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The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For. Nearpod: Create, Engage, Assess through Mobile Devices. | Interactive Lessons | Mobile Learning | Apps for Education | iPads in the Classroom. A Gold Mine of #EdTech Resources: Part II. In continuation of Part I of “A Gold Mine of #EdTech Resources,” please find below the accumulated list for Part II. As always, I have given you my best, but I am quite sure I have left off some technology tools that may flabberghast you. No problem. Simply help us all improve by adding comments at the bottom of this blog post. After reaching a word-count limit for this blog post, I quickly realized a Part III could be necessary. Anyway…enjoy, my talented colleagues. Website Creation Weebly- Take your career to new heights by using Weebly to create a website, online store, or blogspot. Wix- Choose from a plethora of gorgeous templates and create an inviting website for your digital audience.

Squarespace- In all honesty, I have not tried this website creator. Learning Management Systems (LMS) By no means, do I claim to be an expert on the following list of available learning management systems. Edmodo- I do not know of many educators who have not at least heard of Edmodo. Social Media. Sharefest. Paper.li – Be a publisher. 60second Recap® - Classic literature, books for teens, and more. Thesis Statements: Four Steps to a Great Essay, using an example from "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne | Excerpt from "How to Write an A+ Essay: A Step-by-Step Guide" by Jenny Sawyer.

Writing the thesis statement. Overview.0:19 What you must do BEFORE you begin writing your thesis statement,0:26 Sample assignment: from "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne0:37 Writing the thesis statement: Step One. Answer the question1:08 Writing the thesis statement: Step Two. Refine your answer2:10 Writing the thesis statement: Step Three. Choose the right supporting examples.3:20 Writing the thesis statement: Step Four. Go Deeper! 3:40 Review of the sample assignment and the finalized thesis statement4:07 Review of the four steps to a great thesis statement. At Amazon's Kindle Store... I'm going to make a confession. No, I knew how to write essays. I’ll show you how you can, too. Most people think A+ essays require hours of hard work. How? Brief.ly. TT-Storytelling-Tools.pdf. A Gold Mine of #EdTech Resources. As I am sure it is for any educator, my student teaching experience was definitely memorable for many reasons.

Some good. Some bad. One particular moment, however, has stayed with me all these years. My department chair at the time, Mrs. Kelly, recognized my ceaseless and struggling search for anything that could augment my classroom practices. Since it was 1996, valid internet resources were not that common, and my ability to locate such files was close to nil. Enter Mrs. So, in the spirit of Mrs. Back Channels and Mobile Interactive Learning InfuseLearning- I am still waiting for this cool site to take off. Kahoot- Turn a lesson into a game by leveraging the possibilities with any internet-connected device. Socrative- Now owned by MasteryConnect, this always awesome site just keeps getting better.

PollEveryWhere- Love it. TodaysMeet- Picture this: students get extremely interested in a class topic and hands are raised all over the classroom. Blended Learning Video Editor JibJab- Okay. Infuselearning | Empowering The BYOD REVOLUTION. TeacherTube. Make Your Images Interactive - ThingLink. My Maps - Basic. Awesome Screenshot App. Express.smarttech.com/# WeVideo | Free Online Video Editor & Maker. Student Quizzes. Mrssheftelsclass - Just for Teachers. TeacherTube.

ShortTakes. Presentation Software | Online Presentation Tools | Web Presentations | SlideRocket. Voki Home. Design flyers to spread the word online | Smore. Sites. Prezi - Presentation Software. Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds. SurveyMonkey: Free online survey software & questionnaire tool. Glogster EDU: A complete educational solution for digital and mobile teaching and learning.

Educreations - Teach what you know. Learn what you don't. Introducing Animoto. Coggle.