Session 1: Tammy's Favorite Technology Tips - Tammy W
I always enjoy her sessions and this is her return to the conference after a one or two year absence. I got my idea of posting my Google calendar on my webpage from her. I just update the sections I need to and keep a spreadsheet of what we do in the media center. I only share the current week. http://merdeen.com/LessonPlans.html
I was the VERY back of the huge auditorium and was just there for the last few minutes. When I came in she was showing people how to create their own YouTube channel. Since I already have one I took that time to try to organize for the day. Mary Amoson (from Moreland) was sitting next to me and told me about Blendspace http://www.blendspace.com Blendspace allows teachers to organizeby collecting web resources in one place and share with just one link, assess by measuring student understanding with built-in quizzes, and track and monitor student progress and adapt to student needs in real-time. Teachers are using Blendspace for flipping their classroom, project based learning, and differentiated instruction.
Back to Tammy's Tips. This one ALMOST makes me want to go back to school for my doctorate... ALMOST! I have started using Google Drive more. I haven't quite given up DropBox but I am using GD more.
Open up a new Google Doc. If you click on Tools and pull down to Research, there is a great little nugget just waiting for you! When you click on Research, a box will pop on the right side. It's amazing. You can search for a topic. Choose if you want to search everything, images, scholar, quotes, dictionary, personal, or tables. Once you search for your topic, you can preview or look at the article. You could take notes on the article or write about it but the best thing is that you can click on a link and it will automatically put in your citation. You can choose from MLA, APA, or Chicago. As you click on the options you can see that you get a lot of choices. For instance on the images, you can filter image results by usage rights, I think this would be very handy for anyone in high school, college, or graduate school.
Another app suggested by my friend Mary Amoson is Decide Now. It's another great way to select students - just grab your phone and spin the wheel!
Copy Paste Character copypastecharacter.com lets you copy and paste odd characters that you CAN make with your keyboard but you usually can't remember the shortcuts. for example. You just click on the icon and it goes to your clipboard - you don't have to right click and copy. Then just paste it where you want it! I forgot about this and had to write 360° but I looked up how to type ° instead of going to this site. YES! I HAVE A BAD MEMORY!!!
Hundreds of worksheets - hundredsofworksheets.com
Create your own worksheets - also has venn diagrams, etc.
Worksheet Works - http://www.worksheetworks.com/ - You can sign up for a free account and make a variety of worksheets. You can create handwriting paper, word searches, puzzles, math, language arts, personal organization etc. Hundreds of worksheets, millions of combinations. Our kids are crazy about word searches. I can whip one out in less than 5 minutes - IF the network is working... Have I mentioned we have network problems that DRIVE ME INSANE?!
Session 2: 60 Apps in 60 Minutes - David Lockhart - Kennesaw iTeach Center
60 iOS Apps in 60 Min
Cheat Sheet by David Lockhart
This is just a cheat sheet with all the apps. Format list
app first, Cost , and then what it is. All Apps can be found on the iOS App
Store
I will emphasize the ones I found most interesting.
1.
Mark Up: $1.99: Grade and Annotate documents
2.
Vyclone: Free: Video Editor that Can Take
Multiple Camera Angles
3.
Chirp: Free: File Sharing Through Sound
4.
Phone Drive: $1.99: Turn Your Device Into a
Flash Drive
5.
My Create: $4.99: Easy Stop Motion Animation
6.
Ed Tech Speed Dating: Free: Resources and
Educational Blogs
7.
Cloud On: Free: Microsoft Office Free in the
Cloud
8.
Evernote
Peek: Free: Flash Cards with Apple Smart Covers – I’ve used this before but
I just can’t get into Evernote! Sorry! I really try!
9.
Word Lens: Free App, Translation Cost: Automatically
Translates Words on Things Such as Signs
10. Air Server: $11.99: Display multiple iOS
devices to one computer through Air Play
11. Sky
View: $1.99: Use augmented reality when looking at the stars
12. Do Ink:
$4.99: Create Animations on Ipad
13. Doceri:
Free: Recordable Whiteboard with Remote Desktop
14. Comic
Book!: $1,99: Build Your own Comic Book through Pictures
15. Socrative:
Free: Student Response System
16. Flow
Board: Free: Presentation Maker that Looks like Digital Books
17. In Class: Free: Organization App that You Can
Also Add digital Content To
18. Educreations:
Free: Great Whiteboard App
19. Remind :
FREE: Send Text Reminders
20. Hoot Suite: Free but has Upgrades: Combine all
Your Social Networks Into One
21. Quick
Key: Free: Optical Assessment Scanner
22. Dolphin Web Browser: FREE: Great Web
Browser
23. Celly: Free: Create instant, free, and mobile
social networks
24. Tellagami:
Free: Create One Character Animation – Free version is now very limited. Once I
updated mine I lost a lot of features that used to be free. Still a good app.
25. Audiotorium: $5.99: App that allows you to
take notes at the same time it records audio
26. Inkling: App is Free but Books Cost: Get
Interactive Books for the Classroom
27. Splash Top: $9.99: A Remote Desktop Software
28. Langamigo:
Free: Learn a Language With a Chat Partner
29. Codea:
$9.99: Create Digital Creations Through Coding
30. Join Me:
Free: Conference Through phone and Screen Sharing
31. Presefy:
FREE: People Can Follow Along With Your presentation through a web based device
32. Plickers:
FREE: Student Response Remotes without the remotes. I LOVE this. I did laminate
the cards. I also wrote the letters on the back of the card so that students
could easily see which way to hold the card.
33. Skitch: Free: Annotate Pictures
34. Puppet Pals: Free: Create Animated Cartoons
35. Stick Pick: $2.99: Select a Student at Random
and give Question Starters
36. Too
Noisy: FREE: App that measures Noise Level In Your Class – I liked this but
found that there is always a kid (or two or three) who constantly make a loud
noise so that they can see the storm clouds on the app. PEOPLE!!!!
37. Smart Seat: $4.99: Seating Chart App
39. iStudious:
$3.99: Flashcard App with Handwriting Capability
40. Zite: Free: Online Magazine Based on Topic
41. My Script Calculator: Free: Complete Any Math
Problem through handwriting
42. Photo Math: Free: Automatically Solves
Equations and gives steps – this is GREAT for me when I’m helping kids with
their math in After School! DO NOT SHOW THIS ONE TO STUDENTS!!!! J
43. Dragon Dictation: Free: Speak and It Writes
Text
44. Team
Shake: .99: Easily pick teams based on a number of factors
45. Popplet:
Free for Lite, $4.99 for full: App that Includes Everything to Brain Storm
Ideas
46. Podio:
Free: Collaboration App with Many Tools
47. Haiku Deck: Free: Presentation App
48. Cam Me: Free: Takes Pictures and Videos With
Hand Gestures
49. Sprite
HD: $6.99: App that does mockups of apps and web content
50. Paper
by 53: Free: Great Sketch App – this is great if you like to draw.
51. Sphere: Free: Gives you Full 360 degree
photos of landmarks – From their collection you can see Paris from the Eiffel
Tower 360 degree view
52. Book
Creator: Free: Create Ebooks
53. Corkulous:
Free for Lite Version, $4.99 for full: Corkboard App
54. Touchcast: Free: App that Creates
Videos You Can Interact With
55. Curriculet:
Free: App that Brings Interactive Content to Books
56. Face
Talker: Free: Create Animated Pictures with Voice
57. PicMeBuzzer: $0.99: app that turns your iPad
into a gameshow buzzer system
58. Ibanner:
Free: Turns your iPad into a scrolling marquee
59. Colar:
App is Free Coloring Sheets Cost: Augmented Reality Coloring Sheets – I absolutely
LOVE this! Pre-K through 5th graders were engaged in these “coloring”
sheets. They do have very simple to complex (plant and animal cell) sheets that
students can download and color. THEN using an iOS device, see the picture come
to life. I demonstrated by having a dinosaur stand on my hand. I projected the
image from my iPad to the screen through the projector. Students were motivated to write about
several different drawings and continued to write after seeing the animations.
60. Phoster:$1.99:
create posters on your iPad
Bonus: 60 Gadgets in 60 Minutes... fun to look at but WHEN would I ever get these? Welllll, maybe I have a few of them!
1.
Myo: thalmic.com: muscle reading gesture control
2.
Eye Tribe: theeyetribe.com: first affordable eye
control device
3.
Leap Motion: leapmotion.com: gesture control
brick for computer
4.
Health Trackers: Various: reads things like
sleep, heart rate, steps, and more
5.
Smart Watches: Various: Connects your phone to
your watch
6.
Google Glass: google.com/glass: augmented reality
glasses
7.
Fin Ring: wearfin.com: gesture control through a
ring you wear
8.
Ringly: ringly.com: ring that gives you
notifications through buzzing
9.
Dash Headphones: bragi.com: wireless in ear
headphones
10. Cuff: cuff.lo: jewelry that can send out
emergency notifications
11. The D-Shirt: smartsensing.fr: Smart Shirt
12. Smarter Socks: blacksocks.com: Smart Socks
13. Glucose Contact Lenses: Google Project:
Contact Lenses that read Glucose levels
14. Smart Diapers: pixiescientific.com: diapers
that catch health issues
15. Oculus Rift: oculusvr.com: 3d Gaming Virtual
Reality Glasses
16. Meta Glass: spaceglasses.com: Full screen
Augmented Reality Glasses
17. Catch Box: getcatchbox.com: throwable
microphone
18. Live Scribe Pen: livescribe.com: pen that can
transcribes notes electronically
19. Holiday Lights: moorescloud.com: holiday
lights you can program
20. AR Drone: ardrone2.parrot.com: plane you can
control through your device
21. Hapifork: hapifork.com: fork that tracks
habits and buzzes when you are eating to fast
22. Home Automation: Various: Control things like
locks and lights from your device
23. Twine
Box: supermechanical.com: box you can place anywhere to measure temp,
vibration, and orientation
24. Range: supermechanical.com: smart grilling
thermometer
25. Tile: thetileapp.com: attach to anything to
track and locate
26. Hue: meethue.com: light bulbs you can program
27. Sky Bell: skybell.com: door bell with camera
28. Celluon: celluon.com: laser keyboard
29. Sphero : gosphero.com: robotic ball
30. Jam Stik: jamstik.com: many guitar you can
play connected to Ipad
31. Go Key: mygokey.com: multi-use device that
charges, connects, adds memory, and locates
32. Scio Molecular Sensor: consumerphysics.com:
device that measures molecular makeup of an object
33. Kolibree: kolibree.com: smart toothbrush that
measures the junk on your teeth
34. Nomad Flex: nomadbrush.com: stylus for Ipad
that you can use as paintbrushes
35. Nixie: flynixie.com: drone wristband
36. Ezee Cube: ezeecube.com: create your own cloud
storage you can add to
37. Google Chromecast: google.com/chromecast: send
streaming media to your TV through usb plugin
38. Haiku Smart Ceiling Fan: bigassfans.com: a
smart fan that senses when you come in the room and adjust the temp
39. Edyn Smart Garden: edyn.com: a smart garden
sensor
40. Nest: nest.com: smart thermostat and smoke
detectors
41. Nova Bluetooth Flash: wantnova.com: extra
flash for your device
42. Vessyl Smart Cup: myvessyl.com: Cup that
tracks its contents and drinking habits
43. Osmo: playosmo.com: Ipad gaming system with
real projects
44. Razer Jungle Cat Gamepad: razerzone.com:
gamepad for your Iphone
45. Chemion Glasses: Indiegogo Project: glasses
that display LED message
46. Sansdisk Connect Wireless Media Drive:
sansdisk.com: allows you to stream media to any device
47. Yellow Jacket Case: yellowjacketcase.com:
Iphone case that is a stun gun
48. Serve Ball: a throwable camera: serveball.com
49. iPevo Interactive Whiteboard: ipevo.com: an
affordable interactive whiteboard system
50. Makerbot Replicator: makerbot.com: most
affordable 3-D printer
51. 3-D Doodler: the3doodler.com: 3d pen
52. Pavlok: pavlok.com: personal wrist coach
53. Coin:
onlycoin.com: put all your credit cards on one card
54. Cocoon Grid It: cocooninnovations.com: tech
organization
55. Swivl Cam: swivl.com: Device camera system
that follows you based on location of presentation remote
56. Panono: panono.com: ball that you can throw
and take panoramic pictures
57. Hey Joe Travel Mug: kickstarter: travel mug
that brews coffee directly
58. Google Self Driving Car: Google Project: car
that you
59. Elements 4D: daqri.com: element blocks
60. Kano: kano.me: piece together a computer from
a box
Session 3: It Works on Both! Apps on iOS and Android - Leslie Fisher
The Web
1. Screenleap.com - Share your screen with any device that supports web browsing. The broadcasting device has to be Mac or PC. It's free for 2 hours a day per broadcasting device. ($19.99/mo. allows umlimited screencasting and the ability to see Mac and PC screens)
2. Kahoot - www.getkahoot.com - Game based online learning Quizzes, discussions, and surveys can be created. Students use a web based device to answer questions. I LOVE this but MANY times when I have tried to use it the internet is "bouncy", I can look at a device and see the network and then see it drop and pick up 7 or 8 times in a 40 second period. Not very fun!!! When it works, this is fantastic fun! Free!
3. Infuse Learning - Game based online learning. Quizzes, discussions and surverys can be created. You can also access thousands of already created quizzes. It's FREE!
4. Padlet - http://padlet.com - web based collaboration board. Free and "backpack" versions. The free version rooms can be public or private, rooms can be visually customized, and anyone named anything can join. The Backpack version allows teachers to create student accounts, The accumulation of students Padlet activity is stored and can be exported. It has extra security settings and it costs $5.00 a month per teacher.
5. Linoit - http://en.linoit.com - It an app as well as a website.It's like a virtual cork board. You can place notes, text, video, and audio on the board. You can create a board individually or collaborate via sharing the URL or the board. You can also create groups which allow you to organize boards with task lists and a list of recently added content. - FREE
Classroom Management
6. Plickers - http://www.plickers.com - LOVE THESE - Perfect for the one device classroom - or a classroom with no responders. Teacher uses the Plickers website to create multiple choice questions which will be displayed. Students will have individual unique cards. Students use the cards to show their answer. (I wrote A, B, C, and D on the back of the card so that students would know which way to hold the card.) Teacher scans the room with a device using the Plickers app to capture student answers and they are quickly logged into the website. FREE!
7. Flick - http://getflick.io - Uses bluetooth and wifi to connect multiple devices to each other. Works on iOS, Mac, Windows. You can share content with multiple devices simply by flicking it. You can Flick from other apps using the "Open in Another App" Share icon. FREE
Classroom Communication
8. Remind (was Remind 101) http://www.remind.com - Uses text messaging as well as app to allow teachers to communicate one way with students/parents.
9. Celly - https://cel.ly - Text messaging which allows students to reply to the teacher as well as each other. You can configure multiple rooms with a variety of communication options. This does not reveal your phone number. FREE
Teacher Productivity
10 Evernote - Only the Android app allows you to draw within the Evernote app.
(Personally Notability is MY favorite note taking app for the iPad. It just updated so that it is also available on your iPhone and Mac! The notes sync. LOVE Notability!!!)
11. Wunderlist - Manage ToDo lists - has great web support
12. Flipboard - Catch up on news, Facebook, etc. now has Zite integration
13. Zite - Choose your favorite topics to create a customizable newspaper from thousands of sources.
Augmented Reality
AR for Older Kids
14. Guinness Book of World Records - any age. 10 pages of the book include Augmented Reality to provide enhanced visual learning. (This is in the Book Fair I am now unpacking. It has a trigger for the world's tallest man. You can trigger him on your iPad or phone, project with your screen and he's standing in your library. Can get people to stand next to him. You can also get him to move and bend down to a certain height. FUN! (I bought it at Kroger on my way home from this session!)
15 Elements 4D - Watch the periodic table of elements come alive. Use paper blocks or wooden ones - as you put elements together, they change.... H + O = WATER. Awesome. Free
16. Anatomy 4D Learn about the body and heart in 4D. Targets are paper based. Free.
AR for Younger Kids
17. ColAR - Download one of their many pages and use the app to watch the drawing (complete with students crayon work) come alive. Pre-K was especially thrilled/terrified with the dinosaur!
18. AR Flashcards - Adorable Flashcards that uses whimsically drawn animals to teach kids the alphabet.
19. Tortise and the Hare - Kids color in pages that are place into the story that is read to them.
Lesser Known Google Stuff - This assumes you know about Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc!
20. Google Field Trip - A fun app that shows you all of the fun, interesting, historical, and quirky stuff around you or any other location you choose.
21. Word Lens - Now owned by Google. It will visually translate signage into one of the supported 7 languages. All of the languages are now free. (There used to be a charge)
Content Creation
22. Book Creator - easily create books with photos, videos, and narration. You can use Google Drive to collaborate. Export into iBooks and Google Play Books.
23. Autodesk Sketchbook - Designed for older students It is high end drawing and sketching software.
24. Bamboo Paper - Designed for a stylus but can be used without one. Includes notebooks for music and science.
Whiteboarding and Screencasting Apps
25. Explain Everything - The kitchen sink of white boarding. Imports and exports basically everything.
26. Lensoo Create - A more basic set of tools for recording audio and annotating text, video and photos. Projects are stored privately or publicly on their website.
Photo and Video Apps
27, Camera Awesome - Shooting modes, composition helper, 1 click sharing to all of the popular photo sites and a great photo editor as well.
28. Snapseed. - High end video editing.You can choose the location and amount of the effect you add.
29. PicLab - Add cool effects such as text and shapes
30. Animoto - Popular for ages on the web, there is now an app.
31. Magisto - Same concept as Animoto but has a larger library of effects and loos to choose from
32. Camera 2: Has some of the slickest effects that you can view before and during shooting.
Classroom Apps
33. Duolingo - A fun way to learn a new language. Currently has 9 languages available.
34. PBS Kids - Allows you to watch all of the PBS Kids videos online
35. BrainPop - All of the BrainPop apps are available on both platforms. Features Movie, Jr. Movies, etc.
36. Alpha Tots - Games and puzzles to help kids learn the alphabet
37. Tally Tots - Games and puzzles to help kids learn their numbers
38. Breathe, Think, Do - Help the stressed out monster calm down with interactive games.
Story Applications
39. Even Monsters Get Sick - Kids listen as well as interact with this story to help discover what is wrong with their pet monster.
40. Read Me Stories - Over 140 stories (some fee based) will read stories as well as have the child read along. Will also quiz them on phonetics, etc.
Math Applications
41. Splash Math - Has multiple apps per grade - chock full of math games and practices. Won piles of awards (Free / 9.99)
42. 10Monkeys - free the trapped monkeys using your multiplication skills
43. Math Workout - Daily math exercises for all ages.
45. Alternatvie.to - http://alternativeto.net - Shows you apps that might be a good alternative if they are not available on your device. Just type the name of the device and platform it is available for and what platform you would like to find an alternative version on.
Session 4: Simple Tech Soluntions Mary Amoson! (I adore this girl!) - Kindergarten teacher at Moreland Elementary, Newnan, GA
My notes will not do her presentation justice. She has such wonderful ideas I just can't write fast enough!
Fun way to pick students - Picksticks or DecideNow
Headsets - teach students how to wind the cords on the headsets. If her K's can do it, our 5th graders can do it!!!
Someone from the session said that she sprays non-toxic hairspray on the headphone cords and kids don't chew on them any more!
Share Files
- Dropbox - public link
- Google Drive
- QR Code
- Chirp
If you want to get them to a place fast use QR Code or Chirp
Teach them how to Start and Stop CD player - She codes them with yard sale stickers, prints out directions AND she SAT with them for a MONTH teaching them HOW TO DO IT!
Project iPad
- Use Reflector - must have wireless card installed in PC. (Air Server is another program but it's from Iceland and we can't use school funds to purchase it)
Dropbox - Kids in Mary's class drag things from dropbox.
QR Code
Use a worksheet digitally
Nearpod
Plickers
Osmo
Use your iPad as a document camera
Stage app - free right now - opens up camera function on iPad
Belkin stand tilts - Portable table stage
JotNot App - Takes pictures and turns it into PDF
Keynote - $10.00
Slideshark - on phone as well - then use as Control Desktop from iPad
TeamViewer - puts what's on your computer on iPad
Belkin RockStar Splitter - can hook up 5 headsets - Available on Amazon, Apple Store, and Walmart.
Get parent to read the newsletter -camera upload from Dropbox. - add a QR code to goes to a folder on DROPBOX - can look on Mary's blog for instructions on how to do this.
Google Doc - parents fill out information on the computer - they can fill it out during meet the teacher.
TEACH ME Kindergarten -
Counting Together - 4 kids play at same time.
STILL not finished but I will add later.
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