There is a wealth of research to suggest that vocabulary knowledge is the single best predictor of student academic achievement across all curriculum areas. Experts agree that vocabulary development is an attainable goal. If given the opportunity to...
Improve Search Skills - A Google a Day
Searching for information is a process that involves critical thinking. A Google a Day is a trivia game that provides students and grownups with a playful way to improve search skills. Every day Google posts a question that is complex...
GoogleDocs for Learning on Scoop.It
View Google Docs for Learning on Scoop.It
I've put together a collection of resources for using Google Docs for Learning on Scoop.It and I'm always looking for more.
If you have ideas to share, please take a minute to complete my Google...
Zoom.It: Publish Zoomable Images
Zoom.It is a free and user-friendly Cool Tool for embedding, viewing and sharing images. Just copy an image link into the box on the website and in return receive a link or embed code to your zoomable image. Click on the tools at the bottom of this...
GoogleDocs Presentation: New Look and Features
Recently Google released a new version of its online presentation software and with it comes some additional features that have been available in traditional presentation software programs like PowerPoint and Keynote. Here are some of the...
The Flipped Classroom Infographic
Check out this infographic about The Flipped Classroom created by Jeremy F. Stayer of Ohio State University....
Learn About Culture Through Images
Culture is a very popular topic of study in our 6th grade curriculum. Larry Ferlazzo has identified some great photo resources for Learning About Different Cultures on his blog, Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...for Teaching ELL, ESL,...
3 Interactive Math Tools to Engage Students
The flexibility of virtual manipulatives and interactive math tutorials can provide opportunities for all students to master math.. Here are 3 interactive sites that work well with students working on their own computers, projected in front of the...
GoogleDocs Templates: A Virtual Copy Machine
If you're looking for an easy and efficient way to provide students with a starting point for a digital project, Google Docs Templates can help. You can save time and guide the learning by providing students with a
consistent page format by using...
Manage Google Docs with an Assignment Tracker
One of the challenges of rolling out Google Docs for all students at our school is in managing all those docs students are turning in. Teachers are experiencing the frustration of cluttered In Boxes taken over by individual messages from students...
Collaborative Brainstorming with Google Docs Drawing Tools
To help students develop skills necessary for living and working in the 21st century, educators must provide them with learning experiences to allow them to master the 4C's: creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. Opportunities...
YouTube for Teachers
As educators, most of us recognize the benefits of using video for learning and we also realize that exposing students to the wide array of content available on YouTube can be dangerous. Finally, it's here... The YouTube.edu site!
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10 Minute Tech Tools
I've put together a new collection of user-friendly tech tools for busy teachers on ScoopIt. Unlike my other collections, the criteria for this list is not based on a common theme, instead these tools are included because they will take 10 minutes...
Use Google Docs to Facilitate a Digital Writer's Workshop
As a longtime user of Google Docs, I am very excited that all students in our schools have been given their own Google Apps accounts because I recognize the tremendous potential that comes along with using these online digital tools. One of the things...
Technology: A Tool to Support All Learners
The Goal of Education by George Couros | Flickr - Photo Sharing! ...
CoolTools for Multimedia Projects on Scoop.It
Multimedia projects provide students with opportunities to acquire 21st century skills by requiring them to gather, integrate and synthesize information as they collaborate and communicate within a digital environment. Effective multimedia projects...
Comics in the Classroom
Comics are a powerful teaching tools that provide educators with engaging visual content to support all learners. Not only are the appealing and kid-friendly, they provide an opportunity for reluctant readers to visualize as they read, as well as providing...
Spell with Me: A Tool for Flickr
Spell with Me is a quick and easy tool that translates letters in words into Flickr images. Type in any word and this tool will generate one image for each letter and then provide you with the embed code to include the image on your blog
or website....
YouTube Tools: Maximize Instruction and Tame Videos
Video in the classroom is a dynamic resource for supporting the curriculum and engaging students. A wide range of video with educational value is available on YouTube, but sometimes those videos need to be tweeked to maximize instruction. Want to...
ThingLink: Make Images Interactive
Thinglink is an interactive image tool that provides users with the ability to turn any image into a multimedia launcher. Users can create multiple "hot spots" on specific parts of an image and turn the image into a multimedia launcher. Embed...
Bloom's Taxonomy Presented Visually
Inspired by Kathy Schrock's Bloomin' iPad, I decided to use Scoop.it to create a collection of visual resources to support Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. View the collection on Scoop.it.
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Scoop.it - Collect and Share Information Visually
Scoop.it is a curation service that
allows users to collect information about a topic of interest and
display it all on one attractive visual page. The tool integrates
instantly with Twitter and Facebook, allowing you to share
with the click of...
Tag Galaxy
Tag Galaxy is a Cool Tool to
visually explore word relationships. Just type in a term and watch a
3D orbiting galaxy of words and their associations evolve Click on
any word to move it to the center of the galaxy, then click on...
The Blooming Orange
I've always been interested in new ways to view and think about Bloom's Taxonomy and the folks at Learning Today
have created a poster worth sharing. To help teachers get thinking
about ways to apply Bloom's higher-order thinking skills in the
classroom,...
Present.Me
Present.Me is a free tool that allows you to use the webcam and microphone on your computer to record yourself giving a PowerPoint presentation. Just create and upload your presentation, then use your computer's webcam to talk about it as you progress...
Simplify and Summarize Digital Text
In nearly every classroom there
are a number of students who do not have the reading level needed to
comprehend written content-based material. One of the biggest challenges teachers face is providing text for struggling readers. Technology...
Cool Tools for Teaching Vocabulary
I spent the first part of my summer working with teachers to help them learn to use technology as a tool for differentiating reading instruction to help all learners succeed. During that time we experimented with many different tools for teaching...
WordStash: Build Vocabulary Cards
WordStash is a dictionary based website for helping students learn vocabulary
and more. Teachers can sign up for a free account to create and store word lists
to support written text. With the click of a button, users can access
definitions, example...
Lingro - Turn digital text into a clickable dictionary
Lingro is an amazing online tool that turns any website or digital text file into an interactive dictionary where users can click on a word to view it's definition and hear it's pronunciation. Support by 12 languages, Lingro is also a very useful...
Pulse for iPad: A Gorgeous News Feed Reader
Pulse is an iPad app that collects multiple sources of your favorite news feeds and displays them in a convenient and attractive way to create a highly enjoyable reading experience.
News sources you select are arranged as a stream. Just...
VocabGrabber: Generate Vocabulary Lists from Digital Text
VocabGrabber is a Cool Tool that makes it easy to generate vocabulary lists from digital text. Just copy and paste text into a box and watch the tool generate a word cloud in which the most frequently used words appear larger in size. Those...
Twurdy: Search by Appropriate Readibility Levels
Twurdy is a Google powered search tool that displays results at appropriate readability levels. Just enter a search term to get color-coded results which determine how easy the page will be to understand. This is certainly a useful tool to...
Online Bulletin Board of EdTech Blogs
As a tech facilitator much of my success can be attributed to what I learn through the contacts I've made via my Personal Learning Network. Summer is a great time for educators to begin to build a personal learning network and so I've decided to simultaneously...
Google Art Project: Explore World Museums
As the end of the year approaches, teachers are often looking for engaging activities to keep their energetic students on task. Perhaps you might want to consider taking your students on a virtual field trip to explore art museums from around...
The Flipped Classroom
As an instructional tech facilitator my goal is to help teachers progress through the stages of technology adoption to get to the point at which they are using technology as a tool for learning, rather than using it as an add on to supplement traditional...
Edublogs Free Tools Challenge
The Free Tools Challenge is a great online professional development opportunity for busy teachers provided by Edublogs. Designed to help participants learn to use free Web 2.0 tools, this 30 day challenge encourages us all to try one new tool each week...
Text Compactor: Simplify and Summarize Text
Text Compactor is a free online tool for summarizing and simplifying text. It is extremely user-friendly and requires no login so it's a perfect tool for students to add to their own toolkits of resources.
Just copy and paste some digital text into...
JogTheWeb for Guided Student Learning
One of the best ways to use JogTheWeb is as a tool to create flexible, guided activities to help all students learn. It's easy to design a Jog for success if you set a goal of providing students with multiple ways to access and acquire information....
Tweet Topic Explorer
If you appreciate a good word cloud you might be eager to learn about a tool that creates a word cluster out of the information people post on Twitter, commonly referred to as tweets.
This word cluster identifies the most frequently used words tweeted...
Photosynth - Capture the World in 3D
Photosynth is a cool tool for capturing and viewing the world in 3D. This tool takes a series of photos and weaves them together to create a virtual tour. You and your students can explore the many photosynths already created simply by visiting the...
10 Minutes of Tech for Busy Teachers
I used JogTheWeb to create a mixed-bag of quick tech tools for teachers to explore in ten minutes or less. All of the tools in this jog are extremely user-friendly, free and require no login. The tools are simple and versatile enough to assist in...
Jog The Web
Jog The Web is a cool tool that allows users to assemble tidy packages of web content. For teachers it can be a tool for providing students with easy access to guided learning.
The websites within a Jog are live and can be explored right within...
Blogger: More Ways to Share
Blogger is always making changes. Recently I've discovered several
newer options that make sharing your blog easier.
Share Buttons:
You can add share buttons to the bottom of your posts so visitors can quickly share your post on...
Google Apps Aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy
Kathy Schrock, has aligned Google Apps with Bloom's Taxonomy. Please visit her site to access the amazing interactive map she has assembled, then submit a quick form to add your ideas and justifications for why you might have students use these...
Wordle Flashback
Two years ago I was excited enough about Web 2.0 tools to actually start this blog. I started with Wordle, a simple word cloud generator. After all this time, I must admit I am still passionate about using Wordle. I find myself using it regularly in...
Qwiki - A Multi-Media Search Engine
Qwiki is a multi-media search engine designed to improve the way people experience information by appealing to users on a human level. A Qwiki search delivers content in the form of a narrated, interactive slideshow that tells a story. Although it's...
