BEYOND THE BASICS Amari Tavel Ben Levi Columbus

BEYOND THE BASICS Amari Tavel Ben. Levi Columbus State University

Desktop Publishing Software Students create their own letterhead, brochures, flyers/posters, newsletters, newspapers, and books Examples: Microsoft publisher Adobe In. Design and Pagemaker Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft Web. Matrix

Interactive Whiteboard Teachers create lessons for use with interactive whiteboards Displays screen connected to a computer and digital projector Information can be manipulated on board with special pens Drawings and writings can be saved Examples: Notebook Activ. Studio or Active. Inspire

Worksheet and Puzzle Generators Teachers create puzzles and worksheets to allow skill practice Teachers enter content and software formats the puzzle or worksheet Examples: Crossword Puzzle Maker Worksheet Works Quia Web

PDF and Forms Makers Teachers and students create documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) and create forms that can be complete online Creates documents and webpages with forms that can be filled in on-screen Easy to create forms to collect information from students, parents, or faculty Examples: Adobe Acrobat Pro PDF Maker Pilot Cute PDF Form. Artist Professional

Online Survey Tools Teachers design and implement surveys to collect data for instructional purpose Provides a variety of item formats Can be used for student polling Examples: Survey. Monkey Zoomerang

Student Information Systems Teachers, administrators, and parents keep track of student and class progress on required curriculum objectives Track and report attendance Maintain student demographics Track and report on test scores Provides parent access to students grades Examples: Power. School Pinnacle SIS Tyler SIS Quick. Schools

Student Response Systems Teacher display a questions or problems, all students answer it at the same time, and the system summarizes and displays results immediately; teachers use the systems to engage students an check comprehension Examples: Student Response Solutions Smart Response Acti. Vote, Active. Expression, Actuve. Engage i. Respond Kahoot!

Electronic Grade Books Teachers keep tract of and calculate student grades Calculate weighting systems Require less teacher setup time than spreadsheets Examples: Pinnacle. Gradebook Tecaher Planet’s listing of gradebook packages Power. School

Test Generators Teachers create test and test items banks, and administer tests online Randomly generates questions Selects questions based on given criteria Provides answer keys Examples: Exam View Learning Series Test Creator Wonderhshare Quiz. Creator Easy. Test. Maker

Word Cloud Generators These tools allow creation of a unique graphic display called a “word cloud, ” which shows most frequent words from a text passage as larger. Create word clouds for objects that have a givem geometric shapes and use Tagul or Tagxedo to fit the words into the shaoe. Example: Abcya Tagxedo Tagul Worditout Wordle wordhsift

Outlining Tools and Concept Mapping Help students organize their ideas in outline or concept map to prepare for writing or to examine story structures Helps with the writing process Examples: Inspiration Kidspiration Smart. Draw

Lesson Planning Software Help teachers prepare and document lesson plans Provide onscreen prompts Printout lessons in standard formats Examples: Planbook. Edu ILesson. Plan My. Lesson. Planner

Scheduling Calendar and time management Help teachers organize their time and plan activities Set reminders Plan for monthly, weekly, or daily events Examples: File. Buzz Teacher Calendar Software Reel Logic Calendar Software Easy Schedule Maker

Graphing Calculators Software programed devices that have small screens that can illustrate equations in graphs Calculator-based labs Examples: Texas Instrument Casio

Online Language Translators Students use these as reference in the study of languages other than their native ones Teachers can use these to translate documents for ESOL students Examples: Foreign language dictionary websites Word. Lingo Babylon 9

Reference Roblyer, M. (2013). Integrating educational technology into teaching (7 th ed. ). Upper Saddle River, N. J. : Pearson.