![]() Remind 101 is a free service that allows you to send one way text messages to groups of students and/or parents from your computer, your iPhone, or your Android phone.
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![]() Weebly is a free web hosting site that features a drag and drop website builder (this site is a weebly). Great for creating a teacher site, and not only is it very easy to use, but it looks great too.
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![]() Padlet is a "wall" on the internet where collaborators can add virtual notes that can include text, images, links, documents, etc. No log-in required of students. Check out this Teacher's Guide to Using Padlet in Class for some information and ideas.
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![]() QR Codes are a type of URL shortener. They provide a quick and simple way to link people with information on the internet.
QR codes require users to have a QR Code reader app installed on a mobile device (cell phone or tablet). There are several free QR code generators: Google has a URL shortener (goo.gl) that will also provide you with a QR code if you click on the "details" link after shortening your URL. |
![]() Google+ Hangouts is a free video chat service from Google that enables both one-on-one chats and group chats with up to ten people at a time. While somewhat similar to Skype, Google Hangouts focuses more on "face-to-face-to-face" group interaction as opposed to one-on-one video chats, and utilizes sophisticated technology to seamlessly switch the focus to the person currently chatting.
![]() Edmodo is a way to bring social media with an education focus into your classroom. Send out information and assignments, allow students to respond to your posts and the posts of their classmates, create small groups and have differentiated discussions. Edmodo is a great tool to foster safe classroom communication online.
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QuadBlogging is a new term/concept that has 4 schools blogging in a cycle that helps people view and comment on students blogs. The way this works is once a class/user signs up they get entered into a "quad" and then a moderator makes sure things run smoothly. Classes/students will start blogging from a school while others view and comment. The following week another school/class will then blog and others will read/comment and the cycle goes on until all 4 schools/classes have blogged.
Other Blogging Tools
Youth Voices Kidblog Edublogs Blogger Wordpress Best ever infographic about the power of student blogging. |