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Tuesday’s Tech Tips 12/11/12

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Here are Tuesday’s Tech Tips for this week. I hope you can find something useful or at least interesting among these resources.
Infographics are useful for taking data that is too large for the brain to understand and communicating it with a picture. The imporance of using tools like infographics to help students begin to ask deeper questions about data and the relationships it communicates is a critical skill for their future. Since analyzing big data is a relatively new phenomenon, our TEKS have not kept up with this trend. Using Infographics in your classroom a step in the right direction.
60+ Great Educational Infographics for your Clasroom

Google Apps Tips for Educators

Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create PDFs in Google Drive in Three Steps
Free Technology for Teachers: 5,000 Stock Images for Google Drive Users
Google Presentation for Collaborative Learning
Vizaroo
Vizaroo – Collect Student Feedback in Diagrams
Cyberbullying
15 Strategies Educators Can Use to Stop Cyberbullying

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Tuesday’s Tech Tips 12/4/12

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Today’s tips will have something for most grades and aren’t just restricted to the Macs. Many of the Web 2.0 tools can be used on PCs as well.

This first tip is an article with supporting forms for having your students create a Video Vocabulary Lesson in iMovie. The author did this with her 2nd grade class, but you could extend the basic premise to most grades.

Vocabulary Videos w/ iMovie
This next tip is a pictorial matrix that helps you find Web 2.0 tools to use with your students based on the type of activity you want for them to do. It’s pretty cool and simple to use.
Mapping Media to Curriculum: What Do You Want to Create Today?
Google+ Hangouts
Best for grades 8 – 12:
32 Tips for Using Google + Hangouts in the Classroom

This one would be a good guide for anyone wanting to increase technology use in the classroom, covering curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Plus, it is short and sweet.
12 Characteristics of an iPad Ready Classroom
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