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Thursday, December 17, 2020
Storyboard That for the Holidays
From their site.... Sometimes we use the seasons and holidays around us to engage our students in the skills we are teaching. Whether you want to use these activities just for fun, or if you have lesson plans centered around the winter holidays, Storyboard That is an excellent resource. Check out some of the great things your students can do!
I highly recommend checking out Storyboard That for Winter Classroom Activities by clicking here!!!
Storyboard that is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
No Code Chart
No Code Chart is a nice easy site to use for creating beautiful interactive charts and graphs. This is a great way for users to create a wide variety of charts and plot data and then export to their site.
Below is a brief demo...
I highly recommend checking out No Code Chart by clicking here!!!
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Buncee for the Holidays
I highly recommend checking out Buncee by clicking here!!!!
For holiday ideas click here.
*Buncee is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Educators Corner
Educators Corner is one of my new favorite places to find educational resources such as: links, videos, and ideas for using STEM in technology. This is all done by two of my favorite educators Brad Waid and Michelle Moore. These videos vary in length and are fun and easy watch where they cover topics such as: augmented reality, STEM activities, and more.
I highly recommend checking out Educators Corner by clicking here!!!
SplashLearn
SplashLearn is a wonderful, super easy-to-use, free all-in-one online Math platform for grades K-5. SplashLearn is an ideal learning tool to use for teachers and parents because of the educational portal. This portal/dashboard allows educators/parents to create and manage student accounts, track/manage progress, generate detailed reports that can emailed, and even set daily schedules. Being online, SplashLearn is ideal for Remote/Distance Learning and uses Game Based Learning to help students learn and reinforce their basic Math skills, such as: addition, multiplication, and more. Also, SplashLearn has lots of different features where students can play or practice a specific skill or follow a "set" learning path where students complete games and levels collecting coins and gaining stars (similar to mobile games) on how well they completed the skill.
Finally, SplashLearn makes it easy for educators to assess students and differentiate instruction. Students can even use SplashLearn for Self Paced Learn, making it a great way for students to strengthen their Math skills.
I highly recommend checking out SplashLearn by clicking here!!!
*SplashLearn is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
TypeTastic for Remote Learning
*A great way for students to practice their keyboarding/typing skills while school is doing Remote Learning.
TypeTastic is an excellent K-12 site for students learning how to Type/Keyboard. TypeTastic's School Edition has an educational portal that allows educators to track, monitor, and assess student progress. This is a fun and great way to integrate technology into a classroom's curriculum. TypeTastic uses over 400 innovative games, activities and drills to help teach and reinforce keyboarding/typing skills.
- Explore the Keyboard: Unique keyboard visualization splits the letters into nine color-coded groups so students see the keyboard like a map and can quickly find the correct letters.
- All Fingers Aboard: These games are designed to challenge kids to learn the fundamentals of typing. All sections are centered on finger movement, often first separated into either right- or left-hand activities, followed by more challenging games that use both hands.
- Ready, Set, Type!: Keyboarding activities take kids on an adventure through underwater coral reefs, thick jungle vegetation, and serene beach vistas to collect words and letters, with the goal of typing simple words and sentences.
- Master Those Keys: In the final step, students dig into the secrets of fluent typing, challenging themselves with more complex words, building up their typing speed, and discovering numbers and symbols.
I highly recommend checking out TypeTastic!!!
For more information from their blog click here.
ThatQuiz
ThatQuiz is a nice simple site for creating quizzes. A teacher can create an account and share a code for students to take. Also, these quizzes can include images, graphs, and more. Finally, these quizzes can be fill in the blank or choose the right answer, tracks right or wrong and answers, and has a built-in timer.
I highly recommend checking out ThatQuiz for creating educational quizzes by clicking here!!
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
Mobile Permissions Virtual Field Trips
Mobile Permissions is the excellent free site the educators are using to easily send "digital" permission slips for FREE. Recently, they launched a new feature which lets educators send permission slips "on demand" which is ideal for when teachers need immediate permission of a parent/guardian and don't have time to wait for a form to be returned. Also, this is a perfect tool to use w/ Remote Learning due to the closures of school from the worldwide pandemic.
Finally, Mobile Permissions has been hard at work creating Virtual Field trips. These field trips can be an asset to any educator for students required to do Distance Learning at home. These field trips are easy to use as they incorporate "guided tours" of different museums and cities around the world. These "guided tours" come w/ a packet of questions/answers for teachers to use w/ their students when taking their virtual tour.
I highly recommend checking out Mobile Permissions Virtual Field Trips by clicking here!!!
*Mobile Permissions is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Super Teacher Worksheets for Winter
Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for finding educational resources on a wide range of subjects. Educators can find, worksheets, printables, puzzle generators and more. Also, they are constantly updating their site w/ more resources all the time and recently released new crossword puzzle worksheet generator.
I highly recommend checking out Super Teacher Worksheets by clicking here!!!
Check out the new puzzle generator by clicking here.
For my Pinterest board on Educational Resources click here.
*Super Teacher Worksheets is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Blooket
Blooket is an excellent new site that uses Game Based Learning to help students learn their subjects. Blooket is very easy to use and provides teachers w/ an educational portal that allows them to track and monitor student progress while generating detailed reports. Also, educators can create their own educational games or join an existing one (i.e. racing, battle royale, etc.) Best of all, students join all games by a unique generated code meaning they don't need a student email account.
Below is a brief demo...
I highly recommend checking out Blooket by clicking here!!!
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's wonderful blog for the tip.
30hands Learning
30hands Pro is the excellent iOS app for project based learning, flipping a classroom, and digital storytelling. Educators are using 30hands to integrate technology in a easy and seamless way.
• New Features in Pro:
— Enhanced Drawing with Editing, Adding Images to canvas, Layering Images, more! (Basic Drawing is still there, too)
— Share-a-Slide to create a single slide video
— Stop Motion is easier with settings and Enhanced Drawing
— Storyboarding is faster and easier
• New icons from Font Awesome and ION
• added support for iOS 9
• fixed some bugs
• Pro has 2 Drawing Modes: Enhanced and Basic
— Enhanced Drawing is vector based which is huge!
— Add images + photos to a drawing
— Edit a drawing after saving
— Drawing lines are crisper
— Text can be on multiple lines
— Resized and stretched text can still be edited!
• Pro has Share-a-Slide to create a single slide video
— Share a single narrated drawing or image to parents, teachers or friends
— Share-a-Slide allows for better collaboration
— Add video slides from multiple students into a central presentation
• Pro has easy Stop Motion settings
— Stop Motion slides can be within a normal presentation
• Easier Storyboarding in Starter and Pro
— New + icon to add a drawing from slide preview/record screen removes extra steps
For more information on 30hands Pro, or 30hands Web click here!!!
*30hands is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Education Blueprint
Education Blueprint is a wonderful place for educators to find, rate, and share educational resources. This is done a very user friendly way where resources are curated in a wide number of ways (i.e. media, books, podcasts, etc.). Also, this is a great place for teachers to rate/review websites and apps, and even upload resources that they have used themselves.
I highly recommend checking out Education Blueprint by clicking here!!!
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Chronicle Cloud
Chronicle Cloud is an innovative educational all-in-one iOS app for teachers. Educators can use Chronicle Cloud in a number of different ways such as: assessing (using their "traffic light" system), note-taking, providing feedback, and much much more. Also, being on the "cloud" teachers can collaborate and share best "teaching" practices in an easy way.
I highly recommend checking out Chronicle Cloud by clicking here!!!
*Chronicle Cloud is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Microsoft Math
I highly recommend checking out Microsoft Math by clicking here!!!
Otus
Otus is a all-in-one mobile learning solution for schools that combines the best features of a: learning management system, data management system, and more. The sleek new design, allows for easier functionality, a brighter customizable color interface, and real-time analytics and third party integration (i.e. Khan Academy), and of course Otus Worksheets.
Below is a brief demo...
I highly recommend checking out Otus by clicking here!!!
For more information check out Otus on Technology and Learning.
*Otus is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
iDialouge
iDialouge is an excellent site for educators looking for an alternative to Zoom. This is a great place for educators to teach remotely by creating virtual classrooms w/ built-in conferencing tools. Also, teachers can record lectures, create lessons/quizzes/polls, and use it for "self paced learning and flipped learning".
I highly recommend checking out iDialouge by clicking here!!!
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
I Know It
I Know It is a fantastic site for interactive Math lessons grades K-5th. This is a super fun easy to use site for practice on a wide range of topics, such as: place value, multiplication, counting coins, time, and more. Best of all, I Know It allows educators to assign lessons and track student progress to make it easy to differentiate instruction.
I highly recommend checking out I Know It by clicking here!!!
Below is a brief demo...
I Know It is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Verse by Verse
Verse by Verse is an excellent site for creating poetry that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog. The way this works is a student selects a famous Poet and then types the first line and Verse by Verse's AI generates ideas for writing the next line.
I highly recommend checking out Verse by Verse by clicking here!!!
Socrates for Remote Learning
Many schools are now realizing they do not have the tools in place so kids can continue to learn while schools are closed. Socrates personalized learning for the students so they are progressing automatically, and provides teachers with tools to monitor progress and assign topics. Teachers can control the learning remotely or just allow Socrates to adjust automatically - making it a perfect tool for teachers with closed classrooms.
Knowt
Knowt is an excellent Learning Management System that lets educators automatically create assignments that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. Knowt educational portal allows teachers to track/monitor students, share notes, and generate assignments from uploaded documents, PDFs, etc.
Below is a brief demo...
I highly recommend checking out Knowt by clicking here!!!
Mobile Permissions
I highly recommend checking out Mobile Permissions by clicking here!!!
*Mobile Permissions is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Arludo
Arludo is an excellent site to create/find educational games and more. Arludo, is a great learning tool that is ideal for teaching Math or Science w/ lots of features for educators such as: generating detail reports, tools to differentiate instruction, and integrating game based learning into the classroom. Arludo has a nice collection of games that focuses on Math/Science areas like: evolution, ecosystems, molecules, and more.
I highly recommend checking out Arludo by clicking here!!!
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Cloud Stop motion
ideal for educators looking to integrate technology into the classroom and can be used for project based learning, digital storytelling, and more. Best of all, the educational portal allows teachers to track and manage student accounts, organize all projects, and export/watch all videos, all from w/in the web/browser.
I highly recommend checking out Cloud Stop Motion by clicking here!!!
*Cloud Stop Motion is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Knowledgehook
Knowledgehook is an excellent new site for students and educators looking for help in Math grades 3rd-10. Knowledgehook uses "game based learning" to help students learn a wide variety of topics (i.e. algebra, decimals, and more). Best of all, teachers can use it to help to run a "better" Math class and strengthen their curriculum through state of the art online professional development.
Below is a getting started video...
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I highly recommend checking out Knowledgehook by clicking here!!!
Vocab Victor Classroom
- Create schools and classes
- Invite students to join your classes from inside the Vocab Victor app!
- Create word lists based on what you think your students most need to learn!
- Assign the lists to your students!
- Word list words will appear in Vocab Victor's word learning games automatically! Students will learn words from a combination of matching games, associations, word puzzles, and definition review!
- Monitor your students' progress so you know which words they've mastered!
- Encourage friendly competition with our new class leaderboard!
ChronoFlo
ChronoFlo is an amazing new site for creating stunning timelines. What separates ChronoFlo from other timeline creator are the robust features that it has. For example, a user can create multimedia timelines w/ images, hot-links, videos, and more, w/ the ability to turn them into 3D and even embed them into a site/blog (w/ a premium account). Also, ChronoFlo is very user-friendly, has the ability to generate bar/line graphs, and has templates that educators/students can use to create dynamic looking timelines that can be shared via the web w/ built-in social media.
I highly recommend checking out ChronoFlo by clicking here!!!
Click here for an example of a timeline.
Monday, November 2, 2020
Make Beliefs Comix for the Election
*Be sure to checkout how Make Beliefs Comix can work for you for Remote Learning during school closures!!!
Make Beliefs Comix is a excellent site that educators around the world are using for digital storytelling, project based learning, reinforcing vocabulary, and more. Also, Make Beliefs Comix has an abundance of lesson plans, the ability to translate comics into other languages, and recently launched story starters/writing prompts to help get the student's creative juices flowing. Finally, Make Beliefs Comix is a great site to use for students to create their own digital story on the election or what they would do if they were president.Thursday, October 29, 2020
Superprof
Superprof is an excellent site for finding an online tutor in any subject matter. However, not only can a person find a tutor for any subject in any area, it is also a great place for educators looking to become an online tutor as well. Also, Superprof makes it easy to view and rate/comment on tutors to help curate a list of the most effective tutors for them.
I highly recommend checking out Superprof by clicking here!!!
Fluentkey
Fluentkey is an innovative site for teaching a foreign language by combining Game Based Learning w/ Flipped Learning. This is done through interactive animated videos where students then play games, quizzes, or practice speaking to learn a language. Best of all, the educational portal allows educators to track and monitor their students making it easy to assess and differentiate instruction.
I highly recommend checking out Fluentkey by clicking here!!!
Buncee for Halloween
Buncee is a fantastic and simple tool to use for education. Educators are using it for project based learning, digital storytelling, announcements, digital cards, and much much more. A great way to use it is for holiday projects such as Halloween. Buncee, has lots of free resources for educators (lesson plans, i.e. ideas lab), as well as state of the art clip-art, animations, backgrounds, etc.
*Buncee is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Monday, October 19, 2020
Storyboard That for Halloween
Storyboard That is an excellent learning tool w/ educational portal, where teachers can manage, track, differentiate instruction, and assess student accounts in a safe environment. This easy-to-use site has an abundance of teacher guides and lesson plans, that makes it easy to integrate into any classroom or curriculum.
I highly recommend checking out Storyboard That for Halloween by clicking here!!!
*Storyboard That is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Rabbids Coding
Rabbids Coding is a super-fun iOS app that uses the popular Rabbids characters to teach kids the basics of how to program/code (ideal for 7yrs old on up). This is done by uses lines of code where students use sequential and computational thinking to help save "their" spaceship that the Rabbits had invaded.
I highly recommend checking out Rabbids Coding by clicking here!!!
For a more detailed review click here.
Super Teacher Worksheets for Fall and Halloween
Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for finding educational resources on a wide range of subjects. Educators can find, worksheets, printables, puzzle generators and more. Also, they are constantly updating their site w/ more resources all the time and recently released new crossword puzzle worksheet generator.
I highly recommend checking out Super Teacher Worksheets for Fall and Halloween by clicking here!!!
For my Pinterest board on Educational Resources click here.
*Super Teacher Worksheets is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Essaypop
I highly recommend checking out Essaypop by clicking here!!!
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Bibcitation
Bibcitation is a excellent site for easily citing any type of source on the internet (i.e. webpage, books, journal, etc.). All a user has to do is copy/paste a URL or enter a title and Bibcitation takes care of the rest. Finally, once a user has collected all of their results they can export them into an html or txt file.
I highly recommend checking out Bibcitation by clicking here!!!
Thanks to Richard Byrne's blog for the tip.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Charttt
Charttt is a wonderful site for easily creating online charts, graphs, and more, and embedded them onto a site, blog, etc. This makes it easy for students or teachers to share their charts as well as abide by CIPA/COPPA compliance. Best of all, there are 9 different styles of charts to choose from such as: pie, bar, line, bubble, and more.
I highly recommend checking out Charttt by clicking here!!!
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
TeachVid for Remote Learning
I highly recommend checking out TeachVid by clicking here!!!
*TeachVid is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Arcademics
I highly recommend checking out Arcademics by clicking here!!!
Socrates for Remote Learning
Many schools are now realizing they do not have the tools in place so kids can continue to learn while schools are closed. Socrates personalized learning for the students so they are progressing automatically, and provides teachers with tools to monitor progress and assign topics. Teachers can control the learning remotely or just allow Socrates to adjust automatically - making it a perfect tool for teachers with closed classrooms.
Venngage
I highly recommend checking out Venngage by clicking here!!!
Click here for 20+ mind map templates.
Sunday, October 4, 2020
TypeTastic for Remote Learning
*A great way for students to practice their keyboarding/typing skills while school is doing Remote Learning.
TypeTastic is an excellent K-12 site for students learning how to Type/Keyboard. TypeTastic's School Edition has an educational portal that allows educators to track, monitor, and assess student progress. This is a fun and great way to integrate technology into a classroom's curriculum. TypeTastic uses over 400 innovative games, activities and drills to help teach and reinforce keyboarding/typing skills.
- Explore the Keyboard: Unique keyboard visualization splits the letters into nine color-coded groups so students see the keyboard like a map and can quickly find the correct letters.
- All Fingers Aboard: These games are designed to challenge kids to learn the fundamentals of typing. All sections are centered on finger movement, often first separated into either right- or left-hand activities, followed by more challenging games that use both hands.
- Ready, Set, Type!: Keyboarding activities take kids on an adventure through underwater coral reefs, thick jungle vegetation, and serene beach vistas to collect words and letters, with the goal of typing simple words and sentences.
- Master Those Keys: In the final step, students dig into the secrets of fluent typing, challenging themselves with more complex words, building up their typing speed, and discovering numbers and symbols.
I highly recommend checking out TypeTastic!!!
For more information from their blog click here.
Chart It
ideal for education.
I highly recommend checking out Chart It by clicking here!!!
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
Make Beliefs Comix for Remote Learning
*Be sure to checkout how Make Beliefs Comix can work for you for Remote Learning during school closures!!!
Make Beliefs Comix is a excellent site that educators around the world are using for digital storytelling, project based learning, reinforcing vocabulary, and more. Also, Make Beliefs Comix has an abundance of lesson plans, the ability to translate comics into other languages, and recently launched story starters/writing prompts to help get the student's creative juices flowing.
I highly recommend checking out Make Beliefs Comix by clicking here!!!
30hands Learning
• New Features in Pro:
— Enhanced Drawing with Editing, Adding Images to canvas, Layering Images, more! (Basic Drawing is still there, too)
— Share-a-Slide to create a single slide video
— Stop Motion is easier with settings and Enhanced Drawing
— Storyboarding is faster and easier
• New icons from Font Awesome and ION
• added support for iOS 9
• fixed some bugs
• Pro has 2 Drawing Modes: Enhanced and Basic
— Enhanced Drawing is vector based which is huge!
— Add images + photos to a drawing
— Edit a drawing after saving
— Drawing lines are crisper
— Text can be on multiple lines
— Resized and stretched text can still be edited!
• Pro has Share-a-Slide to create a single slide video
— Share a single narrated drawing or image to parents, teachers or friends
— Share-a-Slide allows for better collaboration
— Add video slides from multiple students into a central presentation
• Pro has easy Stop Motion settings
— Stop Motion slides can be within a normal presentation
• Easier Storyboarding in Starter and Pro
— New + icon to add a drawing from slide preview/record screen removes extra steps
For more information on 30hands Pro, or 30hands Web click here!!!
*30hands is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
WordsTool
I highly recommend checking out WordsTool by clicking here!!!
Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Chronicle Cloud
Chronicle Cloud is an innovative educational all-in-one iOS app for teachers. Educators can use Chronicle Cloud in a number of different ways such as: assessing (using their "traffic light" system), note-taking, providing feedback, and much much more. Also, being on the "cloud" teachers can collaborate and share best "teaching" practices in an easy way.
I highly recommend checking out Chronicle Cloud by clicking here!!!
*Chronicle Cloud is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.