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3 Tech Tools for Teachers—Share Your Favorites

Marie White
Marie White
March 15, 2012

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In the past couple of weeks I have discovered three great tech tools that are free—and can make your teaching life easier. Take a look at my list and then add your own in the comments section. What tools are you finding useful? Please share!

1. Audio-Feedback: Forget the ink. Use your voice instead. You can give more feedback in less time. Check out Sarah Brown Wessling's new video about podcasting and then try the free audio recording service Audacity.

2. Track Student Behavior: Two words. Class Dojo. Maybe I'm behind the times, but this simple tool allows you to easily reward and recognize the student behaviors you want to see and track behaviors over time. Get it while it's free.

3. Visualize Mathematics: I know there are a lot of graphing calculators out there, but this one is pretty nifty. With this tool you can reinforce the idea of multiple representations, save, and even share graphs. Be warned, you may dork out on this. Also… free.

Okay, your turn! Let's grow the list.

10 Comments

  • Private message to Patricia McGonagle

Patricia McGonagle Mar 18, 2012 2:43pm

Here are a couple of tech tools I've used: Wordle (free), Glogster (free up to 50 students I think), Voicethread (there's a free version and one that costs), Classroom Organizer (free library organizer), Evernote, Linoit and Wallwisher (online "corkboards"), Khan Academy (tons of free math-related videos), Edmodo, The Book Seer (recommends books---I've just read ___ by ___. What should I read next?) Mind42(mindmapping), Make Beliefs Comix, PollDaddy, TimeToast (timelines), Bibme (bibliography/citation), and Snagfilms (watch documents for free). These are just a few of the ones I can think of at the moment! :)
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  • Private message to Brian Albrecht

Brian Albrecht Mar 17, 2012 6:15pm

Chelsea can you give more on how you use Class Dojot in class? Do you have it on all the time on a classroom computer? Do you have any extrinsic rewards?
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  • Private message to Marie White

Marie White Mar 16, 2012 2:34pm

Chelsea, that's great feedback. Any tips on making the most out of it?
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  • Private message to Chelsea Gabzdyl

Chelsea Gabzdyl Mar 15, 2012 11:20pm

Class Dojo has been THE best thing I have brought into my classroom. It is so successful and easy to use that other teachers have been asking me to help them set up accounts. I'm a huge fan!
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