The Best Resources for Middle Schools Glogster – Glogster EDU is a site that allows students to create a digital poster with any text, images, movies, sounds, voice recordings, hyperlinks to other resources, etc. It is a super nice way for students to create project posters in a much easier way than the traditional cut and paste - with obvious benefits. These "glogs" can also be shared via popular social networks, embedded in a student digital portfolio or classroom blog, and commented upon. Teachers are able sign up for (currently) 50 free accounts for their students and access all the student’s glogs (as well as moderate the comments) from one dashboard. Glogster EDU is a wonderful tool that is so easily customized for a specific subject area. Kids will really love this one - and you will too. (learn more about Glogster in the elementary school section) Flipbook – Flipbook is a web tool that allows teachers and students to create a digitally animated flipbook and then share it with the world. It is easy to create and is lots of fun to work with. Besides the obvious art implication, Flipbooks might be a great creative way for Middle School students (or teachers) to animate a historical event, show the visual representation of how to do a math equation, show a scientific process, or even retell a scene from a book. Fast, fun, and Free! (http://www.benettonplay.com/ toys/flipbookdeluxe/guest.php) eduTecherTV webisode --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG5oDDLQfQ&feature=player_embedded VoiceThread – Voice Thread is a site that transforms media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. This is a nice and easy way to create multimedia work spaces for teachers and students to share. Students can start by adding pictures, videos, sounds, or documents, and then adding voice annotations. Others are then invited to annotate on the same page using a webcam, telephone, microphone, or simply writing in a response, and users can see and hear all the comments that are recorded about the picture, video, document, etc. The Voice Thread can then be embedded in a student or classroom website or blog. Simple to make, this really is a great way for Middle School students to share their input. (learn more about VoiceThread in the elementary school section) 32
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Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.