Technology Integration
_ Below are the remaining 16 software technologies that I have utilized with students, teachers, and colleagues:
2. Blogspot Chapter outline blog post on instructional technology activities and strategies.
3. Camtasia Students can voice record and visually display a summary of their research project.
Major Components for Camtasia screencasts:
• Audio recording
• Visual slides/ pages
4. Edmodo Class website primarily for grades K-8 that I shared with junior high school teachers for their professional development. Also, teachers can create groups and give students and parents an access code.
On this site, teachers can post:
• alert messages
• assignment descriptions, due dates, files, and links.
• quizzes—true/false, multiple choice, short answer, fill in the blank, description, time limit, students’
results
• polls
5. Doodle A scheduling tool for meetings.
• Useful for Parent/ Teacher Conference Invitations
• Invite parents to conferences via email
• Can include map
• Administrative capabilities
• Contact invitees that have not responded
• Allows you to print Excel spreadsheet or PDF file confirmation
Helpful Hints:
• Remind parents to list student’s name when they RSVP
• Remind parents to be timely in invitation
6. Glogster Electronic poster boards—students can creatively illustrate a fascinating component of their research project via this medium.
7. Jeopardy Labs - Quiz review resource tool for an oral interpretative reading course.
8. Ning A ning that I created to disseminate class reunion information.
• Post Homework Assignments/ Upcoming Events
• Post Class Discussions
• Post Class Pictures
• $1.66/ mo.
Helpful Hints
• Invite only
• Moderate student activity
9. Polleverywhere Sample real-time survey results to the question, “A transition is…”. As students conduct their surveys (a source requirement), they can use one of the following mediums.
10. Prezi This medium has been referred to as “PowerPoint on steroids”—a nonlinear slide presentation. (A student’s sample Prezi is included.)
11. QuestGarden A Challenge-based WebQuest
12. Slideshare A site to share PowerPoint presentations
13. Surveymonkey As students conduct their surveys (a source requirement), they can use one of the following mediums
• Multiple choice questions
• Textboxes (Open-ended questions)
14. Voki Students can create their own avatars to introduce their research presentation.
• Create message via phone, typing, microphone, or upload an audio file
• Create, dress, and accessorize your character and include a unique background
Helpful Hints:
• 60 seconds—free
• 90+ seconds—subscription
• Separate compound words, e.g., polleveryhere.com poll everywhere
• For “.com” = type “dot com”
• Phonetically spell some words
15. Weebly A Demonstration Speech Curriculum Web
16. Wordle is a “word cloud” made from inputted text. The more times the same word is inputted, the larger the word will appear. (See Wordle examples below.)
Why use Wordle?
• vocabulary development
• high frequency words
• word anticipation
• narrative and informational texts preview
• challenging texts
To create a Wordle:
2. Blogspot Chapter outline blog post on instructional technology activities and strategies.
3. Camtasia Students can voice record and visually display a summary of their research project.
Major Components for Camtasia screencasts:
• Audio recording
• Visual slides/ pages
4. Edmodo Class website primarily for grades K-8 that I shared with junior high school teachers for their professional development. Also, teachers can create groups and give students and parents an access code.
On this site, teachers can post:
• alert messages
• assignment descriptions, due dates, files, and links.
• quizzes—true/false, multiple choice, short answer, fill in the blank, description, time limit, students’
results
• polls
5. Doodle A scheduling tool for meetings.
• Useful for Parent/ Teacher Conference Invitations
• Invite parents to conferences via email
• Can include map
• Administrative capabilities
• Contact invitees that have not responded
• Allows you to print Excel spreadsheet or PDF file confirmation
Helpful Hints:
• Remind parents to list student’s name when they RSVP
• Remind parents to be timely in invitation
6. Glogster Electronic poster boards—students can creatively illustrate a fascinating component of their research project via this medium.
7. Jeopardy Labs - Quiz review resource tool for an oral interpretative reading course.
8. Ning A ning that I created to disseminate class reunion information.
• Post Homework Assignments/ Upcoming Events
• Post Class Discussions
• Post Class Pictures
• $1.66/ mo.
Helpful Hints
• Invite only
• Moderate student activity
9. Polleverywhere Sample real-time survey results to the question, “A transition is…”. As students conduct their surveys (a source requirement), they can use one of the following mediums.
10. Prezi This medium has been referred to as “PowerPoint on steroids”—a nonlinear slide presentation. (A student’s sample Prezi is included.)
11. QuestGarden A Challenge-based WebQuest
12. Slideshare A site to share PowerPoint presentations
13. Surveymonkey As students conduct their surveys (a source requirement), they can use one of the following mediums
• Multiple choice questions
• Textboxes (Open-ended questions)
14. Voki Students can create their own avatars to introduce their research presentation.
• Create message via phone, typing, microphone, or upload an audio file
• Create, dress, and accessorize your character and include a unique background
Helpful Hints:
• 60 seconds—free
• 90+ seconds—subscription
• Separate compound words, e.g., polleveryhere.com poll everywhere
• For “.com” = type “dot com”
• Phonetically spell some words
15. Weebly A Demonstration Speech Curriculum Web
16. Wordle is a “word cloud” made from inputted text. The more times the same word is inputted, the larger the word will appear. (See Wordle examples below.)
Why use Wordle?
• vocabulary development
• high frequency words
• word anticipation
• narrative and informational texts preview
• challenging texts
To create a Wordle:
- Go to wordle.net
- Click on “Create.”
- Paste a bunch of text into the textbox. (Copy and paste from another document.)
- Copy for students or
- Enlarge into poster size document ($5.00 printing cost at FedEx Office.)
- Print and save into the Wordle Gallery.
- Wordles are literally updated every minute so you it is important to print and save.