Step 2: The Tools
Here is a list of some online tools that will help in creating a tech rich classroom.
Gmail+: Great way for students to have an email address when they need it for registrations but the teacher can manage the actual email account. http://teachingall.blogspot.com/2012/05/gmail-trick.html
Voicethread: Students can respond verbally to pictures and videos.
http://voicethread.com/
Popplet: Interactive graphic organizer, students can collaboratively work on the same graphic organizer.
http://popplet.com/
Slide Rocket: SlideRocket is a hosted web app designed to take presentations to the next level with graphical prowess and multimedia integration. It is a great transition for anyone familiar with PowerPoint, but who is tired of dull presentations in over used templates.
www.sliderocket.com
Prezi: Applies a whole new approach to presenting by taking a perspective view rather than the linear slide view we are more familiar with.
http://prezi.com/
http://prezi.com/hgjm18z36h75/why-should-you-move-beyond-slides/
Tiki-Toki: is for creating beautiful interactive timelines.
http://www.tiki-toki.com/
Glogster: is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or Glogs. A "Glog", short for "graphics blog", is an interactive multimedia image. It looks like a poster, but readers can interact with it.
http://edu.glogster.com/
Drop Mocks is perhaps the simplest tool I’ve seen yet. All you do is just drag your image file on to the web browser screen and…. viola! Your presentation is born. Each Drop Mock generates a URL for easy sharing. I appreciate the simplicity and recommend Drop Mocks when you need to create an image-based slide show on the fly
http://www.dropmocks.com/
QuestGarden is an online authoring and hosting system for WebQuests. Since 2005, over 20,000 WebQuests have been created on the site. QuestGarden members can download WebQuests created by other teachers and adjust them to meet their specific needs.
Read Write Think: Cool interactive graphic organizers.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/
Penzu: Online Class Journaling (Does cos $50 a year for class, free for your own journal)
http://penzu.com/content/products/classroom
Kidblog: Classroom blogging
http://kidblog.org/home/
PodOmatic:Free Podcasting Website
http://www.podomatic.com/login
Voicethread: Students can respond verbally to pictures and videos.
http://voicethread.com/
Popplet: Interactive graphic organizer, students can collaboratively work on the same graphic organizer.
http://popplet.com/
Slide Rocket: SlideRocket is a hosted web app designed to take presentations to the next level with graphical prowess and multimedia integration. It is a great transition for anyone familiar with PowerPoint, but who is tired of dull presentations in over used templates.
www.sliderocket.com
Prezi: Applies a whole new approach to presenting by taking a perspective view rather than the linear slide view we are more familiar with.
http://prezi.com/
http://prezi.com/hgjm18z36h75/why-should-you-move-beyond-slides/
Tiki-Toki: is for creating beautiful interactive timelines.
http://www.tiki-toki.com/
Glogster: is a social network that allows users to create free interactive posters, or Glogs. A "Glog", short for "graphics blog", is an interactive multimedia image. It looks like a poster, but readers can interact with it.
http://edu.glogster.com/
Drop Mocks is perhaps the simplest tool I’ve seen yet. All you do is just drag your image file on to the web browser screen and…. viola! Your presentation is born. Each Drop Mock generates a URL for easy sharing. I appreciate the simplicity and recommend Drop Mocks when you need to create an image-based slide show on the fly
http://www.dropmocks.com/
QuestGarden is an online authoring and hosting system for WebQuests. Since 2005, over 20,000 WebQuests have been created on the site. QuestGarden members can download WebQuests created by other teachers and adjust them to meet their specific needs.
Read Write Think: Cool interactive graphic organizers.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/
Penzu: Online Class Journaling (Does cos $50 a year for class, free for your own journal)
http://penzu.com/content/products/classroom
Kidblog: Classroom blogging
http://kidblog.org/home/
PodOmatic:Free Podcasting Website
http://www.podomatic.com/login