Technology Tools

Technology

Grade Level

 Activities

Internet

K - 12

research, skill reinforcement, webquests, global class projects, wikis, blogs, podcasts,

MaxPaint

K - 4/5

drawing: create pictures, write about pictures, habitiats, shapes, colors

Inspiration / Kidspiration

K - 12

graphic organizer: concept maps, idea maps, webs, storyboards

KidPix

K - 3

painting and slide shows: language arts, math, science, social studies, music, art, & health concepts

Wikis

4 - 12

wikis allow groups to collaboratively work on a project via a web browser and a wiki site

Blogs

4 - 12

blogs let students publish work, represent themselves online, & interact with their peers as part of a community

Podcasts

4 - 12

audio or video files that are delivered over a network, then played back on any computer or iPod

Word

4 - 12

word processing: writing assignments, reports, newsletters

Excel

4 - 12

spreadsheets and graphing: data collection, charts and graphs, sorting, calculations, functions

PowerPoint

4 - 12

presentations or slide shows: language arts, math, science, social studies, music, art, & health concepts

Publisher

4 - 12

brochures, newsletters, newspapers, flyers, advertisements, banners, cards, labels

Movie Maker

K - 12

incorporate pictures, video, music, & audio to create digital stories, reports, poems, reflections

Discovery Education

K - 12

subscription-based access to educational videos, images, encyclopedia articles, & worksheets

MaxWrite 

K - 4/5

word processing: spelling words, stories, letters, cause-effect, fact-opinion, kwl charts, story maps, writing assignments

MaxCount

K - 4/5

spreadsheets and graphing: surveys, data collection, bar graphs, line graphs, pictographs, sorting

MaxShow

K - 4/5

presentations or slide shows: language arts, math, science, social studies, music, art, & health concepts

Britannica

K - 12

subscription-based research and learning resource

iCONN

K - 12

state-sponsored set of databases for research and learning

Gaggle

6 -12

safe, monitored web-based internet communication system (email, blogs, digital lockers, message boards)