tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20305450242540010942024-03-13T09:15:02.773-05:00Troy's Tech TipsTroy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-58376993877907471872016-05-09T10:33:00.002-05:002016-05-09T10:33:11.112-05:00Students' Desks = Letters of Inspiration <h1 class="ap_headTitle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #da0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 36px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 5px; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">No mater who you are, we all like to receive notes of encouragement, especially when we are facing big challenges. So why not do something like this<b> </b><i><b>great idea</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for this week of testing</i> and let your students know how much you believe in them.</span></div>
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Chandni Langford's fifth-graders walked into class Monday at Evergreen Avenue Elementary School to find messages from her. "Learning is your superpower!" she wrote to one student. "There is no elevator to success, you must take the stairs!" she told another.</div>
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"A lot of my kids were nervous that if they don't pass this test with good scores they won't go to the next grade. They feel a lot of anxiety about that," Langford said. "I thought this would be a cute thing for them to walk in to."</div>
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Photos of the desks on the district's Facebook page have been shared more than 10,000 times and have been met with comments celebrating the teacher's attempts to encourage her students.</div>
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Julissa Gomez said she was a bit nervous about the start of testing, but the message from her teacher helped.</div>
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"When I read the message, my fear went away," Julissa said. "I knew I could actually do it."</div>
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Another student said the message motivated her to do her best.</div>
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"I felt like I could do anything now," Emily Corrigan said. "Everyone kept on smiling. I think it was really cool that she did everything for us."</div>
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Langford said she got the idea on Pinterest from another teacher. She said the messages connect with the "growth mindset" learning strategy that she has used in her classroom of 19 students since January.</div>
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Read <a href="http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2016/For-a-classroom-of-New-Jersey-elementary-school-students-looking-for-inspiration-before-a-big-test-this-week-the-writing-wasn-t-on-the-wall-it-was-on-their-desks/id-bbf1c9d146c8467fa3ab53351839812c">Original Article here. </a></div>
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<a href="http://edpuzzle.com/">Edpuzzle</a> is free resource that allows you the ability to customize videos by inserting your voice and questions. Videos can either be self created or from YouTube, Khan
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Numberphile as well. Once a video is loaded, you can create <span style="background-color: #f4f5f6; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;"> a series of questions to go along with your chosen video. Questions are inserted in markers you create that matches the video. The video then automatically stops at those markers and the question appears. The image below shows an example of question markers placed with the chosen video. </span><br />
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Either uses the same features. In fact you can create multiple pages of inforgraphics and then turn it into a presentation.<br />
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To create an infographic, you choose from a variety of themes.<br />
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Choose from a variety of types and begin to add your data in the template. <br />
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How many times have you come across something you wanted to read, but didn't have time at that moment to do so? So you made a bookmark, and then lost track of it. That won't be an issue with<br />
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Pocket is free resource that allows you to save anything you find on the internet and read it later. It can saved on your desktop, laptop, iPad, or phone. Create a free account on <a href="http://getpocket.com/">http://getpocket.com/</a> or download the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/read-it-later-pro/id309601447?mt=8">free app</a>. Anything saved via the website (with either a Google Chrome or Firefox extension), by emailing to <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #535353; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">add@getpocket.com<span class="Apple-converted-space">,</span></span> or the Pocket app can be viewed on any additional device that you sign into with your free account. Once saved, internet articles can be accessed offline. <br />
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<a href="http://help.getpocket.com/customer/portal/topics/190648-top-pocket-questions/articles">Frequent Pocket Questions </a> <br />
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<li>Save videos from YouTube to be used in classroom </li>
<li>Create a professional online journal collection </li>
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Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-85719189494208350242013-05-15T08:37:00.002-05:002013-05-15T08:37:34.838-05:0050 Fab Apps for Teachers <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Scholastic has shared a <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/50-fabulous-apps-teachers?eml=TNL%2Fe%2F20130501%2F%2F%2F%2FMay_Update%2F%2Flessonplans%2FGEN_SPS%2F%2F%2F&ym_MID=1476634&ym_rid=19171038#.UZLaekn4gXc.gmail">50 Fab Apps link</a>. Apps are for both iOS and Android systems. The apps are for Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, Music & Art, Special Needs, Lesson Planning, Communication & Organization, and Classroom Management.<br />
This <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/sites/default/files/asset/file/app_pdf-new.pdf">PDF</a> lists the paid and free apps. <br />
<br />Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-66059134370505403432013-04-18T14:44:00.004-05:002013-04-22T11:12:54.210-05:00Edmodo Apps - Class Chart & FlashcardsAs Edmodo continues to increase in popularity, utilizing the free apps that are located in the Edmodo Store is one way to ensure you are getting the full experience.<br />
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Two free apps that can be useful in Edmodo-created class groups are Class Charts and Flashcards.<br />
<b>Class Charts</b> is a behavior recording tool that allows the user to create detailed seating. <br />
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Teachers create charts by uploading actual student pictures or use the app's icons. Then arrange the charts based on learning groups or minimizing behavior issues. Keep track of each student's positive and negative behavior directly from his/her profile. <br />
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Teachers can invite other colleagues to track and analyze student behavior and attendance. Detailed reports can be gathered on individual students or entire classes. <br />
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Cards can be created or customized from the several thousand flashcards that exist already. Students can and then save and share their sets with other students. <br />
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Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-53423300503920790622013-03-28T11:58:00.000-05:002013-03-28T11:58:25.549-05:00Bounce - Easy Way to Share Ideas on a Webpage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="http://www.bounceapp.com/">Bounce</a></b> is a free Web 2.0 tool that lets you easily annotate screen captures of webpages. You can then share them with anyone.<br />
Start by entering the URL you want to annotate.<br />
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Then while the page is loading you will see why the site is named <a href="http://www.bounceapp.com/">Bounce</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bounceapp.com/">Bounce</a> then generates an image of that website with controls at the top of the page that allows you to draw boxes that you can type annotations in. Then click on the
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Once you have finished adding annotations, <a href="http://www.bounceapp.com/" target="_blank"><b class="highlighted0">Bounce</b></a> creates a new URL for your screen captures that you can <b class="highlighted1">share</b> with others.<br />
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<li>Teachers can add questions to websites they want students to research</li>
<li>Students add notes to researched web sites on assigned topics and share annotated notes with the rest of the class. </li>
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Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-42860227535678371852013-03-07T15:00:00.002-06:002013-03-07T15:00:21.191-06:00Symbaloo <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.symbaloo.com/">Symbaloo</a> is a web based visual organizing and sharing tool that allows you to bookmark websites, which you can share or just use for yourself. <br />
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Each website that you would like to bookmark, is arranged in tile boards, or as <a href="http://www.symbaloo.com/">Symbaloo</a> calls them - webmixes. These can be shared easily with others by clicking webmix details, allowing you to share a the URL link to your webmix, email to others, or embed the code in your website or blog.<br />
A new<a href="http://blog.symbaloo.com/updates/announcing-the-new-symbaloo-ipad-web-app/" target="_blank"> iPad version</a> gives you access to your Symabaloo webmixes on any iDevice.<br />
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<br />Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-85994966911343923472013-02-27T10:56:00.002-06:002013-02-27T11:36:34.008-06:00Tellagami<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tellagami/id572737805?mt=8#">Tellagami</a> </b>is a free App that allows you to create a customizable talking avatar. Check out the video below for an example.<br />
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Easy to customize your own character's appearance from a side menu. Use a background from one of Tellagami's pre-created, or upload your own background from your camera roll or an image you've saved.<br />
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To make your avatar speak, either type the text and choose from a list of voice types to read it out load or record your own voice. Once it's saved in your camera roll on your iPad or other "iDevice", simply sync it to your laptop or email the video in order to share it. <br />
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<b>Classroom Integration Ideas:</b><br />
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<li>A great tool for digital storytelling where students create an avatar with their
own photos and voice to tell a story.</li>
<li>Teachers can use Tellagami to introduce a new topic in place of themselves to their class.</li>
<li>Students use Tellagami avatar to present a short book report. </li>
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<br />Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-42958111303571978892013-02-19T14:12:00.000-06:002013-02-19T14:12:17.660-06:00Mentormob <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.mentormob.com/">Mentormob</a> is a free Web 2.0 resource that allows users to create "learning playlists" for their students or even colleagues. Essentially you can create a slideshow that contains websites, uploaded files, online quizzes, or self written information pages. <br />
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<br />As you create each new "step" containing one of the above, a you will be asked to add a description of what that step includes. The steps can be edited, moved into a different "play" order, or deleted.<br />
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Once the list is complete, simply share the playlist with others with the shortned URL that was created by clicking the <i>share</i> button. As students move through the playlist, a progress meter is displayed at the top of the page letting them know how many "steps" of the playlist is left. <br />
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One of my favorite aspects, is the ability to create a quiz anywhere in the playlist. The questions on the quiz can be multiple choice or true false.<br />
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<li>Teachers can create playlists of websites they want students to use for that day or week in class. Especially useful for elementary grades since students only have to type in one URL of the playlist. </li>
<li> Use a mixture of web pages, photos, and written articles to focus a particular subject. Then evaluate their learning with a quiz inserted into the playlist.</li>
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Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-29201597995826367792013-02-13T14:17:00.001-06:002013-02-13T14:17:04.467-06:00Best of TCEA 2013Each February, some of technology's best and the brightest gather in Austin for the annual Texas Computer Education Association's conference. Over the new few weeks, I will discuss some of my favorite Apps and Web 2.0 sites from that conference. <br />
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<b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chirp/id529469280?mt=8">Chirp</a> </b>is
a free app that lets you share information from one device (iPhone,
iPod touch, iPad) to another using sound. Chirp 'sings' information,
letting you share photos,
links, notes after the user uploads that data into Chirp. Any device
within the audio range that is using Chirp is able to retrieve the
data. There is no need to pair devices. <br />
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could be an easy way for teachers to share presentations or web links
to students without the students typing any any URLs.<br />
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Two Web 2.0 resources that are related but perform different tasks are <a href="http://keepvid.com/">KeepVid</a> and <a href="http://www.quietube.com/">Quitetube</a>. <br />
<a href="http://keepvid.com/">KeepVid</a> allows you to easily download video from Youtube and save it for later use.<br />
<a href="http://www.quietube.com/">Ouiettube</a> simply removes all distractions such as comments, side ads, etc. <br />
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Great way for teachers to preview and save videos to use in class at a later date. <b> </b>Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-65166193860339544832013-01-11T15:16:00.000-06:002013-01-11T15:16:00.183-06:00Scribble Maps <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://pro.scribblemaps.com/">Scribble Maps Pro</a> is a free web tool that is great for editing and drawing on top of Google maps. Unlike Google Earth Pro, this site does not require any additional downloads.<br />
[<i>There is also a standard version that doesn't require
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A toolbar allows you to add to maps by drawing shapes, create place marks, and place text.<br />
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Included in the drawing menu are the following features:<br />
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<li>Pen tool - for drawing straight or curved line segments</li>
<li>Polygon pen tool - for drawing polygons</li>
<li>Scribble tool - 'free form pen' for doodling</li>
<li>Line Tool - for drawing straight lines segments only</li>
<li>Connected line tool - for drawing connected lines (no individual segments)</li>
<li>Draw shape tool (for drawing irregular shapes)</li>
<li>Draw rectangles</li>
<li>Draw Circles</li>
<li>Place text</li>
<li>Measurement tool (measures polygons, and lines)</li>
<li>Markers (a variety of symbols available)</li>
<li>Image - link images to the map </li>
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You can also search for maps that have been created by other registered users.<br />
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Once maps are edited, they can be shared with an URL link, exported as an image or KML file. <br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 25px;"></span>in Language Arts class by inserting place markers with descriptions on the locations from stories that are read</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.4;">There is also a free iPad app (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trading-cards/id555742821?mt=8#">Trading Cards</a>). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px;">Either version is very easy to use. After naming and choosing the subject of your card, insert an image for the card, and fill in information specific to the subject chosen (in case of a person this includes background, major events, development, and memorable interactions). Once the card is completed you have to option to print, save, or share (via email) your final product. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 25px;">Students can create a set of trading cards about </span></div>
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Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-22265147016912150232012-09-07T13:53:00.002-05:002012-09-07T13:53:49.721-05:00Free App Friday - TapQuiz Maps World Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Friday's Free App is a great tool for social studies classes to master geography. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tapquiz-maps-world-edition/id424151065?mt=8">TapQuiz Maps World Edition</a> allows users to learn the
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Each region has its own quiz. Once the the quiz begins, just tap the
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A timer and overall score is shown during and after the review game, challenging students<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> kids to improve their previous scores. </span>In most regions, there are various sub-regions resulting in 22 overall geography quizzes. <br />
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<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/geometry-pad/id517461177?mt=8">Geometry Pad</a> is an app students can use to learn geometry and understand key geometry concepts through practice. With Geometry Pad you can: move/resize geometric shapes and watch how its metrics are changing in real time, demonstrate theorems about incircles and excircles locations, and create and annotate complex geometric figures.</div>
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<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/k12-periodic-table-elements/id480742053?mt=8">K12 Periodic Table of the Elements</a> is an app that lets you explore the elements and their key attributes in an easy-to-use manner. Simply tap on the element and a display of the elements name, symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, Lewis dots, and radius appear. Colors change in the table to show classification, melting point,
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<a href="http://www.tutpup.com/">Tutpup</a> is a free site that allows students to practice math skills as well as spelling in an online game format. The site is made for students from elementary through junior high. Students can play the games without creating a login. If both teacher and students create their free logins, the teacher can keep track of student scores, and students can complete directly against other classmates in the learning games. </div>
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is a fun app for students to learn and practice phonics by piloting a
spaceship and shooting at planets to identify each word that has a long
vowel sound.</span><br />
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identifying words, this app helps students recognize common word
patterns. They also will begin to understand how the initial consonant,
middle vowels, and ending consonant affect pronunciation.</span><br />
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is an simple but fun app that allows students to trace letters,
numbers, words, and shapes. If the student traces correctly along the
lines, they can collect items as prizes. The app includes upper and
lower case letters, numbers 1-10, basic shapes, and 3-4 letter words.</span><br />
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helping the development of letter recognition and fine motor control. </span><br />
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is an extremely fun app that helps students master addition skills. By
tapping or dragging number bubbles together to add up to the number on
the fish, students will "feed" their very hungry fish. The surrounding
sea life will blow out new bubbles for students to continue to add
together to feed the fish. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aba-problem-solving-game-what/id354753046?mt=8">WR (What Rhymes)</a>
is a great visual and auditory app that lets students match rhyming
words. After the the question of "What rhyme with..." is read aloud,
students tap the image that rhymes with the corresponding word from a
bank of four images. Once the correct word image has been chosen,
students are asked what else rhymes with that particular word.
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rhyming words (which is a basic component of phonics) in preschool and
kindergarten can help build a base for reading comprehension later on.
Also a great app for speech pathologists. </span><br />
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For each search topic on the right of your screen you will see:<br />
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<li>videos</li>
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If you create a free account with instaGrok, you then have the opportunity to keep a journal of your search results, and can even "pin" topics you wish to save.<br />
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</i></div>Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-43541531164635325432012-03-06T14:41:00.001-06:002012-03-06T15:10:36.662-06:00Three Timeline Tools<div style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; line-height: normal;">Being a former social studies teacher, timelines have always interested me. Below are three sites that allow users to create interactive timelines </span></div><div style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://betterworldflux.com/">Better World Flux</a> is a site that allows users to create animated visualizations of development data. To use <a href="http://betterworldflux.com/">Better World Flux</a> simply select a data(such as life expectancy, child mortality rate, mobile subscription, etc) set from the menu provided and select the countries you would like to see the data on. An animated data visualization is created, which will change as the years on the timeline at the bottom of the visualization change. You can see growth and recession of a statistic over time.<br />
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<ul><li>Students can track the progress of countries from a list of given indicators</li>
<li>Students create and share most compelling visualization timeline</li>
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<a href="http://xtimeline.com/">XTimeline</a> is a site that allows students fine information about featured timelines, as well as create their own. The timelines can be collaborated on, just as they would when making a wiki, to build a multimedia timeline. Timelines built using <a href="http://xtimeline.com/">XTimeline</a> can include text, images, and video, and will accept dates in A.D./B.C. format.<br />
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The timelines can be embedded into a website or blog.<br />
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<ul><li>Students can easily research the life of famous figures. </li>
<li>Students can create a timeline for a specific topic and include images. </li>
<li>Younger students (or as introduction to timelines in JH) could create a personal timeline using their own images and information. </li>
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<a href="http://www.timetoast.com/">Time Toast</a> is free site that allows users to easily build their own interactive timeline.<br />
To add events to a timeline, users click on the "add an event" button. An event box pops up, allowing the you to enter enter text, place a link, or add a picture. Once built the timeline can be shared via a URL or embedded into another site. <br />
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</h2>Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-55671142817522524382012-02-28T10:27:00.001-06:002012-02-29T14:57:10.516-06:00Zooburst - revisited<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCFYRagqAcacLL2KV0s1O7dy4NYJAFhuWCYyYJFI-jVIJPTczMTbFNAB_MG4U0E-DCWAh65g5GK5b1xDK0mYzrbM0LUr6f4C0iwfIbTSG9KwXcVE3fA2zcedSjXPJvL0nVQQBcd7Eyqc/s1600/Picture+1.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #669922; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468526220588831138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCFYRagqAcacLL2KV0s1O7dy4NYJAFhuWCYyYJFI-jVIJPTczMTbFNAB_MG4U0E-DCWAh65g5GK5b1xDK0mYzrbM0LUr6f4C0iwfIbTSG9KwXcVE3fA2zcedSjXPJvL0nVQQBcd7Eyqc/s320/Picture+1.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 90px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://alpha.zooburst.com/index.php" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #669922; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ZooBurst</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">is a free website that allows users to create 3D pop-up books using nothing more than public domain clip art and ZooBurst's web-based editing tools. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDA1CBaO760Nua2Hlq0OJKUz3gWJSJsBtyjr2a8uEhJzk5BdMUthNSDu4OqDH0i8eLzU91JgCBDo4dIFkphM9dUuh1xBpYYX-aAhvPimfsKSX1gxheOcUNV7aE0fM4u4fTvcTo6Xr7v4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-27+at+3.28.44+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDA1CBaO760Nua2Hlq0OJKUz3gWJSJsBtyjr2a8uEhJzk5BdMUthNSDu4OqDH0i8eLzU91JgCBDo4dIFkphM9dUuh1xBpYYX-aAhvPimfsKSX1gxheOcUNV7aE0fM4u4fTvcTo6Xr7v4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-27+at+3.28.44+PM.png" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Users can view <a href="http://alpha.zooburst.com/index.php" target="_blank"><b class="highlighted0">ZooBurst</b></a> 3D books online as long as your web browser has Flash. The books can be rotated in the 3D environment, and images on the book can be clicked on to open additional information for each. [Check out <a href="http://www.zooburst.com/zb_gallery.php">the gallery</a> for examples.]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">While anyone can view the books already created, to create your own teachers must submit a short request form to have a free account created.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Teachers can also create accounts for their students as well. Once a book has been started, the user can edit the pop-up book's page, and background. Images can be uploaded to be placed on specific pages, then be resized and placed in the forefront or background of the scene. Text can be added to each page, with word balloons to each specific image. To create a book in augmented reality, enable the webcam, then click the ZB button present on each story. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Once a book as been created, you can share it with a web link or embed it in a web page. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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</span></span><b style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Classroom Integration Ideas:</b></span></div><ul><li style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Students can create a pop-up book for a historical or literary character</li>
<li style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Teachers create a book for a specific event / holiday </li>
<li style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Make a tutorial book on a given topic </li>
<li style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Middle School / High School students can use to create biographical projects</li>
<li style="color: #555544; font-family: tahoma, 'Trebuchet MS', lucida, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Creative Writing projects for any grade level</li>
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</div>Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-86805250050986377532012-02-16T16:08:00.000-06:002012-02-16T16:08:42.451-06:00Alphabetimals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIep3o-VGZMBx3nAa1vPTbmGlzIaP1NaSVpCn6-w3j7CE8HZKR9u5alQKZl2KCQjQJzvVoDe8f1S-hfIPWvOFw_cRI9z7PyYyCQ1L5vPI07pUZnteM0PxV304lqY1U_3CdVo-vfmZoh4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+4.06.20+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIep3o-VGZMBx3nAa1vPTbmGlzIaP1NaSVpCn6-w3j7CE8HZKR9u5alQKZl2KCQjQJzvVoDe8f1S-hfIPWvOFw_cRI9z7PyYyCQ1L5vPI07pUZnteM0PxV304lqY1U_3CdVo-vfmZoh4/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-16+at+4.06.20+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://alphabetimals.com/" target="_blank">Alphabetimals</a> is a free site that helps students learn the alphabet. There is an interactive flipbook featuring animal sounds as well as the pronunciations of animal names.<br />
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</div>The <a href="http://alphabetimals.com/" target="_blank">Alphabetimals</a> characters can spell out any word that is typed. It can then be printed for you. Overall a simple but fun site for students learning the alphabet.Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-18174231155475728602012-01-23T14:49:00.000-06:002012-01-23T14:49:25.687-06:002EPUB<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyggGQkz8FRE3Yg9grmZnP9kYtpRD-Z4snRy0No668E4sRtf3hQK56nQhlWDscHAicXmjUfAbqOo95JWJrmDFP51R7AHtG_wvKOapnHgoxFi1R5bQRH-8kCbTVoa_3DtTVrwhOUP2uC4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-23+at+2.48.41+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyggGQkz8FRE3Yg9grmZnP9kYtpRD-Z4snRy0No668E4sRtf3hQK56nQhlWDscHAicXmjUfAbqOo95JWJrmDFP51R7AHtG_wvKOapnHgoxFi1R5bQRH-8kCbTVoa_3DtTVrwhOUP2uC4/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-23+at+2.48.41+PM.png" /></a></div><a href="http://www.2epub.com/" target="_blank">2EPUB</a> is an free to use website that offers a simple way to convert text documents into ePub documents for viewing on all iDevices. <a href="http://www.2epub.com/">2EPUB</a> supports the conversion of many file types including Doc, Docx, ODT, PDF, and HTML. You can provide <a href="http://www.2epub.com/">2EPUB</a> with the URL of your documents or upload them directly from your computer. Once the file is uploaded, set the display parameters, and click convert. When the conversion is complete you can download your file and use it on any device that supports ePub display.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Teachers or students can create documents that can be made available for viewing on the iPad or other iDevices.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> Such as:</span></b><br />
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</ul>Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2030545024254001094.post-35653246164461369172012-01-20T11:10:00.000-06:002012-01-20T11:10:19.071-06:00gText<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5svk-yUk8JmtPFKZsiJEGhB3gmIW-daUOWmp5hxMXkuOo_pbLUrDLeNVmTplBSCtdagTRGlQk4fdPUSedf7ILNjJjKNUURpojzmhJT3MZq15LULa-FpPxzygXN4ZbMve4pcKL0k8KRLU/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-20+at+11.09.41+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5svk-yUk8JmtPFKZsiJEGhB3gmIW-daUOWmp5hxMXkuOo_pbLUrDLeNVmTplBSCtdagTRGlQk4fdPUSedf7ILNjJjKNUURpojzmhJT3MZq15LULa-FpPxzygXN4ZbMve4pcKL0k8KRLU/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-20+at+11.09.41+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://www.gtext.com/"><b>gText</b></a> is a new site that provides a great free service for group text messaging by creating groups in the <b><a href="http://www.gtext.com/">gText</a></b> account. You can send text messages as well as share files, photos, and calendars as well.<br />
Your texts can be sent from your phone or from your computer. By default <b class="highlighted0"><a href="http://www.gtext.com/">gText</a></b> keeps group members' phone numbers private.Troy Kuhnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07727559580878519466noreply@blogger.com0