What It Is
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What It Does
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Who Can Help
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Assessment Tools
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Aimsweb/DIBELS (K-5) |
RTI tool for Reading & Math |
Sandy Yasch |
NWEA Maps (6-8) |
RTI tool for Reading & Math |
Donna Amato |
ProgressBook |
Grades & Report Cards |
Nancy Duelley
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Audio Capture
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Audacity |
Capture audio to insert in SmartNotebook files, for podcasting to the internet, for narrating movies, etc.
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Kathy Collins |
Audio/Visual Capture Tools
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Snag-It |
Capture and annotate still & video images |
Cari Reisinger |
Jing |
Capture and annotate still & video images from the web |
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WebCam |
Capture live audio/visual with laptop cameras |
Wayne Gerchak |
Collaborate
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wikis |
manage group projects or information |
Christy Sinko Kristen Luckas |
blogs |
share ideas and resources in conversational style |
Veronica Balogh |
GoogleDocs |
powerful shared productivity tools (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, etc.) |
Alicia Chamberlain |
Data Analysis
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MS Excel |
simple or sophisticated |
Francesca Settanni
Kathy Collins
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create-a-graph |
displays data in elementary graphs |
Sherry Haibach |
Email
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Gaggle.net (gr. 6-12) |
email accounts for students |
Kathy Verhest |
MS Outlook |
email accounts for faculty |
Kathy Verhest |
File Management
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File Converters |
change file types for compatibility |
Rita Miller |
WebFolders |
directions on how to setup your home or laptop computer to access school files |
Roger West |
Miscellaneous
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Atomic Learning |
brief video tutorials for all types of software |
Pat Ravas |
iSafe |
up-to-date information on internet safety |
Donna Amato |
Google Maps |
maps to anywhere |
Tina Kirkland, Cathy Lee Peffer, & Divina Minch
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Google Reader/RSS |
collect and review selected internet resources from RSS feeds |
Rita Miller |
Renzulli (gr. K-8) |
differentiates resources based on student interests and skill level |
Sherry King |
Maps (Semantic)
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Freemind |
simple mindmapping software |
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dabbleboard |
intuitive web 2.0 tool for writing on interactive whiteboards |
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Online Databases
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CoolIris |
visual images |
Amy Poole |
Google Earth |
satellite imagery, cultural data - includes land, oceans and universe |
Bev Musil |
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SIRS |
school appropriate articles - lexiled |
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Presentation
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MS PowerPoint |
classic productivity tool |
Mike Sponseller |
VoiceThread |
audio/video/visual web 2.0 tools |
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Research
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Jog-the-Web |
guide web surfing |
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Zotero (requires Firefox) |
Firefox extension to help you collect, manage and cite your research sources. |
Michele Kuhar |
Simulations
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GeoGebra |
create math simulations (see Math 24:7 for samples made by other teachers) |
Sandi Sturgill
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Math 24:7 |
screencast math simulations to the web |
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Social Bookmarking
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del.icio.us |
find and share your bookmarks from any internet-connected computer |
Alicia Chamberlain |
Video Production
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kerpoof! |
movie-making for primary students |
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MovieMaker |
use still and video images to create digital movies/stories |
Pat Ravas |
PhotoStory3 |
use still and video images to create digital movies/stories |
Christen Marcu
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Video Conferencing
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dimdim |
free service enables real-time, face-to-face, screensharing, whiteboard sharing conferences |
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Skype |
internet voice and video phone calls |
Deb Crider |
Video Streaming
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Learn360 |
educational videos "on demand" (like United Streaming) |
Sherry Haibach |
teachertube |
teacher created videos |
Barb Hasselbusch |
ustream |
free video streaming service |
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Web Browsers
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Firefox |
Open source browser; use add-ons to personalize how it works |
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Internet Explorer |
standard Windows browser |
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Writing
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Comic Life
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write, create in graphic novel format |
Sandi Sturgill
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MS Word |
standard word processing tool |
Kathy Collins |
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