Some of the sites and organizational tools that I discovered this week
Much of our time these
days is spent online whether we are at home or at work. We spend much of our time reading and
researching about all sorts of things.
Diigo helps you streamline the information and dramatically improve
productivity. There are annotation tools
in which you can add digital highlighters and sticky notes whether you are
working on a PC, tablet, or mobile device and they will always be there when
you return. You can build a personal
library and access it anywhere and collaborate with students or staff.
The Science Spot has a plethora of information for science
teachers. You will find lesson plans
& activities for the classroom, project ideas for clubs or classrooms,
science trivia, science starters to challenge students, word search &
puzzles, teaching tips, technology lesson plans & activities, and links to
many other resources. I found several
things that I will be able to use this next school year.
Remind101 is a free service for teachers that allows you to
send text messages to groups of students and or parents from your computer,
your iPhone, or your Android phone. You
will not have to upload cell phone numbers or give their personal phone numbers
out. There are standard text messaging
rates that will apply so it is important that anyone who subscribes should have
a phone plan that allows sending/receiving text messages. If students & parents cannot receive
texts, they can subscribe via email instead.
Only the person sending Remind101 messages (teacher, principal, coach)
needs to create an account. If you just
want to subscribe to receive messages, you do not create an account.
Messaging is 1-way broadcast communication—there is no inbox
of replies to manage and no accidental texts received at midnight! Students cannot reply so there is no chance
of unfair or inappropriate communication between student and teacher. It is not necessary to have a smartphone to
use Remind101. However, you must be able
to receive texts. If you cannot receive
texts you can sign up to receive Remind101 notifications by email. Teachers can send messages via the website by
logging into their account at www.remind101.com. If a teacher would like to send Remind101
messages via a mobile device, they will need to use the Remind101 iOS or
Android app on a smartphone or tablet.
Socrative is a FREE program that can make classes more
engaging and interactive. Teachers can
initiate activities and prompt students with questions. The students will then respond to the
questions on their smartphone, laptop, IPod touch, tablet, etc.. Socrative can run on any device with internet
access. Here are a couple of ways that
you can use Socrative. You can use it as
a single response activity to allow students to reply to your prompt or
question without entering their names.
In a single response activity your verbally pose a question or prompt to
the students and they respond with a word, sentence, or multiple choice
selection. The anonymous reply format is
useful for surveying students if you want them to submit responses to questions
or prompts that they might be reluctant to share in an open format. You can also use Socrative to administer
short quizzes. The short quizzes can include
multiple choice, true/false, and short answer responses. They also have a new option in which you can
include pictures in your questions about diagrams, charts, and any other item
that you have an image of. You can set
the quiz to give students immediate feedback on the multiple choice and
true/false questions. You can see the
results of the quizzes in real-time and download a report of all students’
answers when all of the students have completed the quiz.
Here is a video on how to use Socrative.
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