tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75815777704187288202024-02-21T02:36:16.864-05:00Technology Rocks @ BCSThe 11 ITRT's of Bedford County have launched a Technology Rocks Blog. This is a place where we share tips, tricks, ideas,and recommendations. Feel free to connect with us here. Looking forward to another rockin' good year!Bethany Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754792782974023737noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-81623895688559211142014-08-11T08:30:00.000-05:002014-12-19T12:01:56.181-05:00Online PlanbookTired of the old paper lesson planbook that you write in from year to year. Try PlanbookEDU. It is an online lesson planbook that can be accessed from anywhere. Copy and paste to save on typing. You can use it free but are limited with the features it offers. For $25 a year, you can attach files to your plans, share your plans with colleagues and export to Word. Check it out <a href="http://planbookedu.com/">planbookedu.com</a>. <br />
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Lisa Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17224605332146725996noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-86047538785185400602014-05-23T11:15:00.000-05:002014-05-23T11:15:14.411-05:00Flip Quiz<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: source-sans-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">FlipQuiz</em>™ was created to provide educators with a quick way to create gameshow-style boards for test reviews in the classroom. Traditionally, these are created (tediously) using posterboard, chalkboards, or dry-erase markers on an overhead slide. The review questions are usually even written on a separate sheet of paper.</div>
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Lauren Millnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931193699297961806noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-33712695241202376472014-05-05T07:00:00.000-05:002014-05-05T07:00:11.931-05:0060-Second Civics Podcasts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14195513972366578813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-33260921429354744462014-05-02T09:46:00.000-05:002014-05-02T09:46:00.082-05:00appydazeblog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Appydazeblog </em>features<em> </em>the best FREE educational apps – apps that teach, apps that make kids think, apps that tell great stories, apps that spark creativity.</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It does not include game apps – unless they are educational (word, math, geography, etc.)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It features apps that help teachers do their jobs more efficiently – apps that collect and report data.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It suggests ways to use the app in your curriculum.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It features many apps that are not “educational apps” but they have a lot of potential in an educational environment. They are apps that make kids think and create!</span></li>
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Eb Morejonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16397357959586302154noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-20319427013012828352014-04-29T13:42:00.002-05:002014-04-29T14:06:32.465-05:00iPad-centered Centers!<img border="0" src="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608029036936825799&pid=15.1&H=160&W=160" height="110" style="border: 2px solid rgb(231, 238, 252);" width="110" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Don't have enough iPads at your school for each student? No problem! Consider creating centers with the ones you have, like </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span dir="auto">Señora </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">McAllister did at SRHS! Here is a list of the stations that the students visited throughout the class (in 10 minutes, students completed the activity and recorded answers):</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1 & 2--Quizlet app for vocabulary flashcard review</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">3 & 4--2 different readings on teacher's wiki</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">5--QR codes with directions vocabulary taking students to different locations on a map secured to the bulletin board </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The students were engaged the entire time! </span><br />
<br />KLarsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903754126541001479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-10752617292301569062014-04-29T13:35:00.001-05:002014-04-29T13:36:16.613-05:00Plickers - Paper Clickers<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11251786478133215615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-37806189836243792412014-04-21T12:58:00.000-05:002014-04-21T13:12:47.321-05:00Google Add Ons<h4>
<u>Synergyze</u> <span style="font-weight: normal;">presents the top 10 Google Docs and Google Sheets Add-ons for Education. I have used Doctopus and Flubaroo which I really like. Experiment today with these add-ons. Click on the following link.</span></h4>
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<br />Crystal Surberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13241469019473815010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-80177639412290063792014-04-01T11:20:00.000-05:002014-04-01T11:20:01.208-05:00Educanon- Create Your Own Interactive Videos!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using<b><span style="color: #38761d;"> <span style="font-size: large;">EduCannon</span></span></b> can help teachers turn what would be passive video content into an active video lesson for students. You can choose a video from You Tube, Teacher Tube, etc. and personalize it by adding questions, lesson information, posting videos, and adding URL's.</span></div>
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Amy Farisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510208273394671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-72622823505511143922014-04-01T09:00:00.000-05:002014-12-19T12:05:49.179-05:00PostagramSend your photos as postcards. Here is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends while away. Create your postcard by adding a message and a photo (from your phone, computer, Instagram or Facebook). The postcards are printed on glossy paper-99¢ for US delivery and $1.99 for outside the US. The photo is a 3x3 print that can be taken off the postcard and displayed. <br />
There is also a Postagram App. <a href="http://postagramapp.com/">http://postagramapp.com/</a> Check it out!<br />
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Lisa Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17224605332146725996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-71570628129167075842014-04-01T08:00:00.000-05:002014-04-01T08:00:04.915-05:00Are you Searching for an App? Check out this tool.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhRqCzSWOM1wx4Z4peEI3kZLl3s2m2OGgAhy9soVD5HNAjN5WfkBdHNiAVKgGBCkS3y9sdQiWZMpyjiVpHgztQ2cQZf0G322ZaTBJhEIq_uDfL1OQMKeqv6MgaTq-rzDwWjpQ8fGDMYh6TbO-b1snL7-qt8OFZio1sNaGBsb_BYhZV5qcw=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cdn.thedroidguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/quixeylogo.png" height="101" width="320" /></a>Have you searched for hours and hours looking for an App to use in your classroom, only to get side tracked by another link that looked interesting. If you can relate, then you should check out <a href="https://www.quixey.com/" target="_blank">Quixey</a>. It is a search engine for apps. You can choose from 5 platforms to help narrow your search. Once you search, you get all the information about the apps, as well as screen shots of the app and the cost.<br />
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at <a href="https://getkahoot.com/">https://getkahoot.com/</a><br />
Sign up for a free account and then build your own multiple choice quiz or survey. When done, start the quiz. Students sign in using the the code provided. They can use laptops, ipads, ipods or even their cell phones. Then they compete against the class to see how many they can get right. Kahoot automatically shows the scores and rankings of the class. At the end, you can download student scores as a formative assessment. Try it! It's easy....<br />
<br />Heidi Overfelthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11032740147499228823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-53382033256879022752014-03-31T10:56:00.002-05:002014-03-31T10:56:55.847-05:00eduClipper - clip anything. share everything<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;">eduClipper<span id="goog_258475295"></span></span> is a visual bookmarking tool. You can use the eduClipper bookmarklet to
add "clips" (bookmarks) to your eduClipper boards. But eduClipper is much more
than a visual bookmarking service. You can add PowerPoint, PDF, and image files
to your boards. You can also add links to videos to your boards. You can play
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class boards through your eduClipper account. As the teacher you have complete
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KLarsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903754126541001479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-91341801764011285012014-03-21T11:30:00.000-05:002014-03-27T12:49:59.224-05:00Class Charts<h2>
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Lauren Millnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931193699297961806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-6851248926538372512014-03-04T12:16:00.001-05:002014-03-04T12:17:37.556-05:00PurposeGames<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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play games. You can create and play two styles of games on
Purpose Games. The simpler of the two styles is a multiple choice
game. The other style uses images and maps on which players have to name the
places represented by placemarks on the image or map. For an example, try this
game about <a href="http://www.purposegames.com/game/clouds-game" target="_blank">clouds</a>. </span></div>
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Eb Morejonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16397357959586302154noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-56760802887503624732014-03-03T06:00:00.000-05:002014-03-03T06:00:02.652-05:00WordCounter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Do you feel like you or your students seem to use the same words over and over in your writings? Check out <a href="http://www.wordcounter.com/" target="_blank">WordCounter</a> to find out if it's true! Copy and paste your writing in the WordCounter, and it will generate a list of your most frequently used words, and how many times you've used each word. Maybe you are over using certain words.....is everything a "conflict" or are all things "beautiful"? Use WordCounter to help you make your writing less redundant!<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14195513972366578813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-51486072168999045762014-03-01T15:34:00.000-05:002014-02-17T15:39:37.528-05:00<h2>
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Keep students on task by setting a timer! Simply type "set timer" then the amount of time (ex: set timer 7 seconds) into the Google search bar and not only will Google count down for you but it will also sound a beep when time is up! Watch the video then try it yourself!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11251786478133215615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-65774032302524630902014-02-18T08:11:00.003-05:002014-02-18T08:11:42.557-05:00Groovy Grader<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This app lets you replace your old paper grading calculator and it is free for iPads, iPod Touches and iPhones. It is by DryRain Technologies.<br />
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The screenshot below shows the options for using the Groovy Grader. Just type in the number of questions, then choose how you want to view by: show number wrong or show number correct, has the option to display the grade as a whole number or with one decimal place.<br />
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<br />Crystal Surberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13241469019473815010noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-84292336802134666092014-02-10T14:49:00.003-05:002014-02-10T14:49:37.370-05:00Scheduling Made Easy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Are you tired of sending multiple e-mails back and forth trying to schedule a time to meet? Try <a href="http://whenisgood.net./">Whenisgood.net.</a> No sign-up required.<br />
1. Create an event/meeting<br />
2. Click the grid for all the times that are good for you and you will get a link to email to your invitees.<br />
3. They see your proposed times and click on when they are free.<br />
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Check out this how to video to see how simple this tool is to use. <a href="http://whenisgood.net/Videos;jsessionid=2D9D1719536090F8083F0B808277C040" target="_blank">Click here.</a><br />
<br />Bethany Butcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754792782974023737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-60258508946335261962014-02-07T10:07:00.000-05:002014-02-07T10:07:00.419-05:00ThingLink- Make Images Interactive<span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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Amy Farisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12510208273394671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-87482794967195750932014-02-03T10:16:00.000-05:002014-12-19T12:09:05.750-05:00Eyejot-Online Video Messaging Create and send personal video messages to anyone. Record new videos or select existing ones and send them to one person or a group of people. There is nothing to install. You can use eyejot on your computer, laptop and/or mobile devices. With eyejot you can take the time to see who actually watched your video. Check out <a href="http://www.eyejot.com/">www.eyejot.com</a> for Free!<br />
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Lisa Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17224605332146725996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-49723372498781612042014-01-30T12:03:00.000-05:002014-01-30T12:05:05.053-05:00Wii Math<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: left;">
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Engage Your K-7 Students through Gaming Technology</strong></span> <span class="byLine">by
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Schools are using gaming technology as a way to engage
learners and connect with technology tools familiar to students. The authors
have embraced the Nintentdo Wii as a tool to support math instruction, allowing
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production tools that generate scores, times and rankings for students to
explore and discuss in the mathematics classroom. As students play the games,
their teacher has an opportunity to guide them through rich dialogues, posing
questions to elicit mathematical thinking.This book includes 48 lesson sparks organized by grade level
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<a href="http://remind101.com/" style="color: #2779d6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Remind 101</a> has been busy to start 2014. Earlier this month they introduced the option to <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/01/now-you-can-download-your-remind-101.html" style="color: #2779d6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">download your message history as a PDF</a>. This week they introduced the option to send text messages to subgroups of students and parents. Previously you could only send messages to your entire class list. Now you can send text messages to a group as small as three students and parents. When you use this new feature that Remind 101 calls "send a few" you still have all of the protections of Remind 101's system that hides your real phone number from students and hides your students' phone numbers from you.</div>
Lauren Millnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14931193699297961806noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7581577770418728820.post-53319576849959605532014-01-06T07:00:00.000-05:002014-01-06T07:00:04.199-05:00iCell App<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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iCell is a free app in the iTunes store. It gives students a great 3-D visual of plant, animal, and bacteria cells. Click on an organelle and the app zooms in, giving you not only an up close view, but also a definition of the organelle. The definitions come in three reading levels: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced. Only have one iPad/iPod/iPhone? Not to worry, you can show it under your document camera for a large group discussion. <br />
Requires iOs 4.3 or later and is compatible with iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14195513972366578813noreply@blogger.com1