Tech Tips Friday - January 11th
Tech Tips
Shout Outs:
5th Grade Tech Class: I give a Shout Out to Luke on figuring out on the Makey Makey that if the whole class stands in a circle, pointer finger to pointer finger, his Scratch Program for his action figure will work, if disconnected it will not work. Open and closed circuits:) Great Work!!
Abby’s Tech Apps Class: They got our 3D printer started up and their first success was an orange pon for chess. They are making a complete set. They have had many test runs. Great Work!!
Michelle included Pear Deck for freshmen to check for understanding on grammar. She also used a Google survey as a bell ringer and to check for understanding.
Nicole’s 2nd grade class tried out the reading app. It allows us to listen to our weekly stories and build vocabulary words.
Tech Tips
Tech Tip #1
https://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/education/: Interactive Online Story Creator
Tech Tip #2
http://www.buildyourwildself.com/: Great for animal adaptations, writing activity, adjectives, etc.: When I tested this site it was neat but some the animal parts did not match their picture so I had to click around to find the right one. It was still quick and easy to use.
Tech Tip #3
https://blabberize.com/: Can make any picture talk. A famous person from history, an object, an animal, etc. I even tried this on my screenshot picture of my Build Your Wild Self and told about my surroundings and why I have the features I chose.
Tech Tip #4
http://www.brucevanpatter.com/what_if_questions.php: What if Genie?? Click on the Genie and he gives kids story ideas on every click. Creative writing ideas. Quick and easy.
Tech Tip #5
http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/: E is for Explore blog has many ideas. Great original ideas. If you scroll to the bottom of the site there are archived blog ideas.
Tech Tip #6
http://www.teacherled.com/resources/letterdice/letterdiceload.html: A digital Boggle board. Kids could do this at the beginning of the class or end if you need a time filler.