Get Your Head Out of Your Apps

Get Your Head Out Of Your Apps

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SAMR Model in 120 seconds
SAMR explained by students

Cool Tools you can use in your classroom.

Whats stopping you

Microsoft Office 365

Office 365 Introduction




Setting up Contact Groups

Share or Publish your Calendar

Installing Office 2013 from your email system






How to upload files

Search for files or folders

Sharing files with others






Set up Lync

Lync mobile

Learn how to use Lync to IM, make a call, and join a meeting on your mobile device.

iPad: Watch online

iPhone: Watch online

Android Phone: Watch online

Schedule, Join and Lead meetings

Running Meetings (more advanced features)





Beginning with Onenote





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Digital Citizenship 2014

Digital Citizenship Resources 2014












 Canadian Centre for Digital and Media Literacy.  Videos, games, lesson plans and resources for teachers.

The licensed resources for Saskatchewan teachers can be access here. Note if you are a teacher in the Sun West School Division you have a license to use these resources.  If you do not have the password contact me via email and I will send it to you.

Common Sense Education Digital Citizenship Our entire K-12 curriculum is available as a suite of iBooks Textbooks. Download them for free today!

Digital Passport™ Teach the basics of online safety and responsibility to third- through fifth-graders with this suite of games.

Certified Educator Program Apply to join an exemplary group of educators integrating technology responsibly and effectively.

Planet Nutshell is provides animated videos explaining various topics.  Their education section http://www.planetnutshell.com/education/ has very nice animated videos on specific topics of digital citizenship as discussion starters. They are divided into grade level categories of K-3, 4-6, 7-12 and even parents.



Copyright Matters is a pdf document which provides key questions & answers to teachers about copyright in the classroom.

Produced by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada,Canadian School Boards Association and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, it provides a simple easy to follow set up questions and answers to keep understand the latest copyright rulings and implications in Canada.



The US Government site has a whole section on cyber bullying and what to do about it.




PBS published a game to teach about the internet.




The Digizen website provides information for educators, parents, careers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS. It shares specific advice and resources on issues such as social networking and cyberbullying and how these relate to and affect their own and other people's online experiences and behaviours.


Microsoft Family Safety Online


7 Dangerous Apps parents should know about.



http://pixabay.com/   copyright free pictures
http://www.freesound.org/  copyright free sounds

Tools for Teachers 2014 edition

If you attended my professional development session thank you.  I put together this page so you could have access to all the tools that I demonstrated in the session.  These are tools you can use or you can give the option to your students to use so they can demonstrate what they have learned in new ways.

I am constantly amazed by the volume of tools we have available to teachers and learners in 2014.  We are seeing companies create options for users that no longer are limited to what device you have and so many options are cross platform.  It is an exciting time for technology use in the classroom.

Below is a list of some of my favorite tools that anyone can use to bring back an aspect of wonder and play in the classroom:




Create your own game
 


 Touch Develop lets you create apps on Ipad, Iphone, Android, PC, Mac, Windows phone.



Getkahoot


It is a classroom response system that brings an aspect of fun to simple quizzes, reviews, and presentations.
   


Zondle
 
 Create, Play and share games to support learning.

GeoGuessr

- Let's explore the world! 

     Put your story on the map.






Ujam create your own song, greeting or remix.







     Create animated videos and presentations




An online video tool that is easy and fun





A publishing tool, view documents, presentations on mobile.

There are many websites that can help you with your presentations as well:






     A great tool for scholarly research.




   Copyright free pictures you can use.

    Copyright free sounds you can use.

          TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime.


There are many sites available with many virtual tours, demos, and simple games to enhance your lessons:

More than a million Videos, games, assessments and Courses

Let your smartphone or tablet do the marking for you.

Inklewriter is a free tool designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive stories.



Tools and tutorials to help you invent your own Apps.



We have a number of programs available for any staff or students to use on any of the computers on our network.  Everyone knows about the Microsoft Office and the Adobe suite of products but here are a few of the less known programs and what they do:

This program was put together by MIT.  It is an environment for students to create stories, games or animations and share them with others around the world.  Over 5 Million projects have been shared

Stop Cyber Bullying demo




Pivot Animator is a simple software to create animations using stickfigures.
Spiderman demo




Audacity is a powerful recording tool allowing you to record and edit sounds.

Bridgit is a collaboration tool that allows you share a desktop with anyone anywhere.  You can also have video and audio streaming as well.

Algodoo gives you the opportunity to play with physics.  Use simple drawing tools to design, construct and explore the world of physics.
Algodoo Demo, Science education for a new generation.

Interactive Astronomy software, spawn massive stars, launch asteroids and manipulate gravity with just a few clicks.





   Spaceteam

A cooperative game that includes teamwork, noise, gibberish and a whole lot of fun.  Can be used with Android and IOS devices so anything the students have will work.




 WPS Office

Kingsoft Office for IOS and Android is an excellent pdf and Office suite for mobile.  It allows you to open and edit office files and includes the ability to share your powerpoint slideshow with up to 6 other tablets.  It also allows you to transfer files from your PC to the IOS device or Android tablet using your web browser.

This software allows you to control your PC with your tablet.  This allows you to use your tablet as a roaming touch interface for your smartboard.   If you have a Samsung Tablet then you can also use a teamviewer quick support app to control your tablet from the PC.  This allows you to run a demo on your tablet and display it on through your PC onto the projector screen or smartboard.





Most of my presentation deals with software and applications that allow you to play, demonstrate and explore as that is the focus of my presentation.  We all need to play and bring our joy to the classroom. Learning is fun and we need to promote the enjoyment and creativity that is inherent to the learning process. I have one site though that doesn't fit with the rest of what I covered.  I have to show it because I am old enough to remember the old MECC software we used years ago and the students favorite was Oregon Trail. This site allows you to try and help your family survive but you are a third world farmer and have to deal with some tough issues and problems that come your way much like that old game my students played in the 90's

Third World Farmer a simulation to make you think.




My hope is that you take great joy in what you do, share that joy with others.  Find your creativity and others around you will discover theirs as well.  Let your light shine so others around you can do the same.

Have a great year.