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Stumbled across this today as my co-worker and I were watching a Google Zombie challenge-- and it looks promising for easy sharing of URLs. ShoutKey was created by someone that wanted to quickly share a link to others collaborating in small groups rather than trying to get an email, or write out the long URL--ShoutKey gives you a QR code or a common word as a hyperlink to share with a set expiration time. Works pretty well. I could see the benefit of using it with students collaborating and needing to quickly share a cool find.
Last fall I had the pleasure of presenting and attending TCCA for the first time. If you are in the Houston area, this is an AMAZING and FREE edtech professional development. Not only were the sessions great, but there was an Apple academy, lunch was provided and they had giveaways! Did I mention it was free! A must do so please check out the flyer below and register now! It is a great time!! I plan on going (and hopefully presenting) again!
Well I am half way through a power week of edtech at the Texas Computer Educators Conference in Austin, Texas. If you haven't ever gone- GO! There are so many presentations on all things edtech that are instructional and curriculum based. As an educator you will get tones of 'take aways' that will make your head hurt ...(but in a good way). I know I have been a bit 'radio silent' but I will catch up this week. I was excited to present again with @tw33terW again on Symbaloo, Edmodo, and the whole middle team for TechFAT. I have linked to all the presentations here if you want to take a look at them yourself.
I had a great opportunity to work with my campus staff on an early release and we did a little CSI activity using their document cameras. It was great fun and we had some great feedback. It was hands on - and with enough time and cameras set up that all my teachers could participate. I think had I made it more elaborate to incorporate both types of document cameras we had together, rather than splitting the two into groups I would have had more confusion, but something to think about. The teachers always want more time to learn - so this time we got time and hands on! Feel free to adapt it for your own use.
 A new and 3 dimensional style of presenting your same old Powerpoints is with Emaze. In browsers such as Chrome and Firefox, you will see a few of these easy to use templates come to life! It makes it easy to take something old and give it a 'new' look. The content stays the same but the delivery mechanism is different. Have fun e-mazing your next presentation! **This is a great tool in lieu of Prezi, but note that it is in an online environment. If you documents are copyrighted or proprietary this is not for you.
 Thanks to Mrs. Hoff for sharing this super awesome tool that is high touch and high tech. Plickers uses cards that you print from their website and then assign to a student to hold up during question/ response. Using your smart phone, you simply add questions and answers then scan your classroom using the camera on the app, and it captures the students A,B,C, or D responses for you. When you log in to the website, you can view your classes and their responses - color coded - red (incorrect) and green (correct). I find this is easy to use when incorporating a PowerPoint or simply a paper quiz by groups to respond to as a formative assessment tool. Students enjoy it once they realize the direction they point the card determines their answer submitted to me. Have fun plicking!
One of our new team members at work shared this cute plug in that creates embeddable 'bling' titles for you. You simply type in your text, select a glitter style and copy the embed code to paste. *Note: It is a flash based plug in, which means if you use Apple products or tablets, the flash may not appear. It is super easy and fun to use - and if you are into bling...this is definitely for you!
Edmodo has been used for a few years at my campuses, but as a district we are making a big push for middle- junior high levels to utilize Edmodo for a virtual classroom for teachers. It enables you to blog, quiz, share documents, and provides a virtual backpack for all students. They have added Snapshot, which allows teachers select TEKS objectives and generates sample questions so you can get an idea of what students understand. We will be using Edmodo as we participate in the Global Read Aloud and I am excited to get more students and teachers on board! And FYI they have a free EdmodoCon online tomorrow - check it out!
Class Dojo is an excellent classroom behavior management tool that is easy to use...especially when you can just click your phone to track student behavior. It provides reports and you can have students and parents gain access to see what is happening. Use it as a daily routine that students are aware of....they will notice! For those of you new to Dojo - find all the resources you will need here: http://www.classdojo.com/share 
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AuthorI work with teachers and students as a Digital Media Specialist for the Pearland ISD Curriculum Department. My goal is to share innovative and useful information for other educators, as well as catalog my personal finds along the way! Archives
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