Our tests may be standardized, but our students are not! Differentiate learning with 10+ free online (and cellphone) tools you can use in your classroom tomorrow! You have standards to teach and you have your standard teaching tools yet your students are anything but standard. Your students need to show gains so come and learn a few new things to meet their individual needs; like how to get them writing with comic creators. Teach study skills with an online/social list maker and social bookmarking. Teach your kids to think globally with some amazingly easy and free tools. Together we’ll explore 10+ free online tools you can use in your classroom tomorrow. Learn about video conversion tools, comic creators, online list makers, video-creating software, social bookmarking, web polls and more. Some of these you can use with your cell phone!

1. Show me a standard student...
Our tests may be standardized,
but our students are not!
Differentiate learning with
10+ free online tools
you can use in your classroom tomorrow!
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2. Mind Mapping
http://mywebspiration.com
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3. Writing Prompts
www.plinky.com
Site
M obile
So on!
C o ming
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4. Vocabulary, Poetry, Character Analysis
Motivational Posters
http://wigflip.com/automotivator/
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5. digital storytelling
Problem Solving, Role Playing, Vocabulary, Biographies, Sequence
www.xtranormal.com
Elizabeth Lloyd
Upload to YouTube then download to play on your phone!
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6. Download a video from
YouTube or Convert:
www.zamzar.com
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7. Online Polls
www.polleverywhere.com
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8. Collaborative Lists
www.tadalist.com
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9. Photo Novels
PimPamPum/Bubblr
Other Flickr toys by PimPamPum
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10. Social Bookmarking
www.delicious.com
Add students to your network
Text
i
“Red Delicious” for phones
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11. Literary Family Tree
Family-Mingle.com
“The Watson’s Go to Birmingham- 1963”
by Christopher Paul Curtis
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12. Conversation Around Media
www.voicethread.com
Mrs. Hannan’s Class
VT on Shiloh
★Export your VT to play on
iPod/iPhone
★(beta)Upload a photo from
your phone to
upload@voicethread.com
(use an existing VT email acct.)
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13. BookGlutton.com
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14. Download this presentation:
sites.google.com/site/edtechlearning
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