HelloSlide -

HelloSlide is a website that gives life to your presentations.
It helps you share your message more effectively, by adding voice on top of your slides. Instead of recording your voice, just type the speech, and HelloSlide generates the audio automagically.

Q. How do I create my own presentation in HelloSlide?

It's simple:

1.    Upload a PDF of your slides to our website.

2.    Type the speech for each slide using our editor.

3.    Press play to hear your presentation.

Once you type the speech for your slides, you can:

1.    Edit the speech until it's perfect.

2.    Make it available in 20 different languages, “automagically.”

3.    Make your presentation more visible on the web, because search engines will index the speech in your presentation.

Q. How do I register for HelloSlide?

In the sign up page, enter your email and pick a password. they'll send you a email with a link that you can click to complete your registration. That's it!

There is a Free version or you may pay for addition storage

Q. What file formats do you support?

For now, you can only upload your presentation in PDF, but we will soon support other formats.

If you created your presentation in PowerPoint or Keynote, you can export it to PDF:

·         Instructions for exporting to PDF on PowerPoint

·         Instructions for exporting to PDF on Keynote

Q. Is there a size limit for each upload?

Yes, your PDF must be smaller than 100 MB.

Q. How do I add a voice to my presentation?

After you upload your PDF to our website:

1.    Press the edit button in the top toolbar.

2.    Type the speech for each slide.

3.    Hear the result by pressing play in the top toolbar. There's also a preview button to hear the speech for just one slide.

Globaloria

This is a site of learning games made by students! 

I played the BONES game.  Could be used with Health, Science or just for fun!  There are all kinds of games for Punctuation, Civics, Environmental, Social Issues, Government, STEM and Music.  When you are at the homepage, click on the MORE GAMES button and you will be able to search by Subject, Filter by Groups and Sort by Alphabetical or Popular or Newest or Oldest.

This is Creative Commons offering Web 2.0 creative resources for learning. 

Globaloria holds three annual student Game Design Competitions (STEM, Civics & News Literacy, and Globeys) to celebrate excellence in game design and motivate students to dig deeper and go further in their learning while honing real-world skills. The competitions are launched in the fall and awards are given in the spring.  Globaloria launched in 2006, has been implemented with 5000 students and educators within 80 schools in seven states.  Some of you may wish to apply to incorporate Game Design Competitions.  Check the website for details.   http://www.globaloria.org/intro#WhatIsGlobaloria

We all have access to the games

that have been created!!

Wordle - Word Cloud

is a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

From the blog, I (heart) EdTech, here is a 7 minute EdTech Tutorial you will learn how to use Wordle, see what you can make with Wordle, and walk away with great integration tips and ideas.  Whether you teach at the elementary or collegiate level, mathematics or language arts, Wordle is a fun and free web tool you can use to engage your students and spice up your lesson plans. 

How To Use Wordle In the Classroom:

http://blog.simplek12.com/education/video-how-to-use-wordle-in-the-classroom/

MathPickle

Math Pickle - Math Videos and Exercises for K-12

Math Pickle is a nice site for locating videos and exercises appropriate for teaching a variety of mathematics concepts at a variety of grade levels. When you visit Math Pickle you can browse for videos by grade level. Once you've selected a grade level you can then refine your browsing to a particular concept. Each concept has a demonstration video and links to Keynote and Powerpoint files for teachers. Each concept also has links to PDF worksheets that you can download and print.

Across the top is a menu:

Be sure to check out what else is on this website....Under Muse---a Blog;  Puzzle Books - about Math;  and Inspired People is about Mathematicians! 

In the Classroom: 

For mathematics teachers looking for material to include in their next lesson plan, Math Pickle could be a handy resource.