Deb Norton Tech

Here are some of the great sites and tools being used by the amazing educators that I work with: Thinglink and Kahoot are two sites being integrated by a large number of our teachers. What makes these sites popular? Thinglink is all about making an image interactive with hotspots; something that is easy to use in any academic area. And Kahoot is just plain fun. Reviewing content in a game-based platform is so appealing to teachers and students. Google Classroom has taken our high school by storm. This past week when I was helping a teacher to get his students onto Google Classroom, I asked the students in 5 different classes if any of them were not already using Classroom and not one hand went in the air. Teachers and students love the simplicity and interface of this LMS. Keegan is having his students create videos using WeVideo and Screencastify . Did you know that you can use the Webcam option on the extension Screencastify to record a video and then edit tha...

Inspiration from my wonderful colleagues comes in all different forms this week: #1 Amy used Bringit.bz - This site allows a person to make a sign up for any event. Amy used this site for a upcoming soup luncheon that we will be having. Click here to take a tour of the site. Here are 30 ideas for using Bringit.bz One way I could see using Bringit.bz is to allow students to choose a role that they would like to have and then create groups based on those choices.  Click here to see my example: #2 Ginger is using Easynotecards.com to help her students learn content. This site lets you create flashcards and then students can use the flashcards in several ways: Click here to view a set of cards on the 50 states. I enjoyed playing the Bingo game and found that I was challenged, but also improved considerably the more I played. #3 Abby is using Replayit.com to collect photos for our yearbook.   Click here for FAQ.  I look forward to using...

Here are some resources that have been shared with me by some of my colleagues. I'm so thankful when others share with me.  #1 Abbie shared - Worditout.com - her students used this site to create word clouds. A really nice feature of Worditout is that a student doesn't need an account to make and save a word cloud. There are many settings to choose from. I made this word cloud by entering the URL of this blog.  #2 Catherine shared - PosterMyWall.com -  use this site to create a poster, collage, calendar or card.  Catherine gave her students choice of which tool they wanted to use to create posters for an assignment and she really liked the options this site offered. This site can also be used without creating an account.  I created this poster in just a few minutes #3 Pat wants to use MindMapMaker with his students.  This site is great for making a mind map and is also a nice way for students to take notes.  I created a m...