Technology+Tools+for+Differentiation

toc =Software Tools= =[|District Tools/Resources]= =Intermediate Unit Provided Resources= =Mac laptop software= =Managing the DI Tech classroom= =Web 2.0 Tools= =**Other Resource Sites for DI and Technology**=
 * **Microsoft Word**
 * Grammar and spelling in preferences
 * [|Check readability statistics]
 * Change writing style from standard to formal or technical
 * [|Writing Style Tools]
 * **Active directory** login for all staff and students K-12 in the district. All district programs use same username and password.
 * **Moodle** - online course management system (similar to Blackboard)
 * Teachers create content for courses, organize content, monitor student use
 * Modules allow for discussion, creation of a database, posting of links to files and websites, collection of student work, polling students.
 * Site keeps log of student access.
 * **Google Docs** - collaborative site for word processing, presentations, web sites and spreadsheets
 * We have two domains - one for staff and one for students and staff. Our student domain cannot share outside the domain.
 * Teachers are using Google docs to collect pre-assessment data, sign up for projects, peer collaboration for writing, peer collaboration for presentations and to provide students individual feedback.
 * **Blogserver -** blogs, wikis for posting student work and for teachers and staff to blog
 * Two blogservers - one public, one private requiring username and password to access
 * Public blogserver can be used for teacher, class or building blogs
 * Private blogserver can be used to post student work or to keep a teacher or class blog private.
 * **Coaches**
 * Four technology integrators within the district to work with teachers on technology integration.
 * **[|Discovery Education (subscription)] free trial**
 * Fantastic site for digital videos, images, clip art, and sound files.
 * Teachers can create resource lists and lessons for their students.
 * IU provides student log in so students can use for projects.
 * **[|NetTrekker (subscription)] free trial**
 * Great site for searching for resources isolating by type of resource, readability, language and aligned to state standards.
 * [|iMovie - digital storytelling]
 * [|Garageband / iTunes - podcasting and vodcasting>]
 * [|Pages - desktop publishing and word processing>]
 * [|Mac Operating System Software - Speech tool]
 * Laptop accountability
 * Timelines
 * Expectations
 * Handing in digital projects
 * Assessment
 * [|Delicious]/[|Diigo - social bookmarking sites>]
 * [|Poll Daddy - online polls and survey that can be embedded>]
 * [|Polleverywhere - polling using cell phones>]
 * [|Animoto - online slideshow>]
 * [|Glogster - interactive poster>]
 * [|Voki - talking avatar>]
 * [|Wordle.net - word clouds>]
 * [|Slideshare - post powerpoints online that can be shared and embedded into websites>]
 * [|Comic Creator - comic>]
 * [|Wikispaces - websites - free for teachers]
 * Juicystudio [](Gunning Fog, Flesch Reading Ease, and Flesch-Kincaid tests on websites)
 * DI and Tech http://tech4di.wikispaces.com/
 * Web 2.0 Guru http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/