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*I could not open and listen to the podcast. The link was always the same as the seconds link for some reason.

1. It took some time to really discover what CommonLit was. Once I finally found the correct buttons to click I discovered that CommonLit is a database that houses hundreds of online texts. Most are informational that deal with history. More than that you can create a class and students to join it so they can see what an assigned reading is.

2. I could see this being used for any history teacher in a school environment. You could have students read from hundreds of articles about subjects that vary from Woodrow Wilson to Roman times. What makes CommonLit so useful is you can setup a classroom and assign readings. Along with the readings are questions that can be answered for a grade. This would be mainly a homework based assignment, but I see many opportunities this grants. It is another way for a teacher to help better a student learn.

3. Definitely something I would recommend to any history educators. I really liked it a lot and found it very easy to use. The price is free as CommonLit relies on donations to upgrade itself. I find CommonLit as a way to increase a students ability to read and remember what they read in a way outside of history.

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1. I had no idea what to expect when viewing this page, but I came out with a pretty clear idea of what PicLits is. PicLits is intended to be used to get people into reading and writing. By putting words onto a picture is more than what I typed out. It can make a person more creative or make the writing have more meaning based off the picture. Not in the field of education one could use PicLit to place a powerful song lyric or poem on a picture to better describe it.

2. PicLit in a school setting would only seem useful in a class that revolves around language and literacy. You could encourage students to use PicLit for an assignment that deals with writing their own poem. The saying "a picture is worth a thousand words" can be taken beyond that with PicLit as a student can make a picture and words mean more when they are placed together. Besides that I find it difficult to use PicLit in a school setting since all it does is place words on a picture.

3. PicLit is a resource I would only recommend to an educator who is in the English field. PicLit is easy to use and is on mobile devices. It is also free completely which makes it more appealing. Since I want to be a history teacher I dislike it in that I do not see it benefiting me.

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1.This was one resource I have been exposed to before this class. I used Prezi for many presentations in high school, but for one subject and teacher only that was a new teacher out of college. It seemed like this technology that was beyond its years at the time, so when viewing it this time I wanted to see what has changed in the years since I last used it. The only new thing I learned was something I will mention on question three in that they offer pro plans now.

2. In a school setting Prezi can be used for multiple things. As a teacher I could use Prezi as a visual diagram that is easy to access. Any teacher of any subject would find Prezi as a useful way to visually show many points about a lesson they are teaching. As a student one could use Prezi for presentations as well as a replacement for Powerpoint. Prezi is the same thing as Powerpoint in giving the information needed, but Prezi has two components that make it more pleasurable. Cloud storage and when it visually changes slide it adds an animation that could keep the viewers attention.

3. I would strongly recommend Prezi to not only educators, but as well as students to use. It adds that flavor that Powerpoint cannot. It is really simple to use and over time one could learn to use all the tools much more effectively. Prezi is free with limited storage. Now you have to upgrade packages that offer unlimited storage, offline use, and better privacy control.

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1. This is one I was very forward to looking at. Even though I am in college, most college students today keep up with technology that is popular around the word. Youtube is one of those things that keeps getting popular by the minute it seems even though it has been around over a decade. What I learned from this is there is a section on Youtube specifically designed for learning and teaching. Beforehand I was only aware of certain channels that teach their own things that usually focus around one subject. This channel offers short videos that talk about a wide range of subjects.

2. Youtube videos in general I could see myself as an educator relying on heavily. Not to rely on to do my teaching, but to further and better explain to students that do not get the lesson at hand right away. Students learn differently, and if showing a five minute video only helps one student in my class learn something then I see it as an achievement that helped that student learn the way he/she needs to. I.E. I want to be a history teacher so if I am teaching about something historical like World War 2, a short video could help educate some students better than taking notes. Also a Youtube video can almost draw anyone's full attention these days.

3. Youtube is probably something I do not have to recommend to other educators. In school most my teachers used Youtube in one form or another, so I would expect educators my age to do the same. I would recommend this channel specifically because it offers many different videos an educator could find helpful. The major issue I could see with this channel is it not having a video you need, so you would have to watch other videos on Youtube first to ensure they are creditable. Youtube is free unless you watch Youtube Red videos, but that is all for entertainment and not education.

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1. Comic Life offers a different taste to comics in general. Anyone can create a comic about anything they want it to be. Also there are comics people already made you can explore yourself. What makes Comic Life stick out is they have a portion specifically dedicated to education. From this it shows you how you as an educator can use Comic Life in the classroom and how it would be a part of your curriculum.

2. At any level to any subject Comic Life could be used as a more interesting way to get your class involved with whatever you are teaching. This would be really helpful for a history teacher as history can be very bland at times. Creating your own comic or showing them someone else's could spark more interaction than before. Also Comic Life could be used as a project assignment in getting students to work together and critically think about something that would be comic worthy. Comic Life in school would not be a regular thing, and it is only something to keep the attention and interest of the students.

3. I would recommend Comic Life to other educators but with a warning. Comic Life is not free which is a huge downer because of what it can offer. It looks like it would be something to spark classroom interests at times when your students seem bored. I am sure Comic Life would not be that hard to use after some time with it since it revolves around uploading pictures to templates and just typing out the dialogue.

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1. From Ispeech I learned you can type out anything you please to turn it into audio for someone who needs assistance reading. Also anything you record can be saved in a cloud to be pulled up any where else. From the second link you see a standard in Georgia that is set regarding people that need assistive technology. This is broken down into the smallest possible ways a person with disabilities would need assistive technology. From mobility to environmental issues to even computer use. Also on the right side are PDF downloads that could assist an educator in what standards need to be met with a person that has disabilities.

2. Ispeech and the second link would be used in a school setting differently. Ispeech would be used in the way for helping those who cannot communicate to communicate. Also it can alternatively be used for someone trying to learn the English language who wants to hear and see the words being said. The second link is a standard that an educator can go by. It can help them succeed in helping those who need assistant in succeeding as well. It can be a guideline in effectively teaching those with disabilities that does not make more difficult and does not make those with disabilities stick out for having them. Everyone deserves a shot at an education and these standards show how to do just that.

3. I would not recommend Ispeech since it is only free on mobile. Also Ispeech had some issues on my phone even reading the words correctly at times. I do, however, recommend going over any states' basis for assitive technology. Georgia's project for assistive technology is a very solid standard that details what needs to be done and how it needs to be done in assisting students with disabilities

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1. I learned that Tools for Teachers is actually a very useful website for almost anything. While these tools are not all updated they still can help you with what you are trying to accomplish. Using these tools may not being the best designed tools to use, however it succeeds at things it offers. If you need to construct online quizzes or map a classroom it will do that, but not in a way that would be appeasing to the younger generation.

2. I could use this website for many upon many things. If i need to construct an online quiz or arrange my classroom i can do so. If i need to create a rubric for an assignment then that tool is there available for me. There is a tool for students to use to help them write better persuasive essays. Tools for Teachers offers many tools that can cut down your own time it would take to do these things other ways. I am not sure, however, if many of these tools would be used for students in class rather than it being at home and mostly used in helping the educator accomplish tasks.

3. I would highly recommend this to any educator starting out as it could get them on the right track to begin. Using any tool should not take as long to adapt to using regularly. The tools are free of charge which is another benefit. The main issue I see being with this resources is it does have the outdated look to it. But as long as it works and helps an educator get the job done then it should not matter on how it looks.

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1. When I saw it was a movie maker I thought that nothing much could come from it besides making a short film. I did not expect for it to have cloud storage for your projects. I also did not expect it to deal with pictures as it has something for making picture collages and editing photos. Anything you create on Kizoa also can be uploaded to anything you would like which I thought made Kizoa come really in handy.

2. Kizoa in a school setting today would be tough for something not related to a technology or photography class. Since it relies on pictures and videos I would find Kizoa, or any movie making resource, best used for a project that can be in groups or individual. In my years of being in school I would have had needed something like Kizoa once for an AP English parody project. However going forward I could see apps like Kizoa being used  more if technology keeps improving the way it does. Maybe movie making could replace powerpoint in a school setting in the future. But as of now I only see it being a project only assignment.

3. As of right now I would not recommend Kioza to other educators. Movie making just does not fit the school environment as of now. Kioza in general would take anyone hours of messing around with to even understand how to use it properly. Also it costs a fee to keep the things you have made in your cloud. If an educator actually needed a movie making service I would tell them to seek other options before tying Kioza.

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1. From each I gathered they are websites that allow you to create some sort of mapped/webbed diagram. These could vary from anything you would want to create to a family tree to a business plan not in the educational field. They each can be used on multiple electronica devices, so they are not limited to a computer. Both bubbl and wisemapping are the same thing in that they provide the same services.

2. Since these both resources do the same thing I will group them together for this answer. In a school setting I could see each being used in an environment that needs mapping. I.E. History, English, Health, etc. Mapping is a fantastic way to draw points and conclusions together in a English setting. When dealing with a book it is effective to branch out in different directions to really break down the book. Mapping could be used in teaching this way, or students could map out their own ideas for the book as an assignment. In a History classroom mapping could be used to map out an event that happened or a person's life. Mapping in general helps a student break down something to better understand it thoroughly.

3. While these resources are very similar, I would only recommend wisemapping. Wisemapping is actually free and the money received is from donations only from users to help better improve the website. Bubbl is free to an extent. The free version limits the user a lot. The paid version, which is $60 a year, offers unlimited maps, editing for people that have the access to it, and no branding logo on the maps you created. Bubbl essentially requires a fee to be used to its full extent.

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1. What I learned from the PBS link is it is a way for a classroom to stay connected outside the classroom. Whether that be with classmates, parents getting involved, or being connected with another classroom around the world. The educational wiki works in a similar fashion in that it keeps classmates connected outside the classroom. However this gives you links to other classroom's wikis as well as a forum feature to interact further.

2. I would use the PBS resource in a school setting more of a way to keep parents interacted than actual work. They could see the class schedule if needed, and I could send out newsletters this way in hope to reach out to more parents. Also if any work was assigned using this resource it would be probably group work, as this looks like an effective way for kids to work on a project when they are not physically together. The educational wiki would be fitting in a school setting in that a teacher could post a forum question over a reading, as an example, so that students would have to comment to that forum post.

3. I would recommend both to other educators in hope they find their own way to use both effectively. It is simple to login, however creating what you want to create will take time to getting used to as you probably will have to learn how to use the tools more than likely. Each do not have a fee to create a name. I would prefer the PBS link as it has more to offer, and it can be used to creatively accomplish more things.