Tech+Smackdown

=Tech Smackdown=

Monday night after dinner, before the Auction.
Get ready for some fun and some fast-paced sharing of great tech tools. Tech tips, tools you use in school, tools your students love, productivity tools, apps you can't live without, whatever you want to share!

Sign up on this page or on the low-tech pad of paper we'll have at the workshop on Monday. We'll include all the tools mentioned on this page after the workshop is over.


 * So what is a tech smackdown?**
 * Present a favorite tool and why you love it in 2 minutes or less.
 * Any tech tip, tool, app is welcome.
 * We'll have a computer & projector set up so you can show the tool if you like.

[] -- "word clouds with style" -- create a word cloud but in a basic shape. We have used this with our 7th grade "7 Habits" class which is our character ed./study skills class all 7th graders have to take. They have a project where they create a personal mission statement and we had been using Wordle. We allowed them to use either site and most used Tagxedo because they love the shapes. The only downside with this is that unlike Wordle, there is no way for you to manipulate the size of the font/text (or if there is, we haven't found out how)
 * ** Your Name ** || ** Tool, tip, app, whatever you'd like to share ** ||
 * Lisa Perkowski || **Tagxedo**

Dunn || [|Scratch 2.0]- With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. ([|why all our kids should learn to code]: Sarah Ludwig - [|How to use Scratch] [|Tech Chick Tips - Code Monkeys]) || [|Open up your book] Reading Incentive || [|Classroom Timer] A Simple Fun Timer, designed for teachers or anyone else who needs to set timed tasks for groups of children in a classroom or similar environment. [|Name Selector] The Random Name Selector is a fun (and fair) way to select students for that special task or to answer that question. [|GroupMaker] Quickly create/organize diverse groups based on gender, performance level, or ethnicity. Can randomly mix everyone up into groups of 1-20 depending on needs [|Too Noisy] Keep the noise levels under control of a group of youngsters with this fun and engaging app. [|Class DoJo] Helps teachers improve behavior in classrooms quickly and easily by capturing/generating data on behavior that can be shared with parents and administrators. Instructional Practice - 3**)** [|Educreations] Create video tutorials, explain a math formula, create an animated lesson, add commentary to photos even Diagram a sports play. [|Show Me] Allows recording voice-over whiteboard tutorials and sharing them online [|Haiku Deck] Creates stunning presentations – pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, telling a story, or igniting a movement. [|Slide Shark] View, display, and share Microsoft PowerPoint presentations on the iPad –with the Slide Shark App ||
 * Arkive** -- a great resource for any project that deals with endangered species and you can scope down by grade level. [] - from their website "Explore 15,000 of the world’s [|endangered species]. With over 100,000 photos and videos, discover what these [|animals], [|plants] and [|fungi] look like, what makes them special and why we should protect them." ||
 * MaryAnn Karre || [|Socrative -]a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones,laptops and tablets. ||
 * Anne Paulson || GeoGuessr - a great online geography game for those spare moments in the computer lab. ||
 * Rita Foran || [|Tubechop] - Allows you to chop YouTube videos to use only what you need ||
 * Anne Marie
 * Rebecca Buerkett || Storyboard That - a great tool for creating online comics for elementary kids
 * Gail Brisson || [|EdCanvas]-- Allows you to create a curated selection of resources around a topic ||
 * Cathie Marriott || **CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT APPS (NYSTS - Learning Environment - 4)**
 * PRESENTATION APPS** **(NYSTS -** Knowledge of Content &Instructional Planning **- 2;**
 * Barb Shoemaker || **Cozi** a shared family calendar with shopping lists and to-do lists

Like to shop? The **Point Inside** Shopping and Travel app shows you maps of malls, airports and other attractions. You can click on individual stores/restaurants to see hours, contact info and sales. Restrooms and ATM's can also be displayed. Android Apple iPad || [] || [|Blabberize] PicCollage - iOS and Android app || Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES School Library System It is a collection of many, many commonly used company logos used in school libraries. For all the logos we have received permission to post these. It allows for a quick and easy way for people to update and make their webpage a visually appealing place. || dealing with plagiarism and information surrounding it, broken down for students or educators, etc. from the website -- "This Product was supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services." || - [|Prezi]- zooming web-based presentations - [|EasyBib] School edition - great for paperless research - [|TimeToast] - online timelines - [|Screencastomatic] - create and record screencasts - very cool. ||
 * Sue Kowalski || Photopeach
 * Teresa Keyes || [|Noodle Tools] ||
 * Joanne Shawhan || check deposit w smart phone app ||
 * Stephanie Pritchard || Facetalk
 * Haley Burakowski || [|Creatures of Light] ||
 * Jim Belair || @http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/SLS/useful.cfm?subpage=1445884
 * from the floor during discussion || [|http://pleasedontcheat.com] --
 * from the floor during discussion || [|http://pleasedontcheat.com] --
 * Rose Luna || Common core video animoto for school board (LInk?) ||
 * Debra Cavaliere || - [|Zoo Burst] - PopUp Books
 * Polly Farrington || [|Reflector App] for streaming iPad to computer to projector. ([|Reflector App and Flip Teaching article with tips]) ||
 * Polly Farrington || [|Free Lesson Plan Portals and Open Ed Content] - an EdCanvas collection by Joyce Valenza. Includes a Google Custom Search to search across all the portals and sites. ||
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2012 Tech Smackdown Tips and Tools.
Lifehacker - Great source of tech tips and tricks
 * ** Your Name ** || ** Tool, tip, app, whatever you'd like to share ** ||
 * Anne Paulson || ====== [|WorkFlowy] - online list maker/keeper ======

|| [|Access My Library (Gale)] || [] ||
 * Chris Gibson || [|Evernote] - students can use it to gather text & content from web sites and articles, then add their paraphrasing, and their thoughts. ||
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 * Dorothy Szarowski || * []
 * [] (free apps-virtuoso piano, story pals, puppet pals, jumbo calculator
 * [|digital vaults]
 * [|wallwisher] ||
 * Ana Canino-Fluit || [|Otixo] -- cloud storage dashboard. ||
 * Rebecca Buerkett || [|Wiggio] - collaborative workspace ||
 * Joanne Shawhan || [|Dark Sky iPad app] ||
 * MaryAnn Karre || [|Free Tech For Teachers] ||
 * Lauri Alden || [|Pinterest] ||
 * Amy Carpenter || [|Puffin Browser] iPad iPhone app ||
 * Sarah Olsom || [|Edmodo] ||
 * Carl Vitevitch || [|Linked In]
 * Melissa Iamonko || [|Common Core K6 App] - from learning unlimited (my apologies to Melissa, somehow I missed her contribution on the list!) ||
 * Sara Kelly Johns || Swackett weather app ||
 * Paige Jaeger || @http://piktochart.com/ Example that Paige created:
 * Paige Jaeger || @http://piktochart.com/ Example that Paige created:
 * Michaela Schied || www.netgalley.com ||
 * Beth Stancl || http://pepperplate.com ||
 * Matt LaBrake || http://www.doceri.com ||
 * Extras added by Polly || [|Collaborize Classroom] - online classroom platform. ||
 * Extras added by Polly || [|MIghty Bell] (eg: common core conversation) (online community - free & easy) ||
 * Extra added by Andrew Dutcher || RSS Feed and QR Barcode used to distribute ELA Middle and High Schools reading lists and to promote summer reading. ||
 * Extra added by Andrew Dutcher || RSS Feed and QR Barcode used to distribute ELA Middle and High Schools reading lists and to promote summer reading. ||