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My Top Ten Favorite Educational Apps and Websites

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My Top Ten Favorite Educational Apps and Websites

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1. Google Classroom: This is a great learning management system that can be used in the classroom. It provides many different applications that can be used in the classroom, such as google forms and google slides. Google Classroom also helps minimize the amount of paper that is used and helps eliminate lost work. https://classroom.google.com/u/0/h

2. EdPuzzle: Edpuzzle has a lot of great features that make flipping the classroom a bit easier. It allows you to import videos to the website in order to add questions and audio to the video to assess your students learning. https://edpuzzle.com

3. Kahoot: Kahoot is a great way to assess students or review in a fun and pressure free environment. It offers may different trivia game formats that you can insert your own questions in. https://kahoot.com

4. Remind: Remind opens lines of communication between teachers and students. Through the app, you can send out reminders, announcements, or start a group chat. https://www.remind.com

5. TeacherTube: TeacherTube is a great way to incorporate videos into your lesson. Because the website is completely education based, you do not have to worry about inappropriate advertisements or content. https://www.teachertube.com/mobile/browse/video

6. Missouri Learning Standards App: Although it is only available on touch screen devices, the Missouri Learning Standards app makes it easy to find the content and specifics you need for your classroom. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/missouri-learning-standards/id892237894?mt=8

7. Inspiration Maps: This app allows you to create online mind maps that include photos. Mind Maps are a great way to help your students remember the content and take notes in a new and different way. http://www.inspiration.com/inspmaps

8. Geogebra: This app and website is a great tool in the math classroom. Both teachers and students can use this to illustrate graphs throughout class periods. https://www.geogebra.org

9. Nearpod: This is a great presentation app that has many great features. It helps make your presentations more interactive and helps keep students on task. https://nearpod.com

10. Khan Academy: Khan Academy is a good resource that can be utilized in the classroom or referred to for extra help for specific students. Covering a variety of contexts, Khan Academy posts lecture videos and checks comprehension. https://www.khanacademy.org

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The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

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The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

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Also known as UDL, these guidelines is a way of teaching that focuses on giving every student an equal opportunity to succeed. UDL and Technology work hand in hand to help teachers differentiate instruction. One of the guidelines of UDL is multiple means of representation. Technology is a great resource to use in order to meet students where they are at and represent the content in a way that gives each student the opportunity to succeed.

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Voki is a website and app that allows you to create avatars. It also allows you either record audio or type in what you want it to say.
Please follow the link to listen to a short introduction about what I have provided in this portfolio.

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Educational blogs are a great way to share class happenings with your students and their families. They increase communication and can be customized to your liking.
Here is a link to an example blog I created through the edublog website.

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Coding is becoming more popular in schools, so it is important to gain knowledge on the topic. There are many great lessons that involve coding for all contents.
Through the use of ozobots, students can gain the piliminary knowledge of coding and how it works. Here is a photo of the online coding game through the ozobot website. It is called "Ozobots Block Coding." I have completed a few of the levels as an exploration

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Google Slides is a great tool for teachers and students to create presentations. It has many great features including an interactive question and answer for the audience.
Below is the link to my Google Slides presentation about why I have chosen teaching as my career path.

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Accessibility Features are a great way to differentiate for students and help them stay on task. There are many different accessibility features that were created to help with hearing, sight, focus, etc.
I have examined the predictive text feature that is available through apple touch screen products. Here is a short video about the feature and how it can be used.

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As technology usage grows in the classroom and beyond, it becomes more and more important to teach students about digital citizenship.
Part of digital citizenship is having an understanding of what cyberbullying is and how to prevent it. In order to present this, I used the website Thinglink which allows you to create interactive posters.

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Class Dojo is a great tool for teachers that offers many different features for the classroom. This tool also opens the lines of communication between teachers and families.
I have created a Microsoft Word document that outlines my exploration of Class Dojo.

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Powtoons are a great way to create videos for the class. This is a fun way to integrate technology into your lessons and give students a break from listening to you teach.
I have linked my introduction pontoon below!

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The five E's, which are engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate, can be used with all students of all ages. This style of lesson helps students connect new knowledge to previous ideas.
I have create a unit plan based on the five E structure and have provided a copy below.

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Goose Chase is a great application that can be used to integrate the camera feature into the classroom. After being set up by the teacher, students participate in a photo hunt following the guidelines present by the teacher.
Here is a lesson plan that I made that revolves around the usage of the Goose Chase application.

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iMovie is another great video editing software that comes on any apple device. iMovie is a great way to follow the design process which helps break down large projects into chunks.
Here is a video I created for the introduction of my 5-E Unit Plan.