Technology Integration

How to Save to Cider

Here is a video to help your students save to cider!

http://youtu.be/6MePu20z5-w

Helpful Links to my school webpage

Helpful Links on School Web Page...Livebinder, Help Binder

Here you will find a livebinder full of Tech Tools that I have and continue to add to as I attend conferences and obtain other resources!  I have the organized by subject/what they do.  I also linked to my Help Binder I have created with directions specific to our district including saving to Cider, etc.

Tips for Finding a File on Macs

That scary feeling when your student (or you!) can't find the file you have been working on.  
Here are a couple helpful tips: 

1.  When in her finder click on "all my files" and browse through them 
2.  Go to software program used to create file (word, keynote, pages, etc.) and try to "open recent items" from the file menu at the top 
3. Try searching for the file name using the spotlight.  

Virtual Field Trips

Technology has opened the door to let your students travel around the world without leaving your classroom and most of the time for free!  Seeing is believing, explore and travel with your students!  Here are 5 links to virtual field trips to get you started, I will add more as I find them!  Let me know if there is a specific place you study and I will find a way to virtually get you and your students there!

http://www.areavibes.com/library/online-field-trips-for-students/  Directory for Virtual Field Trips

http://www.spacewander.com/USA/english.html  Space Wander...travel like an astronaut!
http://nineplanets.org/tour/  ...interactive tour of the solar system!
http://www.reachtheworld.org/ ...journaling about different views in different parts of the world!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ ...PBS Nova
http://www.google.com/intl/en/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/

Quixey: Search Engine for Apps!

https://www.quixey.com/

Elementary and Middle School teachers...you will love this for your iPod touches and iPads!  Quixey is a search engine just for Apps!  You can search by device, subject, cost, free/paid, etc! I love Quixey!

Online Learning

http://www.edutopia.org/stw-online-learning-free-virtual-lessons-projects

The internet is a powerful tool not only for students to use in research, but for you to use in your classroom!  This links to a multitude of sites for online learning, including Kahn Academy, Shmoop (provides study guides), Connexions (chunks of knowledge), Next Vista for Learning (short videos to introduce lessons), along with several others including virtual field trips!  

Student Reflection

Student reflection is an important component of learning!  It helps the student self-reflect and helps the knowledge stick as well as reflecting on what was good or what could be improved for next time...this article offers several ways for student reflection, including blogs, VoiceThread, Elluminate (for HS where students can reflect with students from around the world), and using Flickr to capture student work with images for reflection.  

http://www.edutopia.org/student-reflection-blogs-journals-technology

Shortcut Keys for Mac

Active Textbook-PDFs to Books!

Turn PDFs into an interactive textbook.  Create a free account and upload any pdf to your book.  You can add interactive elements including video, pictures, quizzes, etc.  Classes can be created for easy access by students!
Students can highlight and take notes in the book while they are reading it!
https://www.activetextbook.com/

You can easily save any page from the internet by changing your printer to "Save as pdf"!