181 – April Showers: Teacher Resources

This week the WELSTech Podcast “April Shower” series concludes as Gail Potratz from New London, WI assists with the extensive list of teacher resources.

The discussion:

Raining resources for teachers – We had to call in reinforcements in order to share the many teacher resources that are available!  Gail Potratz, teacher and technology coordinator from Emanuel in New London, WI, joins Martin and Sallie to share some of the many teacher (and student) oriented tech tools.

For teachers:

• Bloom’s Taxonomy goes digital
  • Clickable image pyramid by Samantha Perry
  • Kathy Schrock’s Bloomin’ Google
• Communication
  • Blogger
  • WordPress
  • Google Sites – Google Apps for education
  • WikiSpaces
  • Edublogs
  • Kidblog
• Record Keeping and Planning
  • SnapGrades
  • PowerSchool
  • Engrade
  • Skyward
  • Infinite Campus
  • Rubistar
  • Tech & Learning magazine
• PLN (Personal Learning Network)
  • Twitter – Follow Sallie’s EdTech list
  • Diigo – Join the WELSTech group
  • Free Technology For Teachers
  • Google Reader – Not reading blogs via RSS?  Make it a summer goal to start!  Learn about Google Reader via the WELSTech Wiki.
  • Flipboard for iPad

For students:

• Research Tools
  • BibleGateway.com
  • Fact Monster
  • Ask for Kids
• Creative Tools
  • Animoto for Educators
  • Picnik
  • Big Huge Labs
  • Glogster for education
  • Professor Garfield Comic Creator
  • Make Beliefs Comicx
  • Super Hero Squad Comic Creator
  • Audacity
  • Voice Thread
  • Kerpoof
  • Wordle
  • PicLits
  • Tux Paint
  • FreeMind
  • Mindomo
• Web & Programming Tools
  • Scratch
  • NetSmartz Kids
  • Welcome to the Web
• Reading & Spelling Tools
  • Spelling City
  • Knoword.org
  • Free Rice
  • Starfall
  • Story Starters
• Math & Science Tools
  • Two More Than | Two Less Than
  • Fantastic Contraption
  • The Periodic Table of Videos
  • Elements for iPad
  • The American Math Challenge
  • Tux Math
• Typing Tools
  • Keyboard Climber
  • Super Hyper Spider Typer
  • Dance Mat Typing
  • TypingWeb.com
  • Master Key
  • EduTyping.com
• Music Tools
  • Tone Matrix
  • Music Animation Machine videos on YouTube
• Quiz Tools
  • Quizlet
  • Jeopardy Labs

Picks of the week:

• (38:18) Dragon Dictate for Mac
• A Google a Day
• Apple MacBook Air

Community feedback:

• (43:46) Pastor Jeremiah Gumm from Cross of Christ in Liverpool, NY shared a link to the recent series Church Websites 101 from the Church Marketing Sucks blog
• Via the WELSTech Diigo Group we learned about …
  • Internet Safety for Teens – Top 5 Ways Teens Are Getting in Trouble
  • NEA’s 10 Free Things for April
  • The Front Gate
  • The Backwards Class | Salman Khan’s TED Talk – Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education
  • How Are Mac & PC People Different (Infographic)
  • Uploading Files to Google Docs Just Got Easier
  • Google to Offer Chrome Notebook Subscriptions (Report)

Coming up on WELSTech:

(51:05) Episode 182 – Join Martin and Sallie as they recap their experience at the 2011 WELS Conference of Staff Ministers being held April 28-30 at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN.  (Release date – 05/04/11)

The featured artist:

(51:43) We close the podcast with music from praise band Koine (www.koinemusic.com | Facebook) – Behold a Host Arrayed in White from their CD titled “Koine II”

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