges
• Research and information fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Presentation Skills
• Professional growth
• Community involvement
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51. Critical Thinking Exercises
• Involves suspending your beliefs to explore and question
topics from a "blank page" point of
view.
Involves the ability to know fact from
opinion when exploring a topic.
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52. What is Critical Thinking?
In 1605, Sir Francis Bacon, the father of scientific
thinking, outlined these habits of mind (paraphrased):
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53. • Relationships among things
• Distinctions
• Inquisitive
• Doubt-ask questions.
• Reflecting
• Consider multiple points of view.
Formulate an argument-reason and
evidence.
• Deception.
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54. How Can I Learn to Think Critically?
A well cultivated critical thinker:
• Raises vital questions
• Assesses relevant information
• Comes to well-reasoned solutions
• Thinks open-mindedly & about the implications
• Thinks about practical consequences
• Communicates effectively with other
• Rely on reason rather than emotion
• Evaluate a broad range of viewpoints and
• Maintain an open mind to alternative interpretations
• Accept new evidence, explanations and findings
• Are willing to reassess information
• Can put aside personal prejudices and biases
• Consider all reasonable possibilities
• Avoid hasty judgments
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55. CSI Web Adventures for Students
• http://forensics.rice.edu/index.html
• Rice University has partnered with CBS,
the American Academy of Forensic
Sciences, and the Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History to produce
educational web adventures based on the
CSI television series.
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56. http://forensics.rice.edu/index.ht
ml
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57. http://forensics.rice.edu/index.html 57

58. http://forensics.rice.edu/en/Game-Features/
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59. Thinking Critically
About UFOs
• Conspiracy Theories in Aerospace His
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• A Lesson in Critical Thinking for the Internet Age
• http://www.smithsonianconference.org/conspiracy/roswell/
• Welcome and Introduction to Critical Thinking
Recording Available
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61. • Thinking Critically About UFOs
Recording Available
• Thinking Critically About Amelia
Earhart’s Disappearance
Recording Available
• Thinking Critically About the Attack on Pear
Recording Available
• Thinking Critically About the Apollo Moon L
Recording Available
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62. http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/lessonplan/viewdetails.aspx?TopicI
=1004&LessonPlanId=1016
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63. Boston Massacre
• Smithsonian Source Lesson Plan: Fact, Fiction, or Bad Mem
• http://www.cfmediaview.com/lp1.aspx?v=6_544944165_28861_19
• Lesson plan to commemorate the Boston Massacre
• - March 5, 1770.
• Using primary and secondary source documents
• Students can evaluate bias or point of view
• Investigating what really happened outside the Boston
Customs House
• Between the colonists and British soldiers
• Appropriate for grades 4-12
• National standards are addressed for this grades
•
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http://www.smithsoniansource.org/display/lessonplan/viewdetails.aspx?TopicId=1004&LessonPlanId=1016

64. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle Classroom Challenges
• Research and information
fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem
solving
• Presentation Skills
• Professional growth
• Community involvement
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65. Edheads helps
students learn
through educational
games and activities.
Designed to meet http://www.edheads.org/
state and national
standards.
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67. MagicPen
• Draw shapes - affected by gravity, friction, and inertia.
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• Physics. Shapes will fall to the ground, bump against each
other, and sit still unless acted upon by another moving
shape.
• Mouse-driven-click and start drawing
• PLAY: http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/04/magic_pen.php
• Game Instructions http://www.bubblebox.com/play/puzzle/975.htm
• One of the most genius games ever.
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69. Game Instructions
• MagicPen LINKS
• http://www.miniclip.com/games/magic-pen/en/
• http://hoodamath.com/games/magicpen.php
• Magic Pen Walkthrough
•
http://hoodamath.com/games/walkthroughs/magicpen.php
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70. Questionaut
• Journey through strange worlds and test your
knowledge of English, Math and Science
• Magical mission-recover your friend’s hat.
• Analysis: Enough wonder and imagination here for
gamers of all ages.
• Each level is a self-contained environment
Questionaut
Walkthrough Guide, Review, Discussion, Hints and Tips
http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/03/questionaut.php
• PLAY-CLICK BELOW:
• 70
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/

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72. Questionaut
•
PLAY-CLICK BELOW:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/pop.shtml
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/
• http://amanita-design.net/games/questionaut.html
• http://www.tomsgames.com/adventure/5988-questionaut.php
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73. Brain Games: The Best Brain
Fitness Puzzles [Spiral-bound]
Editors of Publications International Ltd. (Author, Editor)
Price $12.98
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74. Brain Games:
The Best Brain Fitness Puzzles
[Spiral-bound] - Price $12.98
Editors of Publications International Ltd.
One Way or the Other
• Think of the many black and white things in
the world.
• Name 8 or more of them
• Remember ONLY BLACK and WHITE
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75. • Zebra
• Oreo cookie • Cow
• Piano keys • Dice
• Speed limit sign • Puffin
• Penguin • Panda
• Skunk • Movies
• Soccer Ball • Newspaper
• Dalmatian • Police car
• Orca • TV shows
• Snoopy • Prison stripes
• Domino • Yin Yang
• Tuxedo • Universal Product Code
• Crossword Puzzle • Jolly Roger
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76. Book Exercises:
"BRAIN STORMING"
(sample from the book)
by Marty Fligor Published by Creative
Publishing Mansfield Center, CT
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77. Practice :
Where in the world would
you find a leaf or leaves?
or
List uses for a balloon
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78. Practice 13: Name things that have holes in them.
•
• Practice 36: Give uses for a piece of toast
•
• Practice 47: Give uses for a windshield wiper
•
• Practice 58: Give ways to put out dragon's fire
•
• Practice 79: In 1 minute name countries
•
• Compare and Complex - Name a
Practice:
manufactured item for each letter of the alphabet.
(example a-abacus b-block c- car etc
•
• Practice: Your ship is sinking. What will you do?
( really think outside to box on this one or throw the box away)
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79. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle
Classroom Challenges
• Research and information fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Professional growth
• Community involvement
• Presentation Skills
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80. Curriki
http://www.curriki.org
• Free, global, community-
driven, open-source web site
• Allows educators to free
teaching resources
• Activities, lesson plans, units of
study, and whole courses on
Curriki
• Validated by subject-area
experts
• Templates provided -materials
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81. EduHound.com
• EduHound Directory is a highly specialized K-12 educational directory with
categorized resource links.
• EduHound Lesson Plans
• Awesome Clipart for Educators EducatorTemplates.com 81

82. RubiStar Home
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
• Free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics
• Choose a Topic to create a new rubric based on a
template:
• http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
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83. : Home of free rubric tools:
RCampus.com
• iRubric: The only free rubric builder and
assessment tool. Working with rubrics has
never been easier. Build, Assess, Share,
and Collaborate using our intuitive ...
• Over 164,000 rubrics and growing...
• http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
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84. Build Your PLN
(Personal Learning Network)
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85. Classroom 2.0
All Members ( 60,819 )
http://www.classroom20.com/
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86. Steve Hargadon
steve@hargadon.com http://
www.stevehargadon.com/
• Tuesday night
• 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 12midnight
GMT
• Panel discussion on "Open Source Software
in Education."
• Log in by either visiting the page above or
directly in Elluminate at……………..
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87. Classroom 2.0 LIVE Conversations
(with hosts Peggy George, Kim Caise, and Lorna Costantini)
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88. Think you know TWITTER. Think again!
http://mashable.com/2011/06/28/why-social-networking-utopia-isnt-coming/?
utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29
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89. twitter in 60 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYz9M70KVR0&feature=player_embedded#!
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90. What can I do with Twitter ?
• Instant updates
• News
• Friends and family
• Homework
• Ask for recommended books
• Ask for help or advice
• Tweet about a useful web resource
• Provide a daily tip
• Tweet about your school's website
• Answer someone else's general question
• Ask others for favorites
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91. Five Ways Twitter Will Make You Smarter
• 1. You get access to different points of views.
• 2. The people you follow point you to great
resources you wouldn’t find otherwise.
• 3. You can poll your followers.
• 4. You can learn what educators are saying
about your district or school.
• 5. Twitter will make you a better writer.
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92. Twitter In Education - • Gift for Administrators by Beth Still
Who Should I Follow ? • http://www.drhowie.com/
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93. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle Classroom Challenges
• Research and information fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Professional growth
• Community involvement
• Presentation Skills
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94. Community
Connections
Make a connection and
contribution to society ..what
can I do to change the world ?
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95. •Kiva - http://www.kiva.com
• Pay-It-Forward: Collecting donations for Kiva
Micro-loans
• Microbank project teaches lessons in applied
philanthropy, capitalism
• FreeRice-non-profit websiteby United Nations
World Food Program. http://www.freerice.com/
• Two goals:
1. Provide education to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
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96. Kids are Heroes - Kids are
making a difference in this world
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97. • Non-Profits. Gabe O’Neill (@kidsareheroes).
• Gabe, makes every single child a hero.
• He shares their inspiring stories,
encourages them to change the world
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98. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle Classroom Challenges
• Research and information fluency
• Creativity-Innovation
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Global connections
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Professional growth
• Community involvement
• Presentation Skills
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99. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/696/1
• Presentation is designed to introduce your students to a
contribute to strong, effective,
variety of factors that
and ethical persuasion
• Slides presented here are designed to aid the facilitator in an
interactive presentation of the elements of persuasive
writing
• Include examples and questions
• For students will be required to write a persuasive
document
• Helps students think in depth about audience.
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100. Effective Presentation Skills.
How important are our presentation
skills in our careers?
• Tips for Killer Presentations
• http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/18-tips-for-killer-presentatio
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101. Becoming a competent, rather than just
confident, speaker requires a lot of practice.
• 20-20-30 Rule –20 slides, 20 seconds ,20 minutes, 30 pt font.
• Be Entertaining – and informative.
• Slow Down
• Eye Contact
• Presentations are About Stories
• Project Your Voice
• Gestures
• Breathe In Not Out
• Short Summary
•
• Come Early, Really Early
• Get Practice
• Put Yourself in the Audience
• Have Fun
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102. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZrPVqR0D8
•
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ6ySMXYY4w
Knock ..Knock
Daniel Beaty
A gifted intelligent performer on
the order of Gil Scott-Heron.
I'll never forget this guy! I competed
against him in forensics (speech and
debate) back in high school in 1994
when he was just 15! " His talent was
obvious even then--he won every
competition he entered. I always
wondered if he'd hit it big one day.
Very nice, humble guy too.
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103. 3 kinds of people
• 1. Visitors
• 2. Renters Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”
• 3. Owners TWITTER: hdiblasi
howie@frontier.net
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104. 10 Tech Tools You Need to Tackle
Classroom Challenges
Dr. Howie DiBlasi
“Emerging Technologies
Evangelist”
Digital Journey
Presentation : 2012
TWITTER: hdiblasi
howie@frontier.net
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