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Teaching, Learning and Technology: Marzano Strategies and Technology
Technology, when applied effectively, can not only increase learning, but also engage and motivate learners! So what are the nine strategies, and how to the impact students?
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These strategies are key for learning and planning. In Classroom Instruction that Works, 2nd Edition, these nine, high-yield instructional strategies are organized in a three-part framework for instructional planning.
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{Educreations.jpg} Educreations Interactive Whiteboard:All Grades-Free:Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a
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Top Strategies to Help Students Develop Understanding: Technology Tools for Teaching
Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
"(Cues, questions and advance organizers) activate students' prior knowledge and and give them an ideas of they will learn." Marzano, 2012
Developing Questions: Questioning Toolkit
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/2nd/more/graphic_organizers.htm
http://www.realclassroomideas.com/65.html
http://freeology.com/
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html?detoured=1
Nonlinguistic Representation
Information is stored as words and pictures.
Think Draw
Art.com
USGS Multimedia Gallery
Pics4Learning
PicLit
Got Brainy
Bubblesnaps
Kitzu
Summarizing and Note Taking
http://www.scrible.com
http://www.stixy.com/
http://www.eleven21.com/notetaker/
http://www.text2mindmap.com/
http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
Assigning Homework and Providing Practice
Edmodo
Canvas
Schoology
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Top Strategies to Help Students Extend and Apply Knowledge: Technology Tools for Teaching
Identifying Similarities and Differences
Mind Meister
bubbl.us
Exploratree
Text 2 Mind Map
Many Eyes
Venngage
Data Masher
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Create a Graph
MysteryNet
Amusement Park Physics
Invention at Play
Record MP3
Scrible.com

{Educreations.jpg} Educreations Interactive Whiteboard:All Grades-Free:Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a
great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play...
{https://lms.ops.org/AngelUploads/Content/OPSPublicGroup/_assoc/EFA8A24C12594E8BAE1D9AFA1F0AEE80/Socrative.jpg} Socrative Student and Teacher Clickers: All Grades- Free:Socrative brings smart clickers, student response and ease of use to a whole new level. Be engaged for the entire class with educational exercises and games.
{https://lms.ops.org/AngelUploads/Content/OPSPublicGroup/_assoc/EFA8A24C12594E8BAE1D9AFA1F0AEE80/DoodleBuddy.jpg} DoodleBuddy: All Grades- Free: Perfect for 6 Step Vocabulary Instruction! Draw, add text, stamps, and photos. Save to your photo roll and combine with Scribble Press to create a custom eBook.
{https://lms.ops.org/AngelUploads/Content/OPSPublicGroup/_assoc/EFA8A24C12594E8BAE1D9AFA1F0AEE80/smartnote.jpg} smartNote: 3rd-12th Grade- Free and Paid Versions: Create custom notebooks, take notes in class, sketch out the next great idea, write personal notes in your password protected notebook, or simply highlight some text in a pdf. smartNote makes it easy to do just about anything you would normally do on paper on the iPad. Paper includes Cornell Note Paper, Vocabulary Study Paper, Primary Handwriting Paper, Football/Basketball Coaching Sheets, Music and much more!
{https://lms.ops.org/AngelUploads/Content/OPSPublicGroup/_assoc/EFA8A24C12594E8BAE1D9AFA1F0AEE80/ReadNRespond.jpg} ReadNRespond: Grades 4-12-Paid App: Organized according to Bloom's taxonomy, this versatile app provides student response forms that are applicable to any piece of literature, movie, or text available.
{https://lms.ops.org/AngelUploads/Content/OPSPublicGroup/_assoc/EFA8A24C12594E8BAE1D9AFA1F0AEE80/tools4students.jpg} Tools4Students: Grades 3-12- Paid: App features 25 graphic organizers for students to use to organize their thinking while reading or preparing to write. Covers all common comprehension skills: cause /effect, main idea/detail, sequence events, pro/con, story elements, characterization, word meaning, plot, KWL and much more.
{https://lms.ops.org/AngelUploads/Content/OPSPublicGroup/_assoc/EFA8A24C12594E8BAE1D9AFA1F0AEE80/ScribblePress.jpg} Scribble Press: 1st-12th Grade- Paid App: Scribble Press for iPad is a book creation platform that allows kids to create and share their own stories with hundreds of great drawing and writing tools. Download your books instantly to your iBooks library!
{https://lms.ops.org/AngelUploads/Content/OPSPublicGroup/_assoc/EFA8A24C12594E8BAE1D9AFA1F0AEE80/icardsort.jpg} iCard Sort: 3rd-12th Grade- Paid: Place words on cards and rearrange, catagorize and determine importance.

Text 2 Mind Map
Many Eyes
Venngage
Data Masher
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Create a Graph
Amusement Park Physics
Invention at Play
Record MP3
Scrible.com

Nonlinguistic Representation
Information is stored as words and pictures.
Think Draw
Art.com
USGS Multimedia Gallery
Pics4Learning