“Cool Tools” for the Library
Instruction “One Shot”
LeAnn Weller
UNM Valencia Campus Public Services Librarian
Instruction
Enhanced
& engaged
“one shot”
Cool tools
Presentor
Participants
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• Identify instructional
activities
• Match tools and activities
• Report
Identify Cool Tools
Demo my projects
Summarize
Provide lists of resources
Today’s Agenda
• Student Learning
Objective
• Classroom
Activities
• Assessment
In groups name 1
typical learning
objective, class
activity, or assessment
activity.
Instruction
• Finding/modifying a topic
• Search strategies (Boolean,
proximity, subject vs. keyword)
• Using specific search tools
• Using primary vs. secondary sources
• Finding scholarly peer review
sources
• Identifying types of information
sources (newspapers, magazines,
books, scholarly journals, websites)
Instruction
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Instruction
Finding/using statistics
Finding images
Using original data
Evaluating sources
Plagiarism and citing sources
Pre-class assessment quiz
Post-class assessment quiz
One-minute paper
 Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
Cool Tools
1956
2001
Evaluation
Create
Synthesis
Evaluate
Analysis
Analyze
Application
Apply
Comprehension
Understand
Knowledge
Remember
Changes in Bloom’s
Newer Bloom’s Digital
Bloom’ s and Cool Tools
Bloom’s and “Cool Tools”
Bloom’s and “Cool Tools”
 Function
Manipulate ideas
Manipulate images
and video
Share and present
Games
Organize
Content
Miscellaneous
Cool Tools
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Concept mapper
Spicynodes
Text2Mindmap
bubbl us
Dabbleboard
Mindmeister
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Venn Diagram
Edistorm (public free)
Tagxedo
Tagul
Wordle
Manipulate ideas
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Irfanview
Photoscape
Picasa
Gimp
Windows 7 Snip-it
Jing
Screencastle
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BigHugeLabs
DoInk
Mashup Dashboard
Animoto
Blabberize
Go Animate
Manipulate images,
video, and audio
Organize
Content
• Diigo
• Evernote
• Dropbox
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Ted-ed
Docs-Teach
Lexipedia
Visuwords
Merlot
GEM
Jeopardy Lab
Purpose Games
Flash Cards (Quizlet)
Gamestar Mechanic
Information Literacy
Games
• The Information
Literacy Game (UNCG)
• FunnelBrain
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Games
• Learning Objects
(B. D. Owens Library NWMS)
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Information Cycle Timeline
Narrowing Topics
Search Generator
Boolean Searching
Fruits of Boolean Searching
Extreme Plagiarism
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AnswerGarden
Boolify
Voki
Lego Avatars
Manga Avatar
Shrink Pictures
• Text to Speech
• Dipity
• Chatbots.org
Miscellaneous
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Pearltrees
Popplet (public free)
Spiderscribe
DebateGraph
Bag the Web
FlipBook
Stripcreator
Toondoo
ComicMaster
Twitter
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Pinterest
Wallwisher
Stixy
Glogster for education
EduClipper
LiveBinder
Projeqt
Prezi
Jux
Powtoon
Share and Present
• Chooses 1 instructional
activity.
• Identify possible tool to
use with instructional
activity.
• Report back.
Group Exercise
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Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools
Technology Integration Resources
Web Tools for Teachers by Type
When Tech Met Ed Blog
Learning Objects (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library)
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything—Blooming Apps
LEARN - LEAD - GROW - Matt Bergman's Ed Tech 2.0 Blog
AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
Digital Tools
Free Technology for Teachers
Beyond Bloom
Resources
Developmental
English Class
English 101
Engineer Class
Pinterest
• https://pinterest.com/unmvclibrary/
Developmental
English Classes
English 220 (online)
Mark Twain
Career Info
Homeless
Glogster
English 220,
Developmental
English Classes
Ethnic Studies in AZ
Twain
Live Binders
• More prep time
• Different
classroom time
• Skill integration
• Enthusiasm
• Engagement
• Right tool for right
SLO
• Faculty
cooperation
Summary