Technology and education are pretty much intertwined. Nearly every school board in the world requires their teachers to implement some sort of technology in their classroom. For some teachers, educational tech tools seem foreign and they thereby feel hesitant and uncertain in using them and tying them to the curriculum they are teaching. Here are 10 Educational Tech Tools you may want to research about and implement in time for first day of school. SlideShare by Alex Noudelman

1. Top 10 Tech Tools Every 21st Century
Educator Should Use
Technology and education are pretty much intertwined. Nearly every school
board in the world requires their teachers to implement some sort of
technology in their classroom. For some teachers, educational tech tools
seem foreign and they thereby feel hesitant and uncertain when using them
and tying them to the curriculum they are teaching. Here are 10 Educational Tech Tools
you may want to research about and implement in time for first day of school.
© Alex Noudelman

2. 1. Skype
An app that provides video chat and voice call services.
Skype can be a great tool for keeping in touch with other educators or even attending meetings
and field trips virtually. Even cooler, it can help teachers to connect with other classrooms, even
those in other countries.

4. Connect with Other
Classrooms Around the World

5. Is your school on a budget?
Invite a guest lecturer to speak to your
students via Skype at a fraction of the cost.

6. 2. Wordle
A tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
Wordles can be used in all curricular areas and are great for promoting critical thinking skills in
your students. Specifically, they can be used for studying, summarizing texts, creating student
profiles, highlighting key skills, learning new concepts and much more.

7. for Creating
Student Profiles

8. for Learning
Key Concepts

9. for Studying for Tests

10. 3. Twitter
Twitter is a social networking service that enables users to send
and read short 140-character messages.
There are so many ways Twitter can be used in education. Teachers can connect with other
educators, take part in chats, share their ideas, or even use it in the classroom to reach out to
students and parents.

11. Top 10 Education Chats to Join
Hashtag Date/Time
#edchat Tuesdays at 12pm ET and 7pm ET
Mondays at 7pm ET#engchat
#mathchat
#kinderchat
#edtech
Thursdays at 8 pm and Mondays at 8:30pm ET
Mondays at 9 pm ET
Tuesdays at 12 pm and 7 pm ET
Mondays at 8 pm ET#Flipclass
#sschat Mondays at 7 pm ET
#DENchat
#DigCit
Thursdays at 8 pm ET
Wednesdays at 7 pm ET
Tuesdays at 6 pm ET#Tededchat

12. Top 10 Education Experts to Follow
on Twitter
EXPERT’S NAME/TITLE TWITTER HANDLE
@coolcatteacher
@FSSimon
Vicki Davis (Co-Founder of Flat Classroom Project)
Fran Simon (Host of #ECETechChat)
Joanne Babalis (Educator) @Joannebabalis
@LarryFerlazzo
@TED_ED
Larry Ferlazzo (Educator)
TED Ed
Sir Ken Robinson (Scholar) @SirKenRobinson
@web20classroom
@rmbryne
Steven W. Anderson (Co-Creator of #edchat)
Richard Byrne (Speaker, Writer & Teacher)
Sue Beckingham (Education Developer)
Edutopia
@suebecks
@edutopia

13. 4. TED ED
TED's education initiative — makes short video lessons worth
sharing, aimed at educators and students.
TED isn’t just a great place to find inspiration anymore, the site also contains numerous videos
that are organized by subject and can help you to teach everything from how pain relievers work
to Shakespearean insults.

14. Let’s Take a Look at a Few Good
TED Ed Lessons

15. Click here to Apply to Become a
TED Ed Innovative Educator

16. Bring TED to your classroom
with TedEd Clubs!

17. 5. ClassDojo
Build wonderful classroom communities with parents and
students.
ClassDojo is a communication platform (Virtual Classroom) that encourages students to learn
and gets parents involved too. Classrooms become positive learning environments - which
means there's no more 'classroom management'.

18. Watch the following video to
learn more about how to use
ClassDojo.

19. 6. Google Apps for Education
A suite of free productivity tools for classroom
collaboration.
From Google Drive to Hangouts to Google Docs, these are the tools that let users collaborate,
communicate, and share your knowledge with others. Make your classroom a virtual and
paperless one by encouraging students to do everything on Google Apps.

20. Some Ways to Use Google Apps for
Education
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Create a Google Doc for a lesson plan to be shared with other teachers.
Try translating a document in Google Docs to give to non-English speaking parents.
Invite a guest lecturer into your class through video chat (Google Hangouts).
Create a parent volunteer survey with forms in Google Docs to collect contact and
availability information.
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Set-up a spreadsheet in Google Docs with timing and availability for parents to
sign-up for parent-teacher conferences.
Schedule and invite parents for interviews and collaboration. Google will send you
a reminder in case you forget.
Create a grade level folder in Google Docs that is shared with your team so anyone
can add and utilize your classroom files.
Set-up pen pals with students of another country or city

21. 7. Prezi
A presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional
slide presentations.
Both teachers and students have become numb to conventional classroom presentations, where
they're confronted with slide after slide containing too much info. Prezis defies conventions and
make presentations all the more interesting to look at.

24. 8. Dropbox
A tool that brings your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and keep
your files safe.
Share videos, photos, documents easily. Connect a DropBox account to your iPad and have
images, and video automatically synced between devices. Utilize the website, iOS app, or
Desktop APP to manage files where-ever you are.

25. 5 Great Uses of
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Share stored files
Overcome Email Limitations
Turn in Homework
Easy Saves from Popular Apps like Evernote
Declutters your desk.

26. 9. SchoolTube
The child-friendly version of YouTube.
You've heard of YouTube and TeacherTube, now check out SchoolTube, endorsed by leading
education associations. It's a safe, moderated environment where students can post self-produce
videos for classroom use.

27. Click here to create your own
School Channel.

28. 10. SlideShare
A Web 2.0 Based Slide Hosting Service
SlideShare is still the most popular place to find and host out-of-this-world presentations as well
as documents and infographics. Teachers and students alike can spend hours learning from what
others share.

29. Click here to check out some
“Educational” Decks on
SlideShare.

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