These lessons are here for teachers to use. Many, if not most of these lesson are done in cooperation with our school's librarian and the classroom teacher. If you find a broken link or you'd like something added, let me know that as well. I love hearing back from teachers who stumble across this webpage. I'm always added more lessons, so check back!
Thanks ~ Cheryl Phillips, Instructional Technology Coach
Thanks ~ Cheryl Phillips, Instructional Technology Coach
Favorite Tools
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Adobe Spark- Free (need to register)
Adobe Spark is an integrated suite of storytelling applications for the mobile and web developed by Adobe Systems. It comprises three separate design apps: Spark Page, Spark Post, and Spark Video. I use the Spark Post App for a lot of my Instagram postings. You can use Adobe Spark with a computer or a mobile device (download their app - Free)
This is Bo and Skelf , my traveling baguette and little skeleton. They get around. |
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Voicethread
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VoiceThread is a learning tool for enhancing student engagement and online presence. With VoiceThread, instructors and/or students can create, share, and comment on images, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, videos, audio files, documents, and PDFs, using microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload. This is a sample of a project our class did. We were learning how to use different tools in PowerPoint and uploaded to Voicethread.
Lesson Plan for Dog Days 
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G Suite Apps - Check out Ready, Set, GOogle for more Google!
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G Suite is a cloud-based productivity suite that helps you and your team connect and get work done from anywhere on any device. It’s simple to setup, use and manage, allowing you to work smarter and focus on what really matters.
Includes Mail, Drive, Classroom, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites, Calendar and one-on-one support from a Google for Education partner. |
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Animoto |
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Animoto Teachers can apply for a free Animoto account for themselves and up to 50 students. With the educational video maker, you can use your own pictures and video clips, along with our extensive music library and wide selection of video styles, to create an unlimited number of slideshow videos. And since Animoto is cloud-based, you or your students can work on videos anywhere — whether you’re in the classroom, the library-media center, at home, or on a mobile devic using our educational app.
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Big Huge Labs |
Big Huge Labs There is much to play with, like Motivational Poster maker, Magazine Cover maker, Pop Art poster, and much more! Play as much as you like—everything is free. They also sell awesome custom-printed products.
This is Thumbelina, you can follow her on Instagram or Facebook. Here is her story.
This is Thumbelina, you can follow her on Instagram or Facebook. Here is her story.
PowerPoint! Yes, PowerPoint (A favorite)
PowerPoint has come a long way! I love all the things you can do, including downloading slides as a jpg, or make a movie, combine images, video, music, photos and audio to create mulitmedia pages. Add to any webpage or project! It really is a super tool. One of the best features is how the design mode can format your pictures.
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To the left you can see the ideas that PowerPoint design mode suggested for four (4) pictures I placed on the same slide. Below is what I used. Yes, in addition to Bo and SkeIf, I also have a skeleton who occasionally travels with me.
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Textorizer, Textorizer 2, Excoffizer
Fun tool that allows you to make pictures formed with text. It is best described by the sample images below. Although there are many versions around, the only one that is continuing to supported is this one. Excoffizer takes a picture and produces a vector rendition of the picture, made of parallel lines of varying thickness.
Perfect for EL students!
Perfect for EL students!
- Click on textorizer, textorizer2 or excoffizer
- Select a picture on your computer
- Play with the controls or enter new text, and press preview
- Right click to save your picture!
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THinglink |
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ThingLink is a flexible tool for teaching and learning that can be used for a wide variety of purposes in education. At its most basic level, teachers and students can start with an image, define it through multimedia and pack it full of content to present knowledge and ideas. It’s a great tool for teachers at any level of tech integration because of it’s simple, flexible design. Click on hotspots on the image to the left (kangaroo) to see the information each 'hotspot' has embedded.
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Pics4Learning - Free
Pics4Learning
Includes both photographs and clip art, organized into topics,
free to use in an educational setting.
Includes both photographs and clip art, organized into topics,
free to use in an educational setting.
Apps for Mobile Devices
For the iPad: Going Ape For Apps
Do you need a production apps? Ideas? Lesson plans? This site has apps arranged by subject, grade level and many student samples on how to apply the apps with students.
Do you need a production apps? Ideas? Lesson plans? This site has apps arranged by subject, grade level and many student samples on how to apply the apps with students.