Instructional+Tools+(Extras)


 * In your groups, please provide expanded information about the tools listed below. Give a basic description and a brief statement about how it could be used for educational purposes. **

Blabberize (www.blabberize.com)

PiratePad (@http://piratepad.net/front-page/)

Text 2 Mind Map (www.text2mindmap.com/)

Mindomo (www.mindomo.com) A mind mapping tool. (Nita Paris)

Boolify (www.boolify.org) An option for research other than google, google scholar. Has an option to save previous searches. Nice addition to research tools for our students. (Nita Paris)

Poll Everywhere (www.polleverywhere.com)

Dipity (www.dipity.com) I can see using Dipity to integrate social studies and Language Arts. Dipity allows you to create timelines to organize web's content by day and time. Digital timelines can bring history to life. You really could also integrate math and science depending on the topic of your timeline. I can see it as a visual in my class when we are discussing the Reading Wars. I could display dates of what types of reading programs were used in schools. Written by Stacy Delacruz

Ifttt (http://ifttt.com)

Google Trends (www.google.com/trends)

Google Fusion Tables (www.google.com/fusiontables)

Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com)

Google Translator (http://translate.google.com) Use this to translate any document into English. Great resource... can use it to translate manuscripts from original published language into English. Would be a great resource also for social studies. (Nita Paris)

List any additional tools here: Slide Share at []. Great site to search for powerpoints or videos on any topic of interest. Free accounts. (Nita Paris)