Popplet

How To

Open popplet light on your iPad or go to popplet.com on a computer. Then double tap anywhere to add a popple. A popple is like a brainstorming bubble. There are four options to add to your popple (frame color, text, draw, and image). Click the T at the bottom of your popple to type (on a computer its an A). Press the picture of the mountain to add an image. Select the pencil to draw an image. To change the frame color press the square and then select a color. 

Application

• Make a family tree
• Brainstorm before writing
• Plan a group project 
• Make a timeline
• Compare and contrast
• Note taking
• Definitions
• Practice spelling and vocab with images

Tackk

How To

To create a Tackk board, click the pencil in the green box at the top right corner of the page. Select blank canvas to begin. Build your Tackk by selecting one of the icons on the black bar. If you don’t know what an icon means, hover over it for help. The first icon is HEADLINE. Use this as your title and throughout your tackk to divide up your information. The next icon is TEXT. Use this to add information to your board. The third icon is PHOTO. You can add one image or several images to create a slideshow. The fourth icon is VIDEO. Select this to add a Youtube video or other supported video file. Continue to build your tackk by adding different types of media. You can link a website in your text or add the sixth icon, BUTTON, to link to another site. Add a MAP using the seventh icon. The second to last icon is MEDIA. Use this icon to add other media. You can even add a Thinglink, Kahn Academy video, or one of their 300+ supported services. Use the right column to customize your Tackk with colors, fonts, backgrounds, and even your own URL.  

Application

• Research project
• Presentation
• Book report
• Informational website
• Science project
• Writing piece    

Clear Record Lite iOS App

How To

Download Clear Record Lite from the App Store. If you’re on an iPad, click “iPhone Only” in the top left corner after searching Clear Record Lite. When you first open the app it asks if you allow the app to access your microphone. You must press Okay. If not, you need to go to Privacy in Settings. To record, tap on the microphone. Begin speaking. You can pause the recording or stop it. If you pause it, you can restart the recording. Once you finish your recording, you can rename it, share it on dropbox or email, or delete it. You can also take a picture from the app and record something to go with the picture.    

Application

• Record an interview
• Record reading for fluency
• Practice reading a poem or presentation
• Practice a timed presentation
• Record your teacher to study at home
• Make a podcast for a project
• Practice spelling or vocabulary words

Todaysmeet.com

How To

The first thing you do is go to todaysmeet.com. Under “Get Started Right Now” pick a name for your room. The name for the room will appear in the url (web address). For example, if you type TechBoss for the name of your room the web address would be: todaysmeet.com/techboss. If the name you type has a red X at the end of it, then the name has already been taken and you need to select another one. A green check mark means that the name is available. Next you say how long you want the room to be open. The options range from 1 hour to 1 month. To have others join your room simply share the room address. To begin communicating, type in your name and click “join”. Then, add a message and click “say.”

Student Application

Students can use todaysmeet.com to interview or comunicate with people from a long distance. For example, in 5th grade right now we are interviewing a veteran. My vet lives in Florida, so I plan to use todaysmeet for my interview. When assigned a group project students can work on it outside of school using todaysmeet. We are also going to ask our teachers to create a todaysmeet room for homework help. That way we can ask questions and answer each other at night when we don’t understand our homework. Also when we are researching we can post the link to the website on todaysmeet so the whole class has access to all students’ research.

That is all about Todaysmeet! Hope our description was enough information for you to use Todaysmeet!