A list of apps and sites that can be used by teachers wanting to incorporate technology into their classrooms.

1. SD 45 Digital Toolbox
Cari Wilson 2013
beta version
for teachers

2. Ø tools to present knowledge
Ø tools to create content
Ø tools to help research
Ø not all tools work on all platforms
(ack!)
Ø if you are in a byod situation, you
need to be more flexible about
what you ask the kids to do

3. “…there are lots of great apps and sites, but
remember….
in the end it’s all about the teaching and the
learning”

4. slide tools
u powerpoint
u keynote
u haiku deck
u all of them upload to
slideshare, which allows kids to
then embed them in their blogs

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6. prezi
" Has an edu sign up
https://prezi.com/profile/registration/edu/?license_type=EDUENJOY
" Like power point on LSD
" Can have more than one editor
" Can be embedded
" Does not play well with ipads (there is a
viewing app but you cannot do much on ipads)

7. movie tools
Ø imovie on ipad or laptops
(easy enough for even the
younger kids – plugins for
the older kids)
Ø moviemaker (free – use
version 2.4 if you can)
Ø Smoovie – make stop
motion animation on ipads
(on Macs, too $$$$)

8. animoto
" can be used to create videos using still photos
" free for up to 30 sec video
" combine images, text and knowledge to show
understanding
" can be embedded
"
ipad app is tricky….search animoto app
download and get it from there

9. pixton
"
fantastic comic book creator
"
has an edu sign up – not free
"
free version also available
(over 13, no problem, under 13
you either need parental
permission or you need to act
as the parent)
"
limited but works great
"
embeddable
"
is not yet iPad friendly

10. other comic creators
" comic life
"
" $4.99 on ipad
" free
" kids combine photos
" embeddable
and words to create
comics
" can save as an image
and put in blog
Toondoo

11. glogster
" Create digital posters than can incorporate
images, text, sound and video
" Can buy an edu account or use free account
(kids must be 13)
"
edu account allows you to set up assignments
and use rubrics
" Can be embedded
" coming soon to ipads near you

12. Timelines
capzles
" a timeline building
tool
" does not have an edu
component
" can incorporate
images, text and video
" is embeddable
preceden
" relatively new
" allows user to go back
billions of years
" $29 teacher account
allows some control
" not yet embeddable

13. voicethread
" allows students to comment and interact around
images or short videos
" has an edu section
" book reviews, art critique, science experiments
" embeddable
" costs money for most effective use

14. storybird / storyjumper
" online story creation tools
" geared to younger students but useable by
older students
"
storybird – base the story/poem on art
"
storyjumper uses photos, stickers etc to create

15. iPad storytelling
" book Creator
" easy to use
" can incorporate photos, images, sound and
video
" kids love it!

16. Productivity Tools

17. flipping your class
"
camtasia/ jing – allow you to create a movie of
what you see on your desktop
"
keepvid.com – allows you to “rip” movies out of
youtube
"
tubechop.com – allows you to take small parts
of a video from youtube
"
zamzar.com – convert files
"
ipad – explain everything, screenchomp

18. working together
"
googledrive – the google suite, which includes
googledocs
"
wikispaces – great wiki site – free and ad free
to educators
" multiple users can work together to create
fantastic sites

19. what are they thinking?
"
TodaysMeet – set up a room and let kids “chat”
during lessons, presentations
" You get a record of what they’re thinking – you
can see who is contributing
"
padlet – get an account, post a question and
encourage students to post their answers
" Can be done before class or as ticket out the
door

20. Graphic Tools
"
BigHugeLabs – allows you to create all kinds of
cool graphics with photos
"
Tagxedo/wordle – allows you to create
customized wordclouds
" On the ipad, use Word Collage (1.99)

21. more graphics
" Text2mindmap.com – free, easy to use
"
infogr.am – a great way to make charts and
graphs

22. Website Tools
"
wix.com
" Easy, free HTML 5 or
Flash animated
websites
"
weebly.com
" Has a free education
site
" Super easy to use

23. this just in…..
pinterest
" Seriously?
" Yes, seriously!
" There are a large
number of teachers on
pinterest who collect
great websites and
information!
Air server
" Install on your mac or
pc
" Connect your mac or
pc to a projector and
then you can
wirelessly project any
iphone or ipad in the
room

24. " You don’t need to have all the
" Start small – try one thing, see
how it goes and then try another
" “If we are engaged, we forget
about facebook”
Remember
answers – “google-it” and
“youtube-it” are perfectly
acceptable answers