Vol. 2, Issue 6 October 29, 2013
Tech News Tuesday weekly eNewsletter IN THIS ISSUE
Cool Tool of the Week – Trick or Treat?! 6 Web Tool Goodies! Mobile App of the Week – Subtext Online Resource of the Week – TubeChop Bonus Tip: 186 YouTube Videos For Teachers THAT WILL MAKE YOU GO HUH, WHOA, WOW, AHHH, AND HA-HA Presentation Tip of the Week – 5 tips to using text font styles Scary Stuff – CryptoLocker Virus and Phishing Scams
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Table of Contents
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Page 2 WEEKLY ENEWSLETTER PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY STAFF RESOURCES
Cool Tool of the Week
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Trick or Treat?! Web Tool Goodies! Click on a pumpkin to visit the website:
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Visual Poster Board with Padlet
Add Audio to a Photo with Fotobabble
Students have a lot to say! Easy and simple way to record and share thoughts with Audioboo
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Visit the Tech News Tuesday feedback page AWW A Web Whiteboard easy and friendly online whiteboard
Create tutorials, reviews, and Instant screencasts, just click and record with Screenr
Dvolver MovieMaker quick and easy way to create an animated video, no registration is required
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Mobile App of the Week Reading meets 21st century technology in this teacher favorite app that allows student collaboration and engagement. It allows a teacher to make student groups, interact collaboratively with reading, ask comprehensive questions, all while addressing different learning styles.
www.subtext.com With the Subtext App you can: Tablet - iPad App - Free
Click here for iPad App Web - Edmodo App – Free Click here for Edmodo App
Add a web link or video to enhance further comprehension with the concept taught with visuals Students can easily look up word definitions for understanding, take notes, annotate, and discuss with fellow students and teacher within the app Highlight text and commenting for guiding students through difficult passages
How-To and Support Resources
Subtext Getting Started Guides
Subtext Video Tutorials
Subtext Blog with creative ideas how to use the app
Book retailers compatible with Subtext
Getting Documents into Subtext from Email, Dropbox, or Google Drive
Subtext in the Classroom, Case Studies
Ask connection and prediction questions while students can only see other student replies after they have replied first Add notes, polls, and share quizzes with your classroom Within the app add free books that are pulled from Google Books and Feedbook.com, or upload your own documents into the reader
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Online Resource of the week Watch example:
www.tubechop.com TubeChop lets you clip a section from any YouTube video and share it. This is useful if there is a section of a long YouTube video that you want to share with your students.
BONUS: 186 YouTube Videos For Teachers THAT WILL MAKE YOU GO HUH, WHOA, WOW, AHHH, AND HA-HA click here
Presentation Tip of the week
Design 101 for Educators: 5 Simple Typography Tips “The way in which you present your text is at least as important as what you have to say when it comes to effectively communicating ideas…” Click here for 5 Tips to using font styles in text from Edutopia Get Text Fonts at Da Font Modesto City Schools | Office of Instructional Technology www.mcs4kids.com/mcsit
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Scary Stuff CryptoLocker locks up your files, demands ransom If you didn’t back up, you might have to pay up. What it is: CryptoLocker virus is new and already it is becoming the worst virus ever. You can get it by clicking on a link or attachment in an email that may look authentic but is fake. This type of phishing email puts the virus on your computer. You can also get it with malware on the computer which can invite the virus to install on your computer. It currently infects Windows PCs. Once this virus is on the computer you have 72-hours to pay $300 or all your files and folders on the computer will be deleted, even those linked to the computer like network folders and files. It holds them ransom with very sophisticated encryption. Currently anti-virus software is not able to detect or remove it.
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