may your tech toolbox runneth over
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Web tools for use inside and outside of the classroom!TRANSCRIPT
May Your Tech Toolbox Runneth Over
Technology Tools for Jewish Educators
Adena Raub DershowitzMoreh L’Morim 2012
•Discuss Why Technology Is Important to Jewish Education
•Explore Web tools that can be used in Jewish education (some Jewish, some not)
•Learn how to stay abreast of new resources
•Q & A
Session Goals
•Kid Culture is Immersed in Technology.
•Technology is Shaping a New Jewish Future.
•With Technology We Can:o Extend contact hours with Jewish contento Provide extended reach/purpose for student
worko Foster the use of higher order thinking skills
What does Technology Have to Do With Jewish Education?
Why Technology Scares Us
•The only constant is change.
•Everything is always new: vocabulary, skills
• Issues regarding control
•Kids are much more fluent.
•Risk
Easing the Transition
• Don't invest too much in any one thing...except the Internet.
• Be prepared to fail publicly.
• Collaborate
• Trust your best tech support, your students.
• Have clear expectations and establish a policy.
• Always start with the goal, only then choose the technology
Today's Tools
• Are free or have free versions (in terms of $)
• Are all accessed via the Web
• Are not all Jewish tools but can be used for Jewish content
• Generally will be intuitive to your students
Categories:BL: Blended Learning
PC: Parent Connection
CE: Classroom Engagement
PW: Purposeful Work
SC: Student Creations
Glogster SC
www.glogster.com
•Online Poster Creation Tool
•Need to Create a Free Account
•Across All Subject Areas
ToonDoo SC
www.toondoo.com
Comic Strip Creation Tool
•Need to Create a Free Account
•Print Out Blank for Students to Fill In
•Create A Class Comic Book
•Across Subject Areas
Domo Animate SC
http://domo.goanimate.com
•Cartoon Creation Tool
•Need to Create a Free Account
•Across Subject Areas
Present.me BL
http://present.me
•Present Slides and Video at the Same Time
•Need to Create a Free Account
•"Flipping the Classroom" -Also Good for PD or Committees
Screenr BL PW
www.screenr.com
•Screen Capture Application
•Good for Hebrew Writing
•Let kids create tech tutorials for faculty!
•Video Webquest
Blabberize SC PW
www.blabberize.com
•Animating Still Photos
•Need to Create a Free Account
•Great for Hebrew, Biography/History
•Older students create for younger students
Easel.ly SC CE
http://easel.ly
•Create infographics by dragging and dropping.
•Need a free account to save.
•Good for visualizing information/classroom decoration
Jeopardy Labs CE
http://jeopardylabs.com
•Online Jewpardy! No more markers and cards!
•No account needed, just a password to save and retrieve
•Students can make games for the whole class!
Remind101 PC
www.remind101.com
•Free text alerts to parents/students
•Participants self-subscribe, so no need for a phone list.
•Snow days, test reminders, medical announcements, etc...
Class Dojo CE PC
www.classdojo.com
•Classroom Management Tool
•Rewards Positive, Reprimands Negative Behavior
•Easy to Send Reports to Parents
Edmodo BL CE PC
www.edmodo.com
•Social network designed for education
•Enclosed environment
•Extends contact hours with materials, classmates
Pen.io SC PC
http://pen.io
•Quick way to publish content on the web
•No real need for web design knowledge
•Easy way for students/teachers to create sites
Flixtime SC
www.flixtime.com
•Easy way to create "mashups" of photos, videos, text and music
•Need to create a free account
•Max free video length is 60 seconds
We Video SC
www.wevideo.com
•Free web-based video editor
•Similar to iMovie, Windows Movie Maker
•Need to create a free account
Ted Ed Video Flipper BL CE
http://ed.ted.com/tour
•Ability to build lessons around videos
•Add questions, comments, see responses, etc...
•Very much in Beta -- keep checking back!
Mentimeter BL CE
www.mentimeter.com
•Online polling
•100% Free, Do Need to Create an Account
•Students access in class or at home
Still Hungry??
•http://60in60.wikispaces.com/
•http://edutecher.net/
•http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/
•http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
