1. EDU621 Session 9EDU621 Session 9
Last set of tools for the classroom - some are really fun!Last set of tools for the classroom - some are really fun!

2. Agenda
• All blog entries due next Thursday, March 20
• Minimum of 30 posts (not including powerpoint or
Boardmaker)
• iPads
• More tools for the classroom
• bookmark those that interest you
• symbaloo, schoology, glogster, vimeo, word clouds, doodle,
voki, edmodo, ning, pinterest

3. Project Presentations
• Please save your powerpoint to slideshare, then
post to your blog on the ning.
• 15 - 20 minute presentation
• Detailed written plan on classroom use

4. iPad
• I have iPads in the classroom - now what?
• iPads 4 Schools
• a blog post how iPad is used in a special education classroom
• A Blog Post listing many apps
• Apps Store has Special Education section
• and our friend Cybrary man’s list
• A handout for using iPad in the Special Education Classroom

5. More on the iPad
• Live Binders on iPad in Schools - a tremendous
amount of material
• Mr. G Blog iPads, Web tools, math education
• a CNN report
• App Smackdown
• iPad Apps in School great site by Richard Byrne

6. Even more on the iPad
• ipads in the classroom - Kathy Schrock
• Moms with apps blog
• Smart Apps for Kids
• my Pinterest board on iPad
• iPodsibilities
• blog, apps review, resources

7. First a ning used with 7th
grader students
from the ELA teacher:
It is most commonly used for sharing my
flipped classroom videos as well as a platform
for students to blog and get feedback on their
writing. Right now many kids are posting on
the peers' Defining Moment Personal
Narrative blogs and in the next few weeks
we'd like to add a multimedia piece and start
working on digital portfolios.
We, as a teachers, have also tried to use the
site to model effective feedback and the
important role that collaboration plays in the
writing process. The kids very much enjoy

8. A few blogs by 8th grade
students
• Ada
• Harry
• Alex
• Tim
• Jessica

9. Tell a story with pictures
• Photopeach
• Upload pictures
• Make a slide show
• Students can upload projects
• Easy way to share work

10. QR codes
• What are those squares of black & white?
• How would I use them?
• Go to this glog to learn
• Hover over text to see link
• The Periodic Table using QR codes
• A Live Binder on QR codes
• All the tabs are links
• 20 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes to Support Learning

11. Edmodo
• Edmodo
• a little like ning
• a little like Facebook
• watch video - “What is Edmodo?”
• calendar
• gradebook
• library
• upload documents
• create links

12. Edmodo continued
• Edmodo Blog
• How to Set up Teacher Account
• Math Community for Edmodo

13. Pinterest
• An online visual bookmarking tool called a board
• Pins
• can add descriptions
• A blog post: Pinterest for Educators
• includes description of what it is
• links to several educator boards
• 16 ways Educators use Pinterest

14. More on pinterest
• Pinterest - teaching
• a board dedicated for teaching
• And of course... Cybraryman’s page on pinterest

15. Symbaloo
• Another visual tool
• links to other sites
• Symbaloo
• a blog post: the fun continues
• An elementary math example
• Middle & High School math

16. More Teacher Resources
• Wed 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher
• Internet Resources
• Blog-Podcast-Screencast Resources
• Collaboration - wiki sites
• Online Productivity/Organization ToolsGood Educator Blogs to Read
• The Educators PLN
• a ning for educators
• lots of groups

17. Glogster
• My students favorite!
• Interactive poster
• can link documents or webpages
• can be embedded into wiki or blog
• Examples
• UDL toolkit
• Mine

18. Vimeo
• Easy to use video sharing website
• Vodcasting
• Great for flipped classroom

19. The Flipped Classroom
• lectures/ instruction on video
• “work” in class with support
• Flipped Classroom network
• A three part article by “inventors”

20. Word Clouds
• Analyze writing pieces
• Fun display
• Wordle
• simple

21. More Word Clouds
• Tagxedo
• a little fancier
• A blog post about 9 more word cloud generators
• Try a few!

22. Animation from words
• voki
• text to audio
• voki for education