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1. TraVinh University Teaching and Learning Center How Many Tools, Applications and Software Do We Need for Teaching and Learning? Nguyen Ngoc Danh danhetec@gmail.com 1 Teaching and Learning Center

2. How Many Tools, Apps and Softwaredo we need for teaching and learning? 2 • Introduction, • Objective, • Keys aspects: • Sharing PPT with no constraints at SlideShare • Using PPT with an interactive tool – VoiceThread, • Designing and using PPT with Google docs, • Integrating PPT into LMS – Moodle, • Demo, • Conclusion. Teaching and Learning Center

3. Introduction 3 • Web 2.0: • Social networking, • Sharing interests, • Teaching and learning community • Various educational technologies/ICT: • Free and commercial, • Open source, Teaching and Learning Center

4. IntroductionCont. 4 “Technology has given students a whole new vehicle for learning” (Fedisson & Braidic, 2007) Teaching and Learning Center

5. Introduction Cont. 5 • Concerns: • Can applying numerous tools or applications for education enhance student learning? • Do instructors need various tools to increase active learning? • The answer is = <…..> Teaching and Learning Center

6. Objective 6 Will demonstrate that with only one basic application – PowerPoint, teaching and learning activities can be established successfully. Teaching and Learning Center

7. Sharing PPT with no constraints at SlideShare 7 • SlideShare is: • Internet sharing platform, • Sharing PPT with large audience, • Rich communicative environment, • World’s top tools for education and learning. Teaching and Learning Center

8. Sharing PPT with no constraints atSlideShare 8 • How can it impact on teaching + learning? • Promote asynchronous communication, • Be free from the bounds of textbooks, • Master knowledge and take ownership of learning, • Provide learners with appropriately detailed and immediate feedback, Teaching and Learning Center

9. Sharing PPT with no constraints at SlideShare 9 Teaching and Learning Center

10. Using PPT with an interactive tool - VoiceThread 10 • VoiceThread: • Web-based sharing application, • Collaborative and multimedia slideshow, • Digital conversations Teaching and Learning Center

11. Using PPT with an interactive tool –VoiceThread 11 • Why VoiceThread ??? • Increases the effectiveness of using PPT, • Uses several interactive features to enhance students’ critical thinking, • Promotes teacher-learner interactions, • Encourages learner-learner/ group interactions Teaching and Learning Center

12. Designing and using PPT with Google docs 12 Teaching and Learning Center

13. Designing and using PPT with Google docs 13 • Why Google Presentation??? • Provides teachers with alternative choices, • Promotes active and self-regulated knowledge deliverers and achievers, • Enhances synchronous communication, • Creates an educational interaction environment, Teaching and Learning Center

14. Designing and using PPT with Google docs 14 Teaching and Learning Center

15. Integrating PPT into LMS – Moodle 15 • How and Why? • Can be hosted and embedded on a LMS, • Aids teachers in producing an ATL, • Helps learners manage their learning, • Creates interactive and collaborative environments: • Synchronous interactions, • Asynchronous interactions, Teaching and Learning Center

16. Integrating PPT into LMS – Moodle 16 Teaching and Learning Center

17. How Many Tools, Apps and Softwaredo we need for teaching and learning? 17 Demo Teaching and Learning Center

18. Conclusion 18 Good teaching practice should use alternative technologies to promote active teaching and learning and increase the value of time that the students spend on tasks helping them recognize their learning more efficient (Boyas, 2008). Teaching and Learning Center

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20. How Many Tools, Apps and Softwaredo we need for teaching and learning? 20 • Thank you for your attention • Any questions and comments? • Nguyen Ngoc Danh • Teaching and Learning Center • Tra Vinh University • Danhetec@gmail.com Teaching and Learning Center