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May 26, 2013

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How do I use all these "Cool Tools"? WOW! Cart Animoto Google Docs Wordle Glogster Moodle Make a Wix
WOW! Carts & WebPCs The WOW! Cart holds 28 WebPCs which do not have spinning hard drives or fans, so the batteries that last from 12-16 hours. WebPCs have OpenOffice portable, FirstClass, Internet Explorer, PhotoFiltre, and a few other applications installed, everything else is (you guessed it) ON THE WEB.
How do I use the WOW! Cart?	Watch a Voicethread showing how to use the WOW! Cart and WebPCs.
	View/Download/Print a handout with information about how to use the WOW! cart and WebPCs.
Animoto: Example of an Animoto Animoto is a Web 2.0 tool that allows us to make amazing videos to the beat of music. It does all the work of timing and "popping" the pictures to the tune for us. We're finding that when students study by creating Animotos, their comprehension skyrockets as they thoughtfully choose pictures, songs, and text to best represent their vocabulary word or concept. Sharing Animotos with classmates is a must, so motivation to create something meaningful is built in.
How to I get a free, unlimited Animoto Account and Classroom Codes for my students?	Watch a video showing how to sign up for Animoto.
Sign yourself up: http://education.animoto.com/signup.html
Wait for your email confirmation (2-3 days)
Follow the directions in the email to register for your teacher account. Share the link you receive with students so that they can get their free, unlimited Animoto accounts as well.
If students are under 13, check out Animoto's solution for providing accounts: Create a gmail account, for example, ateacher@gmail.com. Sign each of your students up for an account at Animoto.com using the classroom code you receive from Animoto in your confirmation email. For each student under 13, use your gmail account +a number as the email for the student, for example, Assign John Jones gmail account ateacher+1@gmail.com, assign Maria Martinez gmail account ateacher+2@gmail.com. Any email sent to any of these "+1" gmail accounts will come to your gmail address.
How to I use Animoto?	Watch a video showing how to use Animoto.
CISD Google Docs Portal Page: Example (the above example is a Google Doc published as a web page) Google Docs is a Web 2.0 office suite with several added features that are not available in any downloadable product. File sharing, collaboration, publication, and the ability to easily collect data using forms are all built in and simple to access. All Conroe I.S.D. students and all CISD teachers already have Google Doc accounts through the CISD Google Portal Page.
HOW? do I sign into Google Docs and use the word processor?	Watch a video showing how to sign in and use the word processor in Google Docs.
WHERE? Use this web address to get to your Conroe I.S.D. Google Docs Account: http://google.conroeisd.net
WHO? All CISD students and all teachers automatically have Google Doc accounts. The username is the same as FirstClass, and the password is asterisk+last5ofsocial, for example, if the social is 123-45-6789, the password will be *56789
How do I create a FORM and collect information using Google Docs?	Watch a video showing how to create and send a Google Form to collect data.
SECURE? How do I make sure my data is safe in Google Docs? Can everyone see it?	Watch a video showing file sharing and publication options in Google Docs.
Want more on Google Docs? Click here! Wordle: Wordle.net is a Web 2.0 tool that allows us to paste in text from anywhere (a student's writing, a web page, etc.) and turn it into a "Beautiful Word Cloud." Inherent in Wordle is a word frequency analysis since the more a word is used, the larger it becomes in the cloud. Your students' writing projects will become pieces of art when they're "Wordled."
How do I use Wordle?	Watch a video showing how to create a Wordle.
Wordle is a visual text analysis tool that makes examining writing into a fun work of art.
This is a Wordle entitled 21st Century Learning Skills: Click it to see it full size

Glogster's Education Portal Page: Example Glog Glogster is a tool to create something like online posters, but so much more! Use music, text, and pictures together to create dynamic presentations. You've got to see it to understand; do take a look!
How do I sign up for a Glogster Educator Account? All your questions will be answered here. Students do not need email accounts to be registered.
Moodle: See and Participate in Moodle 101 Click the word "Moodle" above to go to the "How to for Moodle Newbies" site.
Moodle provides teachers a way to create an online classroom. It's similar in functionality to Blackboard (WebCT). All Conroe I.S.D. students have Moodle accounts. The username and password for students are the same as for FirstClass. Teachers, to create your Moodle teacher account, click here. For instructional or technical assistance using Moodle, please open UTechHelp (on your FirstClass Desktop), then open Moodle Central (an icon at the top), and post your question. After reading through the tutorials and visiting Moodle 101, request a class here.
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