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= = = = = = = 10 quick tech tips for your Transition classroom =

1) Make a video to create step-by-step instructions You can use Quick Time to create a screencast video to make step-by-step instructions  You can use PhotoBooth to make create step-by-step instructions that are not computer based

2) Annotate! You can write over any website on your computer or on the Promethean Board by launching ActivInspire and using the annotate tool. This can be done either on the Promethean board or on the computers themselves.

3) LearnFree! Use GCFLearnFree to do interactive life skills simulations and use tutorials for new skills BONUS TIP - these are great on the Promethean Board!

4) KeepVid - find a video on YouTube that would be great in the classroom but you can't use it because of the filter? use KeepVid as a way to "snag" a copy of that video and save it to your computer to use when you get back to your building. (This site is blocked on SEDOL computers, however, it is a useful trick for home)

5) Use those layers in Google Earth to see 3-D imagery of landmarks and buildings especially when planning trips to downtown Chicago, use Google Maps street view to look at a street level view of locations like Hawthorne Mall and Gurnee Mills.

6) Trying to schedule an event? Can't figure out when people are available? Doodle it! You can use the free SEDOL Doodle account at SEDOL.doodle.com and send it to your attendees to see when people are available to attend.

7) Have a student who is having trouble remembering things? Does the student have a cell phone? ReminderGuru is your solution. You can go online with a student and coach them through setting up a reminder text message for a certain time of day.

8) CheckThis is a way to create a web page that does not require registration and you can use it to distribute information, take informal polls, etc.

9) MailCatch and GuerillaMail are great ways to create a temporary disposable email address that can be used by students to sign up for websites that require an email account.

10)[|Draw a Stickman] - it's fun!