MS Tech Connections

Here are some great cross-curricular resources...

  • Sick of the same boring, stale, paper and pencil project ideas? Check out this collection of digital project ideas brought to your by the Office of Instructional Technology.
  • Ideas include: Book Covers, Brochures, Graphic Organizers, Memes, Newsletters, Postcards, and Trading Cards.
  • Additional digital resources include platforms for recording video, a Digital Classroom Comparison, and a tip sheet on giving Digital Feedback.
  • All AACPS teachers and students have an account.
  • Teachers and students can access instructional media.
  • Teachers and students can upload and create their own resources.
  • Content can be shared within DE's cloud Classroom.
  • Digital museum and gallery available online and through the mobile app.
  • Teachers and students can access high-resolution images of artworks housed in the initiative's partner museums including the Tate Gallery, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and the Uffizi, Florence.
  • Users can virtually tour partner museums’ galleries, explore physical and contextual information about artworks, and compile their own virtual collections.
  • Teachers can create online, multiple choice assessments for students in a fun gamified atmosphere.
  • Students earn more points for answering quickly.
  • A leaderboard is displayed in between each question.
  • Student scores are recorded and can be evaluated at any time by the teacher.
  • Allows the teacher to import your pre-existing presentations (.ppt and .pdf) and add activities to engage students.
  • Requires the use of a student device; smartphone, chromebook, ipad, computer, anything with an internet connection.
  • Provides real time feedback on a per-student basis.
  • Teacher can make an online bulletin board and share it with students.
  • Both teachers and students can contribute text, images, videos, audio, various files and links to the board and view the contributions of others.
  • Teachers can edit, delete, moderate and organize all contributions to manage the shared space.
  • Contains hundreds of thousands of flashcards on a wide variety of topics which can be arranged into games, quizzes and review activities.
  • Create your own course-specific flashcards for your students to use as review.
  • Works in both web and smartphone app form.
  • Free Reading and LA resources for teachers, parents and students.
  • Teachers can find customizable lesson plans.
  • Student can create their own artifacts and download or save them to the cloud to share with the teacher and peers.
  • Online video recording and editing suite that works on any device connected to the web.
  • District license that allows all staff and students to use professional video editing tools.
  • Editing tools include: splicing and cropping, combining images, video and audio, voice-over and soundtracks, layered videos such as green-screen, and SO MUCH MORE...
  • District license for ES and MS staff and students.
  • Wixie is a publishing and creativity platform that lets students share what they know through their writing, their voice, and their art.
  • Students can add text, images, shapes and audio recordings to create a variety of projects that demonstrate their learning.

Not sure if the resource you want to use is approved?

Check out the MOI site and search the Evaluated Resources.

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Email Tracey Brown to find out how and when you can get involved in our Tech Connections creation.