WCPSS Convergence Symposium Day 1 Reflection, Part 2

The second panel I attended on the first day of the WCPSS Convergence Symposium was "10 Digital Tools (and a few extra) for Library & the Classroom", led by Shannon M. Miller.  She is a Teacher Librarian and Technology Integration Specialist from Van Meter, Iowa who is a prolific blogger, tweeter, Facebooker (?) and more about all things dealing with Instructional Technology. 

Shannon Miller discusses the numerous resources she shared!

She shared a great many resources with the packed ballroom that could benefit teachers in the library or the classroom, including:

• Google Presentation (use for student presentations or for teacher collaboration
• FlipSnack (upload PDF files and create an eBook!)
• TuxPaint (downloadable digital drawing program)
• Recite (converts text into a downloadable, embeddable, sharable poster)
• StoryBird (eBook creation site)
• Piktochart (infographic creation site)
• Smore (online flyer design site)
• Padlet (virtual sticky notes/comment wall)
• LittleBirdTales (digital storytelling site)
• BuildYourWildSelf (human/animal hybrid avatar creator)
• PicMonkey (online photo editor)
• SoundCloud (audio file recorder/hosting site)
• Buncee (incorporate multimedia files into a sharable digital environment)
• FlipGrid (teachers record a discussion question video and student record short videos in response.  These videos are displayed in a grid format.)
• ThePeanutGallery Chrome app (create silent movies with new or previously created footage)

Everyone in this panel was amazed at the variety of resources Ms. Miller shared, as well as the ways in which these tools could be implemented!  This panel was well worth attending, for certain!