I am a tech-proficient teacher, and a user of the Google Suite for education. The assessment platform my current school uses is Skyward.
I studied technology for learning in-depth while working at Qatar Academy and it was my role to assist our MS students to put together ePortfolios, then on Wiki. Now, I help my students do this on WordPress or Google Sites. I have also assisted teachers in building their own ePortfolios.
I have taught drama online for 15 months, during the Covid pandemic lockdowns, and am very comfortable teaching online with Zoom and Google Meet.
This page features some parked links that I regularly use or have students use in their work.
AI – Artificial Intelligence in Education – Resources for Teachers
• Free Courses & Resources – https://iteachtoinspire.com/artificial-intelligence-in-education-resources-list/
Other Free Tech for Learning Courses for Teachers
• Applied Digital Skills – Google – https://applieddigitalskills.withgoogle.com/s/en/home
Technology for learning and business tools that I use:
- 123Apps – https://123apps.com – includes online voice recorder (no time limit)
- Audacity (free online multi-track recorder) – https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity
- AudioBlocks (royalty free music and soundtracks – $99/yr membership) – https://www.audioblocks.com
- Audio Jungle (royalty free music – ie. for guided visualizations – fee-based) – https://audiojungle.net
- Clip Champ (Video Maker for PC’s)
– https://clipchamp.com/en - File Conversion (amazing! multiple formats including AV) – http://www.zamzar.com
- Google Chrome AdBlock – https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom
- Google Drive and Folders/Docs/Forms – https://www.google.com/drive
- Handbrake (video transcoder to all formats) – https://handbrake.fr
- Imgur (meme maker) – http://imgur.com
- I Love PDF – https://www.ilovepdf.com
- ISTE Tech Standards for Education – http://www.iste.org/standards/standards
- LunaPic (amazing online photo editor!) – http://www.lunapic.com
- Mindflow (Productivity Apps) – https://www.mindtools.com
- Name Acronym – http://www.nameacronym.net
- One Tab – https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbolifaimnlloiipkdnihall?hl=en (saves all your Chrome tabs in one place, so you don’t need to keep many tabs open)
- Online Stopwatch – http://www.online-stopwatch.com
- Online Video Converter (to all formats incl. audio) – https://www.onlinevideoconverter.com/video-converter
- PDF to Docx Converter – http://pdf2docx.com
- Photopea.com (Photoshop alternative) – https://www.photopea.com
- Picman (for controlling and downloading photos from Apple devices) – http://www.picbackman.com
- Pixlr (online photo editor, works with Google images) – https://pixlr.com
- Pirate Pad (instant online discussions, no log-in required – deleted – alternative to PP is: https://alternativeto.net/software/piratepad) – http://piratepad.net/4KHqxGwdNU
- Pomodoro timer (25 min, online, for productivity) – https://pomofocus.io and – http://tomato-timer.com
- Remove (background image remover – https://www.remove.bg/upload
- Timerrr for ‘timeboxing’ or timing yourself as you work, and working in time chunks (perhaps better than Pomodoro, as you can set the time up to an hour for productivity) – http://timerrr.com
- To-Do List (Prioritized) – https://nova-live-content.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/public/content-downloadable/PrioritizedToDolist.pdf
- TypeForm (beautiful forms/surveys across different device platforms) – https://www.typeform.com
- Wondershare (Mac iOS manager for picture and music files that are stuck on one device or another, thanks to Apple’s sucky software app Photos and iCloud) – http://www.wondershare.net/shop/buy/buy-mac-ios-manager.html
- Wordle – http://www.wordle.net/create (dead link)
- YouTube to MP3 – (mp3 converter from YouTube) – ???
Technology for Business Only
- Basecamp (group project management software) – https://basecamp.com
- Forbes’ Top 100 Websites for Entrepreneurs – https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1rtpju/actual_list_of_forbes_100_best_websites_for
- PhpBB (open source forum software – free or cheap) – https://www.phpbb.com
- Uber Conference – http://uberconference.com
- Upwork – https://www.upwork.com
- Zoom Conference Calling (video and audio/recordable) – https://zoom.us
Tech for Drama and Theatre Students
- Celtx for playwriting – https://www.celtx.com