WatchKnowLearn

WatchKnowLearn is a dedicated website where educators can store,

categorize, and rate K 12 educational videos on the Internet. Currently the
site boasts 50,000 videos in 5,000 categories:
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/
How to Make Product Names Plural
When writing, or speaking, with someone about multiple Apple products, how
do you pluralize these items? I know some of you have lost countless hours
of sleep over this topic. In the article below, Grammar Girl discusses some
simple rules that will keep you from being confounded when youre trying to
figure out how to make proper nouns such as iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, and
Blackberry plural.
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-make-productnames-plural

How do I end a school year on Schoology?

The following article is a great resource for those that are currently using, or
will be using next year, Schoology in their classroom:
https://support.schoology.com/hc/en-us/articles/205627937-How-do-I-end-aschool-year-on-Schoology-#courses
Open eBooks
Open eBooks is an app containing thousands of popular and award-winning
titles that are free for children from in-need households. These eBooks can
be read without checkouts or holds. Children from in-need families can
access these eBooks, which include some of the most popular works of the
present and past, using the Open eBooks app and read as many as they like
without incurring any costs. The goal of Open eBooks is to encourage a love
of reading and serve as a gateway to children reading even more often,
whether in school, at libraries, or through other eBook reading apps:
http://openebooks.net/
Open eBooks is a partnership between Digital Public Library of America, The
New York Public Library, and First Book, with content support from digital
books distributor Baker & Taylor. This effort is made possible by generous

commitments of publishers with funding support provided in part by the

Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,
and is part of the White House ConnectED Initiative.
NRICH: Enriching Mathematics
The NRICH Project "aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all
learners for grades K-12." There are plenty of resources under the Students
section or Teachers section:
http://nrich.maths.org/frontpage
EDSITEment
The National Endowment for the Humanitiess EDSITEment is an incredible
site with lesson plans and resources for Art & Culture, Foreign Language,
History & Social Students, and Literature & Language Arts:
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
ArtsEdge
ArtsEdge is the Kennedy Centers free digital resource for teaching and
learning. From resources to lessons and how tos to standards, it is an
impressive cross-curricular resource helps put the A in STEAM:
https://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx
Class Dojo Article
While the following article pertains to Class Dojo, it is a good article for all in
that it reminds us to ensure we are reading the fine print, so we
understand what data the app may (or may not) be collecting and that we
are not violating any laws or district policies:
http://tamaravrussell.blogspot.com/2015/08/ferpa-class-dojo.html?m=1
SeeSaw
This is an easy portfolio tool that allows teachers, students and parents to
see and access video, audio, photo and text artifacts of learning. It is easy to
set up and even kids at the lowest level can use it. You can watch the
growth of the student and collect that formative assessment evidence
through their progression, said Michelle Luhtala, the librarian for New

Canaan High School and host of an Emerging Tech webinar on edWeb. It is

compatible with iOS devices and is free. http://web.seesaw.me/
Socrative
Looking for fun, effective formative Assessments? Beyond Kahoot! there is
Socrative. According to their website, Socrative empowers you to engage
and assess your students as learning happens. Through the use of real-time
questioning, result aggregation, and visualization, you have instant insight
into levels of understanding so you can use class time to better collaborate
and grow as a community of learners. Learn more at:
http://www.socrative.com/
SAS Help
Having trouble remembering how to do something in the SAS portal? Dont
forget their great online help at https://pdesas.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
Cite This For Me
Cite This For Me is a fantastic tool for citing a wide variety of sources ranging
from standard magazine articles to podcasts. It even includes dissertations
as an option. Once you have entered the publication information for your
source, Cite This For Me lets you select the format you want to use such as
AMA, MLA, or Chicago. Finally, when you have finished citing all your sources
and your bibliography is complete, you can copy and paste it into whatever
editor you are using.
Check out the Cite This For Me website or the Chrome extension

More Chrome Apps

Looking for some more Chrome apps? The following article contains must
have Chrome apps for school:
http://bit.ly/1lLqapS
Blendspace
Looking to create free digital lessons within five minutes? Take a look at
Blendspace:

https://www.tes.com/lessons
4 Great Google Doc Add-Ons to Help Students with Their Writing
These four add-ons are particularly ideal for helping students with their
writing from spell checking to providing feedback on writing assignments.
Please note that some of these tools are freemium and offer pro versions
with more advanced features.

Texthelp Study Skills

VeritySpell

SAS Writing Reviser

Revision Assistant
Free Human Anatomy Apps

If you are looking for some human anatomy apps that will help students
explore the human body through 3D graphics and interactive content, check
out these free apps:

Visual Anatomy Lite (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visualanatomy-lite/id523422151?mt=8)

Explore the Heart in 3d (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/explorethe-heart-in-3d/id520392909?mt=8)

3D Brain (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/3dbrain/id331399332?mt=8)

Smart Folders on Mac

Smart Folders can save you a lot of time and effort. These folders let
you save a search to reuse in the future. Smart Folders are updated
continuously, so they always find all the files on your computer that
match the search criteria. The difference here is that all those files will
appear in one convenient Smart folder.
In the article "8 Smart Folders You May Want on Your Mac & How to Set
Them Up, the author provides examples of Smart Folders which

include find out where all of your large files are, find apps you have not
opened in a while, and fine-tune your recently created documents list.
Take these examples and modify them to create even more smart
folders! Read more here: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-smartfolders-need-mac-set/

Free iBook: Evaluating Apps for the Classroom

There are thousands of great educational apps on IOS app store, but
how do you decide what to download for your class? Evaluating Apps
for the Classroom (https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/evaluating-appsfor-classroom/id1003491472?mt=11) is an excellent free short
interactive eBook created by Apple Education. The guide is meant to
help teachers make informed decisions about educational apps to
integrate in their classroom instruction. The guide provides an
evaluative framework comprised of five main criteria for how to
evaluate educational apps. These criteria include: developmental
appropriateness, instructional design, engagement and motivation,
balance of interactive features, and accessibility. Each of these five
criteria is further explained with a set of guiding factors and illustrated
with few examples of apps that best demonstrate it.

WhatWasThere

WhatWasThere (http://www.whatwasthere.com/default.aspx) is an
excellent web tool and mobile app that uses Google Maps technologies
to provide users with an interactive experience through which they get
to learn how different places looked in the past. Its like a virtual time
machine that takes you in a journey in space and time. When you
install WhatWasThere on your iPad or iPhone and once it is launched,
the app will detect the geographical location where you are and will
provide you with any historic photographs that were captured nearby
plotted on a map! You can also switch into Camera view to get an
augmented reality experience of the history that surrounds you.

Atomic Learning Adds Engaging Lessons Using Multimedia Course

If you are seeking a way to increase your use of multimedia in the classroom,
Atomic Learning recently released a course entitled Engaging Lessons Using
Multimedia that walks educators through how to enhance instruction by
adding engaging and interactive elements using technology. Log in to
Atomic Learning to learn more!

New Google Classroom Updates

For those interested in Google Classroom, the software recently received an
update that added a share button and many more new features. To learn
more, click on the following link:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2015/06/google-classroom-gets-sharebutton-and.html?
utm_content=buffer31cd9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&u
tm_campaign=buffer&m=1
Zaption
When reading text, we typically find that it is better to ask questions as we
go through the text rather than wait until the end. Why not do the same with
a video? Zaption (www.zaption.com) lets you embed questions within the
video. Students cannot move forward in the video until they can correctly
answer the question. Whether you are flipping your classroom or in-flipping,
this is a powerful tool. The basic accounts are free.
AP Video Archive and British Movietone
A recent news release announced that the Associate Press and British
Movietone were uploading millions of minutes of historical footage to
YouTube. These videos document the most momentous and historical events
of the last 120 years. The two channels feature more than 550,000 videos
that include everything from the Hindenburg disaster to first hand video of
the bombing of Pearl Harbor to a whole myriad of events. Truly great
resources.
AP Video Archive
https://www.youtube.com/c/aparchive
British Movietone
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHq777_waKMJw6SZdABmyaA

Schoology
Schoology is an online learning, classroom management, and social
networking platform. This program allows you to create courses and then
add materials to the courses you create: items such as assignments, online
tests/quizzes, links to websites, media albums, discussions, and more. Learn
more on Atomic Learning or through Schoologys website.
iBooks Author Starter Kit
Looking to create your very own eBooks for, or with, your class? iBooks
Author Starter Kit is a no-frills beginner's guide which lays out all the steps
required to produce an ebook in iBooks Author. The Starter Kit walks a user
through a detailed set of step-by-step activities, and provides all of the
materials required to create a basic interactive book, including an iBooks
Author template, images, color palette, copy decks, videos, keynote
presentation, and more. For those that are not familiar, iBooks Author is
a free application that you can download onto a Mac via the App Store.

100 Great Google Docs Tips for Students & Educators

The attached PDF contains 100 Google Doc tips for students and educators.
Please note that each of the blue titles is a hyperlink to a website, document,
etcetera that may contain more information, step-by-step instructions, and
so forth. In addition, for some of the tips, you will need to be signed into
Google in order to view them. The original document can be found at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jynk1wLDf89qpTrF3S8XPNaMJB9ua29
M9haSx4dZtPU/edit?pli=1
Graphite
Looking to integrate tech into your every day teaching? Explore Graphite.
According to their website:
Graphite is a free service from nonprofit Common Sense
Education designed to help preK-12 educators discover, use, and share the
best apps, games, websites, and digital curricula for their students by
providing unbiased, rigorous ratings and practical insights from our active
community of teachers. And its FREE.
https://www.graphite.org/

How to Tackle Digital Citizenship in the First 5 Days of School

As you begin to think toward next year, take a few minutes to read this
article on How to Tackle Digital Citizenship the First 5 Days of School:
http://www.edtechschools.com/how-to-tackle-digital-citizenship-the-first-5days-of-school/
QR Codes
QR Codes are a great tool to use in the classroom. They are an engaging
learning tool that allow for quick productivity. There is a wealth of information
on the web for use in the classrooms, including the following resources:

http://www.schrockguide.net/qr-codes-in-the-classroom.html

http://www.zdnet.com/article/50-qr-code-resources-for-the-classroom/

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/QR-codes-teaching-andrew-miller

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-qr-codes-in-classroom-monicaburns
http://www.qrstuff.com/

Free, copyright-clear multimedia

Looking for free, copyright-clear images, videos, and audio that could be
used for student projects and papers? Try exploring the following links:

Public Domain Review of images, books, essays, audio recordings, and

films in the public domain: http://publicdomainreview.org

Sound Gator for miscellaneous noises: http://soundgator.com

Morgue File for thousands of

images: http://morguefile.com and http://pixabay.com

Kahoot!
Seeking a fun way to conduct formative assessments with your students?
Considering an interactive game to play with your family and friends? If so,
todays tip is for you! Kahoot! is a free web based program that allows you
to generate interactive quizzes, chats, and polls. As the teacher, you build
your questions and launch the activity. The students then use their devices
to answer the questions in an awesomely fun, competitive game show style
activity. Kahoot! works through most web browsers, so smartphones, tablets,
and computers can be used.
Screen Shot/Capture
Many times we are faced with how do we explain what we are seeing on our
screens over the phone. The easiest way? Take a screen shot capture and
send it to the person. Use the following site as a great resource showing how
to take screen captures on various devices:
http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/
Free iBooks
The following are some free iBook resources that pertain to education:

One Best Thing (category found in the iBooks Store under Education)

One Best Thing books are multi-touch books developed by Apple

Distinguished Educators.

The Buck Lodge Way

This eBook examines how the middle school was transformed through
technology initiative. You may also want to look through the Readers Also
Bought section.

Discovering iTunes U Collections

Gurnee School District 56 1:1 iPad Initiative

Belton New Tech High School

Browse books by typing in Apple Education in the search bar in

iBooks. There are some eBooks that contain lesson plans and examples
using specific apps.

Want to expand your students or your own knowledge or even

augment/supplement your class with additional information, then you should
check out iTunes U. Over 1,000 colleges, universities, K12 and cultural
institutions from around the world have provided free content through iTunes
U. You can browse and download lectures, videos, books, and other resources
from the world's largest digital collection of freeeducation content. Access
iTunes U on your Mac, PC, or iPad. Some outstanding examples include:

Apple Professional Development Series

Pennsylvania Learns

Apple Distinguished Educators (iTunes U category)

There are tons of outstanding courses in this category that would definitely
be worth investigating including courses for teachers and others for
students.

Outstanding High School Teachers (iTunes U category)

Seeking to increase your tech knowledge? Have you wondered about

Kahoot! and Schoology? How about basic functionality in Mac,
Windows, or iPads? Using your DASD network login information (user
name and password), venture
tohttps://www.atomiclearning.com/login/doversd and see the plethora
of learning opportunities that are free to you as an employee of the
district!