Cool Free Tech Tools For Teacher Use
Cool Timer
Cool Timer is an easy to use program that continues to run
even if you start using other programs.
This program acts like an oven timer only it is much cooler. You can play any wav, mp3, or midi file for
an alarm.
http://www.harmonyhollow.net/download/ctimer.exe or from CNET
This program will install the program into your Program Files folder
Graph Paper
The program allows the user to create and print a large variety of graphs including cartesian, log, and polar coordinate.
This program will install itself
TI Flash Debugger
This is part of the Software Development Kit that programmers use to write calculator programs for the TI-83. Most of the program is not used by teachers, but the calculator interface works just like the real calculator. It has many of the features as the >$100 TI SmartView software only this one is free.
This program will install the program into your Program Files folder
Adventures in
Learning
This program is designed for review by younger students and works well with an interactive white board. The game board is more kid friendly than Jeopardy and the playing pieces are just plain cute. Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there
Beat The Clock
This program is fast paced like to original game show. Students may work as a whole class or the class may be broken into two to six teams and answer oral questions or complete tasks. The program simply keeps track of the score. Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there
Comment On This
This program allows a teacher to add electronic comments to student work in MS Word. The comments are linked to online resources to help the students to better their writing. The number of comments are recorded in Excel. Created using Visual Basic.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there.
IGPro Convert
This program converts Edline, Senteo, and TI-Navigator quizzes into a grade file that can be imported as a task into IG Pro. Created using Visual Basic.
Save this file into a folder on your C: drive.
Jeopardy
This program is similar to the PowerPoint templates that you
have probably used before. . Instead,
this uses Mediator to do the same task and that makes the transitions cooler.
Unzip this into a folder called Jeopardy on your C: drive. You will need to add your own questions and answers to the pages using Mediator.
Jeopardy2
In Jeopardy 2, questions are asked orally and it allows the teacher to keep score for three teams. Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there. This version allows you to keep score and ask oral questions.
Jeopardy3
In Jeopardy 3, questions are asked orally and it allows the teacher to keep score for six teams. Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there. This version has six teams and allows you to keep score and ask oral questions
Koosh Ball Kraze 1
This program is designed for review by younger students on a SMART board. Students toss a koosh or other soft ball at the board to choose questions. Koosh Ball Kraze 1 displays a generic questions such as “What is the answer to Question 9?” Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there. This version displays generic questions eg. “What is the answer to question 1?”
Koosh Ball Kraze 2
Koosh Ball Kraze 2 allows teachers to enter their own questions into the koosh2.ini file. Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there. This version displays up to 81 character questions that you type in the koosh2.ini file
Pelion Squares
This program is similar to Hollywood Squares. The template allows photos from your school to be added. The program simply keeps track of the score. The class is broken into two teams and the teacher asks oral questions. This is designed to be modified for your school using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder called Squares on your C: drive. You will need to open the Mediator file and go the game board page (Page 3). Replace Picture1 – Picture9 with people from your school. You will need to change Pelion to your school name.
President Squares
This program is similar to Hollywood Squares using the
previous nine
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there.
Random Student Picker
Use this program to pick random student names for review or create random student groups for assignments. You may type in your student names or import student lists from ClassXP for later use. Created using Visual Basic.
For teachers using PowerTeacher, version 3 will import rosters from the PT gradebook
random3.zip
for PowerTeacher
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there. If you get an error when you start up the program, run the Setup file in the Stuff folder and this will fix the problem.
Smart Power Toolkit
This program allows for data
exchange between the csv and xls
files created by SMART Response and PowerTeacher. This requires a local installation of Microsoft Office on the computer using the applications. The program contains these applications:
PowerTeacher to SMART Response- this takes a PowerTeacher
roster and reformats the data into an Excel spreadsheet that is in the format
needed to import classes for SMART Response.
This is the data file that contains the information that will allow the
transfer of scores from a SMART Response quiz back into PowerTeacher.
SMART Response to PowerTeacher
- this reads the Excel
spreadsheet that is exported from a SMART Response quiz (from the SMART Notebook
file). This compares the clicker numbers
with the class data file created with the above program. When it finds a match, it writes a file that
may be imported into an assignment while in the PowerTeacher
gradebook.
Study Guide Creator - This program reads the spreadsheet that is exported
from a SMART Response quiz (from the SMART Notebook file). This compares whether the student's answer
matches the Answer Key and if not writes this question on an individual student
Word document and therefore give each student a unique study guide of missed
questions.
Unzip all the files into a
folder on your hard drive and run it from there.
Spell Bound
This is a modification of a program that allows the user to access the spell check and thesaurus without opening of MS Word. Created using Visual Basic.
Save this file to your desktop and run it from there
Think Link
Think Link is a game of knowledge and strategy similar to connect four. Three student teams must answer questions to place marbles on the board. Oral questions are asked by the teacher. Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there
Trivial Pursuit
This program is faster paced than the original board game. The teacher chooses six areas of review and students may work as a whole class or the class may be broken into two to six teams. The program simply keeps track of the score as the teacher asks oral questions. Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there
Wheel of Knowledge
This program is similar to the game show; instead of solving puzzles, three student teams answer questions. The program keeps track of the score. The questions are not added ahead of time. Created using Mediator.
Unzip this into a folder on your hard drive and run it from there
Seen It: Physical
Science Edition
This is intended for EOC review in