Technology Tips for Blanchard Parents
- 1. Instructional Technology Tips for Blanchard Families Peggy Harvey Instructional Technology Specialist [email protected]
- 2. Home-to-School Tech Tips • Save files in compatible formats o http://www.boxboroughschool.org/tipsandtricks • Upload to secure websites o www.slideshare.com o www.schooltube.com o Future possibilities: DropBox, Edmodo • Use Web 2.0 tools o Google Docs o Create online presentations
- 3. Beyond PowerPoint Web 2.0 resources for grade 6 projects • Glogster Edu School subscription o Online multimedia poster with student accounts • VoiceThread Explicitly taught during o Online multimedia “conversations” school • Animoto • SlideShare Options for students to • Prezi explore on their own • Webnode Some in-school • SchooTube support available Links to these resources at http://www.boxboroughschool.org/studentlinks
- 4. Google, Bing and other Search Engines are NOT the best way for students to search for images.
- 5. Safer Image Searching for Students • Discovery Education www.discoveryeducation.com • World Book Encyclopedia www.worldbookonline.com • Online free & copyright-friendly images o www.pics4learning.com o www.morguefile.com • Ask Kids www.askkids.com • Other search directories for kids on the Boxborough School website
- 6. Beyond YouTube: Educationally Appropriate Video Resources • Discovery Education www.discoveryeducation.com • BrainPop www.brainpop.com • SchoolTube www.schooltube.com • WatchKnowLearn www.watchknowlearn.org • Kahn Academy www.khanacademy.org
- 7. Keeping the Internet Safe at Home • K-9 Web Protection o www.k9webprotection.com • Safe Search Setting for Google
- 8. Cool Educational Resources • www.portaportal.com (guestname: box6) o Educational resources especially for Blanchard 6th-grade students • www.wolframalpha.com o Computational search engine • www.befunky.com o Get creative with your photos