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Oklahoma EDUshare project http://okedushare.org 

Project-Based Learning www.bie.org

App Smackdown:

  1. Jerry Blumengarten https://twitter.com/cybraryman1 
  2. https://trello.com is good app for project management
  3. http://www.ipadmediacamp.com/apps/ 
  4. http://www.explaineverything.com/ Explain Everything (narrated slideshows)
  5. great apps from http://www.appitic.com/ by ADEs
  6. Evernote http://evernote.com/ (great for notes, cloud-based storage)
  7. Notetaking app NoShelf https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noteshelf/id392188745?mt=8 
  8. iAnnotate is great app for taking notes on another document during meetings http://www.branchfire.com/iannotate/ 
  9. Linkedin App http://touch.www.linkedin.com/mobile.html 
  10. DropBox for file saving/sharing https://www.dropbox.com/
  11. http://chirp.io/ send the sound of an app to students
  12. Make My Groups (has free version) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-my-groups-flexible-team/id491231909?mt=8 
  13. Singing Fingers (finger paint with sound) http://singingfingers.com/ 
  14. Vine https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vine-make-a-scene/id592447445?mt=8 creates quick video snippets, make a scene (hipster video)
  15. Alien Assignment https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alien-assignment/id531359578?mt=8 (mobile scavenger hunts
  16. My Webdav (use for file transfer) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-webdav/id514325817?mt=8 
  17. iPoe - The Interactive and Illustrated Edgar Allan  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipoe-interactive-illustrated/id507407813?mt=8
  18. Percepto 2D and 3D puzzles and pictures https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/percepto/id419502225?mt=8 
  19. Pinnacle Studio for iPad https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinnacle-studio/id552100086?mt=8 
  20. https://www.remind101.com/ sms text messages
  21. Lift is a habitualizer https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lift/id530911645?mt=8 
  22. Pic Collage http://pic-collage.com/ merge pics together
  23. i-nigma is great free QR code reader http://www.i-nigma.com/Downloadi-nigmaReader.html 
  24. Make QR codes free http://createqrcode.appspot.com/ 
  25. TourWrist is great app for panoramic photo taking and sharing http://tourwrist.com/ 
  26. Remote Mouse use iPad as your mouse https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remote-mouse/id380450781?mt=8 
  27. SignNow kids can work on scanned images, including worksheets https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/signnow-sign-fill-pdf-word/id489262811 
  28. Maxjournal is great for classroom writing/journaling https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/maxjournal/id364907090?mt=8 
  29. Nearpod is app for screensharing with students, go through applications or whatever you wantto show to students, gets kids attention https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nearpod/id523540409?mt=8
  30. CloudMe access different cloud storage sites from a single app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloudme/id404450157?mt=8
  31. CloudOn lets you work on Microsoft shared documents, saved on multiple places (box, dropbox, etc) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloudon/id474025452?mt=8 
  32. Slideshark lets you upload PPT files and preserves animations https://itunes.apple.com/app/slideshark-view-share-presentations/id471369684?mt=8 
  33. iconit is great app for scanning other apps to find them in the app store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eyeconit/id478802786?mt=8
  34. Idea of “appy-hour” for sharing apps
  35. Apps gone free https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apps-gone-free-best-daily/id470693788?mt=8 
  36. Noteability is great app for notetaking, has good drawing tools, good magnifier, saves to multiple cloud storage services including your own webdav server, can record audio while taking notes https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/notability-take-notes-annotate/id360593530?mt=8 
  37. Swipespeare http://www.swipespeare.com/ 
  38. Mentor Meter is great polling app up to 200 people
  39. ClassDojo good for classroom management https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/classdojo-for-teachers/id552602056?mt=8 (sends reports home to parents each week)
  40. http://runpee.com/ tells you bestpart of the movie to leave for a bathroom break! (also lets you catch up on what you missed when you were gone!)

Extra Apps not shared during the smackdown but worth checking out!

  1. Simple Photo & Video Transfer (transfer to/from iOS devices and laptops) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simple-photo-video-transfer/id420821506?mt=8 

Orange Room Session 1 Notes: Common Core and Assessments

Missouri using Lucy Calkins for support writing curriculum

http://readingandwritingproject.com 

Bethany Public schools doing PASS for the last time this year, transitioning common core

Bill Gates Foundation has units for common core (link?) Some free samples can be viewed at

http://commoncore.org/maps/membership/samples

Additonal units can be purchased.

Piedmont using enVisionMATH Common Core curriculum

http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PS1zHe

noticing bigger focus on reasonableness

has benchmarks for technology

Putnam City and Willard are using Mastery Connect

http://www.masteryconnect.com/

Using ReadWriteThink for CCSS aligned lessons

http://www.readwritethink.org

Interactive Writing resources

http://maps.playingwithmedia.com/interactive-writing/ 

Several districts using Kidblog for interactive writing

http://kidblog.org/

Interactive sites used by YPS teachers

http://lessons.yukonps.com/teachersites 

Example of 5th grade YPS class blog

http://kidblog.org/2012-13HoogeH/

Educational Origami Rubrics for Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Rubrics+-+Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy 

- example threaded discussions (PDF)

- blogging rubric (PDF)

Big misconception today: A high tech classroom is a “common core classroom” (@zodzilla)

Big digital divide challenges with parents who don’t have computers at home (they have smartphones but that’s limiting)

Green Room Session 2:  Recent Multicultural Texts in the Classroom @nicpower

African American Literature

K-2  Ron’s Big Mission (2009)  Fictionalized Bio/Picture Book

3-5 Bad News for Outlaws:The remarkable life of Bass Reeves, Deputy US Marshall Biography Pic Book

6-8th  January’s Sparrow (2009)  Historical Fiction (based on true events)

9-12th Brothers in Hope:  The story of the lost boys of sudan (2005)  Nonfiction Picture Book

Native American Literature

K-2  Sky Sisters (2000)  Realistic Fiction/Picture Book

3-5th The Skeleton Man (2001)  Contemporary Fiction

6-8th Code Talker (2005)  Historical Fiction

Latino/a Literature

K-2  Martina the Beautiful Cockroach:  A Cuban Folktale (2007)  Folktale/Picture Book

3-5th First Day in Grapes (2002)  Contemporary Fiction/Picture Book

6-8th The Dreamer (2010)  Fictionalized Biography of Pablo Neruda Chilean poet

Asian Literature 

K-2  Yellow Umbrella (2002)  Wordless Picture Book

3-5th  Hiromi’s Hands (2007)  Fictionalized Biography Picture Book

6-8th Yasmin’s Hammer (2010)  Contemporary Fiction/Picture Book

9-12th  Heart of a Samurai (2010)  Fictionalized Biography

Jewish Literature

K-2  Beautiful Yetta:  The Yiddish Chicken (2010)  Fictionalized Picture Book

k-2  Baxter, the pig who wanted to be kosher (2010)  Fiction/Picture Book

9-12  Lily Renee, escape artist:  From Holocaust survivor to comic book pioneer Fic Bio/Grahic Novel

Middle Eastern Literature

K-2  Snow in Jerusalem (2001)  Fiction/Picture Book

3-5th  Four feet, two sandals (2007)  Fiction/Picture Book

6-8th  Extra Credit (2009)  Fiction

9-12th  The Grand Mosque of Paris:  A true story of how Muslims rescued Jews during the holocaust (2009)

Contributors:

Wesley Fryer @wfryer

Telannia Norfar @thnorfar

Green Room - Nook in the Classroom

NearPod, app for classroom management of Nook devices, remote control student devices from teacher device (swipe page, lock device, etc)

No VPP program

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Yellow Room- Session 1 Ipads in Early Childhood/Elementary

*Put QR codes at centers that link to online read aloud and activities. QRVoice app will read the text to them. 

*Follow www.mattgomez.com -- blogs about implementing apps

*Facetime buddy with older class. Read stories to each other and talk about the books.

Apps to Try: 

*Bitsboard app 

*Popplet for vocabulary

*Skitch

*SHowMe - more kid friendly version of Educreations

*My Word Wall

*Sock Puppet and Puppet Pals

*Storia

*Math Champ

*Boggle 

*StoryBuddy

*Techchef4u (app search by category, grade, device)

PINK Room

Google in the Classroom--Learnist Link

A number of ideas for using Google in the Classroom....beyond docs, and email...

http://goo.gl/cvnYm 

Pink Room Session 3- The Paperless Classroom Resources

contributers:  Robin Rodriquez robin.rodriquez@clintonokschools.org and Beth Richert beth.richert@clintonokschools.org

Using Gmail to send/receive student work

 

Setting up Gmail labels/folders for a paperless classroom

https://docs.google.com/a/clintonokschools.org/file/d/0BwGe_-7LU495VWMzNUQxbldRU1k/edit?usp=sharing

@RobinRodriquez6

Setting up Google Drive to send/receive student work

http://goo.gl/QWESC Document “How TO”

http://goo.gl/o11gT  Video “How To”

Using Google Forms to create self-graded quizes

http://goo.gl/UefLP

Presentation Apps

For the ladies who wanted to know about essay grading... HOLT has an essay grading program.  http://goo.gl/Pzwmx

Creating eBooks Session Links

Main site of links http://wiki.wesfryer.com/Home/handouts/ebooks 

Mapping Media to the Common Core: eBooks http://maps.playingwithmedia.com/ebook/ 

Interactive Teacher Websites in YPS: http://lessons.yukonps.com/teachersites 

Calibre Software http://calibre-ebook.com 

Subtext software for iPad (free - lets your students have discussions IN eBooks!) http://www.subtext.com 

Playing with Media free monthly meetups in OKC at Northwest Library: http://www.meetup.com/playingwithmedia/ 

Montana Historical Society’s free ebook of state history: http://mhs.mt.gov/education/textbook/textbookmainpage.asp 

AudioBoo & Narrated Art in the Classroom Session Links

Mapping Media to the Common Core http://maps.playingwithmedia.com/ 

AudioBoo http://audioboo.fm/ 

Great video project example: Student-Created Sequoyah Book Reports, AudioBoo, iPads and QR Codes

Howe Public Schools’ network website: http://howep3.ning.com 

Example of elementary solar system AudioBoo reports http://ranalions.weebly.com/solar-system-research.html 

The Goat Project http://mrsgarrettswebsite.weebly.com/goat-project.html 

Sample AudioBoo from today: Classroom Gmail Tricks & Google Apps Learning

How to Set Up Gmail for School iPads and iPods from Tony Vincent

Great free blogging platform for students and teachers: http://kidblog.org/ 

Shared AudioBoo example from 2nd grade field trip to the zoo: Flamingos at the zoo

Our channel from today: http://audioboo.fm/Edcampokc 

Good photo and video transfer app for iOS: http://www.photosync-app.com/ 

QR Code Beamer https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qr-code-beamer/id459324783?mt=8 

Create QR Code website http://createqrcode.appspot.com/ 

Bill Cosby’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/billcosby

free / open source photo editor for Mac: Seashore http://seashore.sourceforge.net/The_Seashore_Project/About.html

Student Project QR Code photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/sets/72157632841936998/ 

Don’t forget to sign up to PRESENT OR PARTICIPATE in the Summer Tech Conference in Clinton! AUG 7

http://goo.gl/k7ExD

See you There!