Staff Technology Resources

This is not a "how to" portion, but rather a resource for you to start working through this.

There are national technology standards for students, teachers, and administrators (NETS -S, NETS-T, NETS - A) Click here for more information:

ASSIST APP for iphone or iPad: This is an app that you can take a picture of a scantron sheet with correct answers, give an assessment to students, and when they turn it in, you simply take a picture of their scantron form and it will grade it on the spot.
APPs for Special Education: There are hundreds of apps for differentiation and special education. See the PDF explaining APPS for Special Education .
ACTION MOVIE App: This app takes any video and can add effects that liven up the video. It takes a green screen approach to having fun with video.
GRAMMER GIRL App: Help in English to have fun with grammar.
NOTETAKER App: This helps to organize and take notes for students.
Check out some great apps for education by visiting this site: www.appshopper.com
EVERNOTE PEEK: flash cards for your iPad

Create your own website with a free education version of weebly. http://education.weebly.com/
For $40 per year, you can enhance and invite others to contribute to your site as well.
Check out what apps Zeeland Public Schools are using with their ipads: ZPS site.
Get all of your ideas in one place. pinterest.com
Need a grant? www.grantwrangler.com
Great resources from Rushton Hurley. *****
Great site for educators to check out. www.nextvista.org
www.rockmelt.com
- Web brower that embeds in FB, Twitter, and RSS into one service
- Will take the social media experience to the next level
- You can update your website through Twitter
www.coveritlive.com
- live-bloggin site
- set up an event room and allow people to join
- room attendees can make comments
- great for collaboration
www.gosoapbox.com
- presenter and audience interaction using any mobile device/computer
- You can poll, make a quiz, audience gives input
www.pinterest.com
- pin what interests you
- a virtual pin board
- organize based on topic, idea, need, etc
- add text, photo, etc.
- share with other people
- free. request to be invited

www.evernote.com
- evernote clearly: rips the story from the web page to give text only
- recently added audio recording to your notes: record while you take notes @evernoteschools you can see how other schools are using evernote

www.wunderlist.com
- all of your to-do lists in one location
- you have the ability to add people to your to do list
www.linoit.com
- online post its

www.scoopit.com
- a curation service of news and media
join.me
- you can create your own chat room
- share your screen with others
- phone number for conference calls
- allows others to take control of the computer screen

wufoo.com
- create forms
- you can embed it into a webpage
- create surveys
- now have an iPad app

www.eventbrite.com
- allows you to set up an event with online registration
- can process credit card payments (they get a cut of the sale)
- accept donations
- prints name badge's and certificates

www.remind101.com
- you as a teacher create a remind account for each class. Then go to parents and students and have them join your site by using their phones.
- teacher then shares the code to parents and students
- teacher can then send a message to the code which everyone signed up will get
- can have up to 10 classes free

jetjaw.com
- interactive environment to fill out your survey
storify.com
- allows you to accumulate articles as wel as social media entries and place them on a single page