Tools for Learning

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  Tools for Learning!
  

  Pennfield Website

  Sometimes the right time to look at things from a different perspective is to look when you have been away from the situation for a bit. Here are some ideas that you could mess around with this summer that might be great additions to your curriculum or projects for students.

  • Select activity 100 best tools for 2011

    

    100 best tools for 2011 Page
  • Select activity 29 Best Tools Blog Post

    

    29 Best Tools Blog Post URL
  • Select activity Tools by Subject

    

    Tools by Subject URL
  • Select activity Pennfield Website

    

    Pennfield Website URL
  • Select activity Math Tools

    

    Math Tools Page
  • Select activity Class Guidelines

    

    Class Guidelines URL
  • Select activity Math Calendar

    

    Math Calendar Page
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  Topic 1

  Animoto
  

  Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free, and shockingly easy!

   

  • Select activity Animoto - main site

    

    Animoto - main site URL
  • Select activity Animoto Education Site

    

    Animoto Education Site URL
• Select section Topic 2

  Topic 2

  Avatars, talking things!

  Here are a few sites where you can create avatars and make them do things like talk. There are a lot of uses for these in the classroom.

  • Select activity Animation section

    Animation section

  • Select activity Voki

    

    Voki URL
  • Select activity Blabberize

    

    Blabberize URL
• Select section Topic 3

  Topic 3

  Cartoons or Stories
  Use these sites to give reports or tell a story. 

  • Select activity Make Beliefs Comics

    

    Make Beliefs Comics URL
  • Select activity Go Animate

    

    Go Animate URL
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  Topic 4

  Graphic Organizers

  Here are some sites that allow you to create graphic organizers. Many are also able to be shared and worked on by others.

  • Select activity Gliffy

    

    Gliffy URL
  • Select activity Dabbleboard

    

    Dabbleboard URL
  • Select activity Create a Graph

    

    Create a Graph URL
  • Select activity Mindomo

    

    Mindomo URL
• Select section Topic 5

  Topic 5

  Blogging/Journaling

  Here are sites that you or your students can use to create blogs or journals.

  • Select activity Penzu

    

    Penzu URL
  • Select activity Blogger

    

    Blogger URL
• Select section Topic 6

  Topic 6

  Pictures

  An oldy but a goody. Use pictures in class with these sites and info.

  • Select activity Creative Common Search

    

    Creative Common Search URL
  • Select activity Pictures in the classroom

    

    Pictures in the classroom File
• Select section Topic 7

  Topic 7

  Professional Development

  A lot of this is not new, but you can sure learn a lot!

  • Select activity TED Talks Education

    

    TED Talks Education URL
  • Select activity Twitter

    

    Twitter URL
  • Select activity Michigan Learns Online Portal

    

    Michigan Learns Online Portal URL
• Select section Topic 8

  Topic 8

  Khan Academy

  Check out this growing site and see how you could use it.

  • Select activity Khan Academy

    

    Khan Academy URL
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  Topic 9

  Socrative

  Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.

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    Socrative URL
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  Topic 10

  Other stuff:

  Some odds and ends that may be interesting.

  • Select activity Type it for Language teachers

    

    Type it for Language teachers URL
  • Select activity TubeChop

    

    TubeChop URL
  • Select activity Using Chrome with apps

    

    Using Chrome with apps URL