Pottsville 1:1 Workshop August 2013

Contribute to our COLLABORATIVE NOTES in this document.

RESPONDING

• PollEverywhere.com - Multiple choice and open-ended surveys
• Tagul.com - Make word clouds. Sign in with your Google account.

COLLECTING

• Step-by-step guidance for students creating shared Google Drive folders where they store their work for the teacher to access.
• The Share button on documents is important for collaboration. 
• Create a Google Form in Google Drive to collect URLs of student work. Here's a detailed guide on making Google Forms. 

COLLABORATING

• drive.google.com - Docs, spreadsheets, forms & presentations
• Benefits & Drawback of Web-Based Tools:  tinyurl.com/pvtchart
• When working on projects, be aware of copyright. Get public domain images at pixabay.com, openclipart.org  and Bing. 
• Use the Research Tool in a Google Doc (under the Tools menu) to insert copyright-friendly images with automatically generated footnotes. 

SHOWING

• Show What You Know - Infographic with web tools for showing
• Audio - online-voice-recorder.com
• Comics - Pixton.com
• Books - ZooBurst.com
• Animations - Prezi.com, GoAnimate.com, Xtranormal.com/Edu
• Quizlet.com - Flashcards and study aids
• Socrative.com - Response system with reporting

REFLECTING

• FutureEmail.com - Submit and email that will be delivered at a future date
• tonyv.me/reflect - Click for a random reflection question

Other Links

• TinyURL.com for shortening web addresses
• Bitly.com for shortening web addresses and getting stats on how many hits the link has received
• Google.com/Trends
• Powerful Learning by Linda Darling-Hammond
• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
• Do a Google search for a "timer for 5 minutes" or however long you need it. 
• WebsiteLike.com - Find websites that are similar to ones you already know