Tech+Playground

= Tech Tool Scenarios =

If you don't like these tools, check out the Cool Tools for Schools: http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ or this Joyce Valenza's wiki: New Tools Workshop http://newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com/home or Richard Byrne's award winning site: [|http://www.freetech4teachers.com/] _

Manchester Library Media Specialist Wiki

Cohort 3 || [|Bitstripsforschools Technology Tool Scenario Sheet TEMPLATE.doc] || CREC Cohort 1 || [|UPSON_Blabberize.doc] ||
 * **Tech Tools** || **What Does the Tool Let You Do?** || **Researcher** || **More Info** ||
 * **Audacity** || Create audio files for podcasting - Free for Mac and PC || Rosetta Fremont, EASTCONN Cohort 1 || [|Audacity - Technology Tool Scenario Sheet.doc] ||
 * ** [|Bitstrips for Schools] ** || Create online Comic strips || Maura McGuire
 * ** [|Blabberize] ** || Animate graphic images || Ben Upson
 * **Blogs** || Write an online journal || Ashley Madonna || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Tech+Tool.doc"]] [|Tech Tool.doc] ||

Ed Connect Cohort 1 || [|Brainpopjr.pdf] || Ed Connect Cohort 1 || [|Cacoo.pdf] || Check out a demo: HERE || Watch a short video (YouTube) and learn how to use EasyBib in a few short steps. [] || Susan Eblen, CREC 1, B.Marchinkoski || [|Google Docs - Amanda Friedman.doc] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet - Rice.doc] || Sue Irvine's Poetry Wiki Page || and middle school students || Terri Buganski, CREC Cohort 2 Karen Pakula, Suffield || [|Technology-Tool-Scenario-Sheet_Terri_Buganski.pdf] || Mansfield EASTCONN Cohort 2 Michael Wight Newtown || Kidblog presentation w/ Google Docs [] Griffith Tech Tool [] [|Tipps Cohort Homework - techtoolscenarios.pdf] || [|Photo Story.CT.doc] || CREC || Will also create .pdfs or you can print from the created page. Also can add the tool to your browser tools. || CREC Cohort 3 Marilyn Lynch, ACES (WHPS) || [|Survey Monkey - Technology Tool Scenario Sheet.doc] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet TEMPLATESURVEYMONKEYwhps.doc] || CREC Cohort 2 || [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet Tagxedo.doc] || materials and other resources || Tandi Rossman, EASTCONN Cohort 1 || [|Thinkfinity Tech Tools Tandi.doc] || softcovers at moderate prices. || Kameron Isaacs CREC Cohort 3 || [|Tikatok Across the Curriculum.pdf] || or less ||  ||   || collaborative presentations || JoAnn Langevin, EASTCONN Cohort 1 || http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/JoAnn+Langevin+Titus || [|WallWisher Tech Tool.doc] || and links ||  ||   || the globe ||  ||   || Ed Connect 1 || [|StoryBird Scenario Sheet.doc] || CREC Cohort 1 || [|Kerpoof Scenario Sheet.pdf] you will need 4 characters for student passwords. I used ssss for example. || Cohort 2 || [|Technology Tool Scenario Symbaloo.doc] || EastConn Cohort 3 || Using secure blogging tool for the classroom teacher. [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet KU.pdf] [|Using KidBlog.pdf] || EastConn Cohort 3 || [|Technology Tool Scenario Scratch ML.pdf] The following files are from the Scratch website [] : [|Scratch-21stCenturySkills.pdf] [|learning-by-designing.pdf] [|ScratchProgrammingConcepts-v14.pdf] ||
 * Brainpopjr || videos to introduce new concepts grades k-3 || Tanya Silva
 * Cacoo || Create all kinds of mind maps or diagrams || Jim Luchsinger
 * ** [|Cover It Live] ** || Be a reporter - host an interactive, live presentation. || Doug Gardner, ACES Cohort || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+Cover+it+Live.doc"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet Cover it Live.doc]
 * ** [|Dabbleboard] ** || Use an online whiteboard for drawing and collaboration || Bruce Hargraves || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Dabbleboard.docx"]] [|Dabbleboard.docx] ||
 * ** [|Delicious] ** || Bookmark your favorites on the Web and share them with others || Emily Kelsey, ACES Cohort || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/deliciousinfo.doc"]] [|deliciousinfo.doc] ||
 * ** [|Diigo] ** || Bookmark your favorites on the Web and share them with others || Stephanie Fielek, EDCONN, Cohort 1 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Diigo+EdConn.doc"]] [|Diigo EdConn.doc] ||
 * ** [|EasyBib] ** || Bibliography composer || Elizabeth Pierce-Fortin, EASTCONN Cohort 1 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+EasyBib.doc"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet EasyBib.doc]
 * [|Quick overview] **
 * [|EasyBib's Visual Guide to Citations] ** ||
 * ** [|Flickr] ** || Use pictures to tell a story ||  ||   ||
 * Format Factory || The Swiss Army knife of digital media conversion. || Steve Sokoloski. Mansfield || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+-+Format+Factory.pdf"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario - Format Factory.pdf] ||
 * ** [|Glogster] ** || Poster yourself || Simon Dowle, CREC Cohort 2 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+TEMPLATE.doc"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet TEMPLATE.doc] ||
 * ** [|GoAnimate] ** || Make animated characters, direct your own characters, and watch others' creations || Fred Borne, ACES || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/GoAnimate.doc"]] [|GoAnimate.doc]
 * ** [|Google Docs] ** || Collaborate and share online documents || Rachel Rice, ACES Cohort
 * ** [|Google Earth] ** || Map the world || Tina Welsh, Ed Conn. || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+TEMPLATE+GE.doc"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet TEMPLATE GE.doc][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Google+Earth+Practice+placemark+tour.doc"]] [|Google Earth Practice placemark tour.doc][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Google+Earth+worksheet.doc"]] [|Google Earth worksheet.doc][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/zip.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Bridges+of+the+World+Tour-Monica+T..kmz"]] [|Bridges of the World Tour-Monica T..kmz] ||
 * Google Art Project || Provides virtual tours of a variety of museums around the world. ||  ||   ||
 * [|Issuu] || Document libraries and portfolios - documents can be embedded into websites for easy display || Julia Case, CREC, Cohort 3 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/ISSUU.doc"]] [|ISSUU.doc] ||
 * Image Chef || Create word clouds, poetry with animated images || Sue Irvine, Mansfield || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/octet-stream.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+imagechef.lnk"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet imagechef.lnk]
 * ** [|JayCut] ** || Become a video editor || Peg Grocki || JayCut Info ||
 * ** [|Jottit] ** || Create a Web site by filling in a text box ||  ||   ||
 * ** Join Me ** || Conference collaboratively on the web || Mike Oberdick, ACES || Using Join Me ||
 * ** [|Kidblog] ** || Build a "kid safe" blog for elementary
 * Kidblog || Kidblog.org is an easily managed Web 2.0 tool appropriate for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide a safe and secure blog site for students. || Jim Griffith
 * [|Kidsvid] || Help students create videos ||  || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet.doc"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet.doc] ||
 * ** [|Linkyy] ** || Create small URLs from large ones ||  ||   ||
 * ** [|Ning] ** || Build a social network ||  ||   ||
 * ** [|Live Binders] ** || Create a virtual binder with Web-based resources || Mike Vose, EASTCONN Cohort 1 || http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/Michael+Vose ||
 * ** [|Movie Maker] ** || Movie Maker || Kevin Mariano, EASTCONN Cohort 1 || [|Movie Maker - Technology Tool Scenario Sheet.doc] ||
 * ** [|Online-Convert] ** || Convert files to just about any format you can imagines. || Rich Blozie, EASTCONN Cohort 1 || [|Online-Convert.doc] ||
 * Paper Rater || Reads and checks student (and adult) papers. || Janet Kenney, CREC || PaperRater is a FREE site that analyzes documents immediately, 24/7, in real-time. Some of the features include: Plagiarism Detection, Auto Grader, Spelling & Grammar Check, Style and Word Choice Analysis, Readability Statistics, Title Validation, and Vocabulary Builder tool. ||
 * ** [|PhotoPeach] ** || Create online slide shows || Aja Marks, CREC || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/PHOTOPEACH.doc"]] [|PHOTOPEACH.doc] ||
 * ** [|PiratePad] ** || Collaborate in an online document ||  ||   ||
 * **PhotoStory** || Create digital stories using a free application from Microsoft || Caroline Troy, EASTCONN Cohort 1 || [|Photo Story.doc]
 * [|Poll Everywhere] || Polling tool; answers can be submitted via text, Twitter, web link or through a smartphone || Lynn Reedy, EASTCONN Cohort 2 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Reedy_Poll+Everywhere+Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet.doc"]] [|Reedy_Poll Everywhere Technology Tool Scenario Sheet.doc] ||
 * ** [|Prezi] ** || Create presentations live and on the Web || Laurie Cross, CREC 1 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology%2BTool%2BScenario%2BSheet%2BTEMPLATE.doc"]] [|Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+TEMPLATE.doc] ||
 * [|PrintFriendly] || Eliminates ads and if requested images from a web site to make it easier to read. || Terri Buganski
 * Printliminator || Helps print websites || Janet Kenney, CREC || The Printliminator is a bookmarklet with some simple tools you can use to makes websites print better (remove graphics, etc)--THIS IS NOT WEB2.0--you'll have to install it locally on each machine. ||
 * ** Screencast-o-matic ** || Create screencast (i.e. video of something that you are doing on your computer) || Mike Oberdick, ACES || Using Screencast-O-Matic ||
 * ** [|Share Tabs] ** || Develop a tabbed URL with links for up to 15 Web sites ||  ||   ||
 * ** [|SurveyMonkey] ** || Make fast, easy online surveys || Mickey Litwinczyk
 * ** [|Tagxedo] ** || Create word clouds in shapes || Brenda Smith
 * ** [|Thinkfinity] ** || Find K-12 lesson plans, primary source
 * Tikatok || Write, illustrate, and publish e-books, hardcovers, and
 * ** [|Twiducate] ** || Create a network for you and your students ||  ||   ||
 * ** [|Twitter] ** || Send messages in 140 characters
 * ** [|Voice Thread] ** || Put together multi-media online
 * ** [|WallWisher] ** || Post electronic notes on a colorful wall ||  || []
 * **Wikispaces** || Design Web sites with pages, files
 * ** [|Xtranormal] ** || Become a movie maker ||  ||   ||
 * ** [|Zoomerang] ** || Make fast, easy online surveys || Joy Fitzgerald, CREC Cohort 3 || http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/JOYF [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/ZOOMERANG+-+Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet.doc"]] [|ZOOMERANG - Technology Tool Scenario Sheet.doc] ||
 * [|Dipity] || Interactive timeline creator || Michelle Schwenger, Tamra Velleca ACES || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/AATechnology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+bcs.docx"]] [|AATechnology Tool Scenario Sheet bcs.docx] ||
 * Museum Box || tools for you to build a virtual box || Virginia Greene || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+TEMPLATE.doc"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet TEMPLATE.doc] ||
 * Gigapan || allows users to upload, share, and explore places around
 * [|Qwiki] || improve the way people experience information || Emily Kelsey, ACES Cohort || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Qwiki+info.doc"]] [|Qwiki info.doc] ||
 * [|JavaWIDE] || Online IDE for computer programming in java language. || Fred Borne, ACES || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/JavaWIDE.doc"]] [|JavaWIDE.doc] ||
 * The Graffiti Creator || online Word art ||  ||   ||
 * [|My Fake Wall] || Creates a facebook wall || Janet Kenney, CREC Cohort2 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Technology+Tool+Scenario+Sheet+myfakewall.doc"]] [|Technology Tool Scenario Sheet myfakewall.doc] ||
 * [|Pixton] || Create a comic || Lisa Carroll, CREC Cohort2 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/PIXTON+technology+scenario+sheet.doc"]] [|PIXTON technology scenario sheet.doc]Your first name is your username and X3E-PSN is your activation code. ||
 * [|Wordle] || Create Word Clouds || Susan Eblen, CREC 1 ||  ||
 * [|StoryBird] || Create online storybooks || Heather Messina,
 * Kerpoof || Create Movies, pictures, stories and share them while collecting coins. || Stephen Rianhard
 * Khan Academy || Online lessons, videos, and practice || Stephen Rianhard CREC Cohort 1 ||  ||
 * [|Symbaloo] || Bookmark Organizational Tool || Kathleen Sasso EASTCONN
 * [|Zooburst] || 3D pop-up book for storytelling || Kirstina Frazier EASTCONN || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/tipp21.doc"]] [|tipp21.doc] ||
 * Hands-On Equations || Hands-on Algebra for grades 3-8 || Donna Horbaehuk, EDUCATION CONNECTION Cohort 2 || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://tipp21.wikispaces.com/file/view/Hands-on+Equations+drh+04-16-11.doc"]] [|Hands-on Equations drh 04-16-11.doc] ||
 * VuVox || Online collage maker || Nicole Knott, EDUCATION CONNECTION Cohort 2 || [] ||
 * [|KIDBLOG] || Classroom blogging tool || Karen Urgitis and Michel Leask
 * Scratch || Scratch is a graphical programming language that allows learners of all ages to create and share projects including multi-media stories, reports, announcements, animations, games, music, art and more. || Michel Leask and Karen Urgitis