Free Technology for Teachers
Richard Byrne
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Free product reviews and comparisons. Byrne-made how-to videos and suggested classroom uses. Absolutely the best teacher tool site!​
ADOBE SPARK
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Adobe Spark Edu Guide.pdf (500 KB)
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Adobe Spark is available free as a creative tool for students and teachers. Coming soon: WCPSS Students will sign-in with their Google credentials. Teachers will have a dashboard for student management.
HyperDocs
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HyperDocs - (digital lesson plan) get your Google Classroom and Drive moving with templates and Ideas.
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HyperDoc templates - downloadable
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The HyperDoc Handbook - purchase
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Cult of Pedagogy - Podcast
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Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton, and Sarah Landis coined the term “HyperDoc” You can follow them on twitter.
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Lessons Online That Can Be Teacher Curated
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SAS Crio - Generic Website
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login through WakeID
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These need logins to use teacher curation tools.
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Microsoft Tools & Certification
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Welcoming Flipgrid to the Microsoft family: We are thrilled to announce the Flipgrid team will be joining Microsoft and embarking on its next exciting chapter. To bring the power of video-based social learning to everyone, we'll be making Flipgrid free for all educators and offering prorated refunds to everyone who has purchased a subscription from Flipgrid in the last year. Login/sign-up for Flipgrid HERE
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Microsoft Translator benefits both students and parents: Learn how school administrators are utilizing Microsoft Translator to engage the English Language Learner parent community. Being used in Onslow County, NC. Can translate on-the-fly via a phone app to use during parent-teacher conversations.
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Spark interest in STEM with new curricula and technology updates: The Microsoft Education Team is excited to share new lesson plans and an update to Minecraft: Education Edition.
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New Activity Plans for your favorite Skype in the Classroom activities: Whether you are going back to school our you are in the middle of the academic year, you are invited to explore the new activity plans for your favorite Skype in the Classroom activities aligned to ISTE standards. They were written by teachers to support you as you organise your live learning activities or get started with Skype in the Classroom.
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Office 365 Training Center: Get inspired with cool new infographics for Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and other Office products — custom signatures, language translation, voice dictation, collaboration, mobile options, and more.
WCPSS: Instructional Technology and Library Media Services
(Available if logged into WakeID - connects to Wake Connect Intranet)
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Standards: Includes NC Information and Technology Essential Standards, ISTE Standards for Students and Teachers
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Digital Resources: Includes Google Certification, Discovery Education, 3:1 Student Device Integration, Digital Portfolios and more
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Instructional Frameworks : TPACK and DSAP
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BYOD: Student Devices and Instruction​
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WCPSS: Information Security
(Available if logged into WakeID - connects to Wake Connect Intranet)
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Privacy Matrix: How Do I Use Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom
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Responsible Use Policies: Teacher and Students
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Geographical Tools and Resources
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Gapminder: Gapminder is a fact tank. Gapminder fights devastating misconceptions about global development. Gapminder produces free teaching resources making the world understandable based on reliable statistics. Gapminder promotes a fact-based worldview everyone can understand. Gapminder includes 2 Ted Talks and a documentary on how to represent and use data. The site has manipulatives to explore data that can be used online or downloaded.
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World Population Growth Interactive
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Population Education: Since 1975, the program has developed age-appropriate curricula to complement students’ science and social science instruction about human population trends and their impacts on natural resources, environmental quality and human well-being. All Population Education curriculum materials are classroom-tested, rigorously evaluated and frequently updated to be leaders in their content and approach. They are interdisciplinary, well-suited for a cooperative learning environment and classroom-ready. All of the materials are matched to current national and state academic standards and frameworks.​