Malia+Hoffmann

Wednesday


 * Cell phones: Friend or Foe **

Text 50500 and textinfo to get presenter's business card


 * Wiffiti **

It filters out curse words

Gives you 30 messages

Good tool for questions or brainstorms, totally anonymous

Text pictures too!

To share thoughts and concerns: Text 87884 in message @wif93253


 * Resistant to technology? **

Teachingwithcontets.com


 * Class parrot **

A way to send a mass text, it needs to be subscribed to


 * Poll Everywhere **

Allows you to create a poll and people respond though text message


 * Text for contact info at contxts.com **

Uses: flash card review

Scavenger hunt


 * Voki **

Create avatars and use your phone to record their thoughts etc


 * QRStuff.com **

Use colors in your qr code creators

Uses: scavenger hunts

Flash cards

Worksheets

Check answers

Search terms

Urls

QRVoice.net

This talks to you when you scan it

You can also record you own voice and create your own.


 * App building **


 * Look for resources, how toos, and product reviews on the following app builders. **

Appcelerator.com - some code knowledge is required, download the software on your computer

Game Salad.com: apple publishing, fees for uploading to iTunes

app.co: Drag and drop, free for building, publishing fees, it works on feeds or your social apps

Swebapps: expensive, premade templates, has an app to build on your mobile devices

Viziapps: $99 premade templates, requires snow leopard, works with Google spreadsheets

Appsbar: has its own YouTube channel, free all the way

You can hire programmers. Use scriptlance, elance, or odesk. Post your project and programmers bid on the job.

Kickstarter.com -you post your project and people will financially support you

Donorschoose.org - also provides funding for projects

Appinventoredu: MITs program for an app buildup tool for educators

App makr beta: register, makes only droid apps, there is a one-time developer fee for publishing.

Follow the back channel at

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 * Web 2.0 presentation **

All the presentation tools are much like ppt

Slide share - can post publicly or privately, free account, looks like ppt, can upload pictures

Slideroll - connect to your online photo accounts

Empressr

Zoho show 3.0 - like ppt, can't do a batch upload of photos, have to upload one at a time

Web poster wizard - create class codes and gives you a central place to host info and files! They look like generic WebPages.

Edmodo

Today's meet- todaysmeet.com/edmodo

Google site for notes etc - tinyurl.com/cisdedmodo

Advice: make a fake student and parent account to see what each will be able to see.


 * Assignments can be created as posts and feedback only goes back to the student. Students can upload files and web addresses. Assignments will show up on the calendar.
 * Calendars can be exported as static calendars to outlook.
 * Search function helps you narrow the folder search. There are no nested folders
 * One g limit per file upload


 * Web 2.0 **


 * Prezi - slide show tool in the cloud
 * Evernote - draw, take notes, and audio
 * Voice thread - allows you to upload ppts and add audio comments.
 * Drop box- cloud server technology, free up to
 * [|Tilt-shift]- place and edit images, gives a different view by using a filter on your pictures
 * Bloglines- RSS feed aggregator
 * Diigo-bookmark websites, store them in one place, also highlight on the site or capture and it saves it in diingo
 * Cloud storage **


 * Dropbox
 * Spideroak - back up your computer
 * Box (50 G)
 * Buffalo web access
 * Google docs
 * FTP on the go


 * Pinterest in education **


 * Back channel todaysmeet/Pinterest **


 * Follow **

Uses
 * Follow Brandey Addison, 3rd grade teacher
 * Follow Esmeralda Cosio, elementary teacher
 * Follow Christy Solis, elementary teacher
 * Melanie Burris Angela Steagall
 * Commerce IT - curriculum tools
 * Benitio Portillo


 * Create boards for each subject
 * Create boards for teaching idea
 * Boards for blogs
 * Repining keeps the original source too.
 * Create a resource board for research topics
 * You can set up a board where only you post
 * You can create a board where other teacher etc can post too