tech toolbox for teachers

The Tech Toolbox for Teachers

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Joshua HarnwellAssistant Head of Mathematics

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The Tech Toolbox for Teachers

Knox Grammar School Term 4 Professional Development

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ExplanationApplication

ScreencastingMonday, 10 October 2011

Screencasting is recording a video of your computer screen, while you are working

on it. It can also record sound.

http://www.screenr.com/ (online)http://www.camstudio.org/ (software)http://www.techsmith.com/jing/ (free/paid)

Flipping the classroom example

http://www.screenr.com/



http://www.camstudio.org/



http://www.techsmith.com/jing/



http://www.screenr.com/user/MathsNetAu


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BookmarkingMonday, 10 October 2011

Online Social Bookmarking lets you easily store bookmarks in one place (backed up),

search them and share them with others.

http://www.delicious.com/ http://www.diigo.com/https://bookmarks.google.com/Store your links, so that you can find them

againShare links with colleagues

Get your class to share links with each other

http://www.delicious.com/



http://www.diigo.com/




https://bookmarks.google.com/








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URL ShortenersMonday, 10 October 2011

Changes a long link into a short one

http://bitly.com/http://tinyurl.com/http://goo.gl/

You can write a very short url on the board to share it with students.

https://bitly.com/

http://tinyurl.com/

http://goo.gl/


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Creative CommonsMonday, 10 October 2011

http://www.creativecommons.org/

Tell people if they are allowed to use your work.

Much better than ‘copyright’

http://www.creativecommons.org/


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Youtube VideosMonday, 10 October 2011

Like to show a Youtube video without all the advertising and junk! (Potentially

inappropriate)http://tinyurl.com/knoscars2010

http://viewpure.com/ http://zamzar.com/ or http://saveyoutube.com/ or use an addon for your browser

If you are relying on a Youtube clip and the internet drops out, having a backup copy can

be very helpful

http://tinyurl.com/knoscars2010

http://tinyurl.com/knoscars2010

http://viewpure.com/

http://zamzar.com/

http://saveyoutube.com/


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Youtube VideosMonday, 10 October 2011

Edit Youtube videos – trim and join.Action scene from 2:04 http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lixBRjOJlMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osOdPyvYqIQ

http://www.tubechop.com/ http://www.dragontape.com/

Show students just the part of a youtube clip that you want – or give them one link (for

home) with multiple youtube videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lixBRjOJlM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lixBRjOJlM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osOdPyvYqIQ

http://www.tubechop.com/

http://www.dragontape.com/

http://www.dragontape.com/


Laptop running slowly?

• Go and get it reimaged by IT.

OR…

• Get everything off your desktop (this is all loaded into RAM)

• Use CCleaner (piriform.com/download)– Removes temp files and cleans up uninstalled programs

• Check Start > startup

Monday, 10 October 2011


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Creative Commons ImagesMonday, 10 October 2011

Use images in class worksheets / powerpoint slides or to show your class the legal way!

http://www.flickr.com/http://www.google.com/http://pics4learning.com/

http://search.creativecommons.org/http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/

Images are fantastic to get students thinking and engage them in content. Example.

http://www.flickr.com/

http://www.google.com/

http://pics4learning.com/

http://search.creativecommons.org/

http://search.creativecommons.org/

http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elisfanclub/2300851157


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Backup OnlineMonday, 10 October 2011

Save your files ‘in the cloud’ so that hard disk failure won’t mean that you lose

everything!

Dropbox = 2 GB Google Drive coming soon!Sugarsync = 5 GB http://tinyurl.com/jhsugarsync Windows Live Skydrive = 25 GB (max 50Mb files)

We encourage our students to back up their work, but do we do the same?

http://tinyurl.com/jhsugarsync




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Reading ListsMonday, 10 October 2011

An easy way to store links to website to read later.

You may only want to look at these once.

http://instapaper.com/http://readitlater.com/Apple’s iCloud Solution

When looking through RSS feeds / Blogs / other links, if you don’t have time to assess

the resources but think it may be useful, then ‘readitlater’

http://instapaper.com/

http://readitlater.com/


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Social: Facebook, Twitter and G+Monday, 10 October 2011

These three applications let you follow/friend someone. The can be used

‘socially’ and ‘professionally’

http://www.facebook.com/http://www.twitter.com/http://plus.google.com/

You can use these applications to:1. Communicate information to students

2. Link with other educators and find resources

http://www.facebook.com/

http://www.twitter.com/

http://plus.google.com/


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Social: ProfessionalMonday, 10 October 2011

Register an online relationship with colleagues

http://www.yammer.com/http://www.linkedIn.com/

Yammer – share links to the Knox network.If you ‘friend’ someone on LinkedIn, you are

explicitly recommending that person.

http://www.yammer.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/


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Backup localMonday, 10 October 2011

Save your files locally to an external hard drive

http://Crashplan.com (also paid online storage 10Gb $25)U DriveHome Network Drive – Seagate GoFlex Home

We encourage our students to back up their work, but do we do the same?

http://crashplan.com/


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PresentationsMonday, 10 October 2011

PowerPoint has its uses, but there are more creative tools now available

http://www.prezi.com/http://ahead.com/

Give students the choice of their presentation media

If things are not linear, one of these web2.0 tools may be better. Example

http://www.prezi.com/

http://ahead.com/

http://prezi.com/ncjqm5-zxpbg/


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Online PollsMonday, 10 October 2011

A one question survey – get results instantly

http://www.pollmo.com/ http://polldaddy.com/ http://flisti.com/ http://micropoll.com/ http://obsurvey.com (allows open-ended response)

Use as a Student Response Network (multiple choice of whether students

understand)

http://www.pollmo.com/

http://www.pollmo.com/

http://polldaddy.com/

http://flisti.com/

http://micropoll.com/

http://obsurvey.com/


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ComicsMonday, 10 October 2011

Create a cartoon / comic strip. Drag and drop the speech bubbles, people and scenes.

http://www.bitstrips.com/

Create a cartoon yourself for a topic, or get students to present their work in cartoon

form.

http://www.bitstrips.com/


Windows Shortcuts

Some shortcuts to help– Show Desktop: + D – Moving windows to the left, right or top– Switch Programs: Alt-Tab OR + Tab– Filling in forms – tab to the next field (shift tab to go

backwards)– Lock computer + L– Windows Task Manager: Shift-Ctrl-Esc– Select All: Ctrl-A – Search (Find) + F– Magnifier: +/-– Shake the toolbar of an application to make everything

else hide!– Use backspace to go ‘back’ on a website



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JournalsMonday, 10 October 2011

See what current research is saying in your subject area

http://scholar.google.com/http://library.knox.nsw.edu.au/

Encourage your students to use good research practice

http://scholar.google.com/

http://library.knox.nsw.edu.au/

http://library.knox.nsw.edu.au/


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Class CalendarMonday, 10 October 2011

The idea is to use recycling paper to print calendars on.

http://www.re-print.me/

Print one for each class and put it up on the wall. The teacher (or a student) can write

the homework each day.

http://www.re-print.me/


Want to access network drives from home?

• Use Dialup…• VPN into school to access your network

drive

vpn.knox.nsw.edu.au


For full instructions, search ‘vpn’ on Scholaris


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FakebookMonday, 10 October 2011

Fakebook – create fake facebook pages

http://vimeo.com/25366185http://classtools.net/fb/home/page

Choose a historical figure or current celebrity to create a fake facebook page for

http://vimeo.com/25366185

http://classtools.net/fb/home/page

http://classtools.net/fb/home/page


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PDF FilesMonday, 10 October 2011

Share files in PDF format

http://www.pdfcreator.com/ (creates a ‘printer’)Files > Save As in Word / Excel / etc.

If you want to share files, make sure that those viewing it can see what you want! Also, if you

email files to Print Room then make sure it gets printed correctly.

http://www.pdfcreator.com/


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Randomly select from a listMonday, 10 October 2011

Create a random number or randomly order a list

http://random.org/

If students are doing presentations, randomly order them.

http://random.org/


Hardware

• Bluetooth mouse!!• Monitor• Lectern• Eye-fi Card



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Online ClocksMonday, 10 October 2011

Project a clock or timer

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/http://onlineclock.net/

If you have timed activites (or assessment tasks) it can be helpful to project onto the

screen.You can even use multiple monitors (Fn F5)

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/

http://onlineclock.net/

http://onlineclock.net/


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Find-a-words and CrosswordsMonday, 10 October 2011

Easily create these worksheets online to print out

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/crossword/www.discoveryeducation.com/puzzlemaker/

Review / Summarise a topic in a find-a-word or crossword

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/crossword/

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/puzzlemaker/




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Office 2007/2010 confusing?Monday, 10 October 2011

Find menus In the office ribbon

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CL101817133.aspx

Or http://tinyurl.com/officemenus

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, but it used to be under ‘insert’ then use this

office menu finder



http://tinyurl.com/officemenus


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Oops! I deleted a file!Monday, 10 October 2011

Recover files and/or old versions of files

http://www.piriform.com/recuvaOn a school network drive – Rt click > properties > previous versionsOffice – File > Recent > Recover unsaved document (File > Options > Save)

Find an old version of a file, before you made those changes!

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

http://www.piriform.com/recuva


Outlook Tips

• When sending a message: – Options > Delay Delivery– Options > Use Voting Buttons– Request delivery receipt / request read receipt

• Calendar– Use as your daily planner?

• Meetings– Invite Attendees (also tungle.me)

• Tasks – use for a record of phone conversations

• Do you use Google Calendar > get Google Calendar sync



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How to copy filesMonday, 10 October 2011

Gives you additional options to pause / restart copying and moving

http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.phpOr http://tinyurl.com/teracopydownload

If you computer crashes or you lose network connection whilst copying lots of files, you don’t

know what has and hasn’t copied, unless you use teracopy.

http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php

http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php


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Clear Aerial PhotographsMonday, 10 October 2011

You need to register for free. You can see very clear images (better than google maps

or earth)

http://www.nearmap.com/

See how an area changes over time / seasons.It’s fun!

http://www.nearmap.com/


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Create Games onlineMonday, 10 October 2011

Dustbin Game Matching pairs gamesPost It! (label a diagram) Wordshoot

TimeLine Flashcards

http://www.classtools.net/

A good way to provide an introduction and/or conclusion to a topic.

Example

http://www.classtools.net/

http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_3/TkYBd.htm


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Copy part of a pictureMonday, 10 October 2011

Copy parts of images or parts of your screen.

Microsoft Office > Insert Screen Shot > Screen ClippingSnipping Tool

Modify difficult diagramsAnd make the background transparent


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Google DocsMonday, 10 October 2011

Use google docs to collaborate for documents or spreadsheets

http://www.offisync.com/http://tinyurl.com/googlecloudconnect

I check homework, using my iPhone and then use OffiSync to open the Google

Spreadsheet in Excel

http://www.offisync.com/

http://www.offisync.com/

http://tinyurl.com/googlecloudconnect

http://tinyurl.com/googlecloudconnect


Microsoft Word

• Use Styles to save on formatting later

• ..\..\Knox\Year 9\Coordinate Geometry - Graphing Straight Lines\Coordinate Geometry (2011).docx

• Use ‘colours’ in powerpoint

• Go to Insert > Symbol to find the Character Map. E.g. FN-Alt-0176 = °



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Convert PDF Files to Word Documents


Convert PDF documents, with diagrams, into word documents to edit.

http://www.pdftoword.com/

Example




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Parents want to help their son with homework?


DEC (Dept of Ed and Communities) has developed a site to help parents know what

students are doing in schools

http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

There are some quick factsheets which student may find helpful when revising.

Example.

http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/eppcontent/glossary/app/resource/factsheet/4068.pdf


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BrainteasersMonday, 10 October 2011

Brainteasers and optical illusions

http://www.braingle.com Example

If you have 5 minutes to fill, have a set of resources ready to go!

http://www.braingle.com/

http://www.braingle.com/

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/23691/should-you-be-institutionalized.html


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Online SurveysMonday, 10 October 2011

Quickly allow students to respond to survey questions and tabulate data

Scholaris – in a Virtual Classroomhttp://www.surveymonkey.com/ Google Form http://docs.google.com/

End of year teacher survey.Review a topic.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

http://docs.google.com/


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Interesting ideas…Monday, 10 October 2011

Connect with other educators from around the world to see the creative innovative

ideas that they are using

iTunes: iTunes U and Podcastshttp://reader.google.com/ & Twitter

It’s a stream – you don’t have to read everything!For more info…

see Andrew Jeppesen’s workshop on PLNs.

http://reader.google.com/

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/


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Share documentsMonday, 10 October 2011

Allow multiple people to edit the same document or share documents.

Scholaris or Z drivehttp://slideshare.net/Google Docs Dropbox public folder

Students can collaborate on files or you can upload files for colleagues from other

schools

http://slideshare.net/


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Send big filesMonday, 10 October 2011

Upload a file to an internet site for others to download. Great for files > 10

MB.

http://www.uploaderbox.com/

For files up to 1 GB.


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iPhone Apps (or equivalent andriod apps)


SplashTop: Control your computer from your iPhoneTaskTask/iReminders Sync tasks to Exchange

Google Docs /

http://www.splashtop.com/ http://tasktaskapp.com/

Connect to a home computer to do something?Control your laptop from on the screen from your

phone?Have tasks wherever you go!

http://www.splashtop.com/

http://tasktaskapp.com/


Excel Tips

• Data to Columns• Conditional Format

• ..\..\Knox\2011 Administration\Professional Development\Term 4 Day 1 Presentation\example.xlsx



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Wolfram AlphaMonday, 10 October 2011

How many hairs are on a human head?Solve 2x+10=15

http://wolframalpha.com/

Students can investigate a topic, taking difficult mathematics out of the equation –

and explaining how to do it!

http://wolframalpha.com/


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Windows LiveMonday, 10 October 2011

The online environment for Microsoft allows you to link in with a number of services

Photo Gallery (similar to Picasa)– http://www.youtube.com/user/WindowsV

ideos#p/u/18/dmRAlFQOA4gMovie Maker

Students can edit photos and videos in their creative expression very easily.

http://www.youtube.com/user/WindowsVideos#p/u/18/dmRAlFQOA4g

http://www.youtube.com/user/WindowsVideos#p/u/18/dmRAlFQOA4g


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BBC SchoolsMonday, 10 October 2011

This site contains a great variety of lesson plans and worksheets for teachers and also

games and activities for students

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

Students can use this for additional revision




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WikiMonday, 10 October 2011

A website that can be edited by a group of people

Scholarishttp://pbworks.com/http://wikispaces.com/

Create a site for your students to interact and build a knowledge base. Like a mini

‘wikipedia’.

http://pbworks.com/

http://wikispaces.com/


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AudioBooMonday, 10 October 2011

Record a short clip (up to 5 min) and email a link

http://audioboo.fm/

Students could respond verbally for homework in 5 minutes. An Oral task that can be

marked and listened to over time.

http://audioboo.fm/


Build your own games

• http://Sharendipity.com • http://Purposegames.com • http://What2learn.com • http://Yoyogames.com • http://Jeopardylabs.com • http://Proprofs.com/games


http://sharendipity.com/

http://purposegames.com/

http://purposegames.com/

http://what2learn.com/

http://what2learn.com/

http://yoyogames.com/

http://yoyogames.com/

http://jeopardylabs.com/

http://jeopardylabs.com/

http://proprofs.com/games

http://proprofs.com/games


Hopefully you can take one or two ideas from this presentation.

It is available on my blog: http://www.maths.net.au/


http://www.maths.net.au/

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