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Moovly

Educents

LearnZillion

EDpuzzle

Paper.li

Edcamp Ohio

Crash Course—Engage your students with humorous educational videos on various

topics. Crash Course is a YouTube channel that was created by Hank Green and John

Green. The Green brothers have created educational videos on topics such as World

History, Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Literature and Ecology. PBS has recently

announced that they will be hosting the Crash Course videos on PBSLearningMe-

dia.org and that they will be partnering with the Green brothers to create more engag-

ing videos to add to their video library.

GeoGebra GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software

for all levels of education that brings together

geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing,

statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use pack-

age. GeoGebra is a rapidly expanding commu-

nity of millions of users located in just about

every country. GeoGebra has become the

leading provider of dynamic mathematics soft-

ware, supporting science, technology, engi-

neering and mathematics (STEM) education

and innovations in teaching and learning

worldwide.

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Hot Stuff: and other things!

Moovly is a cloud-

based digital media and

content creation plat-

form. It allows you to

easily create animated

videos and other multi-

media content.

Educents—is a daily

deal website which fea-

tures top educational

products at 30-90% off.

EDpuzzle

S H S L I B R A R Y

“The mediocre teach-

er tells. The good

teacher explains. The

superior teacher

demonstrates. The

great teacher inspires”

-William Arthur Ward

LearnZillion—offers a free and growing set of Math and English Lan-guage resources for grades 2-12 that have been developed by ex-pert teachers directly from the Common Core State Standards.

EDpuzzle—allows you to create video lessons for free.

Simply find a video on a topic you are teaching, crop

the video to the section you want to focus on, add your

voice an embed questions or quizzes to track student

understanding.

You can also create Project-Based Learning experienc-

es for your students by having them create a video les-

son. The project will increase creativity and understand-

ing by letting them explain the lesson.

You are also able to embed your video lesson on a web-

site or on any Learning Management System such as

Edmodo, Schoology, Moodle, Blackboard.

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paper.li

paper.li— is a content curation service. It allows you to create your own online newspaper by curat-

ing information you find on the web. The company believes that people (and not machines) are the

ones qualified to curate the content that matters most. They think people can greatly help their own

communities to find their way through this “massive content world” we live in. Every day, around the

world, millions of articles are featured on paper.li, benefiting millions of readers.

Ways That paper.li Can Be Utilized

Create a business newsletter

Create a newsletter for your class

Have students create a newspaper for a project

Students can market a company, product or service

Create a newspaper highlighting your interests

Use it to create a magazine for your club

Create a school magazine or classroom magazine

What is Edcamp?

Edcamp is a form of unconference designed specifically for teachers and their needs.

What makes Edcamp an unconference? Unlike traditional conferences which have schedules set

months in advance by the people running the conference, Edcamp has an agenda that’s created by

the participants at the start of the event. Instead of one person standing in front of the room talking

for an hour, people are encouraged to have discussions and hands-on sessions. Sponsors don’t have

their own special sessions or tables, all of the space and time are reserved for the things the people

there want to talk about. People could pay hundreds of dollars to attend another conference, or they

could go to Edcamp for free.

Built on principles of connected and participatory learning, Edcamp strives to bring teachers togeth-

er to talk about the things that matter most to them: their interests, passions, and questions. Teachers

who attend Edcamp can choose to lead sessions on those things that matter, with an expectation that

the people in the room will work together to build understanding by sharing their own knowledge

and questions.

Edcamps are:

free

non-commercial and conducted with a vendor-free presence

hosted by any organization interested in furthering the Edcamp mission

made up of sessions that are determined on the day of the event

events where anyone who attends can be a presenter

reliant on the “law of two feet” that encourages participants to find a session that meets their

needs

Hundreds of Edcamp events have been held to date around the world. Find one near you today.

EdCamp Ohio will be held on April 25th in Tiffin, Ohio at

the North Central Ohio Educational Service Center from

10:00 a.m.— 2:50 p.m. Visit the link below to register for

the free event.

https://sites.google.com/site/edcampohio/home?pli=1