Tools you saw in the presentation: PollEverywhere - Create polls that can be answered via text Biteslide - Simple photo slideshows that can be used for student presentations Animoto - Create beautiful videos by uploading images and adding text; 30 second videos are free Vuvox - Create slideshows with live hotspots including video, audio, text and links myHistro - Allow students to build their own interactive timelines Cacoo - collaborative mind-mapping Popplet - collaborative mind-mapping youblisher - turn PDF documents into digital books that you can share and embed wikispaces - design webpages and projects with students PenPal News - Let PenPal News pair your class with another to explore current events through writing ePals - Register your class and then browse for others with whom to do projects Skype Education - Find classes to Skype with or presenters to talk to your kids TinyUrl - turns long web addresses into shorter, more manageable ones Padlet - collaborative post-it note space
PollEverywhere - Create polls that can be answered via text
Biteslide - Simple photo slideshows that can be used for student presentations
Animoto - Create beautiful videos by uploading images and adding text; 30 second videos are free
Vuvox - Create slideshows with live hotspots including video, audio, text and links
myHistro - Allow students to build their own interactive timelines
Cacoo - collaborative mind-mapping
Popplet - collaborative mind-mapping
youblisher - turn PDF documents into digital books that you can share and embed
wikispaces - design webpages and projects with students
PenPal News - Let PenPal News pair your class with another to explore current events through writing
ePals - Register your class and then browse for others with whom to do projects
Skype Education - Find classes to Skype with or presenters to talk to your kids
TinyUrl - turns long web addresses into shorter, more manageable ones
Padlet - collaborative post-it note space
Additional Resources:
Common Core State Standards
NETS Standards
SAMR Model
Cool Tools for Schools Wiki
Resources for Getting Started with Wikispaces: