Lara Luetkehans May 3, 2014. THE TOP 10 … 99 … 464 … SERIOUSLY??

“THE BEST” TECH TOOLS FOR TEACHERS

2014

Lara LuetkehansMay 3, 2014

THE TOP 10 … 99 … 464 …

SERIOUSLY??

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Tools for Selection Crowdsourcing Tools – what’s trending

OER Commons Sophia – find and contribute Course Hero – for students by students

Start Curating, follow others – search, collect, share Scoop IT LiveBinder Pinterest

Establish a selection framework for your school or yourself Kathy Schrock’s Guide – iPads4Learning OER Achieve Rubrics Learninginhand Blog

Evaluative Constructs for Your Consideration

Product Considerations Solves a problem –

instructional, management Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerati

ons Hardware Compatibility

Pedagogical Considerations Match Learning

Objective/Standards Level of Learner Control Generative in Nature Reinvents or revolutionizes

a learning strategy Adaptability/

Customizability Developmentally/Age

Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching

Style Transformative Culturally Responsive Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled

Lara’s Top Interests as of the day

Tool Categories (not mutually exclusive)

1. Classroom Management

2. Creative Expression/Generative

3. Formative Assessment

4. Classroom Social Network

5. Collaboration Tool

6. Infographic and Data Visualization

7. Concept Mapping

8. Flipped Classroom Support

9. Virtual Worlds for the Classroom

10.Lesson Support

Classroom Management – Behavior

Solves a problem – instructional,

management

Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards

Level of Learner Control

Generative in Nature

Reinvents or revolutionizes a

learning strategy

Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes

Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Features:

Easily adaptable to your classroommanagement philosophy and privacy policy, capture anything Observable, share reports

Creative Expression/Generative

Solves a problem – instructional,

management

Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users 13

+ Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards

Level of Learner Control Generative in Nature Reinvents or revolutionizes a

learning strategy

Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Features:

Novelty designs and illustrative animations

Formative Assessment

Solves a problem – instructional,

management

Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards Level of Learner Control

Generative in Nature Reinvents a learning strategy Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Feature:

Formative assessment on the fly…

Classroom social networks

EdModo

Solves a problem – instructional,

management

Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards Level of Learner Control Generative in Nature Reinvents or revolutionizes a

learning strategy

Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Features:

Safe social networking environment and integration of standards aligned content

Classroom Collaboration Tool

Solves a problem – instructional,

management

Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards

Level of Learner Control Generative in Nature Reinvents a learning strategy Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Feature:

Ease of use, exportability, and bookmarklet tools

Infographics and Data Visualization

Solves a problem – instructional,

management

Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards

Level of Learner Control Generative in Nature Reinvents a learning strategy Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Feature:

Fully integrated tools, sharing

Concept MappingSolves a problem – instructional Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards

Level of Learner Control

Generative in Nature

Reinvents a learning strategy

Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Features:

Easy of use, collaborative, and sharable

Flipped Classroom Support

Solves a problem – instructional Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards

Level of Learner Control

Generative in Nature

Reinvents a learning strategy

Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Feature:

Easy edit and customization of shared videos

Virtual Worlds for the Classroom

Solves a problem – instructional,

management

Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards Level of Learner Control

Generative in Nature

Reinvents or revolutionizes a

learning strategy

Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes

Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Feature:

Will be interesting to watch evolve

Quick and Easy Lesson Support – Flippity.net

Solves a problem – instructional,

management

Navigable Interface Safety/Privacy of Users Cost/Advertising Learning Curve for User Accessibility Considerations

Hardware Compatibility Match Learning Objective/Standards

Level of Learner Control Generative in Nature Reinvents a learning strategy

Adaptability/Customizability Transformative

Culturally Responsive

Sharing Enabled Feedback Enabled

Developmentally/Age Appropriate Leverages Media Attributes Alignment with Teaching Style

Stand Out Feature:

Few minutes to learn, sharable

Wrap up thoughts

My suggestions or framework may not be right for you

Proliferation of tools will continue For every great tool you find, you’ll

toss 15 away Pay it forward when you can – share,

curate, contribute reviews, ratings, evaluations

QUESTIONS?

Thank You!!

lluetke@iup.edu