Skill Builders

• How to search on the Internet
• http://www.2learn.ca/kids/backpack/div2netscheck2.html
• Safe Find or Google Safe Search
• using Yahoo! Safe search
• Yahoo Search Safety Guide
• AskKids
• Google lesson plans
• Commoncraft Web Search Strategies video
• EduPlace Using the Web
• How to Search for Internet Information (elementary)
• How to Search with Quotations in Google
• Boolify site
• Boolify lesson
• How to Search the Internet Effectively
• Basic search tips

• How to decide if a website is reliable
• 2Learn.ca 'NetCheck Website Evaluation Tool for Grades 4-6 Students
• EduPlace Finding and Evaluating Websites
• CARS checklist
• USC: Evaluating Websites
• Lee College, Texas: How Can I Tell if a Website is Reliable?
• Website Evaluation Wizard

• How to find copyright-free images/videos
• 2Learn.ca Image Gallery
• YouTube: Simple Creative Commons image search (uses Google advanced search)
• Yahoo! Image Search Safety Guide
• Free Digital Photos
• Phillip Martin Clip Art
• Discovery Education’s Clip Art Gallery
• Wikimedia Open Clipart
• Wikimedia Images
• The Daily Egg: 8 Places to find royalty free images that haven’t been overused
• Copyright Friendly sites
• Flickr Creative Commons explanation of attribution
• Get Royalty Free Images with Flickr video
• How to search Google for Royalty Free images video
• How to Find Free Images for Your Website or Blog video (Includes how to use Google Image Search, Wickimedia Commons, Flickr, BigFoto, Free Digital Photos, Free Photos Bank, Free Pixels, Freerange Stock, Image After)

• How to use Google Docs
• YouTube: Google Docs How to Tutorial 2012
• How to download a file or Google Doc to your computer
• How to insert pictures in Google Docs
• How to use a spreadsheet in Google Docs
• How to create a diagram in Google Docs
• How to construct a chart in Google Docs
• Youtube: How to construct a Venn diagram in Google Docs
• Venn Diagram Template https://drive.google.com/previewtemplate?id=1XtIWi5620EM-GY1nJTvULfBg5gSyFNDoDWHeWFy86Xg&mode=public
• Venn Diagram with numbered bullets template https://drive.google.com/previewtemplate?id=1VahywsC0cAgWC_w-Fcy2Bb0TD4UePFUwy0UH3Lr_wAo&mode=public
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq2y-DRd0PI Venn Diagram, word web

• How to use the Presentation tool in Google Docs
• YouTube: Google Docs: Presentation Tool 2012
• Insert into Google presentation

• How to use Google Drawing Docs
• Intro to Google Drawing YouTube video
• Google Docs: Create a Drawing
• How to use text in drawings
• Google Docs: Spice things up with good looking graphics

• How to collaborate online
• YouTube: Google Docs in the Classroom
• About sharing in Google Docs
• YouTube: Google Docs Sharing and Collaboration
• What templates will students have access to as a result of course design?
• Insert a drawing into another doc type

• How to copy a link
• How to copy and paste an image
• YouTube: How to copy and paste

• How to open more than one program at a time
• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/manage-multiple-windows#1TC=windows-7
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spAyQ1DsM0A
• http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/10/13/open-one-internet-explorer-window-windows-8-1/

• How to create a video
• How to make a video using Windows MovieMaker
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrFJLeF0tA0
• http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Video-in-Windows-Movie-Maker
• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-vista/make-a-movie-in-four-simple-steps
• How to make a video using iMovie
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OJ0z8pSQkM
• http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Video-Using-iMovie
• https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/graphics/imovie/1create.html
• http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-movie-from-start-to-finish-with-imovie--mac-59638
• http://www.macworld.com/article/2066991/constructing-an-imovie-project.html
• How to use PowerPoint slides in Windows MovieMaker
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYEx1NcpMNw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7wC4AINZJw
• http://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-ppt-slides-windows-movie-maker-28433.html
• How to use PowerPoint slides in iMovie
• http://www.wikihow.com/Add-a-PowerPoint-to-iMovie
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5RX838T3JA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thv5BOP2Xgc
• http://www.ehow.com/how_7190743_to_-powerpoint-imovie.html
• How to upload a video to YouTube

• How to record a podcast
• How to record a podcast with Audacity
• Create your own podcast
• How to record a podcast on a Mac

• How to make an animated GIF
• http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392701,00.asp
• http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Animated-GIF
• Best apps to make animated GIFs

• How to open and use SMART Notebook files
• Getting started with SMART Notebook Express
• Windows7 snipping tool
• Foxit PDF Reader for those with limited computer space (1/10th the size of Adobe Reader)

• How to use Elluminate/Blackboard
• Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing guide for participants
• YouTube: How to use Blackboard
• YouTube: Blackboard Collaborate Intro for Students

• How to use Centra
• Participant Quick Reference Card
• YouTube: Intro to Centra a

• How to use PowerPoint
• Basic tasks in PowerPoint 2010
• PowerPoint in the Classroom
• YouTube: How to create a slide master
• YouTube: How to Use Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
• YouTube: How to use PowerPoint 2010

• How to use Photostory
• YouTube: Photo Story 3 Tutorial
• YouTube: Photo Story 3 – Video Tutorial
• How to use Photostory 3 slideshare

• How to use Windows MovieMaker
• Microsoft site
• RWT: Tips for Using Windows MovieMaker
• YouTube: Windows MovieMaker: tutorial for kids
• Creating Presentations in Windows Movie Maker

• How to use PhotoPeach
• YouTube: PhotoPeach1
• YouTube: PhotoPeach 2 (editing, revising, sharing etc)
• http://dgrice.blogspot.ca/2008/02/imovie-08-photostory-for-mac.html

• How to use VoiceThread
• SlideShare VoiceThread Instructions for Young Children
• What is a VoiceThread anyway?

• How to use Glogster
• YouTube: Introduction to Glogster
• YouTube: Create Your First Glog
• YouTube: Glogster EDU Tutorial – online learning tool
• YouTube: Glogster EDU Tutorial
• YouTube: How to create a multimedia poster in Glogster
• SchoolTube: How to use Glogster EDU
• Technology4kids site: Glogster

• How to use Animoto
• YouTube: How to Use Animoto
• YouTube: How to Create an Animoto Video

• How to use Wordle
• How to use Wordle
• YouTube: Wordle – part 1: the basics
• YouTube: Wordle tutorial
• YouTube: Wordle – part 2: Extending Wordle a Bit More
• YouTube: How to Make and Save a Wordle.net Word Cloud
• YouTube: Wordle tutorial

• How to use Yenka Gears; Electricity and Magnetism
• Go to: http://www.yenka.com/ and click Yenka Help-download Yenka
• Download to your computer
• Open Yenka and click Activate Yenka
• Type in the school activation key: 2204-8552-4399
• Ready to use.

• How to make a brochure using ReadWriteThink’s Printing Press
• layouts
• Click “Instructions”

• How to use ReadWriteThink comic creator
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmPIkq-2RA8

• How to use Prezi
• YouTube: How to use Prezi
• YouTube: Prezi Tips and Tutorial

• How to use Flickr
• YouTube: How to Find Creative Commons Photos on Flickr
• Flickr Safety Guide
• Attribution symbols explained

• How to use Blabberize
• http://www.slideshare.net/bdyck/blabberize-directions-24455105?utm_source=slideshow02&utm_medium=ssemail&utm_campaign=share_slideshow

• How to use Padlet
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dzstme7gXo&