1. HOW CAN WE
ENHANCE OUR
TECHNOLOGY?
What the Tech!

2. Wallwisher
 Wallwisher is an online notice board maker.
How do you think you could use it in your classroom?
Positives:
•Can post individual ideas to a question
Some problems I ran into:
•May be more effective for intermediate
•Can get congested with many post
•The program was picky when I made the URL

3. Storybird
 Storybird - Geffery and His Friends!!
 Storybird’s are short, visual stories that you
make to share and print.
How can you use this in your classroom?

4. Symballo
 Example page
 Symballos are a way to organize, share your
online and discover that of others.
How can you use this in your classroom?

5. Blabbberize
 Make images talk.
 Only problem I ran into was getting image to
talk since we do not have microphones,
however it is very easy.
 Blabberize.com - Make a Blabber!
How can you use this in your classroom?

6. Wordle
 Input or copy in some text and generate a visual could of the most
frequently used words.
 What was important in the article, When Nice Won’t Suffice?
How can you use this in your classroom?

7. Edmodo
 Social platform for teachers and students to
share ideas, files and assignments.
 Students can use external usernames and
passwords provided by BCPS.
 Introduce passwords using word.
 Great way to post links such as, symballo
 Can generate questions for students to answer
 Let’s
login to see how to make questions.
 Edmodo
How can you use this in your classroom?

8. Glogster.Edu
 Make interactive posters
 Can take awhile to load
 Picky about what it will upload
 Different way to present the information
How can you use this in your classroom?

9. Animoto
 Let’s you create videos from images
 Free accounts don’t have are only offered a
limited number of minutes for a show and
special features.
 Let’s make one
How can you use this in your classroom?

10. PhotoStory
 Create visual stories with digital photos.
 On all computers at Logan
 Let’s take a look and make a mini photstory
about AIDEN’S SUMMER
How can you use this in your classroom?

11. SlideShare
 Store and share presentations
 This presentation I uploaded!
 This is really a site for teachers
How can you use this in your classroom?

12. SlideRocket
 Online version of PowerPoint
 Many of the same features as PowerPoint
 This is an example from my spring project:
sliderocket example
How can you use this in your classroom?

13. Windows Movie Maker
 Take footage from flipcams and convert into a
movie.
 MovieMaker allows you to upload, edit and
publish movies
 Example movie made was seen in the
sliderocket presentation.
 Do need to convert image and sound prior to
uploading into moviemaker. Software needs
to be installed
 Let’s take a look…..
How can you use this in your classroom?

14. PIXIE
 Rose can install it onto your computers
 Teacher’s can make activities on the program
for students to interact
 Student’s can use features such as graphics
and text to display stories, assessment tool.
How can you use this in your classroom?

15. Kidspiration3
 Students can use to create stories, graphic
organizers and posters.
 Located on every computer at Logan.
 Let’s take a look at it…
How can you use this in your classroom?