This document provides an overview of various tech tools for the 2012-2013 school year that can be used in the classroom, including Edmodo for connecting and collaborating online, Celly and Remind101 for conducting polls and sending reminders via text, and Socrative for creating interactive quizzes. It also discusses using cell phones in the classroom through BYOD and tools for teachers like Planbook and Dropbox as well as resources for students to create videos, posters, and other projects.

1. Back to School
Tech Tools for 2012-2013

2. Social Networking in the Classroom
Edmodo
Provides teachers and students
a secure place to connect and
collaborate, share content and
educational applications, and
access homework, grades, class
discussions and notifications
Currently connecting 9,100,000
educators and students.

3. Use Edmodo To:
Connect safely with students
Monitor academic discussions
Differentiate instruction
Assign and grade assignments
Share and store content

4. Cell Phones in the
Classroom
BYOD-bring your own
device is a revolutionary
movement in education.
By allowing students to
use their own
devices:cell phones,
tablets, laptops, we can
expand the boundaries
of our classroom.

5. Celly
Article from TIME Techland
on the benefits of Celly in the
classroom
Create a poll or dialogue that
is monitored via text message.
Teacher can project the
discussion/results live for class
to see.
Offers group texting, polling
and reminders.

6. Remind 101
Create groups and get a code.
Students/parents text the code
to a number supplied from
Remind101
Once they have sent in a
message, they are atomically
added to your reminder group.
Send reminders, do now
questions, or motivational
texts at any time.

7. Socrative
Create multiple choice, short
answer and true/false quizzes.
No student login required.
Students can answer on their
mobile device or at
m.socrative.com.
Quizzes can be teacher or
student led, can be run as a
game and can offer immediate
insight into student
understanding.

8. Easy Ways To Share Files and Links
Pastelink - the easiest way
to share files online. Send
files up to 2GB for free!
Link bunch- LinkBunch
lets you put multiple links
into one small link which
you can share over IM,
Twitter, email or even a
mobile phone SMS.

9. Teacher Tools
Apps Web
Planbook
Dropbox
http://
Quickoffice
www.worksheetwor
ks.com/ -
Pages, Keynote
educational
Edmodo
materials made right
FeedlerRSS
now, to your
Knowmia specifications.
Evernote

10. Student Creation
Apps Web
EduGlogster-
interactive poster
Voicethread creation
Idea Sketch Animoto-video
creation tool
ReelDirector
Tagxedo-create word
Toontastic
clouds in various
shapes