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makebeliefscomix.com - Students often have trouble breaking
down complex works into basic themes and plots. One way to
aid this is to have students create a short summary or visual
representation of a key scene or moment in the text. This
Katie R. & Alison H. 2:00pm Dec. 9
online interactive tool is an interesting and engaging way to
have students to create their own short comic strips to help
with their understanding of the text. Join us to see how this
tool works and can be integrated into your classroom!
Quizlet: Both in Biology and Math, vocabulary is
necessary for communication about the content. We
Lauren Paul
will be demonstrating how to use Quizlet in order to
& Lorraine 3:00 Dec. 9
provide an opportunity for students to participate in a
Siebold
collaborative process of creating and defining words
and learning from each other.
Scribblar.com - an online collaborative white board that
includes various drawing applications, and chat room
Drew Z, Mike J., Tiffany L. 4:15 pm Dec. 9
applications. Join us for an inquiry lesson that can be both
visually and aurally engaging!
Thinking Blocks - Students always
seem to struggle with understanding
ratios and solving word problems
Ryan A.
involving ratios. Please join us as we
&
demonstrate Thinking Blocks, an 4:30pm Dec. 9
Lauren
online tool designed to help students
W.
sharpen their understanding of ratios
and ratio problems and to give them
strategies for solving such problems.
Museum Box - Sick of
traditional assessments?
Want to help students
learn to work with source
materials and to develop
historical arguments?
Museum Box provides a
creative forum in which
students and teachers can
Stella, Jenny and Jen 2pm Dec. 11
use a variety of
multimedia artifacts to
build an argument or
describe an historical
period, person or event.
Join us as we walk you
through an interactive
lesson plan using
Museum Box.
XtraNormal.com Text-to-Movie, Let's students type in text
and create a movie script. This lesson plan from Biology will
Meghan & Michael have students create a movie that sells their cell organelle 4:00pm Dec. 10
based on function and importance within the cell. Fun with
biology
 We are going to explore the use of social networking sites,
such as facebook, as a tool in English and History lessons.
Lindsay, Megan, & Vanessa Students can use these sites to create fictional characters from 4:30p Dec. 10
novels or non-fictional characters from history, and interact
with other "characters" from class.
letterpop.com
Newspapers have always been
used by historians to construct
meanings of the past.
Newspapers contain so much
information and insight into
the lives, thoughts and actions
of people in the past. Join us as
Chris & Zina 11 Dec. 11
we explore the way that
students can create newspapers
that contain information from
the past. This webnair will
show how, through the creation
of a newspaper, students will
engage in a direct conversation
with history.
Museum Box: I am going to show how a chemistry
class can use Museum Box to study a group (column)
of elements on the periodic table. Each student in the
Friday
Bob Ause class will select an element and students whose 1 pm
elements are in the same group will build a Museum Dec. 11
Box together. The six sides of each box will contain
important information on the element in that box.
Algebra tiles are blocks that math teachers use to help
students understand operations on polynomials. However,
they are expensive for teachers to purchase and often those
who do have Algebra tiles do not have enough for each
Kerri & student to explore. A free online version of Algebra Tiles is Dec.
2:30pm
Amy provided by Mathsnet at 11
http://mathsnet.net/algebra/tiles2.html which allows students
with online access to work with algebra tiles. Please join us as
we explore Mathsnet's Algebra Tiles and discuss ways to
incorporate the tool into an algebra lesson.
Storybird is a service that uses collaborative storytelling to
help students create their own stories in a round robin manner,
inspired by the visual works of contributing artists. It's a
Sara & Lara 2:30 Dec.11
simple publishing platform that allows writers and artists (and
our students!) to experiment, connect with art, and publish
their stories.
Rinaldi and Lent dipity.com 4 p.m. Dec. 11
Wordle.net is a tool that graphically represents
the most common words used in a piece of
writing. Students can use it to analyze text hat
Todd & Kristina Noon Dec. 12
they are reading, pieces that they have written,
or manipulate it to create a project. It can be
used in any subject area.

Rachel & Caitlin
Stacey and Brittany
Melanie and Kendra
Ryan M. & J.P. videoconverter.com
Sam & Stefan
Brown & Heuser
Sarah P., Carol & Bets
Picking & Garber
Sade & Erin
Persuade Star: In both our English and History classrooms, we are
already realizing the less-than-positive response students have to
the prospect of writing any type of paper, especially a persuasive Dec.
1:00 pm
essay. Hopefully Persuade Star will present the process of 12
constructing an argument, designing a thesis, and providing
support in an accessible, and who knows maybe even fun, way!
ning.com
3:00 pm Dec. 14
A safe social network for your classroom!
EtherPad
Collaborating on a paper or project can be a pain in the you-
know-what, with the contributors constantly updating and
emailing the most current version. This makes it difficult to
track changes and practically impossible to keep track of
what's what. EtherPad is the only web-based word processor
4:00 pm Dec. 15
that allows multiple users to create, update, and edit in "really
real-time." Track changes with a unique color for each user,
and watch it appear on everyone's screen immediately, no
refreshing required. Join us as we explore the wealth of doors
this application will open in the classroom, from note-taking
to group projects and beyond!
11 am Dec 16
Writeboard.com - Collaborative writing can pose problems for
even the most advanced students. Since students have different
writing abilities and styles, it is a major task to unify their
writing into a single representative document. Students edit each
others sentences, eliminate incorrect ideas and rearrange whole 12pm Dec. 16
sections before an essay is submitted. Writeboard allows the
teacher to view this process. Writeboard is a completely free tool
that helps students share their writing, edit each others work and
track their changes.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) has many
cool math tools for math students in every grade. We will
explore Transformations-Reflections (a geometry tool) and
1 pm Dec 16
Right Triangle Solver (a trigonometry tool). These tools are an
exciting way to teach basic trigonometry and introduce
isometries. We hope that you will join us!
Novlet, a web application designed to support
collaborative writing of non-linear stories in any
language. Users can read stories written by other 2 p.m.
users, create their own ones, and choose the plot one
likes most from several alternatives.
GeoGebra - GeoGebra is free and multi-
platform (i.e. Mac or PC) dynamic mathematics
software for all levels of education that joins
arithmetic, geometry, algebra and calculus. It 4 pm Dec 16th
offers multiple representations of objects in its
graphics, algebra, and spreadsheet views that
are all dynamically linked.
Evernote.com 7pm Dec. 16
Type a text note. Clip a web page. Snap a photo. Grab a
screenshot. Evernote will keep it all safe. Worried about
 loosing your notebook? Tired of writing your ideas on little
pieces of paper? Evernote allows you to compile, organize,
and keep your your essential notes, photos, websites, or to-do
lists all in one space at the click of a button!
Cramster.com:
When going through the book work is just too tough or isn't
enough, students need more. This Web 2.0 tool provides that
help for math and science students. With aid on homework
Ben, Phil & Ashleigh solutions from the leading content textbooks, study guides,
practice tests, and open forums for discussion and questions,
students are able tap into outside resources. As the Wallstreet
Journal exclaims, "Web sites such as Cramster aim to
revolutionize the way students study!"
Hot Potatoes :D

Ingrid & Tricia This is an EXTREMELY cool way to assess your students
progress through "adaptive" online quizzes and games that
given immediate feedback. CHECK IT OUT!
Piclets - Let's face it... many of our students don't exactly love
writing. With this fact so prevalent it only seems natural that
little in the classroom is as frightening as the blank page. Leah
and I want to quell that fear and spark the creative processes
Adam and Leah
without even looking at the page. We will be using piclets to
get students connecting words to images. From here, the
possibilities are endless. Attend our virtual presenation if you
want to get your students' creative juices flowing!