Technology+Tools

=** 4/10/14 **=

= = =** 9/12/14 **=
 * Augmented Reality Apps **


 * Instructional Coaching Pinterest Board - ** Note additional board links at the top left side of the screen.


 * Genius Hour (20% Time) **


 * @http://www.20timeineducation.com/
 * @https://plus.google.com/communities/104012538187352003800
 * @http://www.edutopia.org/blog/20-percent-time-a-j-juliani

G+ Community for Instructional Coaches Network

Gmail Delay Send Install


 * 4/1/2014 **


 * ThingLink **
 * Sign up for Thinglink
 * Browse featured Thinglinks
 * Tech Chef 4 U - iVocabulary Thinglink

Share your first Thinglink with us on this Google Doc! Ideas for Thinglink:
 * As a presentation tool (instead of PowerPoint)
 * Reading Program Materials, Forms, & Resources (any content area)
 * List of Strategies (with video links)
 * Write Tools Forms/Student Samples
 * Upcoming Trainings (PD for the year)
 * Resources that are available for check-out
 * Classroom Management/ Behavior Models
 * Common Language of Instruction
 * Each student has an account to do: portfolios, parts of a plant, projects
 * Vocabulary (Examples & Non-Examples)
 * Think Alouds for Reading
 * History Lessons

ThingLink Resources/Tutorials Tweet Thinglink images! Channel of Thinklink Teacher Tutorials

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 * Google Chrome Extension of the Day:** Ginger - Auto spellchecks and grammar checks anything you type while in the Chrome browser window. Including Facebook, Gmail, etc.

Look through the other presentation slides shared with us by Jackie Ediger at ESU 9 for some other great Chrome Extensions!

=** 9/20/13 **=

Reading in Hand wiki discussed at lunch (fluency project using ipods /ipads with student self recording and scoring of samples)

Lifehacker article: ** The Best Time Tracking Apps for iphone **

Lifehacker article: ** The Best Time Tracker Apps for Android **

Evernote Users - You might want to try KustomNote with Evernote reminders = = =** 3/21/13 **=

= Managing Email = Tony Vicent's Tips for Managing Email How to Clear Clutter from your gmail 20 Tips for Managing Your Email Implement the 4D Rule Keep Score - Tips from Time Management Ninja Boomerang for Gmail
 * Use "canned responses" when appropriate
 * Set up and use filters
 * Make subject lines informative
 * Set an efficient culture (eg : Thanks in advance for your response)
 * [|Delete it]
 * [|Do it]
 * [|Delegate it]
 * [|Defer it]

**There's an App for That!**

 * Mailbox for iphone
 * Droid Apps to Manage Email

=** 1/10/13 Tech Tools **=

=Classroom Management Apps:= https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id586439658 (Cheerful Rewards Lite) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/irewardchart-lite-parents/id341300694?mt=8 (iReward Chart) http://www.classdojo.com/ (Class DoJo) = = = Google+ and Hangouts = Google+ iphone app Google+ ipad app
 * Lynne's Evernote notebook of Google+/hangouts information
 * How-to set up Google+ hangouts for teaching
 * Google+ hangouts on air
 * 6 Educational Google+ hangouts
 * Google Education on Air

=** 9/15/2012 Tech Tools **=

Running Records Calculator app More info Google Drive app - update released to allow editing of Google Doc (not forms or spreadsheets) Chrome App - does allow editing of Google Docs, forms, spreadsheets, etc. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">EduCoach Twitter hashtag and blog IFTTT Lesson Fidelity Checklists app
 * Guide to Drive

<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Apps Google] [| Doc]

=** Summary of Tech Tools We've Studies So Far and Possible Uses: **= =
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Pinterest - social bookmarking site
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">collect ideas
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Livebinders - way to organize your 3-ring binders <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">digitally
 * Evernote - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">family of products that help you remember and act upon ideas, projects and experiences across all the computers, phones and tablets you use.
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Voicethread - collaborative multimedia slide show
 * Wall Wisher - online notice board
 * Twitter - social media network
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Tweetdeck - social media dashboard application for Twitter
 * Diigo - bookmarking tool
 * Google Docs & Spreadsheets - create and share your work online and access it anywhere
 * Google Forms - easy way to collect information into an online spreadsheet
 * Facebook - social media network
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Tweetdeck - social media dashboard application for Twitter
 * Diigo - bookmarking tool
 * Google Docs & Spreadsheets - create and share your work online and access it anywhere
 * Google Forms - easy way to collect information into an online spreadsheet
 * Facebook - social media network
 * Google Forms - easy way to collect information into an online spreadsheet
 * Facebook - social media network
 * Facebook - social media network
 * Facebook - social media network

= =Personal Productivity= <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Pinterest] - free. Online graphical social bookmarking site. Suggested following [|Primary Junction] for preK-3 teachers, and [|PediaStaff] for extensive special education, literacy and other educational resources. Create boards for parents or students to follow as another way to reach out and share resources with them. [|Tony Vincent] also maintains boards for apps by subject area. Advanced Common Sense

<span class="wiki_link_ext">Learning in Hand
<span class="wiki_link_ext"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Livebinder [|Free Tech for Teachers Blog]

** Evernote **

 * 14 Ways Evernote Can Help Principals Manage Schools
 * [|10 Evernote Tips for Schools]
 * Top 100 Ways to Use Evernote
 * Evernote for Schools
 * Tips for Creating Evernote templates

Challenge Links

 * Classroom 2.0 Blog on Using Evernote in Language Arts and Art
 * Evernote Livebinder (virtual 3-ring binder of Everything Evernote!)
 * Everything AND MORE about Evernote in Education!

=<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Voicethread = A collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 different ways.
 * http://voicethread.com/ - home page
 * http://voicethread.com/share/1797311/ - sample <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">voicethread to play with
 * http://voicethread.com/share/1807281/ - sample <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">voicethread on Instructional Coaching that April created
 * http://voicethread.com/share/1800817/ - sample <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">voicethread on using Marzano's 6-steps for effective vocabulary instruction

=<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Wallwisher = An online notice board maker ideal for making announcements, wishing people a happy b-day, keeping notes (like post-<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">its ), and more.
 * http://www.wallwisher.com/ - home page
 * http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/NE-ICN - sample <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">wallwisher to play with

Twitter/Tweetdeck Resources
[|Twitter in 60 seconds (video)] [|Twitter in Plain English] (video) [|Why Educators Should Use Twitter] (video)

[|Twitter] <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Tweetdeck] [|Twitter hashtags]
 * Possible coaching network <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">hastag : #ne-<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">icn

[|Twitter live chat schedule by hashtag] [|Twitter news template]


 * ESU 6 Twitter user names**
 * @esu6pd
 * @lherr
 * @aprilkaykelley

Diigo Resources
[|Diigo] social bookmarking tool [|Diigo educator accounts for students and teachers] [|Lynne's Diigo library]

Google Tools
Richard Byrnes' Google Tools e-book I for teachers Richard Byrnes' Google Tools e-book II for teachers

Google Docs in Plain English<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">( Video) [|Richard Byrne's Free Google Guide for Teachers] [|Advanced Tips and Tricks in Google Docs] Google Docs self-paced module Lesson plans that incorporate Google Docs Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom
 * Google Docs**

<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Livebinder of Google Form Info - great overall resource Google Forms Intro and Uses 71[|+ ways to use Google Forms in the Classroom] <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Flubaroo - self-grading quizzes with Google forms Step by Step Guide to Using Flubaroo Use a Google Docs Spreadsheet to Send Text Message Alerts <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">to Students
 * Google Forms/Spreadsheets**

Facebook Resources
Education-focused Facebook Pages to follow:

(FOLLOW US!) [|Educational Service Unit 6]

School Pages
Centennial Public Schools Crete Public Schools District #145 Community Prevention Coalition ESU 3 TV Hershey Panthers Millard Public Schools Human Resources Lincoln Public Schools Nebraska Center for the Education of The Blind and Visually Impaired Norris School District #160 Waverly High School Freshman Science Waverly High School Vikings Waverly High School Speech Team Waverly Viking Band York Public Schools

===Nebraska/National Educational Associations/Groups===

Nebraska Mathematics Professional Development Series Nebraska Music Educators Association Nebraska School Activities Association Nebraska Loves Our Public Schools [|NCTE] (National Council of Teachers of English) NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) NETA (Nebraska Educational Technology Association) [|IRA] (International Reading Association) ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) NASET (National Association of Special Education Teachers) NATS (Nebraska Association of Science Teachers)

Professional/Educational Pages
#Edchat 21st Century Nebraska School Librarians Connected Principals <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Cyberbullying Research Century ESL Primary Teachers Edutopia <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|EdWeek] Elementary Teachers Engaging Technologies English Teachers Network Facebook in Education <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Facecrooks Free Technology For Teachers Free App Alert Fund For Teachers <span class="wiki_link_ext">Gateway to 21st Century Skills I'm a Band Director Khan Academy Let Students Use Cell Phones for Learning PE Central Spanish Teachers Teaching Generation Text TED Theatre Arts Teachers [|Two Writing Teachers] <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">eInstruction (<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">interwrite boards, pulse pens, CPS <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">clickers )