Technology Resources

Teacher Tools for Instruction or Management/Organization:

• Activate Instruction  http://www.activateinstruction.org/   Primarily an organizational tool set up by teachers and used by both teachers and students.
• Socrative  http://www.socrative.com/  A student response system using phones based on teacher-developed materials, has a demo video to watch
• Gooru: A Search Engine for Learning. http://www.goorulearning.org/#discover  Watch the demo video; pick a topic and see what you get.
• cK-12 Education Resources  http://www.ck12.org/teacher/  Look at resources for a specific topic, sign up so that you can look at one of the “flexbooks.”
• Nearpod  http://www.nearpod.com/  Teacher created interactive mobile presentations
• Edmodo  https://www.edmodo.com/  Classroom management and organization tool
• Review Game Zone   http://reviewgamezone.com/teacher-info.php  Online software for teacher created games to review basic info.

Online Applications for Students:

• Web 2.0 for Education:  http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/web20foredu  A nice apps chart/bibliography courtesy of the Leyden IL High School library. (Leyden is a 1:1 computing school.) Most of these have been around for a while.
• Larry Ferlazzo Newer Apps: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/06/16/the-best-web-2-0-applications-for-education-in-2013-so-far/  This is an annotated bibliography of newer online apps; also many lists here of the best apps to use for specific purposes.
• Phil Bradley’s Web 2.0 Tools and Applications Bibliography: http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm  Can search by application type, seems to be fairly up-to-date.
• Kerpoof: www.kerpoof.com   Several applications, can be used by pre-readers.
• Create - A - Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx   A simple graphing tool appropriate for elementary students.
• Educreations: http://www.educreations.com/  A sort of online whiteboarding plus embedded pictures and media application. Teachers could obviously use this as well, but I would have students use it. There are other similar apps; this one appears easy to use.
• Gamestar Mechanic: http://gamestarmechanic.com/  Application for students to use  to design games
• Tynker: Computer Programming Instruction for Grades 4-8 http://www.tynker.com/school/  Some can be used by schools free.
• Noredink: https://www.noredink.com/  web-based learning platform that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills.