New Technologies & 21st Century Skills (http://newtech.coe.uh.edu), a project from the Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Education (http://lite.coe.uh.edu)
NEW TECHNOLOGY TOOLS FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING
What activities do you ask your students to do?
Create, store, and share documents online, access from
anywhere-anytime
Write papers
Try Google Docs
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
Google Docs in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA
Highlight and make comments on a web page,
then share with others
Try diigo
http://www.diigo.com/
Highlight and share the web with diigo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvAkTuL02A
Build digital notebooks to share with others
Do research
Try iLeonardo
http://www.ileonardo.com
Find research articles and citations
Try Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws
Using Google Scholar and JSTOR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSTztnGswGY
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New Technologies & 21st Century Skills (http://newtech.coe.uh.edu), a project from the Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Education (http://lite.coe.uh.edu)
Collect and organize notes and citations for papers.
Try NoteStar
http://notestar.4teachers.org/
Find lesson plans and educational resources
Try Thinkfinity
http://thinkfinity.org
Try EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
Discuss both a “bad” and a “good” example (and explain why)
Try Blogger
http://www.blogger.com
Create a list of lesson plans with social bookmarking
Use lesson plans
Try de.li.cious
http://delicious.com/
Social Bookmarking in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU
Create a lesson plan in Microsoft Word by downloading a
template
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA010349101033.aspx
View thousands of online lessons or create your own.
Try TrackStar
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/
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New Technologies & 21st Century Skills (http://newtech.coe.uh.edu), a project from the Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Education (http://lite.coe.uh.edu)
Search for existing presentations and share your presentations
Try Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net/
Create a digital story
Try Photostory (PC)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/
digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx
Give presentations
Try imovie (Mac)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Visit the Digital Storytelling website
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
Create a multimedia poster using Glogster
http://www.glogster.com
Share digital photographs
Try Flick’r
http://www.flickr.com
Groups create a collaborative lesson to share
Collaborate
with Others
Try Google Sites
http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html
Groups plan by communicating electronically
Use PBwiki
http://www.pbwiki.com
Wikis in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
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New Technologies & 21st Century Skills (http://newtech.coe.uh.edu), a project from the Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Education (http://lite.coe.uh.edu)
Use an online concept mapping tool
Try
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Brainstorm
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Twiddla
http://www.twiddla.com/
Dabbleboard
http://www.dabbleboard.com/
Graphsy
http://www.graphsy.com/
Bubbl.us
http://bubbl.us/
Mind Meister
http://www.mindmeister.com/
Mindomo
http://www.mindomo.com/
What assessment and grading tasks do you do?
Construct online quizzes that can include multimedia.
Create and give
quizzes
Try QuizStar
http://quizstar.4teachers.org/
Create and store spreadsheets online
Record grades
Try Google Docs
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html
Use a spreadsheet rubric to grade and tally items
Create rubrics
Try Rubistar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org
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New Technologies & 21st Century Skills (http://newtech.coe.uh.edu), a project from the Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Education (http://lite.coe.uh.edu)
What content specific tasks do you do?
Clip content – text, images, and links - with a single click on
the web, on your phone, on your desktop
Make notes about
resources
Try Evernote
http://evernote.com/
Create a podcast
http://mypodcast.com/
Learn how here:
http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/index.html
Create content
Capture your screen, record video of onscreen action, and share
over the web, IM or email
Try Jing
http://www.jingproject.com/
Try learning materials at MERLOT
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm
Get ideas for innovative assignments
Make assignments
Try MERLOT
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/assignments.htm
Create a multimedia poster
Try Glogster
http://www.glogster.com
Create posters
Create graphs and charts
Try Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
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New Technologies & 21st Century Skills (http://newtech.coe.uh.edu), a project from the Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Education (http://lite.coe.uh.edu)
How do you communicate with students?
Synchronous - Use a chat room
Try Chat Maker
http://www.chatmaker.net/
Asynchronous discussion – Use a blog
Hold discussion
sessions
Try Blogger
http://www.blogger.com
Blogs in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
Use “track changes” or the “comments” features in Microsoft
Word for correcting or commenting
Give feedback
http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?
AssetID=RC102359491033&pid=CR100654561033
Have audio and voice conversations online
Try Google Apps Education Edition
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html
Plan and hold
meetings
Plan a virtual meeting or organize a face-to-face using this
meeting planner.
Try MeetWithApproval
http://www.meetwithapproval.com
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New Technologies & 21st Century Skills (http://newtech.coe.uh.edu), a project from the Laboratory for Innovative Technology in Education (http://lite.coe.uh.edu)
What course management tasks do you do?
Talk to students in real-time
Hold online
office hours
Try Chat Creator
http://www.chatmaker.net/
Organize and manage tasks, and send reminders
Try Remember the Milk
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
Keep a group calendar online
Provide organizing
tools
Try Backpack
http://www.backpack.com
Make custom checklists for multiple projects.
Try PBL Checklists
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/
Send a message to an individual or group and gather responses
to make quick decisions.
Plan activities
Try notifu
http://notifu.com/
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