Top 10 Tech Tools to Try TOMORROW!

Ashley Webb, Amy Wadsworth, Jenni KleinOpen High School of Utah Instructors

Tech Tools Types:

1. Tools teachers use to present material2. Tools students use to complete assignments3. Tools teachers/students use to promote class community4. Tools teachers use to gather data and student feedback

Tech Tools to Try Tomorrow!

1. Sliderocket2. Flash Interactives3. Survey Monkey4. Google Docs5. Glogster6. Jing7. Vimeo8. Voicethread9. Chat Badges10. Twitter

SlideRocket• Presentation Software• Hosted on the Web• Templates or blank slides• Linked to Flickr for easy picture access

SlideRocketHow we use SlideRocket at OHSU?• Teachers create lessons that can be embedded

into LMS• Students create projects for assignments

Benefits?• Hyperlink capable• Can add sound to each slide• Import pictures from anywhere• Can access from any internet capable computer• Allows students to be creative

Examples:• Example of Student Work• Example of Teacher Lesson

Flash Interactives

• Embeddable flash widgets• http://elearninginteractions.com/• Clickable lesson material• Games

http://elearninginteractions.com/examples/games/• Interactions http

://elearninginteractions.com/examples/interactions/

Flash Interactives

How do we use Flash Interactives at OHSU?• Introduce new material• Review: Games, Study guides, Self-Checks

Benefits?• Fun for students• Easy to create• Easy to embed in LMS• Teacher can customize to fit any content

material• Students visit more often, increasing

learning

Survey Monkey

• Free tool that allows you to collect anonymous feedback

• Data is sorted• Quick and easy to see results

(teacher feedback in this presentation)

• Surveymonkey.com

Survey MonkeyHow do we use it at OHSU? • Valuable anonymous course feedback• Required assignment forces kids to take it

Benefits?• Course Improvement• Positive Validation• Learn fun facts about your class • Solid data to draw from• Tons of ideas for teaching improvement/goals

to work on

Examples:• Graphic design course survey• Teacher tech tool use survey – results from

this survey in screenshots throughout this presentation

Survey MonkeyList 2 things you would recommend improving about the computer tech class:

Google Docs• Anyone with a google account has access to

Google Docs• Spreadsheets, presentations, word processing

applications “in the cloud”• Sharing and document collaboration• Love letter demo

Google DocsHow do we use google docs at OHSU? • Projects and assignments

Benefits?• Only 1 document that keeps being revised• Can access docs from any computer• Can give editing or viewing privileges to anyone with sharing features• Students can create, share with teacher. Teacher can make comments on original

document. • Students can share reports with each other and collaborate on presentations –

JUST LIKE THIS ONE!

Examples:• Biology worksheet doc, filled out and shared with teacher to turn in• Graphic design worksheet form, data goes right into a spreadsheet to grade• Biology study guide doc• Computer tech student presentation, shared with teacher

Glogster

• Online poster creation website• Free account – www.glogster.com• Presentation software

GlogsterHow do we use Glogster at OHSU?• Students use to present projects and

assignments• Allows for written material and

pictures

Benefits?• Can have sound• Creative and fun!• Easy to use

Examples:• Example 1• Example 2

Jing• A screenshot is an image of

the visible items displayed on your computer screen at a given time.

• A screencast is a video, sometimes with narration, of the visible items displayed on your computer screen at a given time.

• Allow students to follow along easily to instructions given

• Jing - free program that allows you to create both

JingHow do we use screenshots/screencasts at OHSU?

• Tutorials/instructions• Face time• Proof of assignments

Benefits? • Students learn by example• Students can choose their own pace• Quick to take and quick to grade

Examples:• Intro to Week 19 of Spanish • Algebra Unit Lesson• Photography Tutorial

Jing

Vimeo

• A video sharing website• Upload, share, & view videos

Vimeo

• Upload

Vimeo• Embed/Share

VimeoHow do we use vimeo at OHSU?

• Embed videos and tutorials straight into courses

Benefits? • Fast buffering• Keeps our 1000s of vids

organized into albums• Easy to embed

Voicethread• Tool used for facilitating collaborative conversations centered

around documents• Voicethread – various educator and business accounts• So what’s a voicethread? (60 seconds)

VoicethreadHow do we use voicethread at OHSU?

• Presentations (student or teacher)• Class discussions• School announcements• Quizzes/assignments

Benefits?• Fun way to present information• Lesson review (processing) • Promote student interaction • Foreign language: students get more oral practice with the language and other people• Math: teachers can hear student’s voice and make sure that they understand the

process

Examples:• Math Quiz voicethread • What is Media? Voicethread discussion • School Trip voicethread• Student project created in voicethread

Chat Badges• A Google Talk chat badge will

let student easily instant message with you

• Students click and instantly have communication with teacher, without needing to be signed in to an instant-messaging account

Chat Badges

How do we use chat badges at OHSU?• A virtual way for students to “raise their hands” with questions• Teacher help is just one click away!

Benefits? • Easy and effective way for students to ask for help

How to create one: • Go to the following website:

http://www.google.com/talk/service/badge/New• Grab the embed code and paste it into your course

Twitter• Twitter.com • A social networking/microblogging service• Tweets – text communications in 140 characters or less

Twitter

How do we use it at OHSU?• Each teacher has account• School linked #hashtags (#openhs, #comptech, etc)• Students create accounts and “follow” school and teachers• Used to make announcements, remind of approaching

deadlines, and praise quality work

Benefits?• Well-accepted method of communication among young people• Easy to use• Free account!!

TwitterTop 10 Tips for Using Twitter:

1. Start using it. Really. Just do it!2. Use it regularly.3. Engage followers: Ask questions, post pics, tweet about what you are

passionate about.4. Be relevant & add value.5. Re-tweet interesting information, quotes, articles, etc...Make connections.6. Learn to use #hashtags: # sign followed by a word (no spaces) that can

easily be pulled up by the Twitter search engine.7. Use Follow Friday #FF: Let's followers know who you follow.8. Be real: Social media is about being social!9. Use your phone to send and receive tweets.10. Use tweet apps to streamline notification & tweets. (Tweetdeck, Twitpic)

Twitter• Use on

school website

Twitter• Use within courses

Twitter

Twitter

Twhistory• Reenact historical events using TWITTER

Twhistory

Questions?

Ashley Webb – awebb@openhighschool.orgAmy Wadsworth – awadsworth@openhighschool.org

Jenni Klein – jklein@openhighschool.org

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