Symbaloo Edu Lesson Plans- If you are looking to personalize learning and engage students with your instruction then we’ve got you covered. With the new Symbaloo Lesson Plan tool, teachers are able to create differentiated learning paths for students by placing resources in a gaming styled environment and assess whether or not the students are understanding the material being delivered.
Symbaloo Edu Intro Video: What is Symbaloo Edu and how can it benefit your classroom?
Playposit- Online environment to create and share interactive video lessons. Teachers begin with any online video (screen-casts, Khan Academy, TED, YouTube, etc.) and transform what is traditionally passive content into an active experience for students.
Pear Deck - With Pear Deck, bring interactive, engaging slide presentations to your classroom. Real-time formative assessments and discussions enhance understanding. We recommend signing up and participating in a webinar.
Student login - Teachers can assign through Google Classroom - Getting Started
Instructional Videos
Pear Deck Presentation Training Pear Deck (You can open it up and make a copy for yourself)
Pear Deck offers free weekly webinars every Tuesday that you can sign up for at https://www.peardeck.com/webinar/
Want to really flip the classroom
Assign something in your lesson plan
Get good formative assessment feedback
Trick is: Convert your google slides or PPT to a pdf first and not create your presentation in Nearpod.
Tutorials
Similar to Pear Deck
Does not have 2 presentation views
Does not have takeaways
Does not create documents in Google
Does not have student login so they can put in what names you assign.
Can be assigned as homework and the students can then work at their own pace
Does have an app for student phones
Get.Kahoot - A fun and easy classroom response system which provides immediate feedback.
Student login - Kahoot.it
Quizizz: Students are able to concentrate and work through new material at their own pace. At the end, they can see how they compare to other students on the public scoreboard. Students could also use code names or student ID numbers to add more anonymity.
Padlet: An online Bulletin Board, one of the easiest ways to collaborate and get immediate feedback.
TodaysMeet: TodaysMeet is a simple back-channel chat room. Give it a try it is simple and easy.
Flubaroo: A free tool that helps you quickly grade multiple-choice or fill-in-blank assignments using Google Forms
Google Hangout: You can use Hangouts to send messages, make voice and video calls, and share photos
Create a simple Google Form and add the flubaroo tutorial to make assessing quick and easy.
Lack of technology in your classroom, no problem with plickers. All you need is a smart phone, Iphone or Droid work great, or an Ipad and you are good to go.
Adblock (Blocks Ads on Websites)
Announcify (Speaks any website out loud)
Awesome Screenshot (ability to Screenshot web content and save to drive)
Chrome Speak - select the text and right click for text to speech
Diigo - Diigo is the #1 extension for annotating, archiving and bookmarking webpages.
Easybib (Cite Web Sites)
Readability (Takes Articles and Formats into an easy to read document)
SnagIt - Take a screenshot, screen capture, or screen video recording. Collaborate and show what you know.
URL Shortener (shorten the current website address)
Awesome Chrome Extensions on Symbaloo
Founded on the premise that simple, modern, and elegant slide decks should be the norm, instead of overly dense, difficult to read, and difficult to digest ones. FOCUS IS ON PHOTOS and LIMITED WRITING.
Users have the ability to create dynamic, fluid, non-linear presentations with great animations and motion effects that lend an energy to a presentation that you won't get with a static series of one-after-the-other slides. A SORT OF ANIMATED PRESENTATION
Slides allow you to collaborate in real time with other users, and everything is stored on the web, in Google Drive, so you can get to it any time, on any computer or device, or send it to anyone who needs to see it. BEST FOR TEAM PROJECTS!!!!
PowToon generates excitement and motivation in any classroom - no matter the age of the student. All the animation tools you’ll ever need to immediately begin creating your own professional-looking animated explainer videos and animated presentations. GREAT FUN and EASY TO USE.
Setting up WeVideo in your classroom: Middle School Teachers ONLY
Wevideo Academy - Great site that will teach students all they need.
A full featured video editor that works great with Google Drive.
A full featured audio editor that allows you to: - Edit audio files from your computer or your Google Drive, - Apply effects, - Save in one of many supported file formats, and export the file back to your disk, Google Drive
Everything you make in Lucidpress can be printed, published online, or shared through social media with the click of a button. The stunning results will make you look and feel like a design genius. EVERYTHING SAVES TO GOOGLE DRIVE.
Info graphic and Poster Maker
Pixlr Express is all you need in a simple photo editor to make some cool adjustments to your photos. I would try the express one first. Express
Similar to Google Sketchup
Aurasma - an augmented reality app that’s changing the way millions of people see and interact with the world.
Evernote - Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.
Oovoo - Video Chat
Haiku Deck - Haiku Deck is the simple new way to create inspired presentations – whether you’re pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, telling a story, or igniting a movement.
SlideShark - SlideShark is the #1 app for showing PowerPoint from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch the way it was meant to be seen – with animations, fonts, colors, graphics, videos & hyperlinks intact. For individuals & businesses.
Prezi - Create and present beautiful presentations with Prezi for iPad. Get started by choosing one of our stunning templates then add your text and images. Pinch to zoom on topics, retouch your prezis and adjust your presentations on the move.
Banner - LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown:
Show me - Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard!
Snapguide - Snapguide is a simple, beautiful way to share and view step-by-step how to guides. Discover new things to cook, build, wear, play and more.
Pixlr-o-matic - Don’t miss one of the most talked about and popular photo apps, with over 2 million combinations to make your photos will look spectacular! It’s so easy that anybody can create stunning shots.
Pixlr Express - Quick Photo editor, quickly crop and resize
Magisto - Magisto is a fun and easy way to automatically edit videos and photos and share them with your friends and family. Magisto will turn your video and photos into beautiful edited movies, complete with music and effects, in minutes.
Cute Cut - Now you can DRAW movie! Use Cute CUT to Make Movie Different!!! Do you want to create your own unique movie? Just draw it by yourself with Cute CUT!
Videolicious - Instantly combine your videos, photos, music and stories into a stunning movie masterpiece. Just talk and tap to create the perfect video. Super fast and easy movie making -- now with incredible cinematic filters!
Skitch - Show how you feel instead of writing about it. Snap it, mark it, and send it on.
Snap N Write - Click a picture, handwrite a message or doodle and share or print. Handwriting lets you leave your own unique imprint. (Digital Postcard)
MP3 Recording - Not just a recorder, Mp3 Recorder is equipped with a built-in advanced MP3 Converter. That makes this app very special yet useful for our daily recording usage. As such, we also build a mailing function in the app, ready for any sharing purpose.
MP3 Record Free - MP3 Meeting Recorder & Dictaphone App. Get this voice memo & meeting recording app today. Record directly to MP3 for as long as you & share the recording with your friends at the touch of a button.
Quick Voice - Now with super-useful VOICE REMINDERS!!! QuickVoice is the most popular, full-featured iPhone/iPad/iPod voice recorder available. Record ideas, voice memos, voice email, dictation, lists, meetings, classes, or entire lectures! For professional, educational, and personal use…
Capture - Create beautiful movies on the go with YouTube Capture 2.0. Start recording in a snap, then edit and share videos of any length right from your phone.
Morfo - Use Morfo to quickly turn a photo of your friend's face into a talking, dancing, crazy 3D character! Have fun with this app and have the kids create characters that come to life.
Flipboard - your personal magazine. It is the most popular way to catch up on the news you care about, discover amazing things from around the world, or stay connected to the people closest to you. Now with Flipboard 2.0, you can save and collect the things you love into your own magazines like “Trips I want to take” or “Dream Homes.”
Itunes U - The iTunes U app gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools — plus the world’s largest digital catalog of free education content — right on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
Doodle Buddy -Paint, Draw, Scribble, Sketch – It’s Addictive!
Drawing Free - This is an application specially designed for you to develop your great drawing potential!
AutoCAD 360 - Easy-to-use drawing and drafting mobile app that allows you to view, edit, and share.
Magic Plan - MagicPlan MEASURES your rooms and DRAWS your floor plan just by taking pictures.You can then get your floor plan in PDF, JPG and DXF format or publish an INTERACTIVE FLOOR PLAN on the web.With MagicPlan, EVERYONE CAN CREATE A FLOOR PLAN IN FEW MINUTES ONLY.