My favorite things Barbara De Santis
May 12, 2015
My favorite thingsBarbara De Santis
Animoto
Music Videos
Images/Movies/Text
PC/App
Free educator account
Blog post
www.animoto.com
Animoto- Pick a theme
Animoto in the classroom
Book Trailers
Lab Reports
Today in History
Math Concepts
BrainPOP
Online videos/quizzes
Close Captions
Game UP
PC/App
www.brainpop.com
BrainPOP FeaturesSubscription Mix your quizzes (account in BrainPOP Educators)Share quizzes8-4 Monday-Friday Webinars
BrainPOP in the classroom
Introduce Teach Review Games
DiscoveryEducation
Streaming videos/resourceswww.discoveryeducation.com
PC/Tablets
Subscription (see me)
Student accounts
DiscoveryEducation
Board Builders
PC/Tablets
Part of subscription
Student accounts only
Samples
DiscoveryEducation
Working with the iPad-On iPad- save to camera roll- Import to DE BoardBuilder
DE Board Builder in the classroom
Any topic
50 ideas from DE Review ?
Tellagami
Animations-30 sec.
Images/Voice
IOS and Android
Combine in iMovie
www.tellagami.com
Tellagami in the classroom
Book Review Vocabulary How To… Live from…
edmodo
Web communication
Teacher creates class
PC/App
No Student to student
www.edmodo.com
edmodo FeaturesQuizzesAssignmentsPollsNotesGradebook
edmodo FeaturesTrack AssignmentsAnnotate student work
CommentsHighlight
edmodo FeaturesSafe communicationTeacher networking opportunitiesGo PaperlessSchool domain
edmodo in the classroom
AssignmentsQuizzes/
GradePolls Share
Quia Features
Subscription (email me for account)Create your ownSearch/Copy/Edit other activitiesShare with link
Quia in the classroom
Pre & Post tests
What to reteach?
Instant feedback Review
Voicethread
Add text/voice to images
PC/ App
Free/Subscription
www.voicethread.com
Voicethread Features
Students record Works with any contentVarious degrees of sharing/privacy3 for free
Voicethread in the classroom
Book report
Response to prompt Collaborate ?
Livebinder
Online notebooks
Images/Movies/Text
PC/App
www.livebinder.com
Video (R. Stannard)
Start a new Livebinder
Adding content
Livebinder in the classroom
Search Share Paperless Projects
Thinkfinity
Google w/o the steroids
Lesson Plans
Interactives and more
www.Thinkfinity.org
Learning Objects
Thinkfinity
Thinkfinity in the classroom
Search Lesson Plans Interactives Projects
QR Codes
Quick Response
Paper to Digital
PC/App to create
Need camera to scan
Many vendors
QR FeaturesPrint out code
Students scan with reader
ResourcesKathy Schrock’s Guide Pinterest board
QR FeaturesMakersGoogle QR code makersDelivr
Can make accountTrack
Readers (Apps)Google QR readersScan
QR –www.classtools.net
QR codes in the classroom
Book trailers
Provide directions
Scavenger hunt
Back to school night
Resources
Edweb.net Free professional development
Join numerous interest groups
Webinars with credit (archived)
Resources
TeachersFirstFree professional developmentWeekly summariesWebinars with credit (archived)