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This link will take you to the WVDE portal page, where you can find video tutorials on all elements of Office 365.
Have you been using gmail and have a ton of access emails in your contacts that you need to import to Office 365? Don't look them up one by one! Here's a tutorial that will allow you to take your access email contacts from gmail and import them as k12 contacts into Office 365 .
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These are the latest greatest apps and resources, in no particular order.
TeacherKit is a personal organizer for the teacher. It enables the teacher to organize classes, and students. Its simple and intuitive interface enables teachers to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students.
Class Charts gives you get data rich seating charts and streamlined behaviour management. You can even collaborate with other teachers and work as a team to tackle behaviour. And it's 100% free!
Egg Timer - Use it like an egg timer or a count down timer.
This link will take you to the WVDE portal page, where you can find video tutorials on all elements of Office 365.
Have you been using gmail and have a ton of access emails in your contacts that you need to import to Office 365? Don't look them up one by one! Here's a tutorial that will allow you to take your access email contacts from gmail and import them as k12 contacts into Office 365 .
Frustrated because you can't access pinterest at school? Here's a workaround
These are the latest greatest apps and resources, in no particular order.
TeacherKit is a personal organizer for the teacher. It enables the teacher to organize classes, and students. Its simple and intuitive interface enables teachers to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students.
Class Charts gives you get data rich seating charts and streamlined behaviour management. You can even collaborate with other teachers and work as a team to tackle behaviour. And it's 100% free!
Egg Timer - Use it like an egg timer or a count down timer.
- School Robins - Need info about a student? Initiate an info request via email to teachers and staff, then get a collated report automatically.
- CollabraCam - Create videos with multiple angles using this iOS app and several simultaneous devices recording the same event.
- Nearpod - Control all of your students' iOS devices from your device, including shared presentations, real-time assessments, etc.
- geddit - A mobile web clicker that lets students signal their confidence level of a topic from "I don't understand :(" to "Easy, I could teach my friend!"
- Remind101 - Send text messages to students and parents for reminders, notices, and other info. Safe, private, and best of all, free.
- sugarbox - A Google Chrome app that enables screen sharing right from your browser. Includes on-screen annotations and recording too.
- iStudiez - This iOS and Mac app for high school and university students keeps track of your class schedule, assignments, grades, and cumulative GPA.
- inClass - Also for high school and university students, this iOS app keeps track of your class schedule, assignments, and notes in text, video, or audio form.
- Piazza - A free website for university students to gather together, ask questions, receive class announcements, and engage in group discussions.
- StudyRoom - Another free way for university students to gather together, ask questions, and collaborate online. Offered as an iOS app as well.
- StudyBlue - Create flashcards with text, photos, and audio. Share them or track your score as you practice. Available as a web, iOS, or Android app.
- Slader - Stuck on a particular problem in your textbook? Get unstuck by using this free website for high school students to find answers and explanations.
- Pivot Animator - A free Windows program to create stick figure animations. Great for simple cartoons and stories
- Pixiclip - A free online whiteboard where you can record your voice - or yourself (in a video) - while you draw.
- Zaption - Put together an online lesson by adding images, text, quizzes, and discussions to your own videos or any from YouTube and Vimeo.
- Creatorverse - Create fantastic inventions using motors, joints, pulleys, levers, and other kinds of simple machines in this free Android and iOS app.
- Tell About This - Ignite your students' creativity with photo prompts + open-ended questions in this iPad app. Record their stories as videos they can share.
- Notegraphy - Publish beautifully-formatted essays, poems, novels, notes, and other literary work with this mobile and web app.
- Kidspiration Maps - Visualize a topic using this iPad app for mind maps and diagrams. Its user-friendly design makes it suitable even for primary school students.
