I have created a notebook with all the sites and tech tools I encountered that I plan to use again. My top ten today (who knows what tomorrow brings) are:
Pinterest Animoto
Glogster Big Huge Labs
Wiki Diigo ( I just love being able to keep my favorites in one spot.)
TeAchnology Teacher Tube
Rubistar ClassTools.net
All of the sites have tools to make fourth grade life easier and to keep students actively engaged. I need a self-study class (with a call when needed tutor) so I can spend lots of time building upon what I have learned and adding to it. Big Huge Labs offered a variety of tools which students will enjoy such as puzzle and games. I plan to purchase it for future use. ClassTools.net was so helpful. It certainly beats trying to reinvent the wheel for every form or rubric. Animoto, Glogster, and Wiki will join PowerPoint as great presentation sites for my students.
I think we have many of the same favorites. Glogster is time consuming, but my students absolutely loved it! I even created my own rap using the audio part. They were amazed to see their teacher rapping!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your post this week. You have mentioned a lot of tech tools that will be used efficiently in the near future to help out with my classroom. I must add, Pinterest is one of my favorite sites to visit. If there was no pinterest, I would loose it.:)
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