April 27, 2011

181 – April Showers: Teacher Resources

56 minutes

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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