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Let’s Get Visual“Inspider” Your Students - Enhance Your Curriculum

Meredith Martin - Mantua Twp School DistrictAmy Ojserkis - Linwood, NJ School District

SymbalooEDU

● Easy visual bookmarking

● Create multiple webmixes

● Embed in your website

http://www.symbalooedu.com

SymbalooEDU● Writing Webmix● Common Core Webmix● Library Webmix● Embedded Webmix● Symbaloo Tutorial

http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/Writing1

http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/hhslibrarymediacenter

http://techforteachers.com/?page_id=119

http://www.slideshare.net/Yfandes/symbaloo-for-content-curation-discovery-v2

GlogsterEDU

● Create E-Z multimedia posters / mash-ups

● Unit planning, tutorials

● Students LOVE Glogster!

http://edu.glogster.com/

GlogsterEDU● Graveyard Book Lesson● Noodletools Tutorial● I-Need-a-JOB● Bill of Rights Glog (see embedded Quizlet

matching game)

http://aojserkis.edu.glogster.com/graveyard-book-8074/

http://aojserkis.edu.glogster.com/e-z-noodletools/

http://cindyok.edu.glogster.com/i-need-a-j-o-b/

http://cindyok.edu.glogster.com/glog/

Quizlet● Visual, auditory

flashcards● Review as cards,

game format● Create new, access

existing sets● Embed, mix with

other 2.0 tools

http://quizlet.com/

Quizlet● Geography - US Capitals Review● Prepositions Review● Ultimate Spanish Beginner Set● Bill of Rights (game format, embedded in

Glogster)

http://quizlet.com/2127332/states-capitals-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/28180850/new

http://quizlet.com/836547/flashcards

http://cindyok.edu.glogster.com/glog/

Pinterest● Visual, social

bookmarking● Tons of

educational resources

● Collaborate on boards with colleagues

https://www.pinterest.com/

Pinterest● Guide to Pinterest in education● Education Category● Teachers Stuck on Pinterest● Meredith’s Boards● Amy’s Boards

http://www.edudemic.com/a-straightforward-guide-to-using-pinterest-in-education/

http://www.pinterest.com/all/education/

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teachers-stuck-on-pinterest-kendra-jarvis

http://www.pinterest.com/yfandes/boards/

http://www.pinterest.com/belhavenms/

Pinners & Boards To Follow

● 5 Power Pinners● TES Teaching

Resources● Shelly Terrell● Kathy Shrock● Awesome Web

Tools

● Mrs. Malespina● Library Link NJ● Cool Cat Teacher● TechChef4u● School Library

Program

http://community.educationworld.com/content/pinterest-101-teachers-5-power-pinners-you-should-follow

http://www.pinterest.com/tesResources/

http://www.pinterest.com/shellyterrell/

http://www.pinterest.com/kathyschrock/kathy-schrock-s-support-pages/

http://www.pinterest.com/jennie_hoffmann/edtech-awesome-web-tools/

http://www.pinterest.com/somslibrary/

http://www.pinterest.com/librarylinknj/

http://www.pinterest.com/coolcatteacher/

http://www.pinterest.com/techchef4u/

http://www.pinterest.com/audreynay/school-library-program/

Google Lit Trips● Google Lit Trips

combine literature and Google Earth

● Choose from the library or create your own

http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYu9IvwbQk0

Google Lit Trips● Make Way For Ducklings● My Brother Sam Is Dead● About Google Lit Trips● Lit Trips Tutorials

http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/K-5/Entries/2007/11/16_Make_Way_for_Ducklings_by_Robert_McCloskey.html

http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/6-8/Entries/2007/4/14_My_Brother_Sam_Is_Deadby_James_Lincoln_Collier_%26_Christopher_Collier.html

http://vimeo.com/groups/googlelittrips/albums/5285

http://vimeo.com/groups/googlelittrips/albums/5284

Smore● Quick and easy digital

flyers● Great for classroom

newsletters● Students can create

flyers for books, authors, and more.

https://www.smore.com/

SMoRe● Event Flyer● Portfolio● Newsletter● Report● Guide● Smore Tutorial (Also includes Weebly and Google Sites)

https://www.smore.com/f92a-edcamp-steam

https://www.smore.com/sgy2-family-consumer-sciences-teacher?ref=board

https://www.smore.com/uuf0-tuesday-tidbits?ref=board

https://www.smore.com/3m7j-the-mystery-of-the-bermuda-triangle?ref=discovery

https://www.smore.com/9qmz-cyber-bullying?ref=discovery

http://www.slideshare.net/Yfandes/creating-classroom-websites

BlendSpace - Formerly Edcanvas

● Organize digital resources into lessons

● Measure student progress with quizzes and other tools

https://www.blendspace.com/

Blendspace● Blendspace in the classroom● Blendspace Overview● Blendspace Gallery of Lessons

https://www.edsurge.com/blendspace--2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ_Mg3lSoew&feature=player_embedded#t=2

https://www.blendspace.com/gallery

Popboardz● Presentation &

portfolio tool for iPads

● Add PDFs, images, videos, and more

● Connects with Dropbox

http://www.popboardz.com/

Popboardz● E-Learning Tech Tool Series -

Popboardz● Popboardz overview

http://flyplugins.com/e-learning-tech-tool-series-popboardz/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM_uIsY6g_Q

WorD CLOUDS

http://www.tagxedo.com/

http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

http://www.wordle.net/

http://tagul.com/

https://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/

visual search enginesQuintura for Kids (elem-MS)

● Based on yahoo kids

KidRex (elementary)

● Powered by Google Safe Search● Search results display homepage● Image search = kid’s drawings (fun!)

iseek education (middle-HS)

● Non-commercial, vetted sites● Authentic language search

http://www.kidrex.org/

http://quinturakids.com/

http://education.iseek.com/iseek/info.html;jsessionid=3678F97997E2D55E813C41AEFCE2CA70?view=education.about

Lucidpress● Desktop

publishing in the cloud

● Alternative to MS Publisher

● Collaborative

https://www.lucidpress.com/

Lucidpress● Lucidpress in 60 Seconds● Collaboratively Create Multimedia

Documents With Lucidpress● Sample Document

http://vimeo.com/75495889

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/10/collaboratively-create-multimedia.html

https://www.lucidpress.com/v/sockpuppets

Animoto & VoicethreadAnimoto● E-Z quick movie creation ● Add music & theme● Share out via FB, etc.

VoiceThread● Collaborative multimedia,

storytelling, discussion tool● Invites conversation -

voice-over, doodle, text● Awesome-ly interactive!

http://ed.voicethread.com/

http://animoto.com/

http://ed.voicethread.com/

Voicethread ● VoiceThread Library k-12 ideas● Using Smartboard with VoiceThread● Voicethread in Education - oodles of

examples k-12

http://voicethread.com/about/library/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsXwkBBo9uE

http://www.slideshare.net/suziea/voicethread-examples-in-education-presentation

Mural.ly● Visual

collaboration tool● Add images,

sticky notes, videos, documents, etc.

https://mural.ly/

Mural.ly● Sample Murals● Mural.ly in Education● Visible Thinking With Mural.ly● Mural.ly Challenge

https://mural.ly/!/#/murally/1360779308748?source=landing

http://www.edidaktik.dk/en/mural-ly-i-undervisningen.html

http://blogs.swa-jkt.com/swa/jocelynsutherland/2013/04/08/visible-thinking-with-mural-ly-in-the-pyp-classroom/

http://icats30daychallenge.blogspot.com/2012/11/day-4-murally.html

Haiku Deck● Simple, Elegant

Slideshows● Creative

Commons Images● Share Online● Avoid ‘Death By

Powerpoint’

http://www.haikudeck.com/

Haiku Deck● Samples

○ Titanic○ 5 Senses○ Tornadoes○ Cutting to the Core

● Haiku Deck Tutorial

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/8ETYMhE3tD/titanic#

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/ohwLfTk8Cm/shaylyn#

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/EusTzOmoPr/tornadoes

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/6UZvpFbwQD/cutting-to-the-core

http://www.slideshare.net/Yfandes/haiku-deck

ThingLink

● Create interactive images with music, video, text tags, quizlet, twitter “tags”

● “Tag” images using browser plugin (similar to Pinterest)

● Use searchable image library, own content

http://www.thinglink.com/

thinglink● Abe Lincoln Facts● Kinder Homework● Tons of Thinglink EDU examples ● Interactive Resume (idea for “Meet the

Media Specialist”)

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/368002188456230912

http://www.pinterest.com/techchef4u/thinglink-edu-examples/

infographicsPiktochart● Step-by-step instructions

to create infographic● Free acc’t. with themes

Infogr.am● Create infographic with

data (Excel), graphics● Share & embed

http://piktochart.com/?gclid=COyw1Z2Yl7oCFc6j4AodNGkAvA

http://infogr.am/

INFOGRAPHICS● Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Info. (Info. as

Creative Assessment)● NYTimes Teaching with Infographics

(NYTimes maps, charts, graphs)● Kids Discover (download the free monthly

info.)

http://www.schrockguide.net/infographics-as-an-assessment.html

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/teaching-with-infographics-places-to-start/

http://www.kidsdiscover.com/

Padlet - Formerly Wallwisher

● Virtual Post-it Notes

● Add text, links, videos, and more

● Collaborative boards let students work together

http://padlet.com/

Padlet● How to use Padlet in the classroom● 105 Classroom Ideas● Padlet Gallery● Padlet Tutorial● Padlet Resources

http://blog.padlet.com/2013/03/how-to-use-padletcom-in-classroom.html

http://seanbanville.com/2010/06/26/wallwisher-105-classroom-ideas/

http://padlet.com/gallery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt6orv2QfZw

http://education.fcps.org/trt/padlet

Evernote● Remember

Everything!● Store and

organize notes, images, websites, and more

● Great for student research

https://www.evernote.com/

Evernote● 10 tips for using Evernote in the

classroom● Evernote for the classroom● Organize your classroom work with

Evernote● Evernote for Educators

http://www.teq.com/blog/2012/11/10-tips-for-using-evernote-in-the-classroom/

http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog_steven_anderson/evernote_classroom

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/back-to-school-how-to-organize-your-classroom-work-with-evernote/

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/245623

Educlipper● Instead of Pins, you have CLIPS!● Install

● “Clip” sites, docs, videos, images & add to boards

● Collaborative, student-friendly,

● Searchable by subject, format

http://www.edutecher.net/educlipper/

educlipper

● Popular Clips (revised daily)● Recent Clips● Creating an eduClip (video)

https://www.educlipper.net/#clips/popular

https://www.educlipper.net/#clips/recent

http://vimeo.com/65057165#

Story Me● Comic-style page

creator● Use images from

camera roll● Add speech

bubbles & captions

● Image filters

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/story-me-collage-comic-strip/id688810927?mt=8

Story Me● About Story Me● Project Idea - Types of Sentences● Story Me Tutorial

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Story-Me-iPad-App/10727993

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/83/f9/ec/83f9ecaf85523277ca90086231fe882f.jpg

http://www.slideshare.net/Yfandes/story-me-tutorial

QR Codes● Scan QR codes to

access more information

● Multiple types of resources can be used

● Make lessons interactive

QR Codes● Roll & Reflect With QR Codes● Using QR Codes to Differentiate

Instruction● Audio QR Codes● QR Codes in the Library● QR Codes in the Classroom

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roll-and-Reflect-with-QR-Codes-756093

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/qr-codes-to-differentiate-instruction-monica-burns

http://flapjackeducationalresources.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-attach-audio-to-qr-code.html

http://www.librarygirl.net/2012/01/from-tech-trend-to-teaching-tool-taking.html

http://www.slideshare.net/Yfandes/qr-codes-in-the-classroom-26753592

Voki & Tellagami● Create speaking

avatars● Use for poems,

writing, tutorials, showing understanding

● Embed in websites

https://tellagami.com/

http://www.voki.com/

Voki & Tellagami● Voki Lesson Plans● Voki Classroom (paid upgrade)

● Tellagami Classroom Ideas● Tellagami Tutorial

http://www.voki.com/lesson_plans.php

https://voki.com/classroom/login_status.php?

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/09/a-handful-of-ideas-for-using-tellagami.html

http://www.slideshare.net/Yfandes/tellagami-tutorial

Meograph● Four dimensional

storytelling● Create interactive

stories● Create map

based and timeline based visual narratives

http://www.meograph.com/

Meograph● Meograph examples● Meograph on Free Technology For

Teachers● Story-Making Machines: Meograph● The Future of Storytelling is 4-D● Meograph tutorial

http://www.meograph.com/search

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/07/meograph-opens-four-dimensional.html#.UltJJtWnapg

http://transom.org/?p=35309

http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/11/meograph-the-future-of-storytelling-is-4d-with-context324/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8rU7uGVu2g

Other Great Tools

● Times Machine● Virtual Field Trips● Skype An Author● Skype An Author

Free● Prezi● Nearpod● Socrative

● Schooltube● Teachertube● Blabberize● GoAnimate for

Schools● Newspaper Me!● Scribble Maps● PhotoPeach

http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser

http://www.pinterest.com/yfandes/edu-virtual-field-trips/

http://skypeanauthor.wikifoundry.com/

http://www.katemessner.com/authors-who-skype-with-classes-book-clubs-for-free/

http://prezi.com/

http://www.nearpod.com/

http://www.socrative.com/

https://www.schooltube.com/

http://www.teachertube.com/

http://blabberize.com/

http://goanimate4schools.com/public_index

http://www.newspaperme.com/

http://scribblemaps.com/

http://photopeach.com/

Contact Us

Meredith● mmartin@

techforteachers.com● techforteachers.com● @geekyteach

Amy● amyojserkis@

linwoodschools.org● Belhaven Lib Media

Center

mailto:mmartin@techforteachers.com

http://techforteachers.com/

https://twitter.com/geekyteach

mailto:amyojserkis@linwoodschools.org

http://library.linwood.bms.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?gid=498940&sessionid=12bab10137adce9c05f7b217c6cc739d&t=

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