Online Resources for TLB Inventory Items

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Software Inspiration/Kidspiration Clicker Wordbar BuildAbility Visual Voice Tools

Word Processing/Notetaking AlphaSmart Neo & Dana Notetaking computers iCommunicator

Digital Technology/Other Interactive Whiteboards Digital Cameras Digital Video Cameras Classroom Response Units (clickers)

SOFTWARE

Inspiration and Kidspiration

Inspiration & Kidspiration Florida Region 2 resources for using Inspiration and Kidspiration including free templates
Inspiration and Kidspiration Resources Tutorials for both programs for the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind technology Department
Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial Tutorial from the Inspiration website (requires Adobe Reader)

Clicker

LearningGrids.com - Home Page free grids for use with Clicker software
LearningGrids.com access to both the US and UK sites. Each has distinctive grids to use.
Clicker Guide user guide from the Cricksoft website
http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/tutorials/moretutorials.html#clicker links to sites that help you use Clicker software from the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

Wordbar

LearningGrids.com - Home Page free grids for use with Wordbar software
LearningGrids.com access to both the US and UK sites. Each has distinctive grids to use.

BuildAbility

K218_Rea3.pdf (application/pdf Object) A pdf tutorial about how to use the movie writing template in BuildAbility
Don Johnston Learning BuildAbility, Don Johnston Incorporated  Online tutorials for BuildAbility from the maker of the software

Visual Voice Tools

http://support.riverdeep.net/faq_list.asp?id=1294819674 Product support page from Riverdeep, the manufacturer

NOTE TAKING/ WORD PROCESSING

AlphaSmart Dana and Neo

http://www.lubbockisd.org/r2/AlphaSmart.htm
http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/tutorials/moretutorials.html#alphasmart from the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind a collection of links for information, lessons and tutorials for and with the AlphaSmart products
http://www.alphasmart.com/k12/solutions/  look under the “Integration Ideas” to find lesson plans for use of both the Neo and Dana.

Notetaking set up

http://www.netac.rit.edu/onlinenotetakertraining.html Online training of student notetakers is now available - it's comprehensive, interactive and free from the Northeast Technical Assistance Center (NETAC)
http://www.netac.rit.edu/publication/tipsheet/notetaking.html Tipsheet from NETAC for teachers with notetakers in the classroom.
http://www.icommunicator.com website for the iCommunicator. Gives general information

iCommunicator

http://www.icommunicator.com Product website with information about use in educational settings, and who would benefit from the iCommunicator. Check the links on the left side of the page--"Candidacy Criteria".

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY/OTHER

http://www.microsoft.com/education/edguidedigitalmedia.mspx A link to an educational guide from Microsoft titled "Using Digital Media with Windows XP: A Guide for Educators" The download link is on the right hand side of the page

Digital cameras

Digital Cameras in Education digital camera applications for education . Check the links on the left hand side of the page for information on various uses
Digital Photography & The K - 12 Educator from the Florida Educational Technology Conference—a presentation about the use of cameras in the classroom with links. Many of the links are no longer active, but the site still has many good ideas.
Taking Great Pictures tips for taking good digital pictures from Kodak with ideas for projects in the classroom—scroll down toward the bottom of the page.
1001 Uses for a Digital Camera lessons submitted by teachers of various uses of digital photography in academic areas
Rewiring Reading: Digital Cameras from the Lubbock school district, uses of the digital camera including links
Teachers.Net – Digital Cameras in the classroom Suggestions from teacher for uses of cameras in the classroom
Digital Camera Lessons several lessons that include the use of the digital camera
techLEARNING.com | Technology & Learning - The Resource for Education Technology Leaders article about how to use a digital camera to enrich the primary classroom
KODAK: K-12 Solutions - Lesson Plans lesson plans from Kodak by subject area and grade level
handbook page Page describing an electronic portfolio with links to give further information about them
http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory3.pdf tutorial on how to use Microsoft Photostory with digital photos

Digital Video Cameras

http://www.ncte.ie/ICTAdviceSupport/AdviceSheets/DigitalVideoCameras/Page2/ some uses for digital video in the classroom from the National Center for Technology in Education
http://drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/15_seconds.htm uses of short videos in education
http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/howto/digitalmovie_tips/ Tips from Apple on how to take quality videos
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech142.shtml article from Education World about using video cameras in the classroom, including tips for creating projects
http://www.educationworld.com/searchnew/adv_results.jsp a search results page from Education World for "digital video" with links to articles

Interactive Whiteboards

e-Learning Centre: Using interactive whiteboards This page provides links to resources on interactive whiteboards and how to use them. Listed in order of entry with most recent first.
Interactive Whiteboard Resources: Maths, Key Stage 1 - Topmarks Education A selection of sites which work well on interactive whiteboards in the classroom
Content for Whiteboards a links page with many resources to be used with interactive whiteboards
Interactive Whiteboard Resources: Maths, Key Stage 1 - Topmarks Education A selection of sites which work well on interactive whiteboards in the classroom - Topmarks Education
http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk/ UK resources for interactive whiteboards
Teaching Interactively with Electronic Whiteboards This article takes a look at the ways electronic whiteboards may be used with resources to engage tutors and students in interactive teaching and learning.
Teacher Resource Exchange The Teacher Resource Exchange (TRE) is a moderated database of resources and activities created by teachers. All resources on the TRE are checked by subject specialists to ensure they are of the highest possible quality. You can search specifically for interactive whiteboard activities. This resource is from the UK so some spellings will be British English instead of American English.
Curriculum Online A site for multimedia resources from the UK. About 1/3 of all of the materials are available for free. The search engine allows you to search for items that are free, and are useful on an interactive whiteboard
http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/tutorials/whiteboards.html These are some resources from the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind for interactive whiteboards. Some are specific to a certain brand, but the ideas can still be used on most of them.

Classroom Response Units (clickers)

Astronomy Education Review An article about response units and why the should be used in the classroom.
Best Practices: Randall Isaacson Randy Isaacson is an Associate Professor of Education at Indiana University South Bend and has been utilizing the H-ITT system (classroom response system) to research and develop innovative teaching methods.
clickers A website from the University of California, Riverside that gives much information for using response units in the classroom.
TurningPoint - Resources The TurningPoint Website with sample lessons to be used with the response units in the Technology Loan Bank

last edited: 12/19/2006