Technology

**Projects & Technology**
[|Animoto] - Allows students to easily make videos.

[|Glogster] - Allows students to make posters digitally, rather than wasting paper.

[|Prezi] - A fun and creative alternative to those over-used, boring PowerPoints.

**Study & Technology**
[|Quizlet] - This website allows students or teachers to create flashcards digitally. Teachers and students can use these flashcards in a traditional way for review, or they can use them as a fun way to learn and study by playing games with the content.

** Research & Technology **
[|Google Custom Search] - Too often students don't know how to differentiate between a credible and non-credible source. If an educator plans to have the whole-class research the same topic, he/she can create a Google Custom Search to ensure the information students obtain is accurate. This tool allows teachers to create a Google search bar where only sites they have per-approved and streamed through the Custom Search will appear when a student searches a term. [|Research Guide] - This website is a great tool for students to use when expected to write a research paper. It outlines a six step process that students can follow in order to write an A+ writing paper. Teaching Credibility - This lesson aims to teach students how to determine whether a source is or isn't credible. While this is something we can do for our students through tools such as a Google custom search bar, it's also a skill students need to learn to do themselves. [|Credibility Questions] - Columbia College has outlined several important questions students should ask themselves about a source in order to determine it's credibility.

**Communication & Technology**
[|​Twiducate] - Allows teachers to set up accounts and communicate similar to Twitter, but in a professional and educational ways.

**Interactive Classroom Technology**
[|SMART Exchange] - This site provides teachers with access to SmartBoards with a myriad of templates and ideas. The resources available on this site allow educators to effectively use their SmartBoards in a way to make their classrooms come alive and create and active learning environment.