Hootsuite

Hootsuite allows you to manage your class social networks (Twitter & Facebook) from a single place.  It also allows for scheduling of posts, which is tremendously helpful.

Hootsuite Overview Video

Here is more info about Hootsuite.

Article referenced about teens leaving Facebook: Here

All of this assumes you already have a Facebook and/or Twitter page for you class.  If you don't, you really should have at least one.  Hootsuite makes it easy to maintain both.

Remind 101

Overview: 

Best Feature(s):

You can schedule messages in advance

You can target groups of three students

You can now add attachments

Click Here to Get Started

How to Setup and Post to a Blog on Blogger

Watch the video below to learn

How to create a blog on blogger



Watch below to learn how to post to your blog

How to use the screenshot tool Jing

The screenshot tool Jing is an incredibly useful tool and far superior to simply just taking a whole screenshot with… With Jing you have the ability to pick and choose the exact picture you would like to capture.  Once you have taken your picture you have the ability to annotate your images using text and symbols.  

To begin using this software go to http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html and click on the free download.  Every screenshot I will insert into this document will be made using Jing.

You will then be brought to the system operation screen.  Choose yours and you will be ready to go.

The beautiful thing about Jing is that once you have captured your screenshot it is saved in the program so you can continue to access it.  You can also create video and share images and video with whomever.

Noredink Online Grammar Practice

Noredink.com allows for online grammar practice that adapts to the student's ability.

Click Here for an Overview
Select the 90 second video on the bottom of the page

Manage Students

Creating Assignments/Quizzes

View Student's Progress

Using Google Forms as a Rubric

This video from Googlegooru walks you through the basics of using Google Forms as a rubric.

Forms as a rubric allow for quicker grading and more immediate feedback.

They work very well from cells phones and tablets.

Forms can make for a great peer feedback tool.

Basics:

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Here is a form that we used last semester: 

Here is what the feedback from that form looked like:

Viewing a "Summary of Responses" gives a quick look at the class' performance

How to Share documents with your classes using DOCTOPUS

Please click on the LINK for a tutorial on how to use this file sharing phenomenon

How to Create, Use, and Grade Google Forms

Click on the LINK to learn about Google forms and Flubaroo

How to set up Google Drive for your Students

Here are the basics

Click on the LINK to view the how to guide