One of the best sessions of ATIA 2010 was an impromptu session set up by Karen Janowski (@karenjan), Brian Wocjik (@bwwojci) & Dave Hehoulin (@dehohulin), the AT Smackdown! Basically anyone who attended got 2 minutes (or so...) to talk about any tool they wanted, take the computer and show it! It was a lot of fun, and there were a lot of great tools shared. We got a chance to record the session and the audio (should be posted by this evening) is going to part of a special A.T.Tipscast from Chris Bugaj (@attipscast). You can get the audio by subscribing to his podcast in iTunes or by heading to the compendium blog - http://attipscast.wordpress.com. I've also transcribed all the tips/tools below for everyone to check out. Thanks to everyone who partipated!!
ATIA Smackdown - Fall 2010
Patrick Black (@teachntech00)
- Dropbox - http://dropbox.com
- syncs files across multiple computers/operating systems, requires small download & install
Karen Janowski (@karenjan)
- into the book - http://reading.ecb.org (temporarily down)
- Word Magnets -
- Evernote - http://evernote.com
- sync notes across multiple computers/operating systems
- works with all mobile devices
- can clip webpages with extensions for Chrome, Safari & Firefox
- Wordle - http://wordle.net
- clip text to wordle, and used to find key words from an article
- Glogster - http://edu.glogster.com
- online "poster" creator, can include photos and videos
- Google Forms - http://docs.google.com
- students typed into form to submit answers to questions about article
- JISC Toolbar - http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=1
- Text-To-Speech toolbar, installs in Firefox, Chrome or Safari, web-based
- look for install instructions in the middle of the page
- Can assist dynamic keyboard -
- The Dynamic Keyboard is an on-screen keyboard which allows you to type using your computer and an input device such as a joystick, trackball, mouse, single switch, among others.
- Google Scribe - http://www.scribe.googlelabs.com/
- realtime word prediction
- Windows 7 Keyboard - http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsvista/osk.aspx
- also has realtime word prediction
- Jing - http://www.techsmith.com/jing/
- small download & install, resides on your computer to clip screenshots or video
- Diigo - http://diigo.com
- online bookmarks, extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari & Internet Explorer
- also has groups, and classroom accounts
- Adobe - Adobe X Pro Student & Teacher edition - $119
- reader can read text aloud
- enable typewriter in a document, then typewriter can be used in Adobe Reader
- Prezi - http://prezi.com
- online presentation creator, also includes online collaboration
- Sporcle - http://www.sporcle.com/
- mentally stimulating diversions - online quizzes
- can create your own
- Clipmarks - http://clipmarks.com
- On Clipmarks.com, you can see clips of text, images or video about all sorts of topics that people find while surfing the web.
- Google Image Search
- go to settings, under search settings, change to "Use strict Filtering"
- will filter out most explicit images
- YouTube Safety Mode - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkI3e0P3S5E
- Kidzui - http://www.kidzui.com/
- Google Docs - http://docs.google.com
- can set permissions of who can see the document - public, only people with link, private
- drawings - online drawing program
- Gaggle - https://www.gaggle.net/
- safe, online email for students
- NetTrekker - http://nettrekker.com
- safe search engine for students
Have fun checking out these great resources!
- Patrick
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