INTERATING NEW TECHNOLOGY INTO OLD LESSONS

Or, How To Incorporate What Your Kids Like!

Skills Website• http://newtech.coe.

uh.edu/• University of

Houston website of reviewed Web 2.0 tools.

Skills Website• http://cooltoolsfors

chools.wikispaces.com/

• Another website for a variety of tools

Skills Website

• http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/• A resource full of video, pictures, handouts, lessons, etc.• If you are in Region IV you should have free access to

this.

Suggested Tools - Prezi

• http://prezi.com/• A moving Power Point type presentation• You can imbed video• Pictures within pictures

Suggested Tools – PB Works

• http://pbworks.com/education• A free wikispace for teachers• Use to communicate. Blog, and have resources

available for your students

Suggested Tools - Tagxedo

• http://www.tagxedo.com/• Word clouds that can highlight individual words• Good for vocabulary introduction/review

Suggested Tools - Glogster

• http://www.glogster.com/• An online poster• You can insert video, pictures, etc.

Student Examples

Suggested Tools - Animoto

• http://animoto.com/• Short self-made videos• Free accounts

Suggested Tools - Xtranormal

• http://www.xtranormal.com/• Create short animated videos• Free accounts

Suggested Tools - Easybib

• http://www.easybib.com/• Use to check/create bibliographies and citings• Free accounts

Suggested Tools – Education Weebly

• http://education.weebly.com/ • A free site for students to create wikipages.

Suggested Tools - YouTube

• http://www.youtube.com/• For finding video clips and videos to support lessons.

Suggested Tools – YouTube Downloader

• http://youtubedownloader.com/• Downloads and converts to any format videos for

YouTube and other sources.• Free

Suggested Tools – Any Video Converter

• http://www.any-video-converter.com/• Converts video to any format• Free

Information Site

• http://zalesakshistorymania.wikispaces.com/• My wiki – resources, research links, media for review• This paper is on the teacher page for live links.