The Answer Pad is a freemium, cloud-based app, that creates an interactive dialogue between teachers and students in the classroom. This is done by making a variety of response types, drawings, canvases, and templates available to students on any device with an internet connection. More on our reviews page.
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Chalkup is a freemium learning management system that is built around collaboration. The goal of the of the LMS is to create an online environment where teachers can not only create, send, and grade assignments, but more importantly, where dialogues and discussions can begin between students and teachers. You can find out more on our reviews page. Bunkr is a new, and awesome, presentation tool that is free and currently in its Beta testing phase. You can use this presentation tool to create stylish online presentations that allow you to embed any type of digital content you can think of. It's an excellent tool and a great alternative to other presentation creators, plus it has a ton of integrations. Read more on our reviews page. For anyone interested in sharing their experiences with technology integration professional development, the research team I am part of at Indiana University would love to hear about it! We are conducting a national study to investigate teachers’ and school technology leaders’ perceptions of the most effective technology-related professional development experiences. We would like to share these results with school districts and universities to help them offer more relevant technology-related professional development experiences. We want to hear about it all, the good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between! Specifically, we are interested in hearing about your own professional development (PD) needs for technology integration and your perceptions of effective technology professional development programs. We have created a short survey (5-10 minutes) to capture your perceptions and experiences. You can take the survey here: http://goo.gl/7baL7j For your reference, the details about the study can be found in the Study Information Sheet found here: https://iu.box.com/ist-technology-integration. And if you have other inquiries, please feel free to contact myself or Dr. Anne Leftwich at any time. Bloomz is a new, free tool designed to help teachers, parents, and PTA members share information and photos through real-time communication and coordination. Built primarily for the K-8 environment, Bloomz is an excellent tool for helping create connections between parents and teachers. It can even be used to help find classroom volunteers and schedule conferences! Read more on our reviews page. If you're looking for an interesting and thought-provoking read from the EdTech Leadership position, may I recommend the new post from Mike Daugherty over at More Than a Tech. The piece discusses how a push for online assessments may actually act as a catalyst for increasing and improving technology infrastructure in K-12 settings. Definitely worth reading, as is the rest of Mike's site! Raz-Kids is a service that is operated under the Learning A-Z umbrella. For those unfamiliar, Learning A-Z offers an enormous number of K-6 learning resources to help save teachers time and support student achievement. Raz-Kids in particular, offers a collection of e-books that students can read and engage with online. You can read more about the service on our reviews page. Defined STEM is an excellent service that offers an enormous collection of pre-created problem and project-based learning resources for all core subjects in K-12. Each resource is built around a specific career to help increase relevancy, and comes with all the resources, standards, materials, and so on that you could possibly need. Read all about the service on our reviews page. Reviews | Remind: A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents3/30/2015 Remind is a service that many of you might already be familiar with. They offer a free, safe method for teachers to easily text students and parents. Remind has been around for a while, but they've just recently announced their new chat feature, which will allow for two-way communication between teachers, students, and parents. Read more on our Reviews Page. Propagate is a new service that allows teachers to embed vocabulary practice inside any digital text. Right now the application is in Beta and is free for any teachers who are interested in trying it out. If you’re using digital text in your class, regardless of the subject area, Propagate is an excellent way to help students acquire and practice new vocab. Read more on our reviews page. |
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