Gunnison+HS+fall2011

=Gunnison High School Tech Tuesdays Page=

**12/6 workday and 12/13 Flubaroo**
Grade your multiple choice Google Forms using Flubaroo. Watch this tutorial to get started. You must download the practice form to grade in order to be able to download the app. Click on the link below for the site and then click on the Try It Now button to get started. Happy grading!

http://www.flubaroo.com/

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11/21 Plagiarism and Faculty Meeting 11/9
The top sites for identifying plagiarism are 1) the teacher him/herself 2) google, use a phrase or the unique words 3) bing does as good a job as google 4) plagium.com 5) plagiarisma.net

The following two sites work best as grammar/word choice/structure/spelling/proofreading checkers. Best if the teacher instructs the students as to their use. paperrater weaker on catching plagiarism, but totally free grammarly better at catching plagiarism, but you must login to see the results, strong proofing site

==11/15 and 11/29 Google Docs vs. Microsoft Word== Google Docs refers to the group of applications including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, and forms.

Google How To Information on Docs

Slideshow Tour of Google Docs

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Microsoft Word vs. Google Docs

From Rolling Stone Microsoft Word vs. Google Docs

11/8 wikispaces [[image:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jzVS0oRABjE/TXDVPSCj5BI/AAAAAAAAAGw/kweX4fGtYfg/s1600/wikispaces.jpg width="251" height="55"]] AND calendars AND gadgets
google calendar

Seven Reasons to Use Google Calendar

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30 Boxes

Google Gadgets Yahoo Widgets Microsoft Gadgets

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Link to Dr. Candy MacGregor's (Denver Public Schools) wiki on adding advanced features to wikispaces

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Tips and Tricks on the Page Tab: How to Work with Pages

including how to log in; create new pages; use text tools; add links, images, files, and videos; preview and save pages.
Print the pdf below to fill in as you work.



==10/19 Faculty Meeting Checking Grade Level and Readabiltiy within a Word Document ==

You only need to click Check Readablility once in order to always be able to use this option.


==10/18 Google Forms ==

Link to Google Help Doc on Foms

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10/11 recording with SmartBoard software, posting to YouTube, linking to a web page
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10/4 Voki [[image:re1jtechtuesdays/voki.jpg width="140" height="119"]] media type="custom" key="10705134"Press the play button to activate the Voki.
Voki creates talking avatars which can be used to express anything you wish to your students. Voki talk by entering text or by recording a voice. They are simple enough to set up in the five minutes between classes.

Getting Started Tutorial Video

Lesson Plans

9/27 Evernote [[image:re1jtechtuesdays/evernote.png]]
Evernote is a cloud space to save all your digital and other content from documents to websites, and audio and photos you record or take. You can access your content from any internet computer, phone or mobile devise. You can collaborate with others from this site. Content is searchable by keyword, tag, or handwritten note. Content can be translated. Content syncs to all computers and devises you use. The site has a "trunk" of helpful apps from photo editing to expense accounts for all sorts of mobile devises. Evernote helps both you the teacher and your students organize class units or assignments.

Introductory video This page contains more tutorials, demos, tips and tricks.

Step-by-step start up guide

9/20 Wallwisher [[image:re1jtechtuesdays/wallwisher.png]]
Wallwisher is an extremely easy sticky note board. It can be used for messages to your class or for student response and back channelling. Attach pictures, screen shots, videos, websites by cutting and pasting their address. Wallwisher is embeddable on a website or projectable and active on your smartboard. You can do this from your smartphone.

Wallwisher demo page

Wallwisher FAQs