Searching within Google has changed over time to allow for images, real live data and instant data to appear within your search results without having to switch to Images, Maps, or another search area. Google Image search specifically has changed over time to allow you to upload a picture, taken or url link, to be able to find information related to that picture that you want to know more about or find pictures similar to the picture to extend off of.
When you go specifically to www.google.com (do not search using the Google Toolbar) and then switch over to the Image search by clicking Images at the top of the web site, you will switch over to Google Image search.
You are still more than welcome to search for an image by typing in information
or
you can click on the camera at the end of the search bar and
Paste Image Url
or
Upload an Image
When you click Upload an Image you can either drag a picture into the search bar on the screen or Browse for the image on your computer. Once you Upload an Image you can search for information related to that Image.
Pretty cool tool to use if you have a picture/drawing you created that you would like to see if it is similar to something else on the Internet, or if you have images/pictures/drawings that you have no clue who created them.
Also try out this web site: Unofficial Google Image Search by Drawing where you can draw a picture, take a picture or upload a picture to draw on and see if there are similar ones on the Internet.
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Showing posts with label websites. Show all posts
Monday, March 5, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Tech&Learning Web Sites
Listed below are some more Tech&Learning Web Sites that have great ideas focusing specifically on New and Upcoming Web Sites/Tools and Assistive Technology Web Sites/Tools.
Please take a look. Thanks.
New and Upcoming Web Sites/Tools
Look specifically at:
Classroom Video on Demand
Don Johnston Inc. Accessible Computer Books
Kinetic Media Video Vocabulary
PBS KIDS new games
Udemy
Assistive Technology Web Sites/Tools
ISTE
Autism Technology
Web 2.0 Tools That Work: Natural Readers, Storyline Online, Starfall
Atomic Learning
Please take a look. Thanks.
New and Upcoming Web Sites/Tools
Look specifically at:
Classroom Video on Demand
Don Johnston Inc. Accessible Computer Books
Kinetic Media Video Vocabulary
PBS KIDS new games
Udemy
Assistive Technology Web Sites/Tools
ISTE
Autism Technology
Web 2.0 Tools That Work: Natural Readers, Storyline Online, Starfall
Atomic Learning
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Findings at the AEA 267 InfoTech Advisory Board Meeting
I learned about TrueFlix (very similar to BookFlix but for 3rd-5th graders) yesterday at an AEA 267 meeting. I have played around with it a little bit, but it is affiliated with AEA267 and uses the same AEA267 Username and Password assigned to each building. It is not on the www.iowaaeaonline.org web site as not all AEAs in the state subscribe to it yet. Take a look around, see if it would work for you, a couple students or all your students and if you think it might be beneficial add as a link to your SchoolFusion page(s).
I also learned about neibors.lib.overdrive.com for your AudioBook and/or eBook needs through the public libraries. When you get to the web site, click on the Quick Reference Guide on the left hand side for more information, but essentially if you have a public library card you have access to download free audiobooks to be played on your computer or mp3 devices and access to download free ebooks for your ebook devices such as Kindle, Nook, iPad and more.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
3 web sites you should check out soon!!
If you use Google Forms with your students as a formative assessment tool, and you want your assessments to be graded automatically, then you need to look into Flubaroo. Simple and easy to use, and it does all of the work. Seriously check it out.
From Tech & Learning:
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tech&Learning Web Sites
Some recent trends located within the Tech & Learning web site.
Creating the Classrooms our Students Need
Showcases why our students need:
Collaborative
Experiential and Community-Based
Authentic
Relevant
Inquiry-Driven
Creative
LEARNING!!
Five Things Students Want Their Teachers to Know about Online Learning
Socialization is Important
Students Want to See Each Other
Students Want to See Their Teacher
Students Want You to Know Them
Keep it Relevant
4 Ways to Bring the World to your Students
Global Fluency builds relationships
Global Fluency helps you understand, not just translate
Global Fluency bridges cultural differences
Global Fluency is the new resume differentiator
Creating the Classrooms our Students Need
Showcases why our students need:
Collaborative
Experiential and Community-Based
Authentic
Relevant
Inquiry-Driven
Creative
LEARNING!!
Five Things Students Want Their Teachers to Know about Online Learning
Socialization is Important
Students Want to See Each Other
Students Want to See Their Teacher
Students Want You to Know Them
Keep it Relevant
4 Ways to Bring the World to your Students
Global Fluency builds relationships
Global Fluency helps you understand, not just translate
Global Fluency bridges cultural differences
Global Fluency is the new resume differentiator
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Tech&Learning Web Sites - 2011
Listed below are 2011 web site reviews from Tech & Learning broken down into educational categories. If you have time to take a look at just 1 that is better than nothing.
iPad Resources
Video, Clip Art, Images Resources
Teacher Resources
Student Resources
Friday, December 16, 2011
Web Browsers : Search Engines "Boolean Searches"
Searching on the Internet can be a daunting task, sometimes, if you do not word your search words correctly or in the correct order. Boolean searches have been around for quite some time and allow words/phrases to be searched separately, searched together, or not searched at all. And it all stems from the uses of these three words:
or
and
not
Using the word "or" allows you to search for cats or dogs so at least 1 of the search words will come up with information.
Using the word "and" allows you to search for cats and dogs so both search words will come up with the information together, not separately.
Using the word "not" allows you to search for cats not dogs so cats is the only search word searched and search information on dogs will never show up.
Separating your search words using the boolean search words "or, and, not" will make a difference in the information that is searched and displayed correctly. Also try using the characters:
+ (must search for this word) Such as Chocolate +cake
- (must NOT search for this word) Such as Chocolate -cake
" " (searches for phrases of words together) Such as "Hampton-Dumont Bulldogs"
Check out more visual diagrams with these search terms at: http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp
Check out more visual diagrams specific to Boolean Searches in Google at: http://www.internettutorials.net/basic-search-techniques.asp
Boolean search activity: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/5223.htm
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Google Calendar: Extras
Did you know that you can add Other Interesting Calendars to your Google Calendar account? I did, as of 3 pm today. I was trying to figure out how to enter a subscription URL to a SchoolFusion calendar when I stumbled upon being able to "Browse Interesting Calendars" within the Other Calendars features. If you have a google account, for any purpose such as Gmail, Google Docs, or Blogger you can create a Google Calendar.
If you have or create a Google Calendar you can add these Other Calendars.
Once in your calendar you will notice "My Calendars" and "Other Calendars" on the left hand side.
Click on the down area to the right of "Other Calendars" and choose "Browse Interesting Calendars."
You can then browse and subscribe to a variety of Interesting Calendars ranging form Holidays, Sports and More which includes Phases of the Moon and Sunrise and Sunset for your location, to name a few.
If you have or create a Google Calendar you can add these Other Calendars.
Once in your calendar you will notice "My Calendars" and "Other Calendars" on the left hand side.
Click on the down area to the right of "Other Calendars" and choose "Browse Interesting Calendars."
You can then browse and subscribe to a variety of Interesting Calendars ranging form Holidays, Sports and More which includes Phases of the Moon and Sunrise and Sunset for your location, to name a few.
Click Subscribe to add these calendars to your Other Calendars list for personal use and our teacher use.
Click on Other Calendars to view the Interesting Calendars that you Subscribed too.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tech&Learning Web Sites
These web sites were showcased in the latest edition of Tech&Learning
online and in its current magazine.
Boom Writer
Interactive story starter web site. Engages great writers and reluctant writers by allowing the teacher to create a story starter for a chapter of a book, sharing it individually with each student online, and then the students finishing the starter story to create their own chapter. The students then share it back to the teacher who then shares each individually story anonymously with the rest of the students to vote on which story they think is the best.
TimeSearch
Search year timelines for information on all areas/subjects. So for instance when you click on the year you were born you would see the discoveries, inventions, people born, people deceased and more during that time.
Smore Pages
Similar to Glogster where interactive posters can be created. These interactive posters can included embedded videos, web sites links, additional resources and more to make the poster vibrant when printed or vibrant and interactive when showcased online.
DrawIsland
Free drawing web site. No username or password required. Just click on the web site and start drawing with basic, intermediate and advanced tools. Simply print your final creation or delete it to start another one.
Interactive Note Cards
Looks like actual note cards that can be typed on and added to a stack of cards that are laid out, typed on and used individually or typed on and printed out to use.
Popplet
Interactive mapping organizer that allows you to create an interactive flow chart where each area can be clickable to take you to resources or can not be clickable to simply print out.
Fish Smarty
A variety of curricular areas covered and interacted with including games, drawing and more.
Graphing Calculator
online and in its current magazine.Boom Writer
Interactive story starter web site. Engages great writers and reluctant writers by allowing the teacher to create a story starter for a chapter of a book, sharing it individually with each student online, and then the students finishing the starter story to create their own chapter. The students then share it back to the teacher who then shares each individually story anonymously with the rest of the students to vote on which story they think is the best.
TimeSearch
Search year timelines for information on all areas/subjects. So for instance when you click on the year you were born you would see the discoveries, inventions, people born, people deceased and more during that time.
Smore Pages
Similar to Glogster where interactive posters can be created. These interactive posters can included embedded videos, web sites links, additional resources and more to make the poster vibrant when printed or vibrant and interactive when showcased online.
DrawIsland
Free drawing web site. No username or password required. Just click on the web site and start drawing with basic, intermediate and advanced tools. Simply print your final creation or delete it to start another one.
Interactive Note Cards
Looks like actual note cards that can be typed on and added to a stack of cards that are laid out, typed on and used individually or typed on and printed out to use.
Popplet
Interactive mapping organizer that allows you to create an interactive flow chart where each area can be clickable to take you to resources or can not be clickable to simply print out.
Fish Smarty
A variety of curricular areas covered and interacted with including games, drawing and more.
Graphing Calculator
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Technology Tools Advent Calendars
The season of Advent is always filled with eagerness and expectancy. Build some of that anticipation into your school day by allowing students or yourself to unlock a new secret on the advent calendar each day. Use these advent calendars with the whole class on an interactive whiteboard or projector, or set them up as a quick center activity that students can visit. Use the advent calendars that reveal a story to practice looking for foreshadowing clues, using context clues to guess what will happen next, or as story starters for students own stories.
The potential curricular related advent calendars are wonderful for teaching students some of the history of Christmas and the way that other cultures celebrate the familiar holiday.
The technology tools advent calendars showcase a different Web 2.0 Technology Tool each day for teacher use, student use or both.
Potential Curricular related Advent Calendars
http://dirtdirt.com/advent/09/?tillchristmas
Click on a number and an animation will be added to the tree.
Click on a number and an animation will be added to the tree.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/calendar/index.html#calendar
This is a fun way for students to test their knowledge and learn about the ways that Christmas is celebrated all around the world. As an extension, plot the places around the world that they are learning about on a world map.
This is a fun way for students to test their knowledge and learn about the ways that Christmas is celebrated all around the world. As an extension, plot the places around the world that they are learning about on a world map.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Google Mail, Google Docs, Google Calendar-Tips
Morton Mondays is provided to HDCSD staff members 2 times a month to showcase different technology items and provide technology support outside of school hours, hopefully during the times when the teachers are more available. Different features related to Google Mail, Google Docs and Google Calendar was showcased during the 1st Morton Mondays. Below is a little bit of what teachers might have missed, forgotten or not known about related to these online Web 2.0 tools.
Google Mail
Click on the HD Bulldog Icon to Refresh your Inbox
Click on the Gear in the upper right hand corner and click on Mail Settings. The features below are available.
Within the General tab:
*You can change the Language
*Click on My Picture to add a picture to your profile
*Add an automatic Signature at the end of each composed email
-Might include: What you Teach, Where you Teach, Best way to reach you
*Turn the Vacation Responder on when you are gone for a sick day or meeting, letting the people emailing you know where you are out or when you are available to reply to their email
Within the Labs tab, add different labs (widgets) to enhance your Mail, such as:
*Calendar Gadget- Add a sidebar to your Mail showing a snippet of your Google Calendar events for the day
*Docs Gadget- Add a sidebar to your Mail showing a snippet of your most recent Google Docs
Google Docs
Click on the Gear in the upper right hand corner and click on Document Settings. The features below are available.
Within the General tab:
*You can change the Language
*You can change the Time Zone - make sure it is set to Central Time
Within the Documents page:
*Click on Create New to create new documents including:
-Form- Which creates quizzes, surveys or tests that can be taken online and results can be reviewed and summarized online
-Drawing- Which creates a drawing that can be collaborated and shared for others to edit or view
*Click on Upload and Settings to check your conversion settings
-If you want the files you upload to be converted into a google docs format, √ that box
Within an actual Google Docs document:
*Click on File and Click:
-See Revision History to see who has revised the document you have shared
*Click on Insert and Click:
-Comment to add comments to areas where suggestions are made or comments to a turned in paper are made
-Comment to add comments to areas where suggestions are made or comments to a turned in paper are made
Google Calendar
Click on the Gear in the upper right hand corner and click on Calendar Settings. The features below are available.
Within the General tab:
*You can change the Language
*You can change the Country
*You can change the Time Zone - make sure it is set to Central Time
*Click on Week Stars on to choose between Sunday, Monday and Saturday
*Choose Event Dimming options to dim past events and/or dim recurring future events
*Choose Yes or No to Show Weekends
Within the Calendars page:
*Choose how you want to view the calendar by Day, Week, Month, 5 Days or Agenda
Monday, November 21, 2011
Capzles
Do you ever want to showcase student work, or have students showcase their own work?
Try: http://www.capzles.com/
I just helped a teacher use this web site, that I have never used before but have looked through, and she was able to upload 21 separate movie clips that were created and finished from iMovie, add her own background, add her own music, and she probably added over 500mb of information, all for free and easy to sign up.
The other benefit is that you can add pictures, movie clips, sound, and other items to this timeline presentation tool to showcase students work, for students to showcase their work, or to use a timeline creator.
Pretty cool.
Check out my other blog: http://hampton-dumonttechnology.blogspot.com/ for a link and posting of the teachers use of this web site and her final product.
Try: http://www.capzles.com/
I just helped a teacher use this web site, that I have never used before but have looked through, and she was able to upload 21 separate movie clips that were created and finished from iMovie, add her own background, add her own music, and she probably added over 500mb of information, all for free and easy to sign up.
The other benefit is that you can add pictures, movie clips, sound, and other items to this timeline presentation tool to showcase students work, for students to showcase their work, or to use a timeline creator.
Pretty cool.
Check out my other blog: http://hampton-dumonttechnology.blogspot.com/ for a link and posting of the teachers use of this web site and her final product.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Scribble Maps
I found this web site (free but register to save work), http://www.scribblemaps.com/, that lets you draw, create, save and print your own modifications to any online interactive map. The maps can be based around Google maps, Street maps, Astronomy maps, Terrain maps, Topography maps, or a hybrid of some of these maps. You can zoom in on the maps and get real definitive with your lines, shapes, scribbles, and labels or you can zoom out and place pushpins, arrows, people, and other signs on the map. A really neat web site that can be great for a variety of activities both personally and with students.
I recently used this web site, to sketch out and draw pipe lines and sewer system mounds and to label each system and pipe material, for my dad who owns a company that installs sewer systems. He was pretty amazed that this can be done, because the printed product will provide a for sure way for his workers to know exactly where to dig, exactly where to install the system systems, and exactly what material to use throughout the project. A picture is below.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
10 Ways to Use PBS LearningMedia in the Classroom
The IPTV:PBS web site http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ is very similar to Discovery Educations United Streaming except it is FREE. It is a brand new digital library designed for educators to engage students in media-rich learning environments. 10 Ways to use PBS LearningMedia in the classroom are:
Watch Videos
Listen to an audio clip
Get struggling students to speed up and push strong students ahead
Save your favorite resources
Tag your resources
Create a video homework assignment
Share what you find
Recommend good resources to other teachers you've never met
Innovate your curriculum and meet standards
Adapt lesson plans to meet your style of teaching
Watch Videos
Listen to an audio clip
Get struggling students to speed up and push strong students ahead
Save your favorite resources
Tag your resources
Create a video homework assignment
Share what you find
Recommend good resources to other teachers you've never met
Innovate your curriculum and meet standards
Adapt lesson plans to meet your style of teaching
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Technology Professional Development
Here are some Technology Based Graphic Organizers that you could:
-Create, print and individually provide to the students
-Create and project through your LCD projector to work as a class
-Put on your SchoolFusion page for students to individually use on the laptops and then print for their portfolio or as an assessment piece
Interactive
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/vp_gle/2nd/more/graphic_organizers.htm
http://crappygraphs.com/user_graphs/makecrap.php
http://cheezburger.com/FlashBuilder/GraphJam
http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
http://crappygraphs.com/user_graphs/makecrap.php
http://cheezburger.com/FlashBuilder/GraphJam
http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
Downloadable Organizers
KidSpiration/Inspiration
-Reading/Writing has Comparing, KWL Chart, Venn Diagram, StoryBoard
-Math has Fact Families, Measuring and Comparing Furniture Sizes
-Science has Alike and Different, Cause and Effect, Comparison,
-Social Studies has Community Comparison, Culture Comparison, Wants & Needs, Where I Live
Monday, October 31, 2011
More Web Sites
Mostly every night I watch TV and look at web sites that I think could be beneficial for both teacher and student uses. I am looking for web sites that either require no login or are easy to login, and provide differentiated technology experiences for both teachers and students. Listed below are some I have ventured into and feel could be of beneficial use if further explored. Please take a look.
This web site lets you upload any picture that you have and apply effects to it from simply rotating, resizing, and coloring it to cutting things out of it, enhancing a part of the picture, and shaping the picture. Plus all of this is free, no account needed and the final product can easily be saved back onto your computer.
This game applies critical thinking and problem solving. You have to problem solve to unlock certain items which in turns provides english, math and science questions to help you move from scene to scene. So even though it provides questions for you to answer you have to unlock certain items for the questions to even appear at first.
This web site showcases games, quizzes, online worksheets and downloadable worksheets for teachers and students to use to better help with music, musical composition, lyrics, music media and musicians.
This web site provides reiterated topics related to math such as bisecting an angle, finding a certain measurement and locating the center of a circle to name a few. You go through 3 rounds, learning the same concepts except with different problems, and you click to add your answer and you get rated based on the time it takes you to add your answer and how close you are to answering it correctly.
Type in a poem, a story, your own creative writing into a talking card to express your meanings. You can play the talking card to everyone in the class or your can email the talking card for others to easily view. No account needed to create and/or send your talking cards.
Simulations are created and demonstrated on this science simulation web site, related to a variety of science concepts and topics. Science concepts can easily be learned, showcased and demonstrated through these simulations.
Take the opportunity to run a farm. Buy and plant crops, buy and take care of livestock, buy tools and machinery and keep yourself and your family safe. Learn how to run a farm and how to make a profit to be able to earn money as a farmer.
Apply your creative thinking and problem solving skills to a few games in math, english, science and social studies.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
ITEC Conference-Monday Sessions
On Monday, Oct. 17 the whole technology department at Hampton-Dumont CSD had the chance to attend the ITEC Conference in Des Moines. It was a great experience full of awesome sessions to get ideas on how technology is used in other schools, how to integrate technology, why technology pd is essential and much, much more. Here are a few of the sessions I attended and some of the material/information I gathered from them.
Integrating for Technology Into the Classroom
2 classroom teachers showcased the tools they use in their classroom, with 3rd and 4th grade students, to integrate technology into the student's everyday learning. Here a couple of the web sites that would seem proactive and effective with students.
21st Century Skills Implementation - a district's story
Woodward-Granger took the drastic steps of providing as much PD as possible with a heavy focus on Technology PD, this meant PD every Wednesday. Although it took them 3 years to get to where they are now, they definitely took baby steps and teachers are starting to see the pay off. Right now I think H-D is getting there with Year 1 of PD and Technology PD.
Using Google Scripts, Forms, and Calendar to Streamline Processes
Spirit Lake CSD took the initiative to utilize Google Forms and Google Calendar to schedule transportation, facilities and maintenance work orders. Definitely something that would hopefully speed up and reassure the process but some leg work would need to be done to get just the little part of this going.
We need more PD! and other mythes about technology integration
A speaker from GenerationYes showcased the need to have students more involved with technology, as they KNOW technology and do not have to be TAUGHT technology. The whole idea correlates around getting students involved with Technology PDs with teachers, students being more involved with the teachers in the classroom for both teacher and student technology support and more. This is something H-D is pushing towards with getting students more involved in helping both teachers and students and providing their spin on Technology and its uses during Technology PDs.
Computer (not=to) a Wrench!
This session addressed "how can this thing amplify learning?" demanding focus on the computer as a medium of thinking, (like writing) rather than this 'tool' that merely emulates other media. I thought that made a lot of sense: "Computer as a MEDIUM of thinking, (LIKE WRITING) rather than this 'tool.' Definitely something to think about when using technology.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Different Search Engines
A variety of Search Engines different than Google and Bing that can not afford to be as highly publicized. Check them out.
http://bingle.nu/
Search Bing and Google together, at the same time.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Computational Knowledge Search Engine
http://www.goofram.com/
Search Google and WolframAlpha together, at the same time.
http://linkstore.ru/got/
Searches Google Blogs and Twitter Tweets together, at the same time.
http://www.kidrex.org/
Kids search engine
http://www.specra.com/
Weighted search engine
http://www.sperse.com/index.php
Enhanced meta search
http://www.spezify.com/
http://www.twurdy.com/index.php
Search for readable results
http://bingle.nu/
Search Bing and Google together, at the same time.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Computational Knowledge Search Engine
http://www.goofram.com/
Search Google and WolframAlpha together, at the same time.
http://linkstore.ru/got/
Searches Google Blogs and Twitter Tweets together, at the same time.
http://www.kidrex.org/
Kids search engine
http://www.specra.com/
Weighted search engine
http://www.sperse.com/index.php
Enhanced meta search
http://www.spezify.com/
http://www.twurdy.com/index.php
Search for readable results
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
50 Sites in 60 Minutes-Best Web Sites
http://www.slideshare.net/dkapuler/50sites-ver2
Audio Web Site
http://www.aviary.com/tools/myna
Graphing/Diagramming Web Site
http://www.diagram.ly/
Digital Art
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
http://sketchcast.com/
http://sumopaint.com/app
Digital Storytelling
http://batalugu.com/ver2/index.php
http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/
http://littlebirdtales.com/
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/embed.cfm
http://primaryaccess.org/
Internet
http://betterlesson.com/
http://www.capzles.com/#
http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php
http://www.symbalooedu.com/
http://www.visuwords.com/
Presentation
http://present.me/
Audio Web Site
http://www.aviary.com/tools/myna
Graphing/Diagramming Web Site
http://www.diagram.ly/
Digital Art
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
http://sketchcast.com/
http://sumopaint.com/app
Digital Storytelling
http://batalugu.com/ver2/index.php
http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/
http://littlebirdtales.com/
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/embed.cfm
http://primaryaccess.org/
Internet
http://betterlesson.com/
http://www.capzles.com/#
http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php
http://www.symbalooedu.com/
http://www.visuwords.com/
Presentation
http://present.me/
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