High+Tech+Ideas+for+Low+Tech+Classrooms

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Where to find more information about my projects online:



Teaching Village (professional development blog)



My Corner of the World (student blog)

Twitter(where I learned about most of the tools in my presentation)

Links to free high tech tools appropriate for low tech classrooms **Voicethread:** work on slides in class, and upload from your home computer. Download finished projects to show class, or burn to DVDs to send home. @http://voicethread.com/ **Xtranormal:** Download the “State” version so that students can create animated films on your laptop or school computer. @http://www.xtranormal.com/ **Wordle:** Print out word clouds to use for activities in class. @http://www.wordle.net/ **Glogster:** Create posters at home from student-selected pictures, or create basic posters and have students write captions. @http://edu.glogster.com/ **Copyright free photos for projects:** @http://morguefile.com/ @http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pictures_and_images @http://www.flickr.com/photos/eltpics/ **Free photo editor:** http://www.gimp.org/