The Principal As A Digital Leader

www.smore.com/6g3es

Associate Principal

Midway High School

becky.odajima@midwayisd.org

Coordinator of College Readiness

Waco ISD

robin.wilson@wacoisd.org

Digital Flyers

Smore - www.smore.com - digital flyer - free with branding - use for presentation or newsletter. Example: https://www.smore.com/hive?source=banner

Tackk - www.tackk.com - digital flyer - free with branding - use for presentation or newsletter. Example: https://tackk.com/education

Active Presentation Tools

eMaze - https://www.emaze.com/ - slideshow with 3D animation between slides, free and education options - use for presentations. Example: https://www.emaze.com/education/

Prezi - https://prezi.com/ - slideshow with 3D animation and custom sizing, direction and media input, free and advanced feature pricing. Example: https://prezi.com/gallery/

Nearpod - https://nearpod.com/ -interactive slide presentation, free and education pricing - use for presentations to faculty, student and parents. Example: https://s.nearpod.com/b/6255

Powtoon - https://www.powtoon.com/ - animated videos and presentations, free and education pricing - use to create explainer videos or flipped presentations. Example: https://www.powtoon.com/edu-home/

Character Animation

Telagami - https://tellagami.com/# - custom, animated characters that speak along with your recorded voice, free apple app store - use to create short flipped lessons or announcements. Example: https://tellagami.com/edu/

Blabberize - http://blabberize.com/ - create a talking still picture with your voice, free website and app available - use to create announcements or short presentations.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEtUu1r8Pe4

Media Editing

Screencast-O-Matic - https://screencast-o-matic.com/home - create a video of your computer screen and record your voice for step by step instructions or record a presentation, free resource. Example: https://screencast-o-matic.com/home

BeFunky - https://www.befunky.com/ - picture editor, free, add filters or colors and text to photos.

Tube Chop - https://www.tubechop.com/ - enter a youtube address and clip only the segment you want to show, free. Example: http://www.tubechop.com/watch/8101099

Typorama - Typorama on the app store, create artistic quotes and designs with this iPad or iPhone app, free. Example: http://appadvice.com/appnn/2015/05/create-beautiful-quotes-and-designs-with-typorama

Survey Tools

Google Forms - https://www.google.com/forms/about/ - design forms, collect data, organize info, free, use for sign in sheets or student/parent/teacher surveys. Examples: faculty meeting sign in sheet

Poll everywhere - https://www.polleverywhere.com/ - text or web-based polling with analytics and visuals, free, use for quick surverys.

Mentimeter - https://www.mentimeter.com/app - online polling service with multiple visual display options, free (3 questions), use for polls you want to show quick display of. Example: Mentimeter Word Cloud

Plickers - https://plickers.com/ - multiple choice response system using unique printed cards, results are live, free resource.

Socrative - http://www.socrative.com/ - create game or quizzes using any mobile device, data and quizzes are able to be saved and sharable, free.

Gaming Data Tools

Quizizz - http://quizizz.com/ - mulitplayer classroom gaming activity, free, participants sign in with a code and begin their game, data is able to be saved and trackable. Example: go to http://quizizz.com/join/ then enter code 194183

Kahoot - https://getkahoot.com/ - create, play and share learning games with any device, free, sharable and able to be saved.

Online Collaboration

Google Docs - https://www.google.com/docs/about/ - collaborate anytime, anywhere with anyone you invite, free resource, use for collaborative planning without sending multiple copies via email.

Google Sheets - https://www.google.com/sheets/about/ - spreadsheet version of the collaborative google doc, free resource, use for planning or signups or data tracking.

Sticky Notes

Lino - http://en.linoit.com/ - post sticky notes or media on a collaborative cork board, participants can login with a code and the page is viewable to all, free resource, use for planning or brainstorming.

Whiteboards

Baiboard - http://www.baiboard.com/ - collaborative whiteboard for writing, drawing, annotating, add media and then label, free app, use for collaborative work or presentation to staff.

BackChannel

Today'sMeet - https://todaysmeet.com/ - share ideas on scrolling stream of comments, use for brainstorming, crowd sourcing, or carrying on deeper discussions throughout a presentation, free resource. Example: https://todaysmeet.com/DigitalLeader

Twitter Additions

Tweetbeam - https://tweetbeam.com/ and Twitterfall - https://twitterfall.com/ - both offer visual representations of hashtags which could be used to follow an event hashtag.