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Technology Resources
Keeping your laptop running smoothly

Download updates from Dell Make sure you are running the latest Dell updates: Click Drivers and Downloads Find your service tag (located on the bottom of your computer on a small white label with a bar code). Input the service tag number

Tech Tips: Smoothly integrating technology into instruction

Free applications for fun, interactive learning.
Here is a link to a wiki that has TONS of web 2.0 sites.

Quizlet Creates online flashcards

[|Create a test/quiz using Google Docs]

Google SketchUp is a great 3D tool – and it’s free. Here is a link for the free download. []

FLIP video in education

QuizBreak! is a highly flexible program that allows teachers to create fun, Jeopardy©-like games for the language classroom.

Scribbles is a program created especially for teachers of non-Roman script languages. With Scribbles, teachers can capture their handwriting using a pen-based hardware tablet or computer mouse. Students can then watch the sequence of strokes to learn how to correctly produce the character or word.

Revisions is a process-writing tool for the 21st century, customizable to fit your style. Revision makes it easy for students' assignments to be teacher or peer reviewed, and allows students to collaboratively work on assignments.

Hot Math - teach y-intercept and slope and kills some cockroaches too!

Build Your SAS Webpage
Help Desk for SAS

Video for creating SAS webpage

SAS Portal Scavenger Hunt

Do you Twitter?
Get Started with Twitter

How can you use Twitter to your educational advantage? Check this out.

Audio Drop Box
Another tool that you may or may not know about is the Audio Drop box from CLEAR (Center for Language Education and Research). [] The teacher sets up an account and gets the HTML code to put the box on a website/wiki/moodle/whatever and the kids go in, enter their names, and record. They can listen to it first before submitting and re-record if they want. Then, the teachers goes to the CLEAR site, logs in, and can listen to the recording and download as MP3 if needed/wanted. This is a great resource because it is super simple to use and there is no software that the students and teachers need to learn.

Try it here with Dr. Faulkner-Beitzel's account.

Voicethread
A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that displays images and documents, and plays videos all in one presentation. Visitors can discuss the presentation’s content by leaving comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). VoiceThread creators can decide with whom they [|share] their VoiceThread, or publish it for anyone to view. With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with **no software to install**.

Link to tutorial

Learn to use Google Forms
This is a great example of a wiki, Google forms, and Glogster, all in one!

Mouse Mischief
" is a new addition to PowerPoint software that allows students to participate in classroom presentations. The best news: It’s available free of charge. The tool allows teachers to add multiple choice, yes/no, and drawing questions to their presentations. Students then use any computer mice (any device from the school will work) to answer these questions. The tool also allows for whole-class or individual student responses." Learn more

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Storybird
Learn more.

Create stories using site-based illustrations.

Sign up for an account. Sign in and click HELP Click FOR TEACHERS Add a class, add students, create assignments.