Let’s Get Visual“Inspider” Your Students - Enhance Your Curriculum

Meredith Martin - Mantua Twp School DistrictAmy Ojserkis - Linwood, NJ School District

SymbalooEDU

● Easy visual bookmarking

● Create multiple webmixes

● Embed in your website

SymbalooEDU● Writing Webmix● Common Core Webmix● Library Webmix● Embedded Webmix● Symbaloo Tutorial

GlogsterEDU

● Create E-Z multimedia posters / mash-ups

● Unit planning, tutorials

● Students LOVE Glogster!

GlogsterEDU● Graveyard Book Lesson● Noodletools Tutorial● I-Need-a-JOB● Bill of Rights Glog (see embedded Quizlet

matching game)

Quizlet● Visual, auditory

flashcards● Review as cards,

game format● Create new, access

existing sets● Embed, mix with

other 2.0 tools

Quizlet● Geography - US Capitals Review● Prepositions Review● Ultimate Spanish Beginner Set● Bill of Rights (game format, embedded in

Glogster)

Pinterest● Visual, social

bookmarking● Tons of

educational resources

● Collaborate on boards with colleagues

Pinterest● Guide to Pinterest in education● Education Category● Teachers Stuck on Pinterest● Meredith’s Boards● Amy’s Boards

Pinners & Boards To Follow

● 5 Power Pinners● TES Teaching

Resources● Shelly Terrell● Kathy Shrock● Awesome Web

Tools

● Mrs. Malespina● Library Link NJ● Cool Cat Teacher● TechChef4u● School Library

Program

Google Lit Trips● Google Lit Trips

combine literature and Google Earth

● Choose from the library or create your own

Google Lit Trips● Make Way For Ducklings● My Brother Sam Is Dead● About Google Lit Trips● Lit Trips Tutorials

Smore● Quick and easy digital

flyers● Great for classroom

newsletters● Students can create

flyers for books, authors, and more.

SMoRe● Event Flyer● Portfolio● Newsletter● Report● Guide● Smore Tutorial (Also includes Weebly and Google Sites)

BlendSpace - Formerly Edcanvas

● Organize digital resources into lessons

● Measure student progress with quizzes and other tools

Blendspace● Blendspace in the classroom● Blendspace Overview● Blendspace Gallery of Lessons

Popboardz● Presentation &

portfolio tool for iPads

● Add PDFs, images, videos, and more

● Connects with Dropbox

Popboardz● E-Learning Tech Tool Series -

Popboardz● Popboardz overview

WorD CLOUDS

visual search enginesQuintura for Kids (elem-MS)

● Based on yahoo kids

KidRex (elementary)

● Powered by Google Safe Search● Search results display homepage● Image search = kid’s drawings (fun!)

iseek education (middle-HS)

● Non-commercial, vetted sites● Authentic language search

Lucidpress● Desktop

publishing in the cloud

● Alternative to MS Publisher

● Collaborative

Lucidpress● Lucidpress in 60 Seconds● Collaboratively Create Multimedia

Documents With Lucidpress● Sample Document

Animoto & VoicethreadAnimoto● E-Z quick movie creation ● Add music & theme● Share out via FB, etc.

VoiceThread● Collaborative multimedia,

storytelling, discussion tool● Invites conversation -

voice-over, doodle, text● Awesome-ly interactive!

Voicethread ● VoiceThread Library k-12 ideas● Using Smartboard with VoiceThread● Voicethread in Education - oodles of

examples k-12

Mural.ly● Visual

collaboration tool● Add images,

sticky notes, videos, documents, etc.

Mural.ly● Sample Murals● Mural.ly in Education● Visible Thinking With Mural.ly● Mural.ly Challenge

Haiku Deck● Simple, Elegant

Slideshows● Creative

Commons Images● Share Online● Avoid ‘Death By

Powerpoint’

Haiku Deck● Samples

○ Titanic○ 5 Senses○ Tornadoes○ Cutting to the Core

● Haiku Deck Tutorial

ThingLink

● Create interactive images with music, video, text tags, quizlet, twitter “tags”

● “Tag” images using browser plugin (similar to Pinterest)

● Use searchable image library, own content

thinglink● Abe Lincoln Facts● Kinder Homework● Tons of Thinglink EDU examples ● Interactive Resume (idea for “Meet the

Media Specialist”)

infographicsPiktochart● Step-by-step instructions

to create infographic● Free acc’t. with themes

Infogr.am● Create infographic with

data (Excel), graphics● Share & embed

INFOGRAPHICS● Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Info. (Info. as

Creative Assessment)● NYTimes Teaching with Infographics

(NYTimes maps, charts, graphs)● Kids Discover (download the free monthly

info.)

Padlet - Formerly Wallwisher

● Virtual Post-it Notes

● Add text, links, videos, and more

● Collaborative boards let students work together

Padlet● How to use Padlet in the classroom● 105 Classroom Ideas● Padlet Gallery● Padlet Tutorial● Padlet Resources

Evernote● Remember

Everything!● Store and

organize notes, images, websites, and more

● Great for student research

Evernote● 10 tips for using Evernote in the

classroom● Evernote for the classroom● Organize your classroom work with

Evernote● Evernote for Educators

Educlipper● Instead of Pins, you have CLIPS!● Install

● “Clip” sites, docs, videos, images & add to boards

● Collaborative, student-friendly,

● Searchable by subject, format

educlipper

● Popular Clips (revised daily)● Recent Clips● Creating an eduClip (video)

Story Me● Comic-style page

creator● Use images from

camera roll● Add speech

bubbles & captions

● Image filters

Story Me● About Story Me● Project Idea - Types of Sentences● Story Me Tutorial

QR Codes● Scan QR codes to

access more information

● Multiple types of resources can be used

● Make lessons interactive

QR Codes● Roll & Reflect With QR Codes● Using QR Codes to Differentiate

Instruction● Audio QR Codes● QR Codes in the Library● QR Codes in the Classroom

Voki & Tellagami● Create speaking

avatars● Use for poems,

writing, tutorials, showing understanding

● Embed in websites

Voki & Tellagami● Voki Lesson Plans● Voki Classroom (paid upgrade)

● Tellagami Classroom Ideas● Tellagami Tutorial

Meograph● Four dimensional

storytelling● Create interactive

stories● Create map

based and timeline based visual narratives

Meograph● Meograph examples● Meograph on Free Technology For

Teachers● Story-Making Machines: Meograph● The Future of Storytelling is 4-D● Meograph tutorial

Other Great Tools

● Times Machine● Virtual Field Trips● Skype An Author● Skype An Author

Free● Prezi● Nearpod● Socrative

● Schooltube● Teachertube● Blabberize● GoAnimate for

Schools● Newspaper Me!● Scribble Maps● PhotoPeach

Contact Us

Meredith● mmartin@

techforteachers.com● techforteachers.com● @geekyteach

Amy● amyojserkis@

linwoodschools.org● Belhaven Lib Media

Center

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