Technology+links


 * Technology Links **

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[|**Get a Voki now!**] = SMART Notebook Tutorials = Preparing a Lesson Using the Lesson Activity Toolkit (video) Using the Lesson Activity Toolkit (PDF)Teaching Secondary Math (video) Tutorials on YouTube's SmartClassroom Channelhttp://bit.ly/aEAdem []

SMART Notebook software 10 Getting Started
 * Tutorial 1: Activation English
 * Tutorial 2: Finding What You Need English
 * Tutorial 3: The Ink Layer English
 * Tutorial 4: Managing Pages English
 * Tutorial 5: The Properties Tab English
 * Tutorial 6: The Lesson Activity Toolkit English
 * Tutorial 7: New Tools in SMART Notebook 10 English
 * Tutorial: What’s New in Notebook 10 – A 30-Minute Overview (Flash file – 113 MB) English

SMART Notebook software 10 Basics
 * Notebook Basics Learning Resource (PDF 1 MB)English
 * Tutorial: SMART Notebook Software Basics (Flash file - 1.4MB) | Spanish
 * Toolbars Windows | MAC
 * Collecting and Sharing Content - Windows | MAC
 * Tutorial: The Notebook Gallery (Flash file - 2.1MB) | Arabic
 * Tutorial: Objects in Notebook Software (Flash file - 2.4MB)
 * Working with Gallery Collections - Windows | MAC
 * Tutorial: The Page Sorter (Flash file - 2.1MB)
 * Populating a Notebook File English_UK
 * Using My Content English_UK
 * Building a Science Notebook file English_UK
 * Using SMART Notebook in Secondary teaching English_UK
 * Engaging Students Using SMART Notebook English_UK

JUDAIC STUDIES TEACHERS: To copy internet Hebrew text into SMART Notebook, you have to use the Capture Tool (the camera icon) from the Notebook software and paste it in as an image. To type Hebrew, use the text tool and set the font to a Hebrew font.

=SMART Slate Tutorial=

Overview

SMART Slate WS200

Learn how to connect, use and customize the SMART Slate.


 * Tutorial: Using the SMART Slate - (Flash file – 3.3 MB)
 * Using the SMART Slate - (PDF – 0.8 MB)
 * Tutorial: Customizing the SMART Slate - (Flash file – 3.6 MB)
 * Customizing the SMART Slate - (PDF – 1.0 MB)

=SMART Board Tutorial=

SMART Board interactive whiteboard 9.7

Learn how to orient the interactive whiteboard, control applications and write, erase and save notes.
 * Tutorial - (Flash file - 1.4MB)

=SMART Lessons / Activities= [|Smart Exchange (thousands of lessons by subject, grade, state standard)] [|Everyday Math Resources] K-3 SMARTboard sites Smartboard Jewish Educational Database

=Networking= Independent School Educator's Network Twitterfall 50 Blogs for Teachers Pro Teacher Community (message boards by grade, subject) AviChai's Jewish Educational Technology Blog Teachers Tech Blog:[] Twitter for Teachers (find teachers in your discipline who are tweeting)

=Web 2.0= Using Web 2.0 in the Classroom Rubric for Evaluating Blogs =Multimedia= Teacher's TV [|PBS Videos] BBC Schools [|Annenberg Video] Hippocampus (MS / HS General Studies) Watchknow.org (indexed educational videos) Jing: Record Onscreen Action Jing Samples: Cam Studio (like Jing, but saves into regular AVI format on your computer, doesn't host it online) Pixlr (online image editor) Voki (create a speaking avatar)
 * Give tour of a website
 * Comment on student work
 * Student Projects

=Early Elementary / EC= Boobah Zone (good for mouse control practice for youngest students) NAEYC: Technology and Young Children (information for teachers regarding technology in a preschool environment) ABC Ya (Educational games for K-5) Primary Games (lots of educational games, videos, and resources by subject area) BBC Bitesize (educational games for Early Elementary) Gcompris (simple educational games, can be played in many languages including Hebrew) Kerpoof (excellent set of literary, artistic, and dramatic creation tools) Photostory 3 (simple slide show maker) The Hat (picks names, pairs of names, out of a hat) Scholastic Lessons & Activities (Language Arts, Social Studies, Science & Math for younger grades) Starfall.com (Interactive media for developing literacy) Spelling: Spelling City Kidspell.com Storyline (Children's stories read aloud with activities afterward) Sight Words Buddy

=Judaic Studies= My Jewish Games (Hebrew and Israel-based games) Navigating the Bible (Pesukim, translation, commentary, and audio files of every pasuk read with ta'amei ha-mikra) Links to Primary Torah Texts Mechon Mamre Classic Jewish Texts [|Spertus] Tech Rav wejew.com (Jewish themed youtube) Google Translate Bible Places in Google Earth = = =Math= Math Made Easy: Youtube channel with good videos on basic math concepts The Video Math Tutor (videos on basic math and algebra - click on "My Videos" in upper right hand corner) AAA Math (1st-8th Grade Math) [|Wolfram Alpha - Computational Knowledge Engine] Google Sketch Up Geogebra (Interactive Geometery and Algebra Tools - look at this wiki to see how teachers are using it in Elementary through High School) Dan Meyer's Blog (Problem Solving)

=Science= The Physics Classroom General Chemistry

**Social Studies / History** Google Earth Google Earth Lessons Timetoast (create, download, timelines) Library of Congress Digital Collections America's Story CNN Student News

=English Language & Literature= English With Jennifer: A Blog for English Teachers Bartleby: Great Books Online Wordle Purdue Online Writing Lab Read, Write, Think (Classroom Resources and Professional Development, K-12) Make Beliefs Comix (create comic strips)

=Mind Mapping / Graphic Organizers / Presentation Software= Text To Mind Map Eyeplorer: Graphical Knowledge Engine Freemind (sophisticated mind mapping, could be useful for Essay Writing, charting Gemara, etc.) Freemind Example: Writing an Essay with Freemind Visuwords (Graphical Dictionary) Prezi (Presentation Software) Glogster (Virtual Posterboards) Posterous (Virtual Bulletin Board) =Citation / Plagiarism= Diana Hacker's Site Citation Machine Plagium (free plagiarism checker) **Multi-Disciplinary** [|Downloads and Resources from Forest Lake Elementary School] Landmark Project (Very good links to sites, by subject area, primarily upper grades) Thinkfinity (searchable lesson plans, resources, by topic) [|KidsKnowIt] (interactive games, resources, by subject, best for K-8) Funbrain.com (interactive games, resources, by subject, best for K-6) Google Squared (searches for related information and breaks it down into spreadsheet form) Super Teacher Tools (customizable games and classroom management tools) Class Tools (customizable games and classroom management tools)

=Collaboration Tools= DimDim

=File Converters= Zamzar (will convert PDF to Word, download YouTube files, etc)

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