Session 50: Tech Tuesdays Top 10


It's a special occasion - our 50th workshop! Today we'd love to share with you the Top 10 instructional technology tools from the first four years of Technology Tuesdays -- tools that are free, easy to use, quick to implement, and have a high impact on teaching and learning.

 


1. PollEverywhere

     

    Uses for PollEverywhere: 

     PollEverywhere can be used in the classroom for semester start-up, or any time to: 

 

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2. Flickr

 

 

    Uses for Flickr:

 

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3. Fotoflexer

Fotoflexer is a free, extremely easy-to-use online photo editor. In addition to the "free and easy" part, fotoflexer allows you to easily retrieve photos for editing from a variety of sources:

 

Original photo, downloaded from Flickr:
Fotoflexed photo:


 

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4. Animoto

 

    Uses for Animoto:

 

Introductions/learn students' names (just passed digital camera around, and used file folders for tent cards)

What to expect this semester (created the flyers using Word)

 

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5. Wordle

    Uses for Wordle:

 

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6. YouTube

     Everyone knows about YouTube, but not everyone knows how to embed the YouTube player into their Blackboard (or Canvas) courses!

 

    Uses for YouTube:

   

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7. Voki

 

With Voki, you can create an animated announcement in minutes; the voice can be created by recording via phone or microphone, or you can type in your message and Voki will use a text-to-speech converter to give your creation a voice. A voki can be created without registering for an account, but if you want to save your vokis, you will want to sign up.

 

 

 

 

    Uses for Voki:

 

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8. Join.me  (join us September 11, 2012)

 

 

 

Join.me is an INSANELY easy way to share your computer screen with collaborators -- with a simple click of the "Share" button on the Join.me site, you create a shareable link that others can use so that they can see your computer screen on their computers.

 

    Uses for Join.me:

 

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9. Weebly (join us October 9, 2012)

  Weebly is the drag'n'drop-easy website creator! With the education account (http://education.weebly.com), you can create two separate websites free of charge. Also, Weebly has now added the capability to have multiple editors of one website, so it would be great for group projects, as well.

 

    Uses for Weebly:

 

     Because the new Canvas LMS allows students to submit a webpage URL as their assignment, you can use SpeedGrader to evaluate student-created websites within Canvas! 

 

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10. Screenr (join us March 5, 2013) 

       Screenr is a very simple screencasting tool that is entirely web-based. Why is Screenr a good tool for a beginning screencaster?

 

    Uses for Screenr:

 

    Downsides to Screenr?

 

Here is a sample Screenr video that I created to give feedback to a student on a website that he was building for class:

 

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    Screenr Tips:


 

Click here to complete the evaluation!

 

PollEverywhere:

 

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