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Want to find the website I built for students at school? It has heaps of great software, free websites and awesome places for students to visit when they have time to explore their favourite subject areas:
https://sites.google.com/site/msbenglish/
This is the website I created to help the teachers in our school with our new inquiry model of teaching and learning. I built the website to give them a resource/exemplars to refer to as they trialled the new model.
When I was mentoring Provisionally Registered Teachers, I built this website for their ease of access. At that time, technology was falling behind in school and the PRT's needed a place to visit for support: Practical Real Tips
Need to reduce the size of an image file, perhaps for easier emailing or to put on a blog or website? Try Compress Now. Select and upload your image - up to 9MB is accepted and supported file types are gif, jpg, ipeg and png. Choose the percentage of compression and download the result:
Rather than using yet another PowerPoint or Prezi, create an animated presentation or video instead with PowToon.
A fun way to share and narrate photos with anyone in your community - work, friends and family:
The smart way to manage tasks - just do it!
Interactive sites for SmartBoard use:
http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/resources/SBsites.htm
Check this out for great apps to use as well:
http://agbeat.com/tech-news/10-must-have-apps-for-microsoft-surface-rt/
Top 10 Surface RT apps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhibkjtauFQ
Use this dyslexic font to assist your students who may need it:
http://www.dafont.com/open-dyslexic.font
Make any YouTube clip Academy Award worthy at: http://www.theartistifier.com/
Want to see how I am using Google Sites for Literature Circles? Click here and see how my students are posting their Lit. Circle work digitally and collaboratively.
One of the best ways to keep parents and students informed of daily homework tasks - you can even get your homework to be sent directly to your students Twitter pages or Facebook walls. What's not to love about Homework Now?
Need a safe, secure place to place documents for students, great website links, information for reading, personal digital journals for student writing, online testing.....? There is so much more with Blackboard. I would love to share more with you but my online classroom is currently set up for my students only. Stay tuned for my website with links and activities for teachers to use.....
Need some animation in your life? Try "BrainPop" to get your students thinking more about the topics you are studying.
Hmmmm.....now, how can you make vocabulary study more interesting? Try Wordle.
Why re-invent the wheel? Search through the video's posted on TeacherTube to get a little inspiration.
Speaking of inspiration, has your school tried this amazing software? Inspiration is an incredible tool for brainstorming, writing outlines, comparison charts, venn diagrams, timelines.....and so much more. Invaluable in any classroom.
If your school can't afford Inspiration, try Bubbl as a free online version.
Grammar, grammar, grammar.....there is so much to teach, there are so many ways how. Try some of these:
Quia - this can also be used for a variety of other subjects
Creating cartoons is also another wonderful way to inject a little spark into even the most boring lesson. If your school is interested, try Comic Life or as a free alternative, Toondoo.
MORE IDEAS COMING YOUR WAY SOON.....
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