Web 2.

0 Tool Resource Handout

Name: Mandy Adkins
Tool: ChartTool
Access: http://www.onlinecharttool.com/
Purpose of tool: The purpose of this tool is to design, share, and
communicate information using 10 different types of charts visually
online.
Resources:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhAVoQYRu4A
2. https://prezi.com/priuyyskciyg/online-charts/
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbplzCNJePM
Classroom Connections:
1. In this first activity the students are to investigate the motion of
two toy cars to determine why their motion is different.
https://stemteachersnowpdproject.wikispaces.com/file/view/Toy+
Car+Activity.docx.
2. Students use this tool to display moon phases in decimal form
http://astronomyscholar.weebly.com/uploads/3/1/9/3/31933097/jo
sh_henry.doc.
3. Student use this tool to measure the distance a toy car goes in
15-second increments.
http://stemteachersnowpdproject.wikispaces.com/file/view/Sara+
Sheehan+modeling+physics.docx.
4. Students use this tool to create a tally chart and bar graph using
skittles
http://lessonplanspage.com/mathskittlestallychartpictographand
bargraphactivity3-htm/
5. Various activities using online chart tool
http://info.voyagersopris.com/hs-fs/hub/208815/file-1889304686pdf/Webinars/2014_Fall/PDF_Presentation/JMendoza_Pres_10_16_
2014.pdf
Student Sample:
Grade: 4th
Content: Math and Technology
Standard: 3.2 Students will use productivity tools to collaborate in
constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and
produce other creative works

iPad App Resource Handout

Name: Mandy Adkins
Tool: ExplainEverything
Access: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/explaineverything/id431493086?mt=8
Purpose of tool: The purpose of this app can be used as an
interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate,
import, and export text, pictures, etc.
Resources:
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00ZeszvjP4
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFELZDrPbhM
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yvA4bzfrl4
Classroom Connections:
6. In this video, a student is explaining how her class uses this app
in the classroom across the curriculum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75IlpvSkC3s
7. In this article a teacher explains how she uses this tool in her
primary classroom, but could be adapted to older grades.
http://www.mrswideen.com/2013/03/using-explain-everything-inprimary.html
8. This iTunes book download gives teachers a variety of lesson
plan ideas for using this tool.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/explain-everythinglesson/id939801330?mt=11
9. This activity discusses using the screencasting application in this
tool.
http://www.reading.org/literacydaily/digital/post/engage/2014/08/15/explain-everything-usingscreencasting-applications-in-the-classroom
10.
Several examples of kid created projects using this tool.
http://www.icttechnotoolkit.com/explain-everything-app.html
Student Sample:
Grade Level: 4th
Content: Science Water Cycle
Standard: 0407.8.1 Prepare a model that illustrates the basic features
of the water cycle.