Digital Tools/Resource List
50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom
52 Tips and Tricks for Google Docs in the Classroom
Te@chthought, 2012
A Fair(y) Use Tale by The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School
Animoto ~ Create great videos ~ easily
Boolean Operators with visuals by the Berkeley University Library
Cast Book Builder Create digital books that allow access to reading for all students. Students have the option to read or listen to the text. Text can be translated into different languages, and there is an option to add a glossary. Media files can also be embedded into the book. This is a great tool to flip your classroom with!
Copyright Organizer Worksheet by ReadWriteThink
CRAAP Test For Resource Evaluation Video by GCSCLibrary
Digital Citizenship ~ Oversharing Video by FlocabularyYT
Evernote Note Taking Tool
ePortfolio information ~ Using Technology to Support Alternative assessment and Electronic Portfolios by Helen Barrett. This is VERY comprehensive website on ePortfolios.
Fair Use Checklist by ReadWriteThink
Fair Use Copyright law by Stanford University
Google Sites ~ ePortfolios or websites
Google Slides ~ Create collaborative presentations
Mind Mapping Research Ideas Video by UCLA
Mind Mapping by Digital Trends
Naviance ~ ePortfolios
Notability: With this note-taking tool, you have the choice of taking notes directly on documents or creating voice recorded notes.
Online interactive quiz on plagiarism ~ 2006 Board of Studies NSW :: Last updated 10 February 2015
Prezi ~ Online Presentation tool
Thing link ~ Create interactive posters, maps, and infographics
This project based learning ~ Multi-Media Presentation, Grades 9-12 by 4teachers.org
Share with others in Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides ~ By Google Help
Smore ~ Create interactive - online posters
Source Evaluation Checklist by Cornell University
Twitter ~ Use it in the classroom
Venn Diagram tool by ReadWriteThink
Voice thread ~ great way to differentiate learning for your students ~ collaborative presentation tool
WeVideo ~ Tell the next story with this tool
WordPress ~ Create your next website with WordPress
Digital Curation Tools:
Diigo ~ Save digital information, tag, and organize with this website!
LiveBinders ~ Curate digital resources and share ~ with this tool. It is a digital three-ring binder
LiveBinders ~ How to Screencast by DEH
Pinterest Visual Digital Curation
Zotero ~ Curate digital resources, create bibliographies, and share ~ with this tool.
Formative Assessment Resources and Rubrics:
Discussion Board Thread ~ Google Discussion Board Thread used as a Formative Assessment Tool by DEH
Interactive Note Taking Tool by NCTE
K-W-L Chart ~ ReadWriteThink ~ I Know, What I Want to Know, and I Learned Chart
Pre-Assessment Google Form ~ Google Form created by DEH to assess prior knowledge, in regard to PLP's, technology and inquiry integration
Project based learning ~ Multi-Media Presentation, Grades 9-12 ~ By 4teachers.org
ReadWriteThink: NCTE, 2011
This is a very convenient, yet thorough ReadWriteThink exit slip for formative assessments.
Shared Discussion Board Thread
This is a place where students can share their thoughts and reflect upon what they learned with their PD colleagues. It is also a place where the instructor can see how the students are learning.
Shared Discussion Board Thread Rubric by PBS.org
Global Connection Resource Tools:
Google + Community ~ Connect globally
Virtual Antarctic Tour: Cool off with a Virtual Antarctic Tour with images from the Antarctic Heritage Trust. The trust "... includes a number of senior Government representatives from Britain, Ireland, United States and New Zealand, heritage and polar agencies and independent trustees chosen for their relevant skills, experience and perspective."
Skype With Tech Industry Professionals ~ Sign up and your students can Skype with tech professionals
Informational Resources:
C-SPAN Online ~ Information on government, public affairs, and political science
Gale Infotrac is an excellent collection of 50+ electronic databases, which contains scholarly journal articles and ebooks, which will help you gain background knowledge on this subject, available to you 24/7. The databases contain journal articles which have an audio component, which will read the article to you out loud. They also contain other audio and media files, if you prefer to listen or view the information you access. Articles can also be translated into several different languages, for your convenience.
ipl2 ~ "Information you can trust" from The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology
Library of Congress ~ "largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections"
Newspapers.com ~ Newspapers from all over the U.S.
Noodle tools ~ Best Search Information ~ Choose from a wide variety of internet resources
NPR News - Online ~ Listen to or read current national and international news stories online
Occupational Outlook Handbook
School library Catalog~ Print and ebooks
Learning Theories and Brain Research:
Howard Gardner ~ Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences ~ Video by Edutopia
Neuroscience Pathways From Lab To Classroom: Dr. Judy Willis at TEDxEnola TEDx Talks
Standards ~ Proficiencies and Performance Indicators:
Agency of Vermont ~ Transferable Skills: Graduation Proficiencies and Performance <http://education.vermont.gov/documents/EDU-PBGR_TransferableSkills.pdf>
"Collaboration, Innovation, Inquiry and Use of Technology are EQS-required Transferable Skills that are woven throughout the Performance Indicators in this document. Using this model, students would have opportunities to demonstrate acquisition of those skills as a part of attaining their Transferable Skills Graduation Proficiencies."
American Association of School Librarians: Standards for the 21st Century Learner ~ Skills, Dispositions, Responsibilities, and Self Assessment Strategies for student learning in the 21st Century.
College and Career readiness anchor Standards for Writing ~ Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Common Core State Standards Research and Media Skills and Understandings ~ Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Technology Standards for Teachers
ISTE Standards for Students ~ Technology Standards for Students
Vermont Agency of Education Vermont State Board of Education Quality Standards State Board Rule 2000, 2014
"The purpose of these rules is to ensure that all students in Vermont public schools are afforded educational opportunities that are substantially equal in quality, and enable them to achieve or exceed the standards approved by the State Board of Education."
Vermont Agency of Education: Transferable Skills Graduation Proficiencies and Performance Indicators
"Collaboration, Innovation, Inquiry and Use of Technology are EQS-required Transferable Skills that are woven throughout the Performance Indicators in this document. Using this model, students would have opportunities to demonstrate acquisition of those skills as a part of attaining their Transferable Skills Graduation Proficiencies."
Summative Assessments:
Performance Task (Unit) Rubric ~ PD Session Five:
1. _final_unit_summative_assessment_copy_2.docDownload File
Unit Rubric by DEH
2. digital_curation_rubric.pagesDownload File by DEH
3. The SAMR Model Explained By Students Rich Colosi Media ~ Tech Assessment for Curriculum
4. The SAMR Model Ruben Puentedura on the Impact of the SAMR Model Common Sense Education
Tech Tools (Gaming) to Motivate Learning:
1. Minecraft: See this Washing Post article for more information.
2. Classcraft: "Classcraft helps teachers manage, motivate and engage their students by transforming their classroom into a role-playing game."
Tech Tools to Differentiate and Create Access to Learning for ALL Students:
1. UDL Technology Toolkit by Joyce Valenza and Karen Janowski.
Text:
Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World, 2010, Edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
List Curated by Deborah Ehler-Hansen
50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom
52 Tips and Tricks for Google Docs in the Classroom
Te@chthought, 2012
A Fair(y) Use Tale by The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School
Animoto ~ Create great videos ~ easily
Boolean Operators with visuals by the Berkeley University Library
Cast Book Builder Create digital books that allow access to reading for all students. Students have the option to read or listen to the text. Text can be translated into different languages, and there is an option to add a glossary. Media files can also be embedded into the book. This is a great tool to flip your classroom with!
Copyright Organizer Worksheet by ReadWriteThink
CRAAP Test For Resource Evaluation Video by GCSCLibrary
Digital Citizenship ~ Oversharing Video by FlocabularyYT
Evernote Note Taking Tool
ePortfolio information ~ Using Technology to Support Alternative assessment and Electronic Portfolios by Helen Barrett. This is VERY comprehensive website on ePortfolios.
Fair Use Checklist by ReadWriteThink
Fair Use Copyright law by Stanford University
Google Sites ~ ePortfolios or websites
Google Slides ~ Create collaborative presentations
Mind Mapping Research Ideas Video by UCLA
Mind Mapping by Digital Trends
Naviance ~ ePortfolios
Notability: With this note-taking tool, you have the choice of taking notes directly on documents or creating voice recorded notes.
Online interactive quiz on plagiarism ~ 2006 Board of Studies NSW :: Last updated 10 February 2015
Prezi ~ Online Presentation tool
Thing link ~ Create interactive posters, maps, and infographics
This project based learning ~ Multi-Media Presentation, Grades 9-12 by 4teachers.org
Share with others in Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides ~ By Google Help
Smore ~ Create interactive - online posters
Source Evaluation Checklist by Cornell University
Twitter ~ Use it in the classroom
Venn Diagram tool by ReadWriteThink
Voice thread ~ great way to differentiate learning for your students ~ collaborative presentation tool
WeVideo ~ Tell the next story with this tool
WordPress ~ Create your next website with WordPress
Digital Curation Tools:
Diigo ~ Save digital information, tag, and organize with this website!
LiveBinders ~ Curate digital resources and share ~ with this tool. It is a digital three-ring binder
LiveBinders ~ How to Screencast by DEH
Pinterest Visual Digital Curation
Zotero ~ Curate digital resources, create bibliographies, and share ~ with this tool.
Formative Assessment Resources and Rubrics:
Discussion Board Thread ~ Google Discussion Board Thread used as a Formative Assessment Tool by DEH
Interactive Note Taking Tool by NCTE
K-W-L Chart ~ ReadWriteThink ~ I Know, What I Want to Know, and I Learned Chart
Pre-Assessment Google Form ~ Google Form created by DEH to assess prior knowledge, in regard to PLP's, technology and inquiry integration
Project based learning ~ Multi-Media Presentation, Grades 9-12 ~ By 4teachers.org
ReadWriteThink: NCTE, 2011
This is a very convenient, yet thorough ReadWriteThink exit slip for formative assessments.
Shared Discussion Board Thread
This is a place where students can share their thoughts and reflect upon what they learned with their PD colleagues. It is also a place where the instructor can see how the students are learning.
Shared Discussion Board Thread Rubric by PBS.org
Global Connection Resource Tools:
Google + Community ~ Connect globally
Virtual Antarctic Tour: Cool off with a Virtual Antarctic Tour with images from the Antarctic Heritage Trust. The trust "... includes a number of senior Government representatives from Britain, Ireland, United States and New Zealand, heritage and polar agencies and independent trustees chosen for their relevant skills, experience and perspective."
Skype With Tech Industry Professionals ~ Sign up and your students can Skype with tech professionals
Informational Resources:
C-SPAN Online ~ Information on government, public affairs, and political science
Gale Infotrac is an excellent collection of 50+ electronic databases, which contains scholarly journal articles and ebooks, which will help you gain background knowledge on this subject, available to you 24/7. The databases contain journal articles which have an audio component, which will read the article to you out loud. They also contain other audio and media files, if you prefer to listen or view the information you access. Articles can also be translated into several different languages, for your convenience.
ipl2 ~ "Information you can trust" from The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology
Library of Congress ~ "largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections"
Newspapers.com ~ Newspapers from all over the U.S.
Noodle tools ~ Best Search Information ~ Choose from a wide variety of internet resources
NPR News - Online ~ Listen to or read current national and international news stories online
Occupational Outlook Handbook
School library Catalog~ Print and ebooks
Learning Theories and Brain Research:
Howard Gardner ~ Big Thinkers: Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences ~ Video by Edutopia
Neuroscience Pathways From Lab To Classroom: Dr. Judy Willis at TEDxEnola TEDx Talks
Standards ~ Proficiencies and Performance Indicators:
Agency of Vermont ~ Transferable Skills: Graduation Proficiencies and Performance <http://education.vermont.gov/documents/EDU-PBGR_TransferableSkills.pdf>
"Collaboration, Innovation, Inquiry and Use of Technology are EQS-required Transferable Skills that are woven throughout the Performance Indicators in this document. Using this model, students would have opportunities to demonstrate acquisition of those skills as a part of attaining their Transferable Skills Graduation Proficiencies."
American Association of School Librarians: Standards for the 21st Century Learner ~ Skills, Dispositions, Responsibilities, and Self Assessment Strategies for student learning in the 21st Century.
College and Career readiness anchor Standards for Writing ~ Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Common Core State Standards Research and Media Skills and Understandings ~ Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Technology Standards for Teachers
ISTE Standards for Students ~ Technology Standards for Students
Vermont Agency of Education Vermont State Board of Education Quality Standards State Board Rule 2000, 2014
"The purpose of these rules is to ensure that all students in Vermont public schools are afforded educational opportunities that are substantially equal in quality, and enable them to achieve or exceed the standards approved by the State Board of Education."
Vermont Agency of Education: Transferable Skills Graduation Proficiencies and Performance Indicators
"Collaboration, Innovation, Inquiry and Use of Technology are EQS-required Transferable Skills that are woven throughout the Performance Indicators in this document. Using this model, students would have opportunities to demonstrate acquisition of those skills as a part of attaining their Transferable Skills Graduation Proficiencies."
Summative Assessments:
Performance Task (Unit) Rubric ~ PD Session Five:
1. _final_unit_summative_assessment_copy_2.docDownload File
Unit Rubric by DEH
2. digital_curation_rubric.pagesDownload File by DEH
3. The SAMR Model Explained By Students Rich Colosi Media ~ Tech Assessment for Curriculum
4. The SAMR Model Ruben Puentedura on the Impact of the SAMR Model Common Sense Education
Tech Tools (Gaming) to Motivate Learning:
1. Minecraft: See this Washing Post article for more information.
2. Classcraft: "Classcraft helps teachers manage, motivate and engage their students by transforming their classroom into a role-playing game."
Tech Tools to Differentiate and Create Access to Learning for ALL Students:
1. UDL Technology Toolkit by Joyce Valenza and Karen Janowski.
Text:
Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World, 2010, Edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
List Curated by Deborah Ehler-Hansen