Remind 101 is a free service that allows you to send one way text messages to groups of students and/or parents from your computer, your iPhone, or your Android phone.
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Weebly is a free web hosting site that features a drag and drop website builder (this site is a weebly). Great for creating a teacher site, and not only is it very easy to use, but it looks great too.
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Padlet is a "wall" on the internet where collaborators can add virtual notes that can include text, images, links, documents, etc. No log-in required of students.
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QR Codes are a type of URL shortener. They provide a quick and simple way to link people with information on the internet.
QR codes require users to have a QR Code reader app installed on a mobile device (cell phone or tablet). There are several free QR code generators: Google has a URL shortener (goo.gl) that will also provide you with a QR code if you click on the "details" link after shortening your URL. |
Google+ Hangouts is a free video chat service from Google that enables both one-on-one chats and group chats with up to ten people at a time. While somewhat similar to Skype, Google Hangouts focuses more on "face-to-face-to-face" group interaction as opposed to one-on-one video chats, and utilizes sophisticated technology to seamlessly switch the focus to the person currently chatting.
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QuadBlogging is a new term/concept that has 4 schools blogging in a cycle that helps people view and comment on students blogs. The way this works is once a class/user signs up they get entered into a "quad" and then a moderator makes sure things run smoothly. Classes/students will start blogging from a school while others view and comment. The following week another school/class will then blog and others will read/comment and the cycle goes on until all 4 schools/classes have blogged.
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