Tricks, Tips, and Free Software Liz Niederberger Zumu Software

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Overview Tricks and Tips Google A/V Stuff Free Research Materials Teaching Tools Web 2.0 Tools or Trouble? Grants Where do I find this cool stuff? Questions/Comments/Examples

Tricks and Tips Resizing Screens (min/max) Moving Screens Copy and Paste Copy and Paste from one window to the other

Why I  Google Google is your best friend. Search Images Video Google Mail Google Earth Google Maps Google Word Processor Google Blogs Google Sketch-Up

A/V Stuff Videos to share Discovery Nova Science Now United Streaming ABC/CBS/NBC/Fox/PBS You Tube

A/V Stuff Audio Books Interviews - Radio, TV, Internet, Print Audio Books help bring students up to grade level Allows the introduction of liturature that may be boyond their reading ability while challinging their vocabulary and comprehension Interviews - Radio, TV, Internet, Print

Research Wikipedia NY Times, Newsweek, Time, USA Today Google FYI - Atomic Learning - Impove Technology Skills

Teaching Tools Edutopia, eSchool News, Education Week, Tech Learning, T.H.E. Journal Tech4Learning (website, rubrics, blender, etc.) Lesson Plan Libraries Discovery Education Puzzle Makers (crosswords, word search, etc.) www.rhymer.com http://www.mtregional.com/mtr/Teachers/William%20Miltner%2C%20Eighth%20Grade

Web 2.0 What is it? Why it matters? Tools to help you Blogs Wikis Podcasts RSS

Tools or Trouble? Text Messaging www.coventry.ac.uk/latestnewsandevents/a/2341 Email MP3 Players Social Networking Sites Digital Cameras http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/media.html

Tools or Trouble? Children, texts and English research Mobile phones improve literacy, says researchers Children are internet experts Teenagers in hi-tech world of their own

Grants Use RSS to keep up-to-date on organizations that offer grants for your subject or area of interest. Recycle grant information. Include pictures and samples of the things you may want to do with the grant money.

Do Not Reinvent the Wheel! There are resources available for almost anything you are teaching. As a teacher, you are competing against lots of other factors for your student’s attention. Utilize the tools that are out there. Utilize other schools library and media center resources.

Do Not Reinvent the Wheel! (con’t) Use the web to help provide information for all learning types Audio books, online books (International Children’s Library) Visual - Auditory - Tactile/Kinesthetic Find lesson plans that match your teaching style Find other teacher web pages for your grade/subject

Links International Children’s Library Discovery Education Discovery School Tech4Learning Rubric Builder Edutopia – Site and Magazine United Streaming Atomic Learning Mr. Fitzgibbon’s Site http://www.icdlbooks.org/ http://education.discovery.com/ http://school.discovery.com/ http://www.tech4learning.com/ http://landmark-project.com/ classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php http://www.edutopia.org/ http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ http://www.atomiclearning.com http://metuchenschools.org/metuchen/ Campbell%20Elementary%20School/ Teachers%27%20Websites/Mr%20Fitzgibbon

Free Blogs Blogger BlogEasy Word Press Blog.com www.blogger.com www.blogeasy.com www.wordpress.com www.blog.com Example of a Teacher Page in a blog http://asrcteachers.typepad.com/mrs_vaughan/

Other Free Stuff LibriVox FreeClassicAudioBooks AudioBooksForFree Puzzle Maker Google Docs http://librivox.org/ http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/ http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/screen_main.asp http://www.edhelper.com/puzzles.htm https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&ltmpl=WR_tmp_2_lfty&nui=1

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