Digital Tools/Resource List
50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom
52 Tips and Tricks for Google Docs in the Classroom
Te@chthought, 2012
A Fair(y) Use Tale by The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School
Animoto ~ Create great videos ~ easily
Classcraft: "Classcraft helps teachers manage, motivate and engage their students by transforming their classroom into a role-playing game."
Copyright Organizer Worksheet by ReadWriteThink
CRAAP Test For Resource Evaluation Video by GCSCLibrary
Evernote Note Taking Tool
ePortfolio information ~ Using Technology to Support Alternative assessment and Electronic Portfolios by Helen Barrett. This is VERY comprehensive website on ePortfolios.
Fair Use Checklist by ReadWriteThink
Fair Use Copyright law by Stanford University
Google Classroom
Google Expeditions ~ Use Google Cardboard to take students to places they have never been before!
Google Advanced Power Searching ~ This is an online, self-paced course, which will teach you specific skills and research strategies, while using the Google search engine, to help you with your next research project.
Google Sites ~ ePortfolios or websites
Google Slides ~ Create collaborative presentations
Mind Mapping Research Ideas Video by UCLA
Mind Mapping by Digital Trends
Minecraft: See this Washing Post article for more information.
Naviance ~ ePortfolios
Newsela ~
Notability: With this note-taking tool, you have the choice of taking notes directly on documents or creating voice recorded notes.
Online interactive quiz on plagiarism ~ 2006 Board of Studies NSW :: Last updated 10 February 2015
Prezi ~ Online Presentation tool
Thing link ~ Create interactive posters, maps, and infographics
This project based learning ~ Multi-Media Presentation, Grades 9-12 check list is by 4teachers.org
Share with others in Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides ~ By Google Help
Smore ~ Create interactive - online posters
Source Evaluation Checklist by Cornell University
Twitter ~ Use it in the classroom
UDL Technology Toolkit by Joyce Valenza and Karen Janowski.
Venn Diagram tool by ReadWriteThink
Voice thread ~ collaborative presentation tool
WeVideo ~ Tell the next story with this tool
WordPress ~ Create your next website with WordPress
Digital Curation Tools:
Diigo ~ Save digital information, tag, and organize with this website!
LiveBinders ~ Curate digital resources and share ~ with this tool. It is a digital three-ring binder
LiveBinders ~ How to Screencast by DEH
Pinterest Visual Digital Curation
Zotero ~ Curate digital resources, create bibliographies, and share ~ with this tool.
Formative Assessment Resources and Rubrics:
Interactive Note Taking Tool by NCTE
K-W-L Chart ~ ReadWriteThink ~ I Know, What I Want to Know, and I Learned Chart
Pre-Assessment Google Form ~ Google Form created by DEH to assess prior knowledge, in regard to PLP's, technology and inquiry integration
Project based learning ~ Multi-Media Presentation, Grades 9-12 ~ By 4teachers.org
ReadWriteThink: NCTE, 2011
This is a very convenient, yet thorough ReadWriteThink exit slip for formative assessments.
Shared Discussion Board Thread Rubric by PBS.org
Global Connection Resource Tools:
Google + Community ~ Connect globally
Virtual Antarctic Tours: Cool off with a Virtual Antarctic Tour ~ by Charles Bergquist, July, 2015. Panoramic Images of the Antarctic
Skype in the Classroom ~ Connect Globally and Locally ~ Great tool for PLP's
Skype With Tech Industry Professionals ~ Sign up and your students can Skype with tech professionals
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The Louvre
The Hershey's Chocolate Factory
Mount Everest, Himalayas
Panoramas of the World
NASA Virtual Field Trip
The White House
Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona
Virtual College Campus Tours
Field Trip Series of North America by Discovery Education
View art collections "virtually" in museums around the world!
List Curated by Deborah Ehler-Hansen
50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom
52 Tips and Tricks for Google Docs in the Classroom
Te@chthought, 2012
A Fair(y) Use Tale by The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School
Animoto ~ Create great videos ~ easily
Classcraft: "Classcraft helps teachers manage, motivate and engage their students by transforming their classroom into a role-playing game."
Copyright Organizer Worksheet by ReadWriteThink
CRAAP Test For Resource Evaluation Video by GCSCLibrary
Evernote Note Taking Tool
ePortfolio information ~ Using Technology to Support Alternative assessment and Electronic Portfolios by Helen Barrett. This is VERY comprehensive website on ePortfolios.
Fair Use Checklist by ReadWriteThink
Fair Use Copyright law by Stanford University
Google Classroom
Google Expeditions ~ Use Google Cardboard to take students to places they have never been before!
Google Advanced Power Searching ~ This is an online, self-paced course, which will teach you specific skills and research strategies, while using the Google search engine, to help you with your next research project.
Google Sites ~ ePortfolios or websites
Google Slides ~ Create collaborative presentations
Mind Mapping Research Ideas Video by UCLA
Mind Mapping by Digital Trends
Minecraft: See this Washing Post article for more information.
Naviance ~ ePortfolios
Newsela ~
Notability: With this note-taking tool, you have the choice of taking notes directly on documents or creating voice recorded notes.
Online interactive quiz on plagiarism ~ 2006 Board of Studies NSW :: Last updated 10 February 2015
Prezi ~ Online Presentation tool
Thing link ~ Create interactive posters, maps, and infographics
This project based learning ~ Multi-Media Presentation, Grades 9-12 check list is by 4teachers.org
Share with others in Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides ~ By Google Help
Smore ~ Create interactive - online posters
Source Evaluation Checklist by Cornell University
Twitter ~ Use it in the classroom
UDL Technology Toolkit by Joyce Valenza and Karen Janowski.
Venn Diagram tool by ReadWriteThink
Voice thread ~ collaborative presentation tool
WeVideo ~ Tell the next story with this tool
WordPress ~ Create your next website with WordPress
Digital Curation Tools:
Diigo ~ Save digital information, tag, and organize with this website!
LiveBinders ~ Curate digital resources and share ~ with this tool. It is a digital three-ring binder
LiveBinders ~ How to Screencast by DEH
Pinterest Visual Digital Curation
Zotero ~ Curate digital resources, create bibliographies, and share ~ with this tool.
Formative Assessment Resources and Rubrics:
Interactive Note Taking Tool by NCTE
K-W-L Chart ~ ReadWriteThink ~ I Know, What I Want to Know, and I Learned Chart
Pre-Assessment Google Form ~ Google Form created by DEH to assess prior knowledge, in regard to PLP's, technology and inquiry integration
Project based learning ~ Multi-Media Presentation, Grades 9-12 ~ By 4teachers.org
ReadWriteThink: NCTE, 2011
This is a very convenient, yet thorough ReadWriteThink exit slip for formative assessments.
Shared Discussion Board Thread Rubric by PBS.org
Global Connection Resource Tools:
Google + Community ~ Connect globally
Virtual Antarctic Tours: Cool off with a Virtual Antarctic Tour ~ by Charles Bergquist, July, 2015. Panoramic Images of the Antarctic
Skype in the Classroom ~ Connect Globally and Locally ~ Great tool for PLP's
Skype With Tech Industry Professionals ~ Sign up and your students can Skype with tech professionals
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
The Louvre
The Hershey's Chocolate Factory
Mount Everest, Himalayas
Panoramas of the World
NASA Virtual Field Trip
The White House
Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona
Virtual College Campus Tours
Field Trip Series of North America by Discovery Education
View art collections "virtually" in museums around the world!
List Curated by Deborah Ehler-Hansen