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​              Screen Recording Tools

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Screencastomatic is an easy application that records your screen. You can record as many times a needed and allows for voice recording. 

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Screencastify is a chrome add on that is more sophisticated than screencastomatic but still user friendly.  Videos are automatically saved to a google drive folder for seamless organization and ease. 

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                    Video Creation Tools

Adobe Spark- Easy to use with your own media that gives a maximum of 30 second slides.  This tool makes presentations and sharing of information professional and polished. 

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Videoscribe creates a whiteboard video that is simple to use and can show information quickly with lots of choices including music. 

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​Animaker offers different styles of animated videos with many different components dictated by the maker with more intricate tools and options than other applications. 

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​Animoto allows the creation of professional videos with a bank of media (pictures, music, videos) to choose from as well as the ability to add your own media and recordings. 

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             ​Online collaboration tools

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​Voice Thread allows visual and audio presentations to be uploaded. Participants can give feedback through recording or text and is able to be viewed by all in the voice thread.  

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​Kami allows interactive annotation on digital documents and records video or voice comments. Kami also integrates assignments from Google classroom.

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Google Draw allows for easy collaboration as many students can be on one document contributing at the same time. 

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           Assessment tools & games

Google Forms is a google suite application that allows teachers to create surveys and assessments, get student feedback and more with this tool. 

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​Kahoot is an interactive assessment tool that allows teachers to create assessments or choose from assessments other teachers have made.  Students use devices to respond and feedback is immediate and shared with the audience. 

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​Flocabulary incorporates music into building vocabulary understanding.  With prepared music videos, vocabulary cards, quizzes and reading comprehension students engage in building knowledge of vocabulary creatively. Flocabulary requires a subscription.
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​Online portfolio tools

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Seesaw is a platform to assign and display student work like a digital portfolio.  Teachers create a class, give assignments to students with different applications, students can do work provided by the site as well as upload videos.

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​Google Classroom is a google suite application that allows integration of assignments, grades and feedback that works together to organize a digital classroom. 

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Recommended Reading

Research

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​                    Academic Papers

The Impact of Metacognitive Strategies and Self-Regulating Processes of Solving Math Word Problems. (Vula, E., Avdyli, R., Berisha, V., Saqipi, B., & Elezi, S. 2017). 

Improving Pupils Mathematical Communication Abilities through Computer-Supported Reciprocal Peer Tutoring. (Yang, E. F. Y., Chang, B., Cheng, H. N. H., & Chan, T. 2016)

Mathematics Vocabulary and Its Effect on Student Comprehension. (Blessman, J., & Myszczak, B. 2001).
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Recommended Books
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Visible Learning for Teachers (Hattie, 2012)

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The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future (Darling-Hammond 2010). 

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Brain Rules: 12 Principals for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Medina, 2014)

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Recommended Articles/ Websites

​Math Out Loud (Silbey, 2003)

Designing Vocabulary Instruction in Mathematics. (Pierce & Fontaine, 2011)

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The Frayer Model Vocabulary Strategy (Marzano, R.J. & Pickering, D.J. Building Academic Vocabulary, 2005)

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Websites, Blogs and Twitter Resources
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Catlin Tucker @Catlin_Tucker Author of Blended Learning, Google certified, Educational Innovator
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Alice Keeler
@alicekeeler Math teacher, author and consultant with focus on how to use google classroom and other google suite tools in the classroom.

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Mathequalslove Blog that focuses on strategies and resources to use in the classroom from puzzles to posters to make learning math engaging and fun. 

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Edutopia focuses on providing learning strategies including integration of technology into  schools and classrooms. 

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Youcubed provides free, innovative math education resources for teachers that can be filtered by standard, grade level or topic.  Tasks include engaging visuals on a variety of topics. 

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