Technology+in+the+Fast+Lane

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Brandi Caldwell Brandi.caldwell@sccboe.org Tools that make me **//FAST AND (not) FURIOUS//**: ** EFFICIENCY TOOLS ** Google Calendar- calendar that is web-based, embeddable, and printable; make calendars for everyone in the family. http://google.com/calendar
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**__ Office applications and collaboration: __** Google Docs- office tools with collaboration and sharing kicker [|http://docs.google.com] **__ Searching the Web: __** Diigo- social bookmarks, highlighting, annotations, groups, lists, tags [|http://diigo.com]

**__ Website and communication: __** Wikispaces- student work, embedded stuff, updates, storage all in one spot http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers TinyUrl- copy and paste any long web address onto this site (even pick a keyword for it) and PRESTO! You get a new short url. [|http://tinyurl.com] **__ Image manipulation: __** Jing- downloadable software that captures, edits, resizes, and annotates images from web [|http://www.jingproject.com]
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Fotoflexer- Online photo manipulation program http://www.fotoflexer.com **__ Pictures: __** Pics4Learning- teacher friendly clip art and pics that are royalty free. [|http://www.pics4learning.com] Flickrcc- a creative commons search for photos in Flickr [|http://flickrcc.com] **__ Videos: __** Download Helper- Firefox extension to download .flv or .swf videos (from Youtube) onto your computer. http://www.downloadhelper.net/ **__ Flash Player: __** SWF & FLV Player- plays any downloaded movies or objects that are in these formats http://tinyurl.com/swfplayer **__ Video/audio converter: __** Tunebite- download that takes most all video or audio formats (even those pesky iTunes downloads) and converts them so you can edit or manipulate them. http://tinyurl.com/4ql3q9 TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION TOOLS: **__ Testmaker: __** Quizstar- create quizzes and keep up with data, classes, etc http://quizstar.4teachers.org/

Studiyo- create media rich online quizzes that are embeddable

http://www.mystudiyo.com/ Edublogs- safe, easy site to create collaborative communication with students or teachers [|http://www.edublogs.org] **__ Chat or Interactive communication: __** Skype- voice over Internet app that allows voice, groups, chat, video, buddies [|http://www.skype.com] **__ Music or audio editing: __** Audacity- free download audio editor to use for music, podcasting, etc. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ **__ Podcasting: __** GCast- podcast recording from any phone. [|http://www.gcast.com]
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Podomatic- online storage and podcast making software [|http://www.podomatic.com] **__ Surveys: __** Poll Everywhere- poll the class from their computers or their cellphones (see sample below) [|http://www.polleverywhere.com] **__ Screen recording: __** Camstudio- records your screen and audio, cursor, narration, etc. http://camstudio.org/ **__ Games: __** Freerice- vocabulary (geography and other subjects coming) game that motivates students to get correct answers because each one provides a certain amount of rice to a hungry person through World Hunger Organization. [|http://freerice.com] Template games- games to put into Power Point or other programs that you can edit and manipulate for your classes. http://tinyurl.com/schoolgames **__ Presentations: __** Prezi- new tool that allows you to zoom and move during the presentation (cures “death by Power Point”) [|http://prezi.com] **__ Sites to Explore: __** media type="custom" key="4457633"
 * Elementary Links with subject breakdown: http://tinyurl.com/elementarytools
 * Great list of tools with specific uses: http://etoolbox.wikispaces.com/Choosing+Tools
 * Mostly elementary tools like printables : http://www.internet4classrooms.com/teachertools.htm
 * Games for all ages and subjects: http://www.schooltimegames.com/index.html
 * Games that are socially conscious: http://blog.missiontolearn.com/2008/04/learning-games-for-change/