Technology+Instructional+Resources

**An overview of the tools we use at DCPS**
Level One Tools are used to create a repository for course content and material. They provide central locations that provide links to other resources and tools. Students should be expected to check this resource for assignments, resources, and messages regularly
 * Level One Tools**


 * Moodle ||
 * [|Moodle] is a content management tool. It is designed to hold all the resources and links for a course and to have interactive elements like drop boxes, assessment tools, ||

Level Two tools are general use tools that can anchor many projects and work flows. They support collaboration and sharing.
 * Level Two Tools**

Elements – Post, Comments, Sidebar widgets Specific Tools – MICDS Blogs [|Blogger] || Space for creating content collaboratively. Non linear format. Great for teaching collaboration. History provides accountability. Typically viewable by all, editable by those who join the wiki. Elements – Page, Discussion, History, and Notifications Specific Tools – [|Wikispaces], [|PBwiki], WetPaint,MicdsWiki, || Social Network Space that combines a number of tools into one workspace- blogs, discussion board, images, videos, music. Elements – Variety of channels including RSS, blogs, discussion, recent activity, events || Office through a web browser with documents accessible from any computer and able to be shared for collaboration. Elements – Documents, Spreadsheets, PowerPoint Presentations, and Forms Alternatives to [|GoogleDocs] –Zoho Docs || Shared bookmarks stored in a web-based account and accessible from any computer. [|Delicious] and Diigo are the most popular. [|Diigo] adds annotation and group capabilities. || [|Google Reader] is part of your google account. You can subscribe to blogs and sites that you can learn from. You can also subscribe to places that students are using to submit work (blogs, wikis, nings, bookmarks) to help you follow their progress. ||
 * Blogs || Wikis || Nings (social network) || Collaborative Docs || Social Bookmarks || RSS+Reader ||
 * Space for publishing content to an audience. Content can be writing or can be embedded slideshows, videos, polls, timelines. Linear in nature. Viewable by all once post is published.


 * Level Three Tools -** Single Use/Function Tools/Embeddable content for the higher level tools. Up-to-date resources from 2010-[|Link]

[|Empressr] [|SlideRocket] $ [|280Slides] || [|Glogster] –electronic posters with multimedia [|Voicethread]- Images with text, audio,video comments [|Scrapblog] || [|Slideshare] – upload and embed PPTs [|AuthorStream] – slideshare alternative – online magazines from PDFs || [|Maya] – garageband in a browser [|Voxopop] – Voice Board [|Vocaroo-] audio recorder || [|Capzules] –Preferred for multimedia content [|Dipity] || [|Mindomo] [|Bubbl.us] Creately – MindMaps + Flow Charts || [|Lulu] –upload pdfs-get electronic or order real book [|StoryBird] [|Tikatok] || [|Animoto] –music video from images [|Xtranormal] – text to movie [|Kerpoof] [|GoAnimate] –cartoon animation || Youtube Blip.tv TeacherTube- not blocked, download youtubes to here  || SumoPaint Picnik || Vocab Sushi || [|Quizlet] || Wink CamStudio [|ScreenToaster] || Wordle || [|SharedCopy] [|Awesome Highlighter] || Voki ||
 * Presentation || Creativity ||
 * [|Prezi] – Zoom and Spin presentation tool- Very Cool!
 * Embedding Docs/Files || Sound ||
 * [|Scribd] – Embeddable,, scrollable docs and pdfs
 * Timelines || Mindmapping ||
 * [|Xtimeline]- upload events from excel option
 * Book Publishing || Animation ||
 * [|Mixbook]
 * Video || Image Editing ||
 * Kaltura
 * Vocabulary || Flashcards ||
 * Wordnic
 * Maps || Screencast ||
 * Google Maps || [|Jing]
 * Images || Visualization Tools/Data Analysis/Graphing Tools ||
 * Vuvox || [|ManyEyes]
 * Video Annotation || Fun ||
 * Overstream
 * Charts and Diagrams || Math ||
 * [|Creately] || [|Wolfram Alpha] ||

** Firefox Extensions ** Download helper – Download youtube videos so you can play from hard-drive and not require bandwidth or to upload to teacher tube so they aren’t blocked for students Diigo Tool Bar – Diigo groups really are easy and this is an easy activity for students.

__**WEB 2.0 **__ Here are two links to the materials used in the Web 2.0 training at both DCHS and AHS.  [|Web 2.0 PD-Feb 2011] -IFPPM-DCHS  [|Web 2.0 PD-Feb 2011] -TTT-AHS 