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Educational Web Tools to Start Your New Year

Educational Web Tools to Start Your New Year
Let's start 2014 off with a set of tools to help you and your students make stuff. Create animations, record messages, assemble videos, construct presentations, collect links, and build inventions. This is a great way to make something engaging for your students and to assess their comprehension of a subject. Check out the selection we have compiled for you below: Pivot Animator A free Windows program to create stick figure animations. A free online whiteboard where you can record your voice - or yourself (in a video) - while you draw. Put together an online lesson by adding images, text, quizzes, and discussions to your own videos or any from YouTube and Vimeo. Combine live tweets, blog feeds, interactive maps, audio notes, and streaming video into a real-time presentation for free. Using this free browser extension, collect and organize your favorite websites. Creating A collection of digital tools to create using images, audio and video. A collection of useful apps for creating comics.

Blog | edshelf Reprinted with permission from the Drawp for School Blog Establishing routines in the classroom does not have to be boring or take up a lot of class time. When you see your students only once a week, like I do in the art room, it can be difficult to get all these routines set up at the beginning of the year. As a specialist, I know that students can forget what you taught them when their next class is a whole week later! Alien Explains The Art Class Routine In the beginning of every year, I go over the procedures in the art room, (it seems) over and over (and over!) So this is how I started: I found it easiest to film the puppet talking while I held my iPhone, filming it selfie style. Signing Out Video Next, I created a video with Wolfgang (another puppet) to show students how to use the drying rack. Drying Rack Video I created a third video to streamline the hand washing routine. Hand Washing Video Establishing routines can be fun with puppet videos! - Amy Traggianese

FREE App: Stay Organized with Evernote If you are like me, you have tons of different things to keep track of – child’s after school activities, vacation plans, shopping lists, blog ideas, birthdays, work projects, school projects, …. It is so hard not to miss anything and stay updated on everything, till using Evernote. Evernote is a free, cross-platform application that greatly simplifies the process of keeping track of notes, ideas, memos, lists, pictures, web clips, etc., into a single place and keeps them in sync automatically. It is available for almost all the popular devices: Windows PC, Mac, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Tablet, Android, iPhone, iPAD, Windows Phone. Everything you do on your phone and on your computer gets synchronized to your Evernote account on the Web. You can freely edit the notes: move the text and images around, format the text, attach to-do bullets, tables, horizontal rules. One of Evernote’s best features is that it allows you to add any type of file to your notes. You can import and export notes.

10 Social Media Sites For Education 10 Social Media Sites For Education by Lila Daniels Our kids live on social media these days. One crucial way to make learning relevant is to meet ‘em where they live, which means finding social media sites that work in the classroom. Social media organically dovetails with subjects like language arts and social studies, but tech savvy teachers know that collaboration can work in any classroom. Not all social media sites are equal — and not everyone is comfortable turning their students lose on Facebook or Twitter. 10 Best Social Media Sites For Students & Teachers Twiducate: Described as a “walled garden,” this site is billed as a safe site for teachers and students to collaborate. Social Media As A Tool To Develop Students’ Voices One of the major benefits of using social media with students is teaching them to communicate openly, honestly, and, above all, kindly with their peers. Your school and your classroom need to have solid guidelines in place before you introduce technology.

Explain Everything Crea videos interactivos con estas 10 herramientas Las narraciones multimedia pueden convertir un proyecto periodístico en contenido atractivo y con altas posibilidades de ser compartido a través de la web. Te recomendamos esta caja de herramientas con 10 servicios ideales para trabajar información con una variedad de archivos y formatos dentro de un video. 1. PowToon Esta herramienta se concentra en la unión de imágenes animadas y videos para crear presentaciones llamativas y modernas, las cuales son trabajadas con efectos y transiciones. 2. Es un servicio gratuito que permite utilizar imágenes, gráficos, mapas y clips de diferentes plataformas de video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc). 3. Nos permite crear presentaciones divididas en slides, a las cuales se les puede agregar de forma rápida imágenes, texto, audio y videos alojados en la web o en una computadora. Una ventaja del servicio es que permite al usuario ingresar su propia voz si lo que desea. 4. Además, se puede incluir dentro del material animaciones prediseñadas, gifs, etc. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Bloomin' Apps This page gathers all of the Bloomin' Apps projects in one place.Each image has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for iPad, Android, Google and online tools and applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.I have created a page to allow you to share your favorite online tool, iOS, or Android app with others. Cogs of the Cognitive Processes I began to think about the triangular shape of Bloom's Taxonomy and realized I thought of it a bit differently.Since the cognitive processes are meant to be used when necessary, and any learner goes in and out of the each level as they acquire new content and turn it into knowledge, I created a different type of image that showcased my thoughts about Bloom's more meaningfully.Here is my visual which showcases the interlocking nature of the cognitive processes or, simply, the "Cogs of the Cognitive Processes". IPAD APPS TO SUPPORT BLOOM'S REVISED TAXONOMYassembled by Kathy Schrock​ Bloom's and SAMR: My thoughts

50 de las mejores herramientas gratuitas y online para profesores Nueva recopilación de herramientas gratuitas y online para profesores. Aunque el listado es de enero del 2014 todas están vigentes y destacan por su gran facilidad para poder aplicarlas a nuestras clases. Este listado ha sido elaborado por Juan David Quiñones en la web “wwwhat’s new“. Aquí os la dejo. “Preparar clases, hacer presentaciones, comunicarse con alumnos padres, corregir exámenes, mostrar vídeos… ser profesor no es tarea fácil, pero la tecnología puede ayudarnos a eliminar procesos burocráticos y a hacer más atractivo nuestro trabajo. En esta lista os mostramos 50 recursos que pueden ser útiles en el día a día del profesor, lista actualizada con las últimas novedades en la categoría. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Me gusta:

Tech For Teachers Course Description A hands-on, high-tech workshop for teachers of grades 6-12. High-energy sessions designed for all learning levels. Participate in a hands-on, high-tech exploration of digital tools and resources tailored for the secondary (grades 6-12) educator. Join in a discovery, discussion and demonstration of free web-based applications that work anytime, anywhere, on any device. Collaborate with colleagues as you learn how to use the latest in education technology to maximize parent-teacher-student communication, increase student engagement and enhance learning. Increase Student Engagement Maximize Parent Involvement Click below for a Prezi preview of just some of these amazing education technology applications. Lee Araoz - Ext. 7222

10 herramientas para crear libros digitales Te explicamos las principales características de algunas de las herramientas para crear libros digitales disponibles en la red. Toma nota: todas son muy intuitivas y los resultados que puedes obtener son fascinantes. Myebook: Aplicación con la que puedes diseñar tu propio libro. ¿Has utilizado alguna herramienta para crear un libro digital? Te explicamos las principales características de algunas de las herramientas para crear libros digitales disponibles en la red. Myebook: Aplicación con la que puedes diseñar tu propio libro. ¿Has utilizado alguna herramienta para crear un libro digital? The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You If you’re not an avid follower of #edchat on Twitter, you may be missing out on a great opportunity to learn about some new Web 2.0 tools that are currently being used in classrooms around the world. That’s because @chickensaltash posed a simple question to the PLN and there has been a huge swell of support as hundreds of people have jumped in to answer the question about which 5 Web 2.0 tools teachers are using in classrooms. The Best of the Best You can view the live stream of #edchat here and see what people are saying at the hashtag #chickenweb2tools here. We scoured hundreds of responses and have come up with the following list. Made at Tagxedo – it’s in this list! The List Glogster Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friendsEdmodoSocial learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with techBubbl.us Free application to brainstorm onlineTwitter The micro blogging service that many love or hate.WordPress Content publishing system. Add To This List

1312 Herramientas Web Para Docentes- Un portal de historia y TIC En el marco de nuestra sección “Desde Internet”, les presentamos una nueva recopilación de 1312 herramientas TIC para el ámbito de la enseñanza y aprendizaje sistematizadas según su funcionalidad, existiendo una gran gama de categorías y herramientas. La recopilación ha sido realizada por el portal Yo Profesor, de Ecuador, en sí que todos los créditos son para este sitio. A continuación se presenta el listado de herramientas:

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