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Tools to Use in the classroom

Tools to Use in the classroom. By: Krissi sloma. tools to use in the classroom. Some tools that can be used in the classroom are: PowerPoint presentations Concept maps/webs. Tools to use in the classroom (cont.). Podcasts Interactive Whiteboards.

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Tools to Use in the classroom

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  1. Tools to Use in the classroom By: Krissisloma

  2. tools to use in the classroom • Some tools that can be used in the classroom are: • PowerPoint presentations • Concept maps/webs

  3. Tools to use in the classroom (cont.) • Podcasts • Interactive Whiteboards

  4. How These tools can help aid student’s in learning • Interactive Whiteboards are great to use • They allow students to interact with the information they are learning • Podcasts • Podcasts allow students to go back and listen to lectures after they hear it in class – allows students to hear the information again to understand the information more • Concept maps are great to help students see connections between information • Allows students to see how information about a topic connects to the other information about that topic

  5. How These tools can help aid student’s in learning • PowerPoint presentations • PowerPoints allow you to lay out the information in bullet point format • Allows you to get the important information out there, and then you talk more about that point • Allows students to learn the information and take notes, but also allows them to get more information on what the bullet points touch on • Digital Storytelling • Good for relaying information using images • Allows students to relate information to the images to better understand the information

  6. Where to find these tools • Many of these tools can be found online • For podcasts, Audacity is a great, user-friendly tool • http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ • To make concept maps, Cmap is a good tool • A little bit of a learning curve, but it becomes very easy to use when you get the hang of it • http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/ • For interactive whiteboards, there is a good website to get lessons from • www.smartboard.someschoolgames.com • Site allows teacher to find games to use on their interactive whiteboard

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