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=Welcome to the Birdneck Elementary School 21st Century Learning and Teaching wikipage!= You must be a Birdneck teacher to edit this page. Use the EDIT button on the right to add your thoughts, ideas and resources for 21st Century Learning and Teaching. If you have any questions, you may use the Help link above. You may also contact your CRS for support. =__Technology Tools to Support Steps in the Big 6 Process__=

Big 6 Step: 1. Task Definition
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 * ===Inspiration- a mind mapping tool that supports students to visual & develop ideas, retain concepts, plan & organize written work, and improve communcation & build presentations ===
 * ===Kidspiration - the "young cousin" of Inspiration; a mind mapping tool primarily designed for younger students ===
 * ===Timeliner XE - a program that allows studnets to create timelines, cycles of events, identify cause and effect, create rich multimedia presentations to communicate their new knowledge ===
 * ===ActivInspire-Annotation tools ===
 * ===Microsoft Word- Smart Art ===
 * ===Microsoft OneNote - a digital notebook for collecting notes, photos, video, weblinks and screen clippings that can be used in research, collaboration and note taking activities. Notes can be organized and shared with others through a network location or online. It is available on all desktop and laptop computers. ===
 * ===ThinkTank ===
 * ===NoteStar ===
 * ===DabbleBoard ===

Big 6 Step 3: Location and Access

 * ===Search Engines ===
 * ===Google Custom Search - teacher sets up a customized search that students use to locate infomration. The results are from preselected sites that the teacher has determined to be of value. Students "think" they are online searching the web when in reality they are being limited searching the sites selected by the teacher . ===
 * ===Destiny ===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">eBooks in Destiny ===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tumblebooks ===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">WorldBook Online ===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Grolier Online ===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Proquest Databases ===
 * ==<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gale Databases ==
 * ==<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Discovery Education Streaming - provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning. ==
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Google Earth - Fly to any place around the world. See 3D buildings, imagery, and terrain.Find cities, places, and local businesses.===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Clicker ===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Podcasts ===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Blogs - (KidBlog) a blogging tool built by teachers, for teachers, so students can get the most out of the blogging process.===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Electronic field trips ===
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Primary Sources ===
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Guest Speakers (using Skype)** - Skype is a FREE VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology that allows you to make audio and video phone calls from your computer. Connet to other Skypers, experts in the field, scientists, specialists, parents, other teachers and students for free using your computer.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: left;">**Digital microscopes**
 * ===<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Science probes ===




 * ==Wikis==
 * ==TimeLiner XE==
 * ==Notestar==
 * ==Diigo - a social online bookmarking tool that allows users to connect, collaborate and communicate. Teachers can request an educator account, with student log ins, for FREE. This allows students to log in Diigo to bookmark websites, create sticky notes, gather notes and share information.==
 * ==Inspiration==
 * ==Kidspiration==
 * ==Microsoft Word==
 * ==Microsoft OneNote==
 * ==Microsoft PowerPoint - an application that is part of the Microsoft Office Suite. It was designed to create presentations. The newest version of Office has many features and functions to allow for more communication and collaboration between presenter and audience; it is no longer a linear tool but can be engaging and interactive during lessons.==
 * ==Dabbleboard==
 * ==NoodleTools==
 * ==Graph Club-makes graphing easy for students and data come alive. The Graph Club is a software program publsihed by TomSnyder/Scholastic, installed on all desktop and laptop computers. There is even a take-home copy (avaible for check out through the library) for teachers to install on thier home computers.==

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Big 6 Step 4: Use of Information <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Big 6 Step 5: Synthesis
 * VoiceThread- A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds [|images, documents, and videos] and allows people to navigate slides and leave [|comments in 5 ways] - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). [|Share] a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.
 * Edmodo - a safe and secure way for educators to make their classroom a community; it's like facebook for the classroom!
 * Glogster
 * Animoto - Create stunning video slideshows. Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free, and shockingly easy! Teachers can apply to upgrade their animoto account to a FREE educational version.
 * Prezi - a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery.
 * Voki
 * Blabberize - a web 2.0 site that creates "talking pictures". Users upload a picture, outline a mouth and add "voice" (either by using a microphone and recording audio, or adding text). A great tool to support presenting new ideas!
 * XtraNormal
 * Webposter Wizard
 * Museum Box - an online site that allows users to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.
 * Kids'Vid
 * Mixbook
 * Storybird
 * Toondoo/Kerpoof
 * Go!Animate
 * Fodey
 * MS Word
 * MS Publisher
 * MS PowerPoint
 * Share
 * Pixie
 * Frames
 * Timeliner XE
 * Mapmaker's Toolkit/
 * Neighborhood Map Machine - Create, navigate, and print community maps while building essential skills! With this hands-on program, students create maps of their own neighborhoods, other communities, or imaginary places. With Neighborhood MapMachine students:
 * Customize maps. Use symbols of roads, trees, buildings, and other objects. Add photographs, narration, and movies of buildings in their towns to customize their maps.
 * Present maps. Built-in slide show feature allows students to create a narrated presentation with multiple maps.
 * Solve cross-curricular activities. Create and solve your own mysteries - or complete one of the ready-made, standards-aligned activities - to strengthen skills in social studies, math, and language arts.
 * Graph Club
 * Clicker
 * Active Word
 * Scratch
 * Google Earth
 * PhotoStory
 * MovieMaker
 * Soundzabound
 * Wiki
 * Blogs
 * Bibme, EasyBib, NoodleTools
 * JayCut
 * Photo Peach
 * Magic Studio
 * Wordle- a FREE resource to create beautiful word clouds