Active Learning Technology Tools!

1. Active LearningTechnology Tools! Presented by Linda Hefferin lhefferin@elgin.edu Elgin Community College at the 2010 NISOD conference

2. Types of Technology Tools

3. Why should we care? Is social media just a fad? http://socialnomics.net/2010/05/05/social-media-revolution-2-refresh/

4. Session Objectives Share information on active learning technology tools. Find out how others use technology in their courses. Have some fun!

5. "In education. . . we have not really seized upon the power and the tools that are now available to us in the Internet age.“ Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

6. "We can no longer ask our students to live in a world where they are immersed in technology in all parts of their lives except when they go to school. We must rewire education or we risk losing this generation of media-immersed, tech-savvy students.” Larry D. Rosen, Psychology Professor at California State University Author, , Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and How They Learn YouTube - A 2.5 Year-Old Has A First Encounter with An iPad

7. “The vast majority of structured learning is content-rich and interaction-poor." Charles Jennings, Learning Performance Consultant

8. Active Learning A pedagogical technique that uses activities designed to actively engage students with …

9. Free tools to make learning visual….. Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Related images http://image-swirl.googlelabs.com Concept Mapping www.prezi.com & www.mindomo.com Create charts http://www.google.com/squared How would you use them?

10. Free tools for screencasting….. Jing http://www.jingproject.com/ Camstudio www.camstudio.org Real www.real.com How would you use them?

11. Free tools to collaborate, conduct research, and create. . . Google for educators http://docs.google.com http://wave.google.com http://groups.google.com http://knol.google.com http://labs.google.com How would you use them?

12. Free tool to create webinars, have guest speakers. . . Skype http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home How would you use it?

13. Free tools to print from the web Print What You Like http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/ Page Zipper http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/pagezipper Booklet creator http://bookletcreator.com/ PDF creator http://www.cutepdf.com/ How would you use them?

14. Free tool to highlight and share web-based text Awesome Highlighter http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/ How would you use it?

15. Free tools to access content. . . iTunes University www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ YouTube for educators www.youtube.com/education?b=400 Teacher Tube: http://teachertube.com Next Vista: http://nextvista.org Zamzar (play videos w/out internet) www.zamzar.com How would you use them?

16. Free tool to use as a timer... Timer http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ How would you use it?

17. Free tool to learn Chinese language and culture. . . Enter Zon http://enterzon.com/# How would you use it?

18. Free tools for finding and sharing photos… Shutterfly http://www.shutterfly.com/ Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ Morguefile http://morguefile.com Photobucket: http://photobucket.com/ How would you use them?

19. Free tools for bookmarking. . . Delicious http://delicious.com/save How would you use it? http://delicious.com/lhefferin

20. Free tool to record video using the camera on your laptop. . . Ustream http://www.ustream.tv/get-started How would you use it?

21. Free tools for editing images… GIMP (similar to Photoshop) www.gimp.org Picnik (online photo editing, make GIFs) www.picnik.com Unfreez (make animated GIFs) www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez How would you use these?

22. Free tools for audio editing… Audacity www.audacity.sourceforge.net dSpeech (text to speech) http://dspeech.en.softonic.com/ Free music: http://jamendo.com and http://www.podsafeaudio.com/ How would you use them?

23. Free tools for making videos and podcasts Movies: Movie Maker (on PCs) iMovie (on Macs) Podcasts: GarageBand (on Macs) Audacity (for PCs) QuickTime (for Macs) Tutorials: www.apple.com & www.microsoft.com www.youtube.com (Audacity, Jamendo & more) www.google.com

24. Free tools to shorten URLs . . Bitly http://bit.ly/ Tiny URLhttp://tinyurl.com/ How would you use them? http://www.chinatour.com/currency/currency.htm http://bit.ly/c2u8Oh

25. Free tool to get all the results of encyclopedia entries on one page… Mashpedia http://mashpedia.com/ How would you use it?

26. Free tool to troubleshoot computer problems… ShowMeWhat’sWrong http://showmewhatswrong.com/ How would you use it?

27. Free tool to get rid of clutter… Readability http://readability.com How would you use it? http://diversityinc.com/cgi-bin/cms/seoDepartment.cgi?browse=1&id=33&letter=

28. Free tools to conduct surveys… Wiffitti http://wiffiti.com/ Poll Everywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com/ How would you use them?

29. Free tools to create websites… Google: http://sites.google.com Kompozer (for online web development, to create and edit HTML) www.kompozer.net iSpring (convert PPTs to web friendly versions) http://www.ispringfree.com/ How would you use them?

30. More fun stuff… Put yourself and your students in the picture http://sendables.jibjab.com/

31. Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ All My Faves http://edu.allmyfaves.com/ Free Office/Productivity software http://www.sourceforge.net/ http://www.openoffice.org

32. How was this session? Did you learn and share information on active learning technology tools? Did you get some ideas you can use in your courses?

33. In Conclusion. . . "Technology is a vehicle, not a destination. . . Rather, aspects of technology — like all components of an effective course — should be chosen according to how they help meet the learning objectives.“ -Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching by Jim Henry and Jeff Meadows http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/179/177