For Teachers

Peardeck Slides Add-on - Create student-paced presentations that students can interact with and you can collect the data. Here is the video tutorial (18:00) Here is a website with more information.

Flipgrid - Short video responses. Hundreds of lesson ideas using this!

Explain Everything - This is probably the most versatile App on the student iPad. Use it for screen recording, a white board, creating video, photo editing, and explaining anything.

Touchcast - Full-bodied App for creating video with Green screen, white board, teleprompter, and other news-casty technology

iMovie - Make trailers and full length videos. iMovie has robust editing tools such as picture-in-picture, side-by-side, speed up, freeze frame, slow motion and more. See this list of advanced editing tutorials and a few challenges to get students started.

Podcasting with Anchor - This super-simple podcasting App is in Self Service. Have your students create audio journals or explore this medium for showing their knowledge and perspectives.

Blogger - reflect with blogs. Start a blog for the first time or add a blog if your students have previously created a blog.

EdPuzzle - Make any video your lesson. Collect student feedback at specific points during the video.

Google Apps for Education Teach from Home Page A hub for all things virtual and Google.

Google Apps for Education - Teacher Page A hub for tips and training on Google Apps for Education.

Google Classroom

Drive - Organize Media

Docs - Writing/Notes

Forms - Create polls, collect information, students can too

Sheets - spreadsheets are awesome

Keep - A virtual handbag for collecting notes, photos, websites, checklists, and other media

YouTube

Blogger

Contacts

Calendar

Slides - Collaborate and create slideshows

Sites - Create a website (like this one)

Hangouts - Video chat with another classroom or community member

• Google Hangouts - This is chat, not a Video Meet This handy chat tool allows you to chat with colleagues by clicking their name in a list that lives next to your email inbox. Once you invite or are invited, you're ready to go! Move your chat to the right of your inbox and/or create a group to chat with your whole team. This will reduce texts to your personal phone too!

• Skitch - Want to just SHOW someone exactly where to look or click? Use Skitch to screen grab, add arrows, blur faces, circle focus points, then simply drag finished image to destination. Here is a quick demo.

• Trello - Organize your life with drag-able cards. This web based tool allows you to stack cards with information into decks. You can a;sp share pages with students or colleges.

• YouTube Tips - Link to a specific spot in the video, removing page clutter, and other time-saving tips!

Quicktime - Native on Mac Laptop. Record the screen, yourself, or both.

Photobooth - Simple photo/video utility native on the Mac Laptop. Record yourself.

Loom - Free screen and video recording software for Mac. Easy to make professional looking recordings

iPad screen recording tool instructions & video demo.

Screencast-O-Matic - Free screen recording tool for Mac or Windows

Content Already Created for you...

Google's Applied Digital Skills

PBS Learning Media

Center for Interactive Learning & Collaboration

TED-Ed - Lessons Worth Sharing

Common Sense Media

BrainPop

WideOpenSchool.org

YouTube's Learn@Home

• Safari Reader View - Shows text in articles without ads, pictures or other distractions. Makes Text size adjustable too!

• Speech to Text - Use the dictation tool to speak text on to the iPad

• Text to Speech - Turn on Speak Selection to make the iPad read sections of text out loud.

• Keyboard Language - Change keyboard language to speak (dictate) or type with any language's characters.

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration

Flipgrid - Grid Pals

Skype in the Classroom

Google Hangouts

Ask me! I can find you a connection that meets your class needs

Twitter

How to find useful resources on Twitter

Weekly Twitter Chats

Google Search for best educators and education accounts to follow!

Social Media Platforms
Social Media is a great way to make professional connections and share ideas with people who do what you do all over the world. See me for help finding what you want or receiving information in a way that best suits you. Consider one of the following:

Pinterest - Thousands of educational items are pinned every day. Check out the link to see what Pinterest has to offer for Educators.

Edmodo - Great learning community, global and responsive.

Facebook - Many learning communities have groups. Follow educational experts, publications, and organizations to get ideas, announcements, and make connections.

Reddit - Join subreddits on any topic you can think of. Ask a question and people come out of the woodwork from all over the world to contribute or provide tips.