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Visualization

 * Collecting data with a Google Form
 * See the live results in spreadsheet view here
 * Create a word wall easily with Tagxedo or Wordle or Tagul
 * Lots of cool ideas for using Tagxedo
 * Word walls in the classroom
 * Check this out, especially if you're already familiar with word visuals - "Text is Beautiful"

Mapping

 * Survey - @http://tinyurl.com/winchzip
 * Making a Map from Google Spreadsheets
 * Overview of Custom Google Maps
 * YouTube Tutorial

Google Drive

 * Demo of Google Drive
 * Google Drive help
 * Explore Winchester's Google Apps
 * 100 Important Google Drive Tips for Teachers and Students

Collaboration

 * Use Google Drive to create a shared document - share it with your peers who aren't here, or just create one for you and your colleagues to keep notes throughout the day!
 * Task: Take a moment to decide on how to keep and collaborate on notes today
 * Jointly edit a document with a colleague who's here with you?
 * Make the document fully public (it becomes a live webpage) and just send the public link to colleagues who aren't here?
 * Short video demonstrating live Google Doc collaboration

Data Collection

 * Let's take a survey
 * See the results here
 * Create your own (go to your main Winchester Google Apps login page)
 * Step-by-step instructions on creating google forms
 * Take the longer survey URL and make it shorter and easier to share by using a URL shortener service
 * More cool ways to use Google Forms

**Emerging Tech Talk**
 * Google Glass
 * Interesting article here
 * Others?

Storytelling

 * Animoto (pay very close attention to which options you're choosing - school/educator/free etc.)
 * Apply for the free educator license here (it gives you 6 months of the education version - allowing you to create 30 usernames for your students, so they don't have to register for their own accounts)
 * Storybird (same with this one - be sure to sign up for the Educator account)

**Do Comics have a place in the classroom? (mental break time)**
 * PowToon - cartoons for the classroom (creative writing, alternate assessment, etc.)
 * Bistrips - (click here to create your account on the regular bitstrips site)
 * There is also a [|paid version specifically for classrooms]

Productivity (Curation/Social Bookmarking)

 * Discussion: How do you organize your classroom collection of Internet favorites/bookmarks?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">What exactly is "curating?"
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Symbaloo
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Sample Elementary Teacher Symbaloo of web 2.0 tools
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Make sure you sign up for the Education version
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">LiveBinders is just what it sounds like - a virtual binder-like collection of your bookmarks
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">You might also like EduClipper - which is like a Pinterest for the classroom
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Choose one of the above (or an alternate, if you prefer) and let's begin a collection

WebQuests 2.0

 * BlendSpace - create highly-engaging and focused web tours, learning centers, multimedia homework assignments, etc.
 * Sign up for teacher account, students sign up (no email required) using your Teacher code
 * Sample BlendSpace on PhotoSynthesis
 * Sample BlendSpace on Google Drive for Teachers

General Resources

 * Poll Everywhere (also quick quizzes, respond on the fly - the Poll Everywhere app is more visual, less specific to classrooms)
 * Present.me - narrated power points on the web (nice example here)
 * Present.me (be sure to sign up for the education version)
 * Edmodo or Schoology (sort of a safe Twitter/LMS for the classroom)

More Google Apps in Education Resources

 * Ways to start using Google Apps in the Classroom
 * In-Depth Google Apps Online Training
 * Are you already a knowledgeable Google Apps user? Check out these intermediate and advanced Google Apps tips.

Other Fun Tools:

 * Play with Google Story Builder
 * Google Keep
 * Cool Social Studies Tech Ideas
 * Mosey
 * RealtimeBoard
 * Buncee
 * [|Sketchlot]
 * [|UTellStory]

** Twitter for Teachers **

 * Follow these hashtags

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Digital Textbooks

 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Virginia's Pilot - http://www.lwbva.org
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Other Resources - http://chris.wikispaces.com/digitaltextbooks

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