Free Tech Tools
Anytime we run across free tools that will help you in the classroom, we like to share them. Please let us know if you find success using any of these. We would love to stop by your classroom and see some of your success in action!
Evernote
Evernote is another great tech tool that you can start using today with your students. It is also an amazing tool for classroom organization. In a very basic sense, Evernote is an online notebook that allows you to create multiple notebooks, tabs and pages in an organized fashion for a variety of purposes. You can add in clip art, links, videos and most other content.
Below are links to examples on how to start using the free tool for your classroom.
- http://www.theorganizedclassroomblog.com/index.php/blog/using-evernote-in-your-classroom
- http://www.teq.com/blog/2012/11/10-tips-for-using-evernote-in-the-classroom/#.VpUhkI-cHZs
- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/287597126179784751/
- https://vimeo.com/45708548
- Evernote Scanable App - This app turns your iPad or iPhone into a scanner to add content to your Evernote Notebooks.
Lucidchart
A number of our teachers have been taking advantage of the benefits of Lucidchart. We applied to expand our license of this tool to allow more classrooms to take advantage of the wide variety of benefits to using this in the classrooms.
Below are some links for classroom use.
Lucidchart works on Chromebooks and iPads, as well as PC's where the user is logged in via their Google Account. Students and teachers do need to sign up with the "Sign up using Google" option. The license is linked to the West G email account.
Twitter and 6 Tech Tools to Try in 2016
The curriculum and technology site has a direct link to our Twitter accounts. We regularly find a share resources that you don't have to have a Twitter account to access.
An example of this was a recent article on 6 tech tools to try in 2016. These are free and ready to use to potentially support some of your instructional goals. Consider creating your own Twitter account to find and follow educators who tweet about grade level or subject specific content appropriate to your needs.
