5 easy and free Educational Technology tools

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5 easy (and free!) Educational Technology tools

• Dr. Elizabeth Langran, Fairfield University

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• Web 2.0
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Document sharing, social networking
• Nonlinear PowerPoint
• Digital Storytelling
• Podcasting
• Webquests

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Web 2.0

• Read-write web
• Blogs
• Wiki
• del.icio.us share bookmarks
• flickr share photos
• TeacherTube share videos
• Google docs share documents
• Kathy Schrock's Web 2.0 page

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Nonlinear PowerPoint Examples

• Laser
• Spanish Sweet Words
• Exponential Function
• This Day in History
• Virtual Tour of Connecticut

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Digital Storytelling

• Example The Golden Dream

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What is Digital Storytelling?

• Continuation of the Oral Tradition
• Digital Storytelling takes the ancient art of
  oral storytelling and engages a palette of
  technical tools to weave personal tales using
  images, graphics, music and sound mixed together
  with the author's own story voice.
• It began as a way for people to generate personal
  stories about their own lives or family members
  that can then be collected and stored for
  posterity

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Educational Uses

• Creative Writing/Personal Narrative
• Recasting/Retelling the text
• Alternative to written essay
• Examine historical events
• Instructional purposes
• Explain abstract concepts
• And many, many more!

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Free Applications and Websites

• Photo Story 3
• Windows Movie Maker
• iMovie
• PowerPoint
• Primary Access and Voicethread Websites

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Push vs Pull technology
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Audio for Education

• Language Acquisition
• Connection to parents community
• Here now
• UDL
• Alternative assessment
• iTunes
• No iPod necessary