Tech+Explorations

During the course of this semester, be sure that you complete this page __on your own wiki__. The page will be due at the end of the semester as a part of your Final Portfolio assignment. Part 1 below is about "Tech Explorations." Through these, you will explore a variety of tech resources you may be able to use in your future classroom or setting. Everyone is to explore the same first five tech resources (see #s 1-5 below, beginning with GALILEO). The next five tech resources are of your choosing. Use the Tech Explorations Choice List to make your choices. Some of the resources may require that you sign up to use them or require a free trial. You are to thoroughly explore each of the ten (10) resources and your exploration submission should reflect this. Part 2 of this page is about general technology integration issues.
 * =How to Complete this Page=

A. General Resources for All Students
|| ===Technology Tool Name (hyperlinked) || ===1. Describe what you learned from exploring this resource. Be thorough in your response.=== || ===2. How could you use this resource in a school setting?=== || ===3. Would you recommend this resource to other educators? Like/Dislike; Ease of use, fee or not, and so forth. Why or Why not?=== || GALILEO (Georgia's ||  || I learned new ways of finding information. I found out that I could look up old newspapers and magazines that have been digitally copied and uploaded through the computer for easy access. || For research purposes. To find information. There are secondary and primary recourses. Comic Life ||   || I learned that you can present information through a graphic comic by uploading pic, and audio as well as other devices in order to make a comic. || I would allow my students to use this to present information to me or to the class. It looks like a fun and engaging way to present information. Tumblebooks Tikatok ||   || I found that you can listen to a whole gallery of books. This allows people to hear instead of reading a whole book. || I would use this for faster reading. **I would recommend** this site to anyone who does not like to read but would like to listen to it. || Try two of any of the following free concept mapping programs: XMind, Bubbl.us, Wise Map , Thebrain , FreeMind , iMindMap, SpiderScribe ||  || I found that you can upload pictures documents and other information into things like a digital folder. You can map things together for an easier way to access your information. || You could use this in a lesson plan. You could map things together and keep folders of your different units and ideas. **I would recommend** this to teachers for easy access to their lesson plans and for adding new ideas as they come. It has a free download and seems easy to navigate. || EdModo ||  || I found that teachers and students can log onto this site and communicate with each other over a social network. You can also upload assignments with the due date and students can upload their assignments. || I could use this as means for turning homework assignments in and for keeping in touch with students and trying to keep them up to date on all their work. **I would recommend** this to teachers and to students as a way to keep up with assignments. It seems to have a learning curve but once you learn the site it is easy to use. ||
 * ===1. Electronic Databased to Support Research===
 * I would recommend** this as a great research tool for teachers and students. No fee is included and pretty simple to navigate. ||
 * ===2. Visual Storytelling===
 * I would recommend** this to teacher in order to better engage the students. there is a fee. but seems pretty simple to use. ||
 * ===3. Ebooks===
 * ===4. Concept Mapping===
 * ===5. School-based Social Networking===

B. You-choose Tech Exploration Resources
Remember to refer to the Tech Explorations Choice List to decide which other five tools you wish to explore.||

Technology Tool Name
(hyperlinked) (Include THIS line of text when you copy this page onto your wiki. Why? Because it makes copying tables work correctly!)
 * ===1. Describe what you learned from exploring this resource. Be thorough in your response.=== || ===2. How could you use this resource in a school setting?=== || ===3. Would you recommend this resource to other educators? Like/Dislike; Ease of use, fee or not, and so forth. Why or Why not?=== ||
 * ===6. __//Story Telling with Maps.//__ I learned a new way to look at maps. Maps with pictures, information, and magnifying glasses that show you old and new map changes.=== || I would use this in my history class to show how the world has changed it borders and places with a map I saw that show the world in 1812 and in 2013. || Yes I would recommend this to other educators. It is a great tool for history teachers especially to show different p[laces and events. It was easy to use and there was no fee. ||  ||
 * ===7. __//Boardmaker,//__ you could buy programs that could create materials to help students learn. was eared toward a lot of disabled assistive technology.=== || I do not know how I would use this in a school setting except for creating new materials. || I would not recommend this because there is a fee and you have to buy the programs because of the fees I would not use this in my class ||  ||
 * ===8. __//Gamequarium//__, I learned that there are games that could help with students being engaged. There was games for all types of subjects.=== || I would use the history games, like one I saw that you could do a state puzzle and match the state up and find out what they are known for. || I would recommend this to teacher because it was free and it seemed like a good tool for engaging students. it was free as well ||  ||
 * ===9. __//ABCYA.com,//__ I learned that this is also an educational game website. You can pick a grade level and a subject and find games related.=== || I would use this game web site again for keeping students engaged. There was a game where you had to calculate longitude and latitude which is important when locating a region. || I would recommend this site to teachers because it was easy to navigate and free. It is also a good tool to engage the students. ||  ||
 * ===10. //__Samson Classroom__//, This website was used for reading, writing, and sight word purposes.=== || language art teachers would use this to help their students learn sight words and to help them learn to read. || I would recommend this to language art teachers but you have to subscribe and there are things you can purchase as well. ||  ||

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