Taking advantage of digital technologies allows educators to easily and effectively customize instruction to meet the needs of all learners. New mobile technologies have made “on-the-fly” individualization possible and practical. In addition, many of today's new technologies have built in supports, scaffolds, and challenges to help learners understand, navigate, and engage with the learning environment.
Watch this video to see how flexible technology has made its way into student's learning strategies.
Resources:
Multiple ways to represent information
http://www.mentormob.com/learn/playlists/what-is-project-based-learning#embed
Vocaroo - The premier voice recording service. Record and post or email your voice.
Blabberize animates photos and turns them into talking heads.
Screencast-O-Matic is the original online screen recorder for one-click recording from your browser on Windows, Mac, or Linux with no install for FREE!
Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.
Mp3 chapters from classic books.
106 online activities that help to make math come alive in the classroom or at home
Turn a spreadsheet into a data collector and then review and analyze the data.
On the iPad
ScreenChomp:
Just - Record It. Sketch It. Share It. - to create a sharable,
replay-able video that tells your story clearly. Share a great idea...
Explain a tricky concept... Help kids with their homework... free
ShowMe:
Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe
allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them
online. It’s a radically intuitive app that anyone will find extremely
easy to use, regardless of age or background. free
Doddle Buddy:
Uber simple and fun! Loads of choices; markers, chalk, and glitter
pen, awesome colors, stamps and backgrounds, including from your photo
library. An app that can do so much and can be applied across any
subject area. Here’s a How To video that reviews the cool app. Also, here’s one 5th grade math example from Tech Chef 4 U using Doodle Buddy in the classroom, Doodle Zoo. free
Explain Everything:
lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and
presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities,
assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and
integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard
using the iPad 2 (and the new iPad) video display. $2.99
Book Creator
The simple way to create your own beautiful iBooks, right on the iPad.
Read them in iBooks, share via email, or submit them to the
iBookstore. Ideal for children’s picture books, photo books, art
books, cook books, manuals, textbooks, and the list goes on. $4.99
Alternatives to text/Leveled Text
Newsela Current events and a variety of reading levels.
Text in a digital format that you can read on your computer or transform into audio
Reads any text you see on your screen - all purpose text-to-speech software.
NaturalReader is a Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices. It converts any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words and can also convert any written text into audio files such as MP3.
Engage students through dynamic curricular resources like video clips and lesson plans.
Searchable content at a variety of reading levels with built-in text to speech.
Science website written at multiple reading levels.
Government website written at multiple reading levels.
Mp3 chapters from classic books.
Type or paste text into the form and submit. In a short time, OKAPI! will return formatted readability analysis.
On the iPad
Settings Menu on the iPad - Speak Selection. To set, go to: Settings/General/Accessibility/Speak Selection
Support for text comprehension
Collect, highlight, annotate and remember.
Using Wordle in the Classroom
Readability is a web & mobile app that zaps online clutter and saves web articles in a comfortable reading view. No matter where you are or what device you use, your reading will be there.
On-line cliff notes. When your books don't make sense, we do.
Removable alternative to highlighter pens for all kinds of valuable permanent documents.
On the iPad
Book Creator create iBooks, right on the iPad. $4.99
In the new Operating System all text
Definitions, Speak Selection, Notes
Conspicuous support for learning new strategies/ideas
Easily create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more!
Manage task, checklists etc from website, phone, email etc.
Guided notes help students attend to important concepts. They can be used when the teacher is presenting new content, or they can be used as study guides. When guided notes are created in a word processing document, they can be easily “leveled” to provide instructional scaffolding.
Capture everything, share ideas. Evernote makes it easy to remember things big and small from your notable life using your computer, phone, and the web.
3 ring binder for the web.
Apps for Students with Special Needs - A collection of apps to support the individual needs of students
Formative Assessment: Mechanism for rapid feedback to learners
eClicker App
Turns your iPod touch into a classroom response system.
Audience response system that uses mobile phones, twitter, and the web. Responses are displayed in real-time
Cramberry (online and app
Using an algorithm based on the Leitner system of flash card studying, Cramberry presents cards at intervals for maximum retention.
On the iPad
Socrative Teacher and Student app that allows educators to do quick polls and provide instant feedback.
Plickers Let’s teachers gather data from students without devices
Coach's Eye:(app)
Video capture with slow-motion review, drawing tools, and simple sharing. $4.99
Multiple ways for students to show what they know
Presentation and Product
Turn your photos, video clips, and music into video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free and shockingly easy.
Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video. It is fantastic!
http://blanchardr.edu.glogster.com/volcanos-of-all-kinds/
http://grandmasue.edu.glogster.com/student-sample-scatterplot-4687/
Blabberize animates photos and turns them into talking heads.
Sing a tune or follow a simple step-by-step process to produce a professional-sounding , impressive piece of music.
Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting
Weebly has an easy, drag & drop interface to create your own website. It's free, powerful, and professional.
ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool that allows you to create your own cool comic strips with just a few drag ‘n drops ‘n mouse clicks!
For teachers looking for a creative way to inspire reluctant writers to create narratives.
Museum Box http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
On the iPad
VoiceThread: Create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos. You can talk, type, and draw right on the screen. Accessible from iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC -- anytime, anywhere. free
ScreenChomp:
Just - Record It. Sketch It. Share It. - to create a sharable,
replay-able video that tells your story clearly. Share a great idea...
Explain a tricky concept... Help kids with their homework... free
ShowMe:
Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard! ShowMe
allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them
online. It’s a radically intuitive app that anyone will find extremely
easy to use, regardless of age or background. free
Doddle Buddy:
Uber simple and fun! Loads of choices; markers, chalk, and glitter
pen, awesome colors, stamps and backgrounds, including from your photo
library. An app that can do so much and can be applied across any
subject area. Here’s a How To video that reviews the cool app. Also, here’s one 5th grade math example from Tech Chef 4 U using Doodle Buddy in the classroom, Doodle Zoo. free
Explain Everything:
lets you annotate, animate, and narrate explanations and
presentations. You can create dynamic interactive lessons, activities,
assessments, and tutorials using Explain Everything's flexible and
integrated design. Use Explain Everything as an interactive whiteboard
using the iPad 2 (and the new iPad) video display. $2.99
More About ScreenCasting Apps: This is a great blog post comparing screencasting Apps.
Exploration: Active student-centered methods
Plotted three-dimension versions of the journeys made in novels such as The Grapes of Wrath, Candide, Macbeth, The Aeneid, and others novels via Google Earth.
106 online activities that help to make math come alive in the classroom or at home
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.
SurveyGizmo is an online survey tool designed by researchers and marketers to be ideal for your needs.
Tech Tools to Support Vocabulary Development
Quizlet with Images http://quizlet.com
One Click Answers
Dictionary ToolTip http://www.dictionarytip.com/
on the iPad
Quizlet Apps: Quizard http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quizard/id366279755?mt=8
A+Flashcard Pro http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a+-flashcards-pro/id395248242?mt=8
Finding Good Apps on the iPad