Ryan

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=__My Diigo Groups:__= media type="custom" key="19098690"

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and I have created this group to use with my Elementary building in the coming year:

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=Selection Criteria Report:= =GO Animate:=

1. Is the tool free? Yes, there is a free account. 2. Can the teacher monitor student activity easily? (RSS feed, email notification of changes/use of tool)? Yes, but not easily. 3. Can it be used on different devices (laptop, PC, iPad)? Yes, but not sure about iPad use. 4. Is tools able to be used in a variety of ways and for a variety of projects? Yes 5. Do students need an email to register? Yes

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=VoiceThread:=

1. Is the tool free? Yes 2. Can the teacher monitor student activity easily? (RSS feed, email notification of changes/use of tool)? Yes 3. Can it be used on different devices (laptop, PC, iPad)? Yes, but not sure about iPad use. 4. Is tools able to be used in a variety of ways and for a variety of projects? Yes 5. Do students need an email to register? Yes

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=Yu.my=

Yu.my is a location based link sharing applet. Instead of emailing, texting, or send links to those friends you have contact information for, you can simply put the link into the yu.my web applet or browser extension and it will share to anyone within a range of feet, okay actually meters since it appears to use the Metric system. Simply cut and paste the web address into the entry field and click share and anyone within your range can snag the link you shared with the public!  1. Is the tool free? Yes, there isn't even a registration! <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Can the teacher monitor student activity easily? (RSS feed, email notification of changes/use of tool)? No <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Can it be used on different devices (laptop, PC, iPad)? Yes. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Is tools able to be used in a variety of ways and for a variety of projects? No, not really. Sharing links is what it does. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Do students need an email to register? No, no registration required. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

=<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Storybird =

A digital storytelling application that allows users to create stories to pre-made themes, art, or contests <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Is the tool free? Yes, you can even start a teacher account that helps you manage a class of students. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Can the teacher monitor student activity easily? (RSS feed, email notification of changes/use of tool)? Yes. In the options section you can choose to receive email notifications when your students make a new storybird <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Can it be used on different devices (laptop, PC, iPad)? Yes. Does not work with iPad, unless used on a flash conversion browser. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Is tools able to be used in a variety of ways and for a variety of projects? Yes, I believe so. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Do students need an email to register? Yes.

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=<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Passpack =

Passpack: Save all your passwords in one location for secure access and sharing. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Is the tool free? Yes, for one user. You can share all your passwords with a group for a small monthly fee.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Can the teacher monitor student activity easily? (RSS feed, email notification of changes/use of tool)? No

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Can it be used on different devices (laptop, PC, iPad)? Yes.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Is tools able to be used in a variety of ways and for a variety of projects? No, however it could still be VERY useful in my opinion.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Do students need an email to register? Yes.

=CarrotSticks= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Carrot Sticks is a math game that allows students to simultaneously be motivated, learn math facts alone, or in groups, while the game monitors student progress. Students can choose to practice by themselves, with friends through invitations, or with game suggested users. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Is the tool free? Yes, basic is for free. That only includes addition practice, if you want subtraction, multiplication, and division practice there is a fee.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Can the teacher monitor student activity easily? (RSS feed, email notification of changes/use of tool)? No, each user has to be logged in for teacher to see reports of progress. <span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Can it be used on different devices (laptop, PC, iPad)? Yes.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Is tools able to be used in a variety of ways and for a variety of projects? No.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Do students need an email to register? Yes.

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<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GameClassroom is a repository of games, organized by grade level and category. There are a host of categories in Math, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Speech and Presentation, etc.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Is the tool free? Yes, access to the site is free, however it does contain links to other games that could possibly be for pay.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Can the teacher monitor student activity easily? (RSS feed, email notification of changes/use of tool)? No.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Can it be used on different devices (laptop, PC, iPad)? Yes, however some of the games hosted through the site may not be able to be used on ALL devices.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Is tools able to be used in a variety of ways and for a variety of projects? Yes, as previously shown, there are all kinds of games for different subject areas.

<span style="background-color: #fef9f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Do students need an email to register? No, not on GameClassroom itself.

=Picasa:= I created a duo-tone take on Andy Warhol, without all the famousness and extras involved with the factory.

This photo manipulator is very powerful. It has a TON of options that you could play with a single photo for days. I I messed around with this one for about 15 minutes before I figured out that I should check out another app.

Oh yeah and the original is here too:

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=Big Huge Labs:= Big Huge Labs photo manipulator makes things pretty simple by using a slider system. With the slider system, there really is no way to "mess up" your photos. The one thing I wasn't a huge fan of was that as you moved the slider, you didn't see what you were doing to your photo until you left go of the click. That was a little too chancy for my personal liking but I could see how others may love the laugh factor that could come with that.

No Age, the Original Vs. No Age, the bighugelab swirlified version Vs. No Age, the bighugelab halftoned version

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This one was a bit overwhelming/confusing for me but here's what I made: =pixlr.com=

This one was a bit overwhelming/confusing for me but here's what I made:

vs. the original Who know what I was looking at?

=Instagram= This tank contains 30,000 planks create out of one of the hardest woods in the world: Palo Santo. So hard a bullet from a 9mm pistol can't pierce it.

=Fotobabble and Instagram= I "Instagram"med this picture of one of my cats: Zooey Lemon Bowie and then added a bit of a narration with Fotobabble. Here's the embarrassing result. (Volume is a bit low, don't be afraid to crank it; you won't wake the neighbors!)

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=Magisto= Magisto was the only movie sharing/creator listed that I hadn't used before, so I figured I'd give it a whirl. This makes what I would consider to be movie trailer. You pick a few video clips to put together, add music, and Magisto does the rest for you! Really pretty slick. media type="custom" key="20406322"

=Wallwisher= I tried this with my Summer Camp student after our class on July 18th, because I thought Wallwisher lookedlike a great way to engage all my students on a central question at once, activating their schema before reading. Here's one on Tornadoes! media type="custom" key="20472884"

=Corkboard.me=



=Screencast-O-Matic=

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