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Holly Cross

Technology Coach

425.9290

hcross@ortn.edu

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Curriculum and Technology Integration Facilitator

 

 

Curriculum and Technology Integration Facilitator/CATIF

 

Starbooks Café Presentation about Internet Safety

 

Rounded Rectangular Callout: CATIF

Tablet PC and One Note Training

FETC New Finds!

tabula digita

Online Math Competition

Note the Game Demos & Video

http://tabuladigita.com/

About

http://www.tabuladigita.com/TD/corp.php?s2=3&s3=0

Free Science Game Debut

http://thejournal.com/Articles/2009/07/01/Tabula-Digita-Debuts-Free-Science-Game.aspx

 

2010 Virtual Conference

Now we can attend a technology conference at our desktops! 

April 22, 2010 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST

If you miss it live, an archived version will be available at this same site:

http://virtual.fetc.org

www.epals.com  (e-mail "pen" pals in a safe environment)

www.voki.com Create an animated version of yourself...with audio! (Teacher will need to temporarily override filter to create with this)

NCH Software Home

http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/ File converter software FREE trials

The Best Part of Me lesson plan for getting to know your students

http://thisibelieve.org/communities/ community activities to promote discussions about values

Picasa; PhotoStory; MovieMaker; Audacity; Alice 2.0 (these are already installed for us)

Crossword Weaver (in Labs)  (PhotoStory Tips)

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Rediscover

DISCOVERY EDUCATION:  We've used the videos... but there is SOOO much more.  Here are just a FEW examples:

www.discoveryeducation.com (get username and password from me...even without it, this site is PACKED with free resources!!!  Do NOT miss out!!!)

http://web2010.discoveryeducation.com/web20tools.cfm

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ (Lesson Plans for Content Areas)

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

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Other Free Software Apps

http://scratch.mit.edu/ Create and share your own stories, games, music, and art

http://www.alice.org/ (we have this installed in Avis, Library, and Typing labs).  Free download for storytelling with animation... and students learn to program with Java.

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http://brokenworld.wikispaces.com/A+Broken+World (teacher will need to temporarily override filter to read this... it is an example of students re-creating their text to bring it to life).

Edutopia

http://www.edutopia.org/ What works in public education

Thinkfinity - Supported by the Verizon Foundation

http://www.thinkfinity.org/ A FANTASTIC free resource offering teachers lesson plan ideas for virtually any subject.  Did I mention it's FREE?  (From Verizon).

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ (Journey North--A Study of Wildlife Migration)

jigsaw puzzles with digital photography

http://www.brainsbreaker.com/ (Computer Generated Jigsaw Puzzles from any photo)

http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/ (Howie DiBlasi)

MyTown or OurTown Project... have kids showcase hometown pride.
Did You Know? presentation creator

http://delicious.com/  (Social bookmarking)

Picnik logo

http://www.picnik.com/ (Photo editing)

GCast Logo

www.gcast.com (Create your own podcast)

http://docs.google.com

http://vyew.com (Web collaboration and sharing site)

Online Team Collaboration

www.pbwiki.com

www.wikispaces.com Try the wikispaces for educators to ensure an educationally-friendly environment

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration

www.cilc.org Center for Interactive Learning Collaboration (These resources are not free, but they are high quality, and can generate ideas).

 

Clipart ETC: An online service of Florida's Educational Technology Clearinghouse

Free Educational Clip ART

 

 

Website/Service
 
Media Type
 
VoiceThread Audio and images
Wordle Word clouds
Glogster Interactive digital posters
Animoto Generate "cool" slide shows
Bitstrips and ToonDoo Create comic strips
Tikatok Imagine a story. Create a book
AudioBoo and PhoneBoo Audio
Kerpoof Movie and Picture Making
Shidonni Virtual pet drawings come to life

 

Skyward Family and Student Access:

Passwords have been sent by mail to primary guardians for parents to see grades and school information for each student enrolled in RMS, JMS, and/or ORHS on one view.

There is a drop-down menu at the top of the parent page that allows you to select which child’s progress you are viewing.

If for some reason you have not received a username and password by mail, (or need additional credentials for other guardians), please e-mail Holly Cross at hcross@ortn.edu or call at 425-9290.

Each student has been issued an individual student password.  When students log in, they are logging in to ONLY their OWN information.  (No access to sibling accounts, as parents should have).

After logging in the first time, you may change the password to something that is easier to remember.   Students are encouraged to use their school computer login credentials to make them easier to remember.

Both Parents and Students should enter a current e-mail, because Skyward will send reminders for forgotten passwords.