This amazing infographic provides teachers with a complete roadmap on how to successfully incorporate social media into their class workflow and structure. There are some things in here that I need to incorporate as well!
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Bring your mobile device and your favorite iOS apps for Science and Social Studies with you today to share and learn from the other amazing educators in attendance. I’m a former Science teacher myself, so I’ll include a few resources below to get us started.
If you’d like to share an app, please fill out this form with the information about it and why it’s amazing. Here’s the list of apps shared from the session.
Topics, Resources and Links:
- Apple Education Apps for iPad Collections
- 40 Most Awesome iPad Apps for Science Students
- UEN’s Apps4Edu – search by course, platform, cost, and Utah Core areas
- I’ll add more sites as the session progresses
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Thanks so much for joining me today to take a good close look at your world with Google Earth. Today, I’ll run you through the features of Google Earth, and show you how you or your students can easily create your own Virtual Tours with the software. Let the exploration begin!
Topics, Resources and Links:
- Download Google Earth
- Google Earth online manual
- Google Earth video tutorials
- Handout detailing the making of Virtual Tours is below in the Documents section.
- Sample Google Earth Tour of my UK Trip last summer is below in the Documents section.
Documents, Presentations & Videos:
Creating a Tour in Google Earth (.docx file download)
Sample Google Earth Tour (will download Google Earth .kml file)
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Thanks for attending my session on how to use cell phones in your classroom for GOOD! Please feel free to ask questions at anytime and just participate in the session – all of the links and resources you need are detailed below. A PDF version of the presentation from our session today is available at the bottom of this post.
- ChaCha
- ChaCha Smartphone Apps
- iPadio app
- iPadio site
- Remind101 app
- Remind101 site
- Poll Everywhere
- Sign up for a free educational Poll Everywhere account
- Poll: When would you use a Student Response System?
- Poll: What Cell Phone Technology Will You Try First?
- Blabberize – Fun site to make your photos talk!
- Great Blabberize examples of student created artwork and poetry brought to life
What if your students do NOT have an unlimited SMS plan or even a cell phone, but they DO have an iPod Touch? Try the textPlus app (iTunes link)
Poll Everywhere polls:
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Thanks for attending my session at the URSA Conference today! We have much ground to cover, and I’ll move quickly, but PLEASE feel free to ask questions at any time.
Attached below is a PDF of the workshop for today – the links are active! Just click on the app or service that I’ve linked with the underlined words, and you’ll be taken to that resource immediately.