Replacement+Ideas

The Smart Board replaces both the outdated chalkboard and whiteboard. It allows students to construct their own learning experiences through technology. The board’s design makes learning so much fun that students don't realize they're doing schoolwork. The boards resemble white chalkboards when they're turned off and colorful computer screens when they're turned on. They feature animation, music, sound effects, video, bright colors and motion to engage students' attention while learning about math, science, language arts or other subjects. Standing in front of the boards, students can write on them and move pictures, numbers and letters around, and teachers can keep track of how well students are learning as lessons, which are projected onto the screens, unfold. (Smart Technologies, 2011) Thornburg states, “Technology has turned our students into constructivists, even if our schools have yet to make the change.” (Thornburg, 2004) The Smart Board enhances and replaces the traditional teaching tools such as regular blackboards and whiteboards making learning fun for students.
 * == Smart Board (Interactive White Board) ==

An "interactive poster," is, in effect, a personal Web page complete with embedded media links, sound, and video capabilities. Students can work with Glogster individually or as a group to create presentations, share information, and interact with their peers. Make sure you sign up for the "EDU" version, which prevents other users from viewing class-specific "Glogs." This is another way to make posters, etc without having to make them by hand. Those non-artistic students can be just as creative using this online software. The glogster replaces the poster presentation. It is a visually engaging presentation that can easily incorporate video, audio, images and text. Glogster provides students the opportunity to be creative with their presentations using a 21st century tool. []
 * ==﻿ ﻿Glogsteredu ==

@http://letterpop.com/ - This Site allows those non-artistic students to create projects just as creative as other students and gives them the opportunity to practice these skills that will be helpful in the future. This makes life easier when creating those dreaded weekly/monthly newsletters that are made for gradelevels/classes and easily attached to webpages/wiki’s.
 * ==﻿ Letterpop ==

www.kerpoof.com/teach - This can replace creating cartoons by hand or writing skits to perform as a group.
 * == Kerpoof ==

http//nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/Classic/ - How much more fun could graphing be when you can create your graphs online and not have to measure out and code them by hand.
 * == NCES.ee.gov ==

https://docs.google.com - This can replace those great document cameras we thought were so fabulous a few years ago. It allows you to have access to all your documents you have saved anytime on any computer.
 * == Google Docs ==

@http://springnote.com/ - I have a colleague that uses this to create each individual students class notebook. It replaces the old notebooks and students having to keep up with all the papers and notes given to them in class.
 * == Springnote ==

@http://storybird.com/ - This replaces the old style of writing it all by hand, typing it and then copy and pasting in images and trying to get the pages to line up etc.
 * == Storybird ==

[] : This is an easier way to locate pen-pals and this replaces the old method of writing letters by hand and snail mailing them.
 * == epals ==

[] This can replace writing and doing skits in class or class presentations.
 * == Voicethread ==

Would learning spelling words, high frequency words, etc be more fun if they were practiced online??
 * == Voki ==

 This is something teachers can use to inform all parents, so they can all have access to the information on projects, etc at all times.
 * == Flashmeeting﻿ ==

This would be especially helpful to special education teachers that have to make social stories, or just simply everyday activity instructions, etc. something I have spent many many hours working on by hand.
 * == Animoto ==

How much faster would it be to create quizzes and have them accessible over and over and that keeps track of how each student does on the quizzes. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This could potentially be helpful to all of us that are still blocked from you tube, etc at school.
 * == OnLine Tests and Quizzes ==
 * == Google Reader ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">classroom tools that span the needs of Students, Parents, Teachers and School Administrators
 * == Classroom Management ==

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. My Note It - http://www.mynoteit.com/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Schoopy - http://www.schoopy.com/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. School Tool - http://www.schooltool.org/ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Teach Learning - Free K-12 curriculum materials on any topic <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Engrade - http://www.engrade.com/ - online grading tool <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Moodle* - http://moodle.org - open source course management system (CMS) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are additional resources for setting up and keeping track of classroom management that can be easily accessed anywhere.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] This is a great site that introduces and explains many 21st century tools and technology available and how to use them.
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