Copy of the slides for the "Terrific Teacher Tech Tools" Presentation given on 4/2/11 at the Spring Suffolk County STANYS Conference. Created under the terms of a Creative Commons 3.0 Non-Commercial, Attribution, Share-Alike License.

1. Terrific Teacher Tech
Tools
David Knuffke, Deer Park High School

2. Obligatory Talk Map
1. Me & Technology in < 5 minutes
2. Some Overarching Philosophy
3. Tools I Use & How I Use Them
4. Questions

3. 1. Me, Briefly

4. The Best Job In The World

5. Not a Bad Place To Spend A Career

6. Masters Degree #2

7. 2. Brief Philosophy

8. A Healthy Attitude Towards Technology

9. Technology ≠Teaching
I Am Not A Teacher!

10. Know Your Audience

11. Know Your AUP!

12. Think Before You Design (PLEASE!!!)

13. It’s always better when it’s

14. 3. Tools I Use A Lot

15. A. Two Stupid Email Tricks
1. Join Email Listserves
2. Make a Student Email Distribution List

16. B. Course Website

17. C. Course Wiki

18. D. Blogs

19. E. Online Calendar

20. F. Google Docs

21. G. Dropbox

22. H. Twitter

23. I. Prezi

24. The End!
Presentation materials online:
Slides: http://goo.gl/HmPwl
Notes (old): http://goo.gl/qD7DD

25. Acknowledgements
This Presentation would not have been possible without the
generous support of the following:
• STANYS in general, and Glen Cochrane in particular.
• “Project Opening Doors”, and Eloise Farmer in particular.
• The Deer Park UFSD for employment and letting me follow my
educational druthers.
• The DOE-ACTS program at Brookhaven National Lab (it was great
while it lasted!)
• My colleagues both in district, and out.
• Years of students for putting up with me.
• My parents for always having a computer in the house.
• My wife (for obvious reasons).

26. Image Credits
Slide 3: Personal
Slide 4: http://wearscience.com/img450/dog_show.gif
Slide 5: http://surnerbirding.blogspot.com/
Slide 7: http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/wp-content/uploads/raphael-detail.jpg
Slide 8: http://2001.wikia.com/wiki/HAL_9000
Slide 10: http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/texting.jpg
Slide 12: http://blog.mojizu.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/baddesign.jpg
Slide 13: http://cashtactics.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/man-free-sign.jpg
Slide 14: http://www.dannychesnut.com/SlideRule/sliderule20-web.jpg

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