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Students LOVE social networking…and teachers love helping students to learn. Edmodo is a social networking site with many safety features that teachers will love. It offers you a forum for answering questions, giving assignments, communicating concerns, and keeping in contact with students. Accounts are easy to set up and monitor through any computer. Resources can be uploaded to the “library” for students to access from any computer. Students can turn in assignments to the drop box. The sky is the limit and teachers will have documentation of all communications. Students, parents, and teachers will benefit from a forum where all can interact safely.
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Many of the Web 2.0 sites will ask for an email address to sign up for an account. The new NBISD connection with Google gives us a SAFE alternative for use with students.
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Have you created a Powerpoint or a Keynote presentation with your students? Maybe it is time to “spice” things up! Why not try creating a PREZI or two? This is an easy, new and exciting way to present information.
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Here is another fun study tool. Students can create their own on-line note cards and the computer will even create quiz questions for them! Study hive also has “decks” of study cards students can search and access. Teachers can create a “deck” for students also.
This site is easy to use and free.
Educators can sign up for a FREE account with 500mb of storage.
There are step-by-step instructions to get you started when you sign up. They are easy to follow and worth your time. Start off the new year with a PREZI !
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Students need study tools to develop understanding of concepts. It has been scientifically proven that to make something part of your long-term memory you must hear/write/read the information at least three times. Could a time line or word web help your students? Try one of these amazing FREE Web 2.0 sites.
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Time glider will give students the chance to create a time line quickly. You can practice by creating a time line of the objectives you hope to cover during a six-week period. This will familiarize you with the timeglider program and offer your students a sneak peak at the appearance of a timeglider time line.
Bubbl.us is a mind mapping site that will allow students to create a web with a central topic or choose one of the templates they have available.
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Have you ever thought of the amazing world of words? There are parts of speech, synonyms, antonyms, multiple meaning words…and the list goes on and on. Help your students see these relationships by visiting visuwords.
Students’ type a word in to the search bar and all information will be displayed with color-coded information. Easy to use and very descriptive students will want to use it over and over