General+Tech+Resources

This is a list to spark your imagination about different ways to use your handheld computer in education. || [] || Technology Tutorials || Scroll down on main page and go to "Free software use for...Education" || Pages and pages of free software from programs similar to microsoft office to app storage programs, free kid paint programs and even a CamStudio which will record what you are doing on your desktop. A great way to teach students how to create something by recording while you doing it for them to see at home and for the recording it to be playing while you are circulating helping. If will free up your hands. || || Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Internet, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into online learning activities. Support is built-in along the way through [|Mentality Tips]. In the end, you'll create a web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything about HTML or serving web pages. || A brief overview of Google products and ideas for integrating them into classwork (all grades) || media type="custom" key="20328848" || This Web 2.0 tool allows you or your students to easily uploaded/imported set of images and creates a "professional" looking video. You can also upload your own music and photos or choose from the selection they provide. The end result features video effects not even possible with most desktop editing software. The free version allows you to create 30 second videos; paid accounts have advanced capabilities. || Google Accessible Search Google Web Search with results optimized for visually impaired and blind users. It prioritizes usable and accessible Web sites in the search results, so the users incur minimal distractions when browsing. ||  ||   ||   || View Web pages in other languages. ||  || Perhaps the most comprehensive image search on the Web. ||  || Search for videos on Google Video and YouTube. ||  || Google helps you search and find academic papers, abstracts and other scholarly resources. ||  || Search engine that exclusively draws from sites with a .gov Top Domain Level (TLD). ||  || Google Book Search allows you to search the full text of Google's large and growing index of books from popular titles to old, out-of-print and public domain volumes. Tutorial - @http://www.google.com/educators/p_booksearch.html Book Search Poster: Discover buried treasure - @http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html ||  || Find blogs on your favorite topics. Results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger. Results can be viewed and filtered by date. ||  || Search thousands of news stories. Google News allows you to search archived news, putting more than 200 years of content at your fingertips -- so you can find primary resources more easily, and see what real-time observers had to say about the issues and events that would become part of the fabric of history. For example, searching for the "moon landing" will return results published in 1969, showing you just what people were saying when the first man walked on the moon. Tutorial - @http://www.google.com/educators/p_news.html ||  || Create a personalized, Customized search engine that searches only across sites that you specify and displays results that you know will be right for you or your students. The Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) allows you to do just that. - @http://www.google.com/educators/p_cse.html ||  || You and your students can collect useful content form across the Web and see it all in one place on iGoogle. Tutorial - @http://www.google.com/educators/p_php.html ||  ||
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 * ===Smart Board Resources === || [[file:Week_1_SMARTBoard_Training_Summer_2011.pdf]] || Joe A. posted these very useful step by step slides. (from week 1 of the 2011 summer training). ||
 * **Smart Board Resources ** || [[file:Week_2_SMARTBoard_Training_Summer_2011.pdf]] || Joe A. posted these very useful step by step slides (from 2001 week 2 of 2011 summer training). ||
 * **Smart Board Resources ** || [[image:plainteachertech/Smart_Exchange.jpeg width="292" height="34" link="http://exchange.smarttech.com/"]] || Find Lesson Plans and resources for Your SMART Board and Connect with Teachers. ||
 * **Atomic Learning ** || [[image:plainteachertech/atomic.png]] || //Atomic Learning// offers solutions for professional development, technology integration and software training and support that simplify educational technology. Very helpful step by step tutorials, Find SmartBoard help, PowerPoint, etc. ||
 * **Virtual Manipulatives ** || http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html || Great website that is great to use for Everyday Math. Provides hands on Smart Board manipulatives! ||
 * **Story Board ** ||  ||   ||
 * **VuSafe ** ||  ||   ||
 * **Netbooks ** || [[image:plainteachertech/Netbooks_Title.png width="240" height="60" link="http://learninginhand.com/netbooks/"]] ||  ||
 * **Handhelds ** || [[image:plainteachertech/hand.png width="347" height="76" link="http://www.k12handhelds.com/101list.php"]] || =101 Uses=
 * **Tech Tutorials ** || [[image:plainteachertech/new_logo.jpg]]
 * **Flip Videos ** || [[image:plainteachertech/flip.jpeg width="82" height="100" link="http://www.pre-kpages.com/flip-video/"]] || **What is a Flip Video camera?** A Flip Video is a small, inexpensive digital camcorder. It’s about the size of a regular digital camera and can easily fit in your pocket. Find out what makes them so special. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Flip Videos ** || https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_6tv55j7g9 || 45 Interesting ways to use your pocket video in the classroom ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Webware **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Web applications ** || [[image:plainteachertech/tonyv.jpeg width="108" height="108" link="http://delicious.com/tonyvincent/webapp"]] || Tony Vincent's favorite list of web applications. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Free Software Resources ** || [] || Free Software Resource website
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Free Software Resources ** || www.sourceforge.net || Free software
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Create a Web-based activity ** || []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Great websites for Kids || [[image:best websites.png link="@http://gws.ala.org/"]] || <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This website is created by the American Library Association. //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">These librarians //<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">evaluate web sites to find the best for kids. There is great variety in the types of websites presented. Some include educational games while others offer more information. Direct links to websites are provided as well as descriptions of the website. A website of the week is also featured. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Classroom Activities with Google ** || [[image:google for edu.jpg link="@http://www.google.com/educators/all_grades.html"]] || Classroom Activities with Google for Educators
 * Animoto || An Animoto video I created to help students learn "Double Facts."
 * || Google Specialized Search Products
 * || Google Translate
 * || Google Image Search
 * || Google Video
 * || Google Scholar
 * || Google U.S. Government Search
 * || Google Book Search
 * || Google Blog Search
 * || Google News
 * || The Google Custom Search Engine
 * || iGoogle