Here are some iPad apps that were recommended by Randall Palmer from the Children’s Institute, Verona, NJ. I enjoyed seeing all the quick demos! Communication Apps: Scene Speak: This app allows you to take a picture and audio-lable the items. $10. Works great with younger children. Proloquo2go: a full-featured communication solution for people who have difficulty [...]
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iPad Apps for Special Education Students
February 2, 2012 · 2 Comments · Cool Tools, Ed Tech
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Curriculum 21
February 1, 2012 · 1 Comment · Cool Tools
Heidi Hayes Jacobs was a keynote speaker at FETC that I very much enjoyed due to her common sense suggestions. She is the author of six books, most recently, The Curriculum Mapping Planner: Templates and Tools for Effective Professional Development, co-authored with Ann Johnson, a book available on ASCD. Her message: ”We do not need [...]
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Moving to Google Apps
January 31, 2012 · No Comments · Cool Tools, Ed Tech
I had the pleasure of attending a workshop with Rushton Hurley at the FETC Conference, “Google Docs and Forms in Gory Detail.” I enjoyed it and am feeling more confident than ever that moving to cloud computing and Google Apps is the right thing for my school district to do next year. According to Rushton, “The [...]
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Infographics as a Creative Assessment
January 30, 2012 · No Comments · Classroom Examples, Cool Tools, Ed Tech, Literacy
I attended one of Kathy Schrock’s sessions at FETC and the topic was using infographics as a creative assessment. I saw the value of using infographics with students before there was a term for it, so I huried to this session. (I even subscribed to USA Today just so that I could cut out the “snapshots” that were always [...]
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QR Codes for Teachers
September 12, 2011 · No Comments · Cool Tools, Ed Tech
A few teachers have asked me recently to explain QR codes. Nobody can explain things as good as Lee LeFever at Common Craft, so I recommending watching his video; it is just over two minutes in length. Then start to think about the implications for a classroom teacher. This post on the Teaching Happily Ever [...]
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GRAND RAPIDS LIP DUB VIDEO
May 27, 2011 · 2 Comments · Cool Tools
This isn’t a typical Yes Tech! post, but this video gives me the chills and needs to be shared! I think of all the planning for this video and the collaboration and technology involved and know that it was a HUGE undertaking. The video was created in response to a Newsweek article that put Grand [...]
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On a Techie High
March 20, 2011 · No Comments · Conferences, Cool Tools, DEN, Discovery, Leadership, PD Event
The annual MACUL Conference was held this past week. The word on the street is that the conference was the best ever. This is good news to me, because I’m on the Board of Directors and helped plan and carry it off. There were over 4,000 attendees and I could feel the high [...]
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Student Access to Discovery Education Videos
February 4, 2011 · No Comments · Cool Tools, Discovery
Discovery subscribers: Do you know that there is a way for students to view Discovery videos on their own computers? Perhaps you have found some excellent videos you would like students to watch as homework. Maybe it would be helpful for your students to have access to videos about the same topic, but at differing [...]
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Wolphram Alpha, Your Expert Assistant
January 21, 2011 · 2 Comments · Cool Tools, Ed Tech
Are you tired of researching a topic using Google, which returns thousands of documents and websites that may or may not have the (correct) information you need? If so, you will want to check out Wolphram Alpha, an online system for computing answers to questions. Your questions are answered with words, data, charts, graphs, and [...]
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Kindle e-Book Review
January 2, 2011 · 3 Comments · Cool Tools, Ed Tech
I received a Kindle as a gift for by birthday in October. I thought I would share my thoughts and experiences after having used it for the past few months. Overall, I am very happy with it! What I like about it: It’s light to carry. I can make the font larger so I can read in bed [...]
