Free Websites and Google Apps. Megan Smith and Melinda Frakes

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1 Free Websites and Google Apps Megan Smith and Melinda Frakes

2 Free Websites Padlet Thinglink NCTE Venn Diagram Desmos

3 Padlet-- What is it? A blank page to write your thoughts on. Bellringer Check for understanding An alternative for: Google Classroom Discussion Google Doc

4 An Example The link: m/smith_megan /test

5 Let s make a Template Go to and Click on Create Something

6 Creating Your Own Page Click on New Padlet You should see a blank page. Let s add more details!

7 Make an Account Click on the Key Use an and a password to create an account

8 Basic Info Add a title Add a description Change your Icon Upload a picture to your padlet

9 Wallpaper and Layout

10 Privacy Options: Private- Send in an Password Protected Hidden Link: Can only see if you have the link Totally Public **Moderate Posts?

11 New Address Easier for students to type in. It will tell you if your address has been chosen or not.

12 Adding Posts Type in Title or Name Write Your Description Add a link or picture using the icons below

13 Try to Create a Padlet or Directions 10 minutes-- We will write on a Padlet in our next activity

14 Thinglink- What is it? A free educational website A tool to get small bits of information across Can be used for social media My Best Definition: It is what it sounds like. A thing or a picture that you can link information to.

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16 Thinglink Examples Examples: cene/ cene/ Why I have used Thinglink: Summarize a chapter Make a plan of how a plant could grow in space How a plant attributed to a raise in a civilization

17 Talk with a Buddy or a Group Think about what you would like to use Thinglink for in your classroom Share your thoughts with the people around you. Add your thoughts to padlet for everyone to see. Padlet address: Padlet Password: Batman

18 Let s Create a Thinglink 1: Go to

19 Step 2 Click on Students and Teachers Get Started Here Button

20 Step 3 Click on I m A Teacher

21 Step 4 Click on the Free Package

22 Step 5 Add your name Your address Skip invite code Create a password

23 Step 6 Click on Create

24 Step 7 Choose a picture to upload. Either save and upload OR Copy and paste web address

25 Add Title Public/ Not Public? To Save Your Progress

26 Add a link to look at or cite your sources Add a description Change Icon

27 How to Save Share to many resources Easiest: Copy and paste link and send in an

28 Try to Create a Thinglink or Directions 10 minutes

29 NCTE Venn Diagram Create an online Venn Diagram to compare up to 2 to 3 ideas. Add in to projects, small project Bell ringer

30 NCTE Venn Diagram Web address: es/interactives/venn_diagrams/

31 Let s Start! Pick 2 topics! 1. Type in your name and a title 2. When done, press START

32 Add Titles to Your Circles 1. Double Click on Circle 1 and Circle 2 to labels to your circles 2. Type in Label Your Circle to add a new label 3. Choose any color for your circles!

33 Add Information Click on New Item Add small amounts of information on Label your Item Add large amounts of information in Item Description

34 How to Finish, Save, and Send 1.Click on Finish when you are done 2.You can Save Final or Draft 3.Click on Share Final to send in an

35 Try to Create a Venn Diagram or Directions 10 minutes

36 Desmos-- What is it? Online Graphing Tool Large Projects Explorations

37 Examples:

38 Create An Account

39 Let s Try Some Equations Type these equations into the left side of your graph. 1.y=x 2. y=-x 3. y=x 2 4. y=-x 2

40 How to Save Graph Click on Untitled Graph Click Save To go back to your saved graph later, click on the 3 lines

41 How to Share Your Graph To share your graph click on the square with the arrow. Click on Type in Send

42 Try to Create More Graphs or Directions 10 minutes

43 22 Chrome Apps Every Teacher Should Know About 1. Google Classroom - we will talk later.

44 2. ClassDojo - helps teachers improve behavior in their classroom quickly and easily. It captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parent and administrators. 3. Google Keep - quickly capture what s on your mind and share those thoughts with friends and family. speak a voice memo on the go and have it automatically transcribed. Grab a photo of a poster, receipt or document and easily find it later in search. 4. Sketchpad - you can experiment with photos by painting new elements into the composition, add notes, manipulate graphics, overlay text on anything or go backwards and forwards in time infinitely through changes you make. 5. Glogster Edu - allows you to create Glogs - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, graphics, sounds, links, drawings, data attachments, and more.

45 6. VoiceNote II - Speech to Text - typing with you voice and speech recognition. simple and functional notepad. 7. Lucidchart - is a visual collaboration tool that makes drawing diagrams fast and easy. Work together with an unlimited number of others to create and edit diagrams in real time, with changes merged and synced instantaneously. 8. Socrative Teacher - engage, assess and personalize your class. Initiate formative assessments through quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races all with the app. 9. Any.do - organize all the things they want to do.

46 10. Loup Collage - takes hundres of your photos and in second, creates beautiful photo collages in any shape that you want. 11. Pixlr Express - fun and powerful photo editor. 12. Pixlr-o-matic - fun and simple photography/darkroom tool that makes it easy to quickly add style to your phots. 13. Dictanote - provides you with advanced rich text editor with an inbuilt multi-language speech recogniser. 14. PowToon - video animation software and a presentation animation software.

47 15. Class Charts - seating and behaviors charts. heps to organise students into appropriate learning groups. 16. LearnBoost - gradebook 17. RealtimeBoard: Whiteboard fo Collaboration 18. Chrome Remote Desktop - remote access another computer. 19. myhomework Student Planner - always know what s due wherever you are.

48 20. EDpuzzle - empowers teachers to make any video your lesson. Crop a video, explain it with your own voice and embed quizzes at any time. 21. Padlet - Megan already explained. 22. Exam Time - personal learning environment that allows students and teachers to create, discover and share learning resources. Hangouts.