WES Digital Tools Connections GR 6-8 Below are the digital tools examples from the VT TGEs. Software, hardware, or online resources specific to our schools are underlined. This means that you can count on having immediate access to these resources. This document should help you in planning your lessons and determining where you may need tech integration help. Creativity & Innovation

Communication & Collaboration

Research and Information Fluency

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Audacity sound editing software, wiki sites such as PBworks or Wikispaces , ECS WES Google Docs, Musopen- free public domain classical music, music creation sites such Jam Studio, Noteflight, music creation Software MS SongSmith, VoiceThread, ECSWES WordPress Blogs,

IWB:(smartboard/ mimio) drawing, painting (MS Paint, TuxPaint, Paint.Net, Google Apps Aviary), ECS-WES Google Docs & other word processing, multimedia slideshows (PowerPoint, Photostory, Picasa, Google Presentations), visualization/ concept maps: Inspiration, databases, web 2.0 such as blogs(our private WordPress site), wikis, online classrooms (ECS-WES Moodle; ELGG Studentbloggers.us) ECS-WES Gmail b drawing, painting, (KidPix/TuxPaint) word processing, video (Flip /MovieMaker), private WordPress Blogs, IWB: (smartboard/mimio)we b 2.0 such as ECS-WES Google Docs, and video conferencing (LNV, Skype, webcam), posting to online forums, web-based collaborative work spaces such as private ELGG Site:studentbloggers.us IWB:(smartboard/ mimio)

Concept map: Inspiration, shared word docs: (ECS-WES Google Apps), IWB: (smartboard/ mimio), online library catalog OPAC , websites, online survey: ECS/WES Google Forms, email,wiki, video/audio conferencing: LNV, Skype, webcam, virtual tours (Google Earth, virtual museum tours)

Online news publications such as Tween Tribune, online newspapers, (ECS-WES Google Apps),ECS-WES Moodle, ECS-WES ELGG studentbloggers groups, ECS-WES Google Groups, wikis

Vocabulary Concepts Examples of computer security risks may include: viruses, spyware, adware, keyloggers, and SPAM.

desktops, laptops, personal learning devices & interactive touch devices such as IWB: SMART Board/Mimio, iPad, ipod, tablet, Audacity, MS Songsmith, Presentation Software: PowerPoint, Google Presentation, Picasa, online Prezi

b Concept map(Inspiration), online library catalog OPAC , websites, databases, social bookmarking (diigo), citation creator, shared docs: (ECS-WES Google Apps), wiks, video conferencing (LNV, Skype, webcam),

b graphic organizers such as Kidspiration/ Inspiration or Mindomo, spreadsheets such as Excel or Google Spreadsheet, online calendars such as Google Calendar.

b drawing programs (Kidpix, TuxPaint, & MS Paint,), sound editing (Audacity) & video editing software (Flipshare/ moviemaker), slideshow programs (PowerPoint/ Photostory3, Picasa) and online communication tools such as blog (private WordPress, wikis, web pages (Google Sites) or collaborative tools such as ECS-WES Google Apps, plus sites from above

b Google Earth, Google Maps, Audacity, photo editor like GIMP, Paint.Net, ECS-WES Google Apps AVIARY, CAD Programs, Google SKetchup, Photostory, Picasa slideshows and web albums,

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making

Digital Citizenship

5th-6th Grade Budd:e Training (see website) Private WordPress Blogs, Private Social Networking via our ELGG Studentbloggers.us Learning Space

Technology Operations & Concepts

b ECS-WES Google Docs forms and spreadsheets, ECS-WES Google Sites, Flip video, and iMovie or Windows Movie Maker

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c online survey tools such as ECSWES Google Forms or Survey Monkey, graphing tools (Excel or Google Apps Spreadsheet)

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c Examples of digital tools above may include: desktops, laptops, iPads, iPods, digital cameras, Flip video cameras, online forums such as http://forums.cnet. com

d d d drawing, painting Concept map online survey (Kidpix, TuxPaint, (Inspiration), digital tools such as ECSWES Google MS Paint, Paint.net, camera, digital voice Aviary), word Forms or Survey recorder (MP3 processing, Monkey, players) shared docs video(Flip/movie (ECS-WES Google graphing tools Apps), wiki, (Excel or Google maker), blogs (private wordpress) , blog(Private Apps wikis, video Wordpress), online Spreadsheet) conferencing(LNV, poster(Glogster EDU), SKype, webcam) multimedia web 2.0 tools such presentation program as Google Doc(ECS- (photostory3 WES Google Apps), ,moviemaker, audio video conferencing (Audacity) and video editing programs (LNV, SKype, webcam), ELGG (moviemaker), studentbloggers.us podcasts, GPS units, for web-based handheld computers/ collaborative work smartphones spaces Note: Our Google sites can effectively be used as a wiki...Ask me how!

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d desktops, laptops, personal learning devices, including iPads, iPods, productivity programs such as iWorks, MS Office2007 , or Open Office, operating systems such as Windows 7 and Mac OSX, Web Browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer

Digital Citizenship

Technology Operations &Concepts

Google Sketchup, Decisions, Decisions, Quest Atlantics or Games for Social Change Installed Simulations:

WolfQuest, Science Pirates, Thinking Worlds, West Point Bridge Designer, Discovery Science (ECS only), Homes of Our Own, Scratch, Lego Digital Designer

c Simulations (--see S1), digital photos (Picasa,MS AutoCollage), video(Flip/moviema ker), electronic maps, e-mai(ECSWES GMAIL), blogs(private Wordpress), wikis, video conferencing(LNV, Skype, webcam)

c Concept map/Inspiration, online library catalog (OPAC), electronic Databases, social bookmarking tool, citation tool

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GIS, Google Earth, data tables, Wordle, Tagcrowd, (Tagxed: see website for tagxedo)

Technology Needs: Jot down your priorities for each standard Creativity & Communication & Research & Innovation Collaboration Information Fluency

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision Making