Session+Descriptions+2012

All are FREE cloud based tools and can be synced to all of your devices. Photostory is better to use if your movie is longer and requires text. This is installed in all computers. ||
 * Session || Descriptions: ||
 * **Live Binder** || A digital 3-ring binder. This website allows you to collect and organize web pages, pdfs, videos, and images into a 3-ring binder. Students could use livebinders to save websites they find and need to use later. Teachers could also use it as a resource since it lets you search by grade level/subject area for binders that are already created. Any binder you find or create can be shared with colleagues, parents, or students. ||
 * **Prezi** || Make your presentations zoom. New features. ||
 * **Edmodo** || Provides a safe and easy way for your classes to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grade and receive class notices. When you sign up as a teacher, you are give a code for your students to join your class.I used this all last year and studetns said it is really easy to reply to a question/comment, upload class assignments and check grades on those assignments. Also provides a community link where you can connect to a PLC in your subject area. ||
 * **Back Channeling** || Back channeling allows real time collaboration between teachers and students. ||
 * **Cloud Based Tools** || Explore some of my **favorite** free resources that can help you reduce stress and get organized online.
 * 1. Symbaloo, 2. DropBox, 3. Google Drive 4. Evernote ** ||
 * **Quizlet** || A fun and easy way to study vocabulary. You can create your own list or use one someone else has created. Students study the terms either in flash card form or from a list. The computer can read the list so students know how to pronounce the words. Then they will use those words by playing several different games. ||
 * **Notebook 11** || This session will cover the new features with Smart Notebook version 11. ||
 * **Clickers** || We will look at using SMART response in a paper quiz format and as a smartboard document designed to give the teacher feedback as to which students understand a concept. We'll look at premade quizes, making your own quiz, and instant quizes. ||
 * **Ipads & iOS devices** || Out of the box iPad basics. Plus, a brief overview of apps for use in the classroom. ||
 * **Photostory - animoto** || Both of these applications help you create movies using photos. **Animoto is easy to use if you are making a quick and short movie with out much text. You can make 30 second video for free.**
 * **Google Forms & Flubaroo** || Learn how to put Google Forms to work for you! Google Forms can be used for surveys, formative assessments, contact logs, exit tickets, and much more! Learn how to create, use, and share Google Forms. Also will show you how to use Flubaroo, a free, quick, and easy tool that can cut your grading time in half. Find out how to use this tool to grade multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank quizzes created in Google Forms. ||
 * **Quia** || Create your own educational games, quizzes, class web pages, surveys, and much more or explore activities and quizzes created by other teachers. ||
 * **Google voice** || This allows you to use a web site to send text messages to parents or students without having to give out or use your own cell phone.. Google voice will thread the discussion so it is easy to view your entire conversation with a parent/student. My experience with it is that parents will respond within minutes to the text message. You will need a google account to sign up for Google Voice and you will also need a cell phone if you want to set it up during this session. ||
 * **Twitter** || Have you joined Twitter yet? Maybe you’ve been thinking about it, but just aren’t sure how it will be useful. Or maybe you joined, but you really don’t know what to do next. Twitter is an excellent way to start building your Personal Learning Network (PLN). Find out how you could put Twitter into classroom practice. ||
 * **Resources** || Websites that can be used as resources. ||
 * **Lanschool** || This software allows a teacher to monitor student’s computer activity throughout class time. Students can be polled with true/false or multiple choice questions. Can send or receive assignments and web sites. Can control what students can access. Can see a history of what students have been doing with the computer. ||
 * **Portaportal** || a web site where you can store all your favorite web sites. You can organize them in catagories. Students can log into your page to access your links. ||