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Tuesday April 29, 2014 7:00 - 8:15pm (EASTERN)

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**Links/files mentioned or used during this session:**
 * [|TeachersFirst] **


 * [|Characteristics of Gifted Children] **


 * //Triple "T" - Ready to Go Topics & Tags on TeachersFirst// **

[|Tools to Differentiate]

[|Organization Tools]

[|Critical Thinking Tools] - Many tools cross many subject areas. Browse the tools to find connections for your curriculum.

[|Multimedia Tools from the EDGE]

[|Portfolios] - Students can create a "Me-Portfolio" including things that they have created and/or an online site or blog.

[|Media Literacy Tools]

Service Projects (find many on our Earth Day Pages) [|HERE]and [|HERE]

Geo/Mapping Tools from the [|EDGE] - mapping tools can be used beyond basic geography, in any discipline: politics, music, artists, authors, and more!


 * //BIG 4: Differentiate, Organization, Focus, and Creativity// **


 * //Differentiate// **

[|Symbaloo] Differentiate by organizing website "tiles" by different color based on difficulty level

[|The Readability Test Tool] Differentiating tool to find Readability Levels

[|Newsela] Differentiate nonfiction reading, paired with Common Core questions and quizzes.

[|MobyMax] (K-8), based on Common Core standards, most subject areas are included and this site can be personalized for your students.

[|News in Levels] (K-8) differentiate informational text by reading level (ESL levels).

[|noredInk] (3-12) differentiate in writing and grammar

[|The Differentiator] (K-12), very interesting idea/activity generator linked to Bloom's

[|Famous Inboxes] (6-12), GREAT project options for gifted students - writing, science, social studies, art, and more!


 * // Creativity //**

[|Inklewriter] Create interactive, choose your own adventure ("branching") style stories

[|Pursue] Pursued is an engaging street view game using Google Maps. Creativity meets Problem Solving!

[|Playfic] Create interactive, text-based games with this simple tool.

[|Think] - "Think" outside the box with these creative ideas.

[|Blabberize] - Make an uploaded image "talk" with a moving mouth!

[|Fakebook] - Make a page similar to a Facebook page


 * // Organization/Focus //**

[|Todoist] Organize projects by subject, teacher, class, or more. Simple tool with endless organization possibilities.

[|Simple Strike] EASY tool that makes lists (get organized).

[|Readability] Use this tool to remove distracting ads from websites. GREAT for helping students with focus issues.

[|ClassDojo] DAT (Works on ALL devices), personalized online behavior system where students can earn positive and negative points. Site offers direct communication with parents and students SEE their points, create an avatar/monster, and more.

[|Quietube] (grades K-12), remove clutter from YouTube, Vimeo, and Viddler.

**//Curriculum Connections//**

[|The Wilderness Downtown] Interactive music/geography video (don't miss this one)

[|Urgent Evoke] An online video game designed to create solutions to the globe's most pressing social problems

[|Gettysburg by the Numbers] MUST SEE - timely and interactive infographic. The questions offer great differentiating opportunities.

[|Map Tales] Create and share map-based stories that will easily embed into your website, blog, or wiki using Map Tales.

[|750 Words] A private place to write your thoughts, clear your head, scrawl a rant, or brainstorm ideas.

[|I Write Like] Check which famous writer you write like.

[|Thought Questions] How do you know when you're happy? Find open-ended questions here.

[|Makerspace] Join the movement of educators and students who are focusing on making instead of consuming. Explore this maker/design thinking movement in science.

[|Sodaplay] An environment for building moving creatures and then watching them walk, move, or fly.

[|Figure This] Math challenges

[|What Was There] Search for any place in the world and view images of "what was there" in the past using a Google Maps street view.

[|The Secret Door]Clicking on the door transports you to indoor spaces from all over the world using a Google StreetMap mashup.

[|OutWit.Me] C reative ideas for using Twitter to study and in class

[|Infographic Visual Resumes] (A Pinterest Pinboard) - a collection of infographics that serve as resumes for artists, writers, tech designers, digital workers, and many other 21st century creative professionals