Tech+Talk

Below is a quick list of the tools introduced at the "10 Min Tech" talks. Please feel free to ask if you'd like more information. Also, you may want to check out the blog linked in the left sidebar, Free Tech for Teachers- it is user-friendly, relevant, and free! (scroll down on the right side to check out the "favorite resources list" - broken into subject area)


 * Wednesday, February 16, 2011**
 * stay tuned!


 * Wednesday, February 9, 2011**
 * review of Google Forms & look at data
 * Timetoast - interactive timelines (I keep mine in "draft" and have one universal login for all kids to use)
 * Just for fun? Wordle.net - "a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide"


 * Wednesday, February 2, 2011**
 * Google Docs (about) - store your documents "in the cloud" (accessible by any computer), always saved, easily shared with others
 * Google Forms (about) - create quick assessments to feed into a Google Doc spreadsheet (see more advanced tricks)
 * TinyUrl - makes long URLs shorter (also tiny.cc, bit.ly, goo.gl, other?)


 * If you want more advanced information about Google Docs/Forms/Presentations/Sites, check out this site from Cool Tools 7, a workshop I attended on Sat., Feb 5, 2011. In fact, you can check out all of the resources from the event here.