10 TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO ENGAGE LEARNERS

WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY

ED TECH’S BEACH PARTY 2014MARYBETH.-.YOUSE@WILMU.EDU

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BLOOMS TAXONOMY

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EMPHASIZE CONCEPTS CONTINUOUSLY

Students need to REMEMBER what was taught

Lecturing

• Visuals

• Video

• PowerPoint

•Webpages

• Audio

• Student Response System

• Collaboration

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#1. USE VOICE!•Kaltura Video Tool • or Jing, Screencast-O-Matic

•Voice Announcements

•Bb Voice Board

•Record Voice

•Vocaroo.com

•Audacity

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#2. PRESENTATION TOOLS•PowerPoint

•Prezi

•Animoto

•Google Sites – Google Presentations

•Online, collaborative

•SlideShare

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#3. PROVIDE A VISUAL AID

Announcements•Voki

•Newsletters

•Webpages

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#4. BLOGS, WIKIS, JOURNALS

•Bb Blogs

•EduBlogs

http://edublogs.org/

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#5. MASTER THE VOCABULARY, PUZZLES AND GAMES

•Journaling

•Use tools:

•Puzzlemaker – crossword puzzles

• Jeopardylabs.com

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#5. CONTINUED - QUIZLET•Global Management Game

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Continue

Align The Stars

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Instructions:

1. Divide into Teams or use individuals. There can be up to Six teams. However play by more than three teams is not recommend, as it is very difficult to get four in a row with so many teams. The colors are: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple.

2. Choose the number of stars required to win. Such as 3, 4, or 5 in a row.

3. Each team or individual is asked a question. If they answer correctly, the teacher will click the star until it changes to that teams color.

4. First team or individual to get the desired number of stars touching wins!

5. Stars can align in rows, columns, or diagonally.

Play

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Align the Stars!

End Game - Start New Game

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#6. PRE-MADE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS

1. YouTube/edu

2. SchoolTube - Sample

3. TeacherTube

4. Khan Academy

5. WatchKnowLearn.org

6. Knowmia

7. Edudemic –Index list of video sites for education

8. Video Sites for the Classroom

9. tedED

10. edX

11. ShowMe

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#7 MEET STANDARDS, OBJECTIVES

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#8. CLICKERS, SURVEYS & POLLS

•TurningTechnologies Clickers

•Poll Using PPT or Poll Anywhere

•Survey using Bb “Tests, Surveys, Pools”

•Polls in Bb Collaborate

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CLICKER EXAMPLE: WHAT CURRENT SOCIETAL ISSUE DESERVES ACTION?

A. EbolaB. Border ControlC. Immigration ReformD. Jobs & EconomyE. Legalizing MarijuanaF. Violence & Crime

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#9. WEB 2.0 FAVORITES FOR HIGHER ED CLASSROOM

•Cacoo

•Bubbl.us

•Padlet

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WEB 2.0 --RANKING SOFTWARE

• Intel Education Visual Ranking Tool

•Question: Which inventions had the greatest impact on peoples’ lives? Rank the inventions from the greatest impact to the least impact.

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#10. Active Learning Techniques- Groups Students Using Technology•The Fish Bowl • Write questions

• Drop index card in a bowl

• Students answer -Reward success

•Puzzles/Paradoxes

• Present students with a paradox, puzzle or storyline

• Involve concepts

• Students find solution

• Reward success

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CLASS ACTIVITIES

•Think, pair, share

•Questioning

•Collaboration

Techniques of Active Learning

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Collaborative - Community Learning

Jigsaws•Organize Groups

•Mission & Quest

• Tackle Real World Problems that are related

• Students work to solve a common problem

•Online Groups use technology to tackle the problem• Email, phone, virtual chat, virtual meetings

•http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/jigsaws/steps.html

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PROJECT BASED LEARNING•Driving Question, essential question

•Significant Content – Goals Rubric

•21st century competencies, use digital tools

•In-Depth Inquiry

•Collaboration and teamwork

•Critique and Revision

•Public Audience

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LINK TO PRE-REQUISITES, PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

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TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK AND UNDERSTAND

It’s not the lecture…..

•Get students to read

•Authentic Learning

•PBL - Project Based Learning

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STUDENT USE OF TECHNOLOGY• Internet Research

• Office Suite Software

• Image Processing

• Databases

• Animation

• Blogs, Wikis, Journals

•Word Clouds

• Podcasts

• Technical Writing

• Ranking Software

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Official Google Blog: Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning [Web log post]. (2008, July 15). Retrieved from http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/our-googley-advice-to-students-major-in.html

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marybeth.-.youse@wilmu.edu