GSSD Highschool

Building 21st Century Skills in the High School Classroom

Cool Tools – Day 2

SMART Pen – can make videos with pen as it traces what you do and it also picks up audio; great for visual and procedural applications   Software is called Livescribe. Students can go to Livescribe online and then access videos and post it online. Allows teacher to work from home wherever notebook and pen are!

Shutterfly.com or Peekaboo – Online scrapbooking application which allows you to take your photographs and design them into a book.  You can format  backgrounds, add text, etc.

TRIPTICO -  a toolkit of gadgets that you can use on your SmartBoard (or with a projector) such as timers, choosing the next student for a task. It is a free download and can be downloaded to your desktop.

SYMBALOO - allows you to collect websites and create a linked page which is easily accessible. You can configure your icons/buttons by using  web-generated images from the sites or you can upload your own. It allows you to organize the display on the page.