The Pedagogy Possibilities with Mobile Devices, in Particular the iPad:
The Padagogy Wheel by Allan Carrington
SAMR Video Introduction - PDF Overview by Ruben Puentedura
TPACK Model by Matthew Koehler
Bloom's Taxonomy and Web 2.0 by Paul Hopkins
SAMR to Blooms Comparison Chart by Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything
Learning Tools Don Johnston:
Solo Co-Writer (Word Prediction): Guides struggling writers to write grammatically-correct sentences with proper spelling
Solo Draft Builder (Graphic Organizer): Guides students to write a quality first draft using three steps: 1) outlining, 2) note-taking, 3) draft-writing.
Solo Read Out Loud (Text Reader): Provides access to all of the new eBook formats required in IDEA, and also includes an accessible web browser.
Solo Write Out Lout (Talking Word Processor) Provides a simple interface, text-to-speech, and writing tools that help students focus on writing.
Tutorials for all Solo Applications (scroll towards bottom of that page)
iPad Apps:
ChatterPix Kids - Get your camera ready! Make any person or animal talk.
Doceri - The professional iPad interactive whiteboard and screencast recorder with sophisticated tools for hand-drawn graphics and remote desktop control. Use it to: Create video lessons. Share. Present. Control your computer.
Puffin - This free App allows you to "play" Flash based videos on your iPad. (I prefer this Puffin over Rover)
Rover - This free App allows you to "play" Flash based videos on your iPad. (Limitations)
QuickOffice - This free App from Google lets you create and edit Microsoft® Office documents, spreadsheets and presentations on your iPhone and iPad.
Web Sites:
Blendspace - Create visual web page of links
Canva - Create amazingly simple graphic designs (for teachers only)
ClassTools.net - Create free online tools and activities
Edmodo.com - Edmodo allows students to safely connect in online classrooms, collaborating on assignments, discovering new resources, and more!
EDpuzzle - A neat new educational site to help you better utilize video in your classroom for learning. You can find and crop video to use only what you need, add audio notes within the video or do some voice over work for a video, and you can embed questions throughout the video to track student understanding.
Education in the Cloud with Web 2.0 tools - A blog dedicated to giving educators free web 2.0 tools and tutorials for them and their students.
Great Web Sites for Middle School Teachers by ask a tech teacher
Little Bird Tales - Showcase what's been learned - upload your own art, record your voice, add text, and create amazing books; suitable for all ages
Newsela - Newsela automatically gives each student the version of an article that's just right for his or her reading ability. Need to create an account to access this web site. You have the ability to create a class and to then "assign" a specific article. (Your students will use their Google Email account to register.) Your students can also view the other articles on their own.
Picture Puzzle Creator - create a simple puzzle out of one of your pictures and have others put it back together
Poll Everywhere - Gather instant feedback using "text messaging" through a web site
Prezi - Create and share online presentations from any computer with Internet access (Microsoft Presentation Substitutions)
Quozio - Express our thoughts and opinions quickly - great for creating quotes, signs, vocabulary lists, and more for the classroom
Rewordify.com - This free online software analyzes the entire block of text—all at once—and finds all the hard words and phrases. Then, it simplifies and Smart Highlights those hard words and phrases, helping users understand and learn in new ways.
SafeShare.TV - The safest way to watch and share YouTube videos. The advertisements are removed from the web page. Click here for an example.
smore - Design beautiful online flyers and publish instantly online. Use analytics to see what's working and what isn't.
Socrative - Assess what students and adults know to better individualize learning using a response system that works with any device; perfect for both formative and summative assessment
Study Stack - Create your own Flash Cards to help students their knowledge of the material
TalkTyper.com - Free online speech to text dictation software
• Works with Chrome browser only
• Works best with a headset (headphones with built-in microphone
TypingWeb - A free online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels. TypingWeb includes entertaining typing games, typing tests, and free official typing certification. (This is the district approved typing tutorial program.)
VideoNot.es - allows you to have a video playing on one side of the screen with notes on the other side explaining what is being shown or asking questions about the video; works with Khan Academy, YouTube, and Google Drive videos
ViewPure - Watch YouTube videos without comments, suggestions, or the 'other' things. Click here for an example.
Web Tools:
Eventbright - Create, Promote and Manage an event that can use by anyone easily. Available for all kinds of events. Free for events that are free to attend.
Google Translate - If you can highlight the text, then Google Translate can translate the text into one of the multiple languages available. You will be able to: 1. See the text in the new language, 2. See and read the text phonetically, 3. Hear the text spoken to you in that language
Basic Introduction into Google Translate
Timer Tab - There are 3 options to choose from: Countdown, Alarm Clock and Stopwatch
Remind101 - Keep everyone on the same page - free and safe text messaging from teachers to students and parents; available online, for iOS, and for Android