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Welcome to Tools to Support //The Way They Want to Learn//
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 * The Benefits of Technology**

Technology-based activities and tools help students learn science content, increase academic vocabulary, build background knowledge, and foster 21st century skills. Students tend to interact with each other when using technology, so these tools and subsequent assignments can also help students increase their communication skills.

Making presentations to argue a point, describe a process, or justify data challenges students to present information effectively.

Suggestions to Implement successful presentations in Science classrooms


 * Remember:**
 * Content is the most important aspect of a presentation.
 * Form is important, but should NEVER trump the purpose of the presentation - to communicate scientific concepts or understanding


 * Guiding Points**:
 * 1) Maximum of 25 words on each slide. (slides are a guide not something meant to be read)
 * 2) Images should provide clarity.
 * 3) Citations should be properly cited.
 * 4) Animations should not detract from the presentations.
 * 5) Color and font selection - the monitor doesn't necessary translate perfectly to the projection screen.
 * 6) Consistency - a clean look allows the audience to focus on the science content message

**Agenda for the Day**
We will begin exploring FREE Web 2.0 applications and ways to use them in the science classroom. Using these tools encourages students to express their thinking and understanding, cultivate their motivation for learning through collaboration, and instill a sense of belonging and ownership (Glasser 1998).

__**What**__ is the Name of the tool?

__**Why**__ is the tool a useful tool?

__**When**__ and __**How**__ Do you use the tool? //**Think about (instructional strategies that yeild the best results, egaging qualities, and Bloom's)**//

Edmodo
//What is Edmodo?// Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. Their goal is to help educators harness the power of social media to customize the classroom for each and every learner.

Glogster
//What is Glogster?// Glogster is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom. (Sort of an electronic poster)

Empressr
A presentation tool allowing you to add photos, music, video, and audio, and share it in an instant.

Animoto
//What is Animoto?// Animoto provides an array of tools for creating videos in your classroom.

Blabberize
//What is Blabberize?// Blabberize is a new service that allows you to create your own talking picture, basically a moving mouth on a still image. Using Blabberize is simple. Users upload a photo of someone to Blabberize, select a mouth and then record a message. Once done, users can email a link to the Blabberize hosted page or embed the result.

Prezi
//What is Prezie?// Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery.

Primary Pad
//What is Primary Pad?// PrimaryPad is a web-based word processor designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time! Getting ideas, collaborating, sharing and quickly posting pieces of information when working in a group or collaborative environment. Improving important typing and English skills as well as critical thinking.

Tagxedo
What is Tagxedo? __Tagxedo__ turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

Voice Thread
What is Voice Thread? There are multiple ways to use Voice Thread. You can upload images, videos, and audio related to a particular topic.

**Team Exploration**
Museum Box

Intel Thinking Tools