Current and Emerging
Educational Technology
Allan Schmidt
Asst. Dir. Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Cinzia Cervato
At ISU since 2001, Morrill Professor of
Geological & Atmospheric Sciences.
Iowa State University
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Quick quiz
• Who has a budget for buying online
teaching tools for your classes?
• Who has time to research and evaluate
every new teaching tool?
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Sound recording and editing
• Audacity
• Audacity® is free, open source, crossplatform software for recording and
editing sounds.
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net
• Free
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Animation and Photos
• Animation Factory
• Stock.xchng
• iStockPhoto
• Image*After
• Free and per
image charge
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Photo editing
• Picasa
• Photo editor by Google
• Organize, edit, and share your photos
• http://picasa.google.com/intl/en/
• Free
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Photo editing and paint programs
• Gimp
• Open source photo editor.
• Free.
• Paint.net
• Photo editor compared to
Adobe PhotoShop
• Free
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Turn any file into PDF
• PrimoPDF
• Create PDF files with the world's most
popular free PDF creator. With just one
click, turn virtually any kind of file into a
100% industry-standard PDF
• Free
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Screen capture
• Snagit
• Sometimes words aren’t enough. Use
images and videos to show people exactly
what you’re seeing. Snagit gives you an
easy way to quickly provide better
feedback, create clear documentation,
and change the way you work together.
• Free trial, $50
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Word clouds
• Wordle is a toy for generating “word
clouds” from text that you provide.
• http://www.wordle.net/create
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Add voice to your online discussions
• Voice Thread
• VoiceThread bridges the gap between
real-time discussions and standard video
lectures or online presentations.
• $99 / year
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Sharing time
• What source(s) do you use to find out
about the latest online teaching tools?
• Enter your response in the chat room
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Concept map
• CmapTools client
• Construct, navigate, share and criticize
knowledge models represented as concept
maps
• http://cmap.ihmc.us
• Donation
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Presenting from the cloud
• Prezi
• Prezi for iPad lets you create, edit, and
share your presentations wherever and
whenever you want.
• https://prezi.com/your/
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Record screen video
• Jing
• Capture images and record video on your
computer—then share them with anyone.
http://www.techsmith.com/jingfeatures.html
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Use Blackboard for free
• Coursesites
• Create up to 5 course websites, free
• https://www.coursesites.com
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Use Instructure Canvas for free
• Canvas
• http://www.canvaslms.com
• Teach your class on Canvas for free,
forever. You bring the content and
students. We’ll provide the awesome
platform.
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Two-way videoconference
• Zoom
• Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing,
simple online meetings, and cross
platform group chat into one easy-to-use
platform.
• https://zoom.us
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Google everything
• Slides
• Drawing
• Forms
• Sheets
• Docs
• Groups
• Gmail
• YouTube
• Blogger
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Wiki
• Wikispaces
• For anyone in education including
teachers, students, parents, librarians,
schools, and universities. Featuring
Wikispaces Classroom and Wikispaces
Campus.
• https://www.wikispaces.com
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Website builder
• Wix
• Create a free website with Wix.com.
Customize with Wix' free website builder,
no coding skills needed. Choose a design,
begin customizing and be online today!
• http://www.wix.com
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Clickers
• Poll Everywhere
• Poll Everywhere lets you engage your
audience or class anywhere in real time.
• http://www.polleverywhere.com
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Sharing time
• What are your favorite free or inexpensive
teaching tools?
• Please post them in the chat window to
share with others.
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