Tech Thoughts - Kletke Tech Resources

FT4T: An Overview of Google Forms Quiz Settings

10/19/2021

Back in July I published a series of videos and blog posts detailing what you need to know to get started using Google Classroom, Drive, Docs, Slides, and Forms in your classroom (those are linked below). Of course, Google had to make some updates to Google Forms right at the start of the new school year and in doing so added some more functionality to Google Forms while also moving the location of some settings menus. That's why I recorded a new overview of Google Forms quiz settings. In my new video, An Overview of Google Forms Quiz Settings, you'll learn:

How to access the settings.
What each setting does.
Why you may or may not want to use some settings.

Tiki-Toki Timeline Maker

10/19/2021

Tiki-Toki has everything an aspiring timeline creator could possibly need. In addition to the basics such as support for BC, extensive date formatting options and built-in search and filtering, our timeline app comes with no less than four view types (including the Category Band view - see the timeline to the left). With our premium accounts, you can also embed timelines on your website or blog.

Note: The above comes directly from their website. Click here to learn more.

TinyTap

10/15/2021

TinyTap is a social platform which empowers families, teachers and students to learn from each other by creating their own personalized learning apps and playing thousands of new ones shared daily by a worldwide community of educators and learners worldwide.

Together we are building the world's largest marketplace for educational games - a community that celebrates creativity and knowledge!

TinyTap is just getting started! Our vision is to change the future of personalized education by making it available, accessible and fun to anyone who has a passion for teaching and learning. Together, we are building the world’s biggest educational marketplace for kids.
We promise to constantly add more game creation tools so that the only limit will be your imagination and creativity! We are also dedicated to improving the Tinytap community so we can all learn from each other.

Note: The above comes directly from their website. Click here to learn more.

MindMeister

10/13/2021

MindMeister
Capture, develop and share ideas visually. MindMeister is an online mind mapping tool that lets you capture, develop and share ideas visually. More than 20 million people already use our award-winning mind map editor for brainstorming, note taking, project planning and tons of other creative tasks. MindMeister is completely web-based, which means there's no download and no updating! Whether you're working on Windows, Mac OS or Linux, you can always access your mind maps right inside the web-browser.

Note: The above comes directly from their website. Click here to learn more.

Read, Write, Think

9/27/2021

Dive into a sea of resources, knowledge, and inspiration for all your literacy needs. With thousands of standards-based resources for teachers and students, you can be confident your students are getting the education they deserve.

Note: The above comes directly from their website. Click here to learn more about Read, Write, Think

Tech and Learning: Class Hook

9/22/2021

Tech and Learning

20 Sites/Apps Every Teacher Should Try for Back to School

ClassHook
Who doesn’t love movies? ClassHook leverages the power of “moving pictures” to help educators capture student attention across a wide range of subjects, including science, math, history, SEL, health, and others. Free basic accounts offer 20 clips and three live discussion rooms per month.

Note: The above comes directly from the Tech and Learning article "20 Sites/Apps Every Teacher Should Try for Back to School" written by Diana Restifo. Click here to learn more.
ClassHook
Who doesn’t love movies? ClassHook leverages the power of “moving pictures” to help educators capture student attention across a wide range of subjects, including science, math, history, SEL, health, and others. Free basic accounts offer 20 clips and three live discussion rooms per month.

Tech and Learning: Chronicle Cloud

9/15/2021

Tech and Learning

20 Sites/Apps Every Teacher Should Try for Back to School

Chronicle Cloud
A multifaceted education app, Chronicle Cloud allows teachers to record exportable multimedia notes, assess students, provide feedback, communicate with parents, and more. A free personal account includes 50 notes or 50 MB storage. Also available as an iOS or Android app .

Note: The above comes directly from the Tech and Learning article "20 Sites/Apps Every Teacher Should Try for Back to School" written by Diana Restifo. Click here to learn more.

Symbaloo

9/13/2021

Symbaloo: Bringing it Together
The online bookmarker for educators. Committed to making personalized learning and educational technology easily accessible for everyone, everywhere. Your favorite resources, together in one place. Collect and organize your favorite websites, videos, documents, articles and more - all in one place! Use tabs, folders, color-coding, labeling, or any of our other cool features to create the perfect start page.

Note: Symbaloo is highly recommended by several Teacher Tech organizations. The above comes directly from their website. Click here to learn more.

Tech and Learn: BoomWriter

9/10/2021

Tech and Learning

20 Sites/Apps Every Teacher Should Try for Back to School

BoomWriter
BoomWriter is a Google for Education Partner that allows teachers to create and manage fiction, nonfiction, and vocabulary-focused group writing activities. In addition to motivating students with an interactive platform and highly engaging online environment, BoomWriter is a top-notch vehicle to deliver individualized feedback and writing instruction. Excellent brief video tutorials demonstrate how to get started in your classroom.
Note: The above comes directly from the Tech and Learning article "20 Sites/Apps Every Teacher Should Try for Back to School" written by Diana Restifo. Click here to learn more.

Helping Your Child with Homework

9/9/2021

"Homework: A Concern for the Whole Family"
Margaret Spellings, Secretary US Dept. of Education
2005

Homework is an opportunity for children to learn and for families to be involved in their children’s education. However, helping children with homework isn’t always easy. At parent-teacher meetings and in conferences with parents, teachers often hear questions such as: ß How can I get Michael to do his homework? Every night it’s a struggle to get him to turn off the TV and do his homework. ß Why isn’t Maria getting more homework? ß Why is Jonathan getting so much homework? ß When is Suki supposed to do homework? She takes piano lessons, sings in her church choir, plays basketball and helps with family chores. There’s hardly any time left to study. ß How can I help Robert with his math homework when I don’t understand it? ß Do homework assignments really help my child learn? This booklet helps answer these and other questions that parents, family members and others who care for children in elementary and middle school often ask about homework. The booklet also includes practical ideas for helping children to complete homework assignments successfully...

Note: The above comes directly from US Dept. of Education booklet, "Homework: A Concern for the Whole Family". Click here to read and/or download this PDF document.