Technology+Resources

//**Ella's Technology Resources**//
 * 1) **Title**: Fluency Finder App: Updated with new features!


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 * Purpose**: Kelly Tenkely has an amazing Edublog on Incorporating Technology in the classroom. The Edublog is called iLearn Technology.The purpose of this site is to provide educators with information on how to incorporate Technology in the classroom.


 * Resources**:
 * apps for Ipads in the classroom
 * using a promethean board
 * Tips on using technology in the classroom
 * Consulting
 * Professional Development


 * Evaluation**: The Edublog ilearn Technology is wonderful for teachers trying to incorporate technology in the classroom. The website offers various tips and information. The website page is easy to navigate and follow. Ms. Tenkely opened up her own school in 2011, so she is not able to blog as much. Majority of the information is two to four years ago. However, the information is still useful for teachers trying to get comfortable with using technology in the classroom.


 * Rating**: 4 stars- Great blog with a lot of diverse information, easy to navigate and fun to read.

2. **T****itle:** 9 Great Book Creators Tools for Teachers and Students
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 * Purpose:** Med Kharbach has a great blog about infusing technology in Education. The blog is called Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. The purpose of this site is to provide educators with information about incorporating technology in the classroom.


 * Resources:**
 * Ipad Resources
 * Posters
 * Teacher guides
 * YouTube videos for teachers
 * Teacher tools
 * Free Downloads


 * Evaluation:** The blog is phenomenal for teachers trying to incorporate technology in the classroom. The website has over 100 categories on resources to use in the classroom. Med Kharham constantly writes a blog at least five times a day. The information on this website is easy to navigate and current. I would recommend all teachers to use the tips and resources on this site.


 * Rating**: 5 stars- Excellent blog with information links, easy to navigate, interactive and entertaining

**Jodi Webster's Technology Resources**
 * 1) Title:** Purely Paperless


 * Hyperlink:** http://www.purelypaperless.com/2013/08/a-better-classroom-website-interactive.html?showComment=1378427406946#c1748443638781371570


 * Purpose:** Kate Peila is the author of Purely Paperless where she demonstrates how to transition from using paper and pencil activities in the classroom to using various forms of technology in the classroom. The purpose is to show people that teaching can be conducted without paper and pencil.

- Kustomnote (easy to fill out note taking app) - QRstuff.com (website to make your own QR codes) - Evernote (easy way to document parent teacher communication)
 * Resources:**


 * Evaluation: ** She has a wonderful, easy to understand way of explaining her methods. Kate practices what she preaches. For every recommendation that she makes, she has practiced the method in her own classroom.


 * Rating: **5 stars- Excellent blog with information links, easy to navigate, interactive and entertaining


 * 2) Title:** Free Technology for Teachers


 * Hyperlink:** http://www.freetech4teachers.com/


 * Purpose:** The purpose of this blog is to document various technological finds that are incorporated in the classroom. Richard Byrne has a passion for traveling the country speaking to locals about the ways in which they incorporate technology into the classroom.

-iPad Apps for School - Android for School - Alternatives to YouTube
 * Resources:**


 * Evaluation: **Richard Byrne documents his finds of integrating technology in the classroom through his own personal travels. Richard spends a lot of time exploring the world and trying new activities. He uses his website to document his finds and to help other teachers.


 * Rating: **3 stars- Good base of information, easy to navigate and read


 * 3) Title:** The Innovative Educator


 * Hyperlink:** http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/


 * Purpose:** Lisa Nielsen writes her blog to share ideas about resources with teachers, parents and other professionals. By expressing her ideas, she is able to tell others about her technological finds and experiences.

- Videos of Lisa Nielsen discussing her experiences and finds - links to online groups which discuss ideas and links - access to Lisa Nielsen's book, "Teaching Generation Text"
 * Resources:**


 * Evaluation: ** Lisa Nielsen uses her blog as a common ground for teachers, parents and those passionate about teaching. I do not feel that her website provides access to multiple resources but rather her own resources.


 * Rating: **3 stars- Good base of information, easy to navigate and read

**Christine Horn's Technology Resources** 1.) **[|The Innovative Educator]**


 * __Purpose__:** “The Innovative Educator is a blog created and maintained by author Lisa Nielsen. Lisa promotes ideas on her blog concerning passion-based learning and embracing technology in curricula of the 21st century. Lisa is a proponent of integrating technologies, such as cell phones, into the education process, rather than ‘blaming and banning’ these devices. I write this blog to share ideas and resources with teachers, parents, and young people. This community supports those interested in sharing ideas about learning in ways that are innovative and relevant to generation text.” – Lisa Nielsen


 * __Resources__:**
 * 20 Different Blog Topics – From Differentiated Learning and ADD/ADHD to digital footprints and using Twitter and Facebook in Education.
 * Books Written by Lisa Nielson
 * Links of online groups where she and others share information.
 * Listen to Lisa Nielson speak on the provided webcasts, audiocasts, and radio show.


 * __Evaluation__:** The blog is very simple to navigate. My favorite aspect is the reoccurring post “The Hottest Posts Everyone’s Reading” that lists her top ten posts and the number of page views for each. If you are looking for great ways to become an innovative teacher, this blog is worth the read. In three short weeks, she has changed my view on student cell phone usage during school.


 * __Rating__: 5 Stars =** Excellent blog with information links, easy to navigate, interactive and entertaining


 * 2) [|TeachTheCloud]**

“Teach the Cloud is a blog that examines the use of cloud computing in teaching, with screencast and podcast tutorials about how to utilize Google Apps for classroom application. Created and maintained by Instructional Tech Support Specialist, Derrick Waddell explains how cloud computing may be used to enhance the student experience in the classroom.” – Lisa Nielson
 * __Purpose__:**


 * __Resources__:**
 * Video Tutorials
 * Waddell Webinars
 * List of Favorite Tools according to Grade Level/Subject
 * Google Resources for the Classroom


 * __Evaluation__:** The site is neat, organized, and easily maneuvered. There is a lot of helpful information in making your classroom a 21st skill center, but there might also be information that is not necessarily needed for some teachers like the post “Seven Search Tips for Travelers.” Additionally, at the moment, author Derrick Waddell is taking some time off away from his blog (announced in Jan. 2013). Nonetheless, it is a site to check out.


 * __Rating__:** 3 Stars – Good base of information, easy to navigate and read.


 * 3) [|Bit By Bit]**


 * __Purpose__:** “This Blog/Podcast is a place for thoughts, discoveries, links, and tips. I am blogging weekly reflections at my school site in order to provide more transparency in my teaching for parents, students, and the community” – Author Bob Sprankle. Sprankle is also posts blogs about Internet safety as well establishing critical thinking skills. This Blog/Podcast is a place for thoughts, discoveries, links, and tips.This Blog/Podcast is a place for thoughts, discoveries, links, and tips.


 * __Resources__:**
 * Informational Links
 * 01. Seedlings Group (Podcasts, Twitter, Facebook) – formed for ongoing collaboration among teachers


 * __Evaluation__:** I like the range of information that Bob Sprankle posts on his blog, and while he does post about other schools and numerous topics, there are few links outside of his posts that take you outside his own site. I am giving Sprankle three stars because of his own post’s information quality, easy reading, and smooth navigation, but overall, a typical blog.


 * __Rating__:** 3 Stars = Good base of information, easy to navigate and read.

**Kate Gribble's Technology Resources** 1. Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere

__**Purpose:**__ This site is specifically a math-education blog and is run by Sam Shah, a high school teacher in Brooklyn, New York. He blogs about classroom experiences, exciting challenges, school/district/state/national news in the math world, and shares his ideas and creations in his own classroom. He provides worksheets, lesson plans, and even research results with his readers.


 * __Resources__**: Sam posts links to outside resources as well as his own resources. There are links to other educational blogs, mathematic websites, math twitter feeds, and a blogging initiation. He provides links to worksheets, tests, quizzes, and other projects which he creates.

__**Evaluation**__: I am blown away by the amount of information and usefulness of this blog. I have followed it for a while now and I absolutely love to read through old blog posts or check the blog subjects (usually Calculus) to find new ideas. He is a positive and inspiring teacher and every minute spent on his blog is productive.


 * __Rating__**: 5 stars- a fantastic blog, easy to read/navigate, LOTS of information, and plenty of entertaining features.

2. Walking in Mathland

__**Purpose**__: "Ideas for teaching high school and middle school math. Innovative approaches that address the changing ways that today's student learns material" This blog is run by Natalie Turbiville, a middle school (although once high school) math teacher in Atlanta, Georgia.

__**Resources**__: Natalie post links to other blogs she follows, external math websites and her own personal units for Advanced Algebra and Honors Algebra. She includes her units and lesson plans for anyone to view. There are also links to the Math SAT prep and diagnostic tests which students can take online to determine what they need to study before taking the SAT

__**Evaluation**__: This is an interesting blog with a lot of good information for specific units/lessons. I really like that Natalie offers her own plans for specific classes she teaches. It's quite organized and easy to read. The only thing I would like to see more of is external links to resources and information.


 * __Rating__**: 3 stars- Good base of information, easy to navigate and read.

3. Welcome to NCS-Tech!

__**Purpose**__: Sharing resources that will be helpful to K through 8 teachers. The goals of the site are to help teachers save time, try new methods and share ideas. The blog is run by Kevin Jarrett, the Technology Facilitator at Northfield Community School in New Jersey.

__**Resources**__: Kevin shares links to blogs he follows, online resources he likes and inspirational videos.

__**Evaluation**__: I like Kevin's blog a lot and I especially like the section he gave to inspirational videos. So often I read blogs and don't really feel inspired or even moved, it was nice to watch some of this videos and have a 'feel-good' moment. I also liked his link to the 21st century skills which had a lot of external links to books, websites and other information.


 * __Rating__**: 4-stars- Great blog with a lot of diverse information, easy to navigate and fun to read.

**Toby Houtz's Technology Resources** 1. __**Title/Hyperlink:**__ [|Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything]

__**Purpose**__: A site created by Kathy Schrock, an educational technologist, who serves to support educators by providing professional development workshops, online graduate courses, and online webinars for schools, districts, and organizations in all areas of educational technology. This particular site addresses an array of support links and provides resources as an entry point to other links, ideas, tips and tricks for fellow educators.

__**Resources**__:
 * 37 different sites to visit to find information – From Apps for iPads, Creating Classroom Web Pages, and EdTech Blogs to Tech Tips and Skills for Teachers
 * Resume of Kathy Schrock
 * Links to many other educational websites, Kathy's Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter Pages for more information.

__**Evaluation**__: I really like Kathy's site. She provides information and links to any sites that an educator may want to visit. The amount of information is infinite!


 * __Rating__**: 5 stars - A great site, easy to read/navigate, a lot of information, and plenty of extra sites to search out to find information.

2. **__Title/Hyperlink:__** [|Educational Technology and Mobile Learning]

__**Purpose**__: A resource for finding educational web tools and mobile apps for teachers and educators created by Me d Kharbach. He is the founder and author of [|Educational Technology and Mobile Learning]. He currently lives in Halifax, Canada where he teaches in the Halifax Regional School and he is preparing his MA Ed at Mount Saint Vincent University. He is working on his thesis on The Use of Emerging Technologies in Education. He is also a web 2.0 researcher and author of several eBooks.

__**Resources**__:
 * Tips on using Twitter, Google Presentations in class, Online Learning Spaces, and plenty more social media applications
 * Information involving Teacher Guides on the use of blogs, Facebook, Wikis, iPad, Graphic Organizers, etc in the classroom.
 * 21st Century Teaching Resources
 * Teacher Web Tools
 * Google Tools, iPad Apps, Content Area Resources, Teacher Resources, and many more resources!

__**Evaluation**__: The website is a good source to use if you want to find information and links to resources. It would take a good deal of time to research the whole site to see what is available, but I would suggest bookmarking it if you have the time to search everything available.


 * __Rating__**: 4 stars - Good site to browse for information and for finding applications to use in the classroom.

3. **Title:** The 20 Best Pinterest Boards About Educational Technology

H**yperlink:** [|Edudemic]

__**Purpose**__: Pinterest is quickly becoming one of the biggest sources inspiration and innovation when it comes to cooking, design, and education. That’s right, education is a prominent fixture on Pinterest now and that, of course, means that education technology plays a starring role. In an effort to help curate the massive amount of Pinterest boards about education technology, you can use this Edudemic site as a resource to finding the Top 20 Pinterest boards that will act as a jumping off point to start your Pinterest journey. The Pinterest boards are curated by teachers, admins, and other education enthusiasts. You’ll likely find some new blogs, tools, and ideas among them. After all, that’s what Pinterest is all about!

__**Resources**__:
 * Top 20 list of Pinterest Boards on Educational Technology
 * Infinite source of finding information about educational tools, apps, blogs, teaching resources, etc.
 * Access to various sites for teachers & students
 * Additional websites for Teacher's Guides to Technology & Learning and the Best EdTech Tools

__**Evaluation**__: My evaluation is based on the Pinterest portion of the site. However, the Edudemic main site is also a great source of educational information. When accessing the individual Pinterest boards, it provides for easy access to the individual sites set up by individuals. The other benefit is that the names of the authors of the individual Pinterest Boards is present. I like the idea that when using Pinterest, the doors are opened to millions of ideas to investigate!


 * __Rating__**: 3/4 stars - Great source for finding information

**Monica Heinze’s Technology Resources ** [|Graphite]
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Digital platforms and mobile connectivity has grown rapidly. Websites, games and apps can transform education. Most difficulty is found in trying to find unbiased opinions of the apps. Graphite is a free service for educators that includes ratings reviews base on rubrics to evaluate tools. Since they are viewed by other educators, it is like getting advice from a colleague
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 * Types of Resources: **
 * Review and Ratings
 * Top Picks
 * Meet our Teacher
 * Boards
 * Blog

The number of Apps is overwhelming in and of itself. This website narrows them down to educational Apps and has various ways of seeing reviews and additional resources about them. It is a very useful website for educators.
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 * Rating ****:** 4/5 stars - Easy to navigate and search as well as find pertinent information.

[|Edutopia]
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This website has many blogs part of a larger website called Edutopia. It has different Blogs for related educational topics. Edutopia goals are to give access to educators and students and the way they interact. They believe that for students to succeed in the 21 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super;">st <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> century they need to have access to the same tools as businesses and universities Their articles include full color pictures and links to other web sites as well as many PDF downloads.
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brain based learning
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Educational trends
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Game based learning
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Information on this website is very reliable and relevant to 21 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super;">st <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Century learning. It draws from information and what other schools have done successfully and gives strategies to implement it in your own school. The topics are current and visionary. There also are also organized in a easy to find fashion which made it easy to find information quickly and without many keystrokes.
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[|SmartBrief on EdTEch]
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SmartBrief on EdTech is a free subscription service to the most current and relevant information on education and technology from leading sources. It is in the format of summaries written by expert editors of a topic of technology and education. It is a daily snapshot of a technology insights from many different sources.
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Daily email of new articles
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Since it searches a multitude of resources, it is like a RSS Feed selector from all those sources. The information is very relevant and from top educational sources. It brings all the information together for a digital platform that is succinct and easy to navigate. It is <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">designed specifically for education stakeholders with an interest in the education technology world.
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Rating**: 4/5 - stars Emails sent directly to your email address is very convenient and relevant.