Free Websites and Google Apps Megan Smith and Melinda Frakes
Free Websites Padlet Thinglink NCTE Venn Diagram Desmos
Padlet-- What is it? A blank page to write your thoughts on. Bellringer Check for understanding An alternative for: Google Classroom Discussion Google Doc
An Example The link: http://padlet.co m/smith_megan /test
Let s make a Template Go to www.padlet.com and Click on Create Something
Creating Your Own Page Click on New Padlet You should see a blank page. Let s add more details!
Make an Account Click on the Key Use an email and a password to create an account
Basic Info Add a title Add a description Change your Icon Upload a picture to your padlet
Wallpaper and Layout
Privacy Options: Private- Send in an email Password Protected Hidden Link: Can only see if you have the link Totally Public **Moderate Posts?
New Address Easier for students to type in. It will tell you if your address has been chosen or not.
Adding Posts Type in Title or Name Write Your Description Add a link or picture using the icons below
Try to Create a Padlet or Directions 10 minutes-- We will write on a Padlet in our next activity
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.
www.thinglink.com
Thinglink Examples Examples: https://www.thinglink.com/s cene/656917696947945472 https://www.thinglink.com/s cene/626800753758961664 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
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: http://padlet.com/smith_megan/june Padlet Password: Batman
Let s Create a Thinglink 1: Go to www.thinglink.com
Step 2 Click on Students and Teachers Get Started Here Button
Step 3 Click on I m A Teacher
Step 4 Click on the Free Package
Step 5 Add your name Your email address Skip invite code Create a password
Step 6 Click on Create
Step 7 Choose a picture to upload. Either save and upload OR Copy and paste web address
Add Title Public/ Not Public? To Save Your Progress
Add a link to look at or cite your sources Add a description Change Icon
How to Save Share to many resources Easiest: Copy and paste link and send in an email
Try to Create a Thinglink or Directions 10 minutes
NCTE Venn Diagram Create an online Venn Diagram to compare up to 2 to 3 ideas. Add in to projects, small project Bell ringer
NCTE Venn Diagram Web address: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resourc es/interactives/venn_diagrams/
Let s Start! Pick 2 topics! 1. Type in your name and a title 2. When done, press START
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!
Add Information Click on New Item Add small amounts of information on Label your Item Add large amounts of information in Item Description
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 email
Try to Create a Venn Diagram or Directions 10 minutes
Desmos-- What is it? Online Graphing Tool Large Projects Explorations
Examples:
Create An Account
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
How to Save Graph Click on Untitled Graph Click Save To go back to your saved graph later, click on the 3 lines
How to Share Your Graph To share your graph click on the square with the arrow. Click on Email Type in Email Send
Try to Create More Graphs or Directions 10 minutes
22 Chrome Apps Every Teacher Should Know About 1. Google Classroom - we will talk later.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.