Life Beyond Bb

Kathi Baldwin and Lori CheezemiTeach 2013

Your LMS

Handy tools all in one location

Feel forced to use limited resources

Why Move Your Classroom Beyond Blackboard?

1. Different purpose for sharing information

2. Tools more elegant, fun and flexible

3. Interest and ease of use

• Share information with a wider audience• Create a more authentic/professional arena for

sharing– share with the world, not just the classroom

• Link groups together (past students, people working in the field, professional associations)

Why Move Your Classroom Beyond Blackboard?

Inside Bb

Outside Bb

No extra login

Safe

Reliable

Supported by IT

Logins, finding

right tool

More options

Visible to many

Will it help you (or your students) meet learning objectives?

How easy is it for you (or your students) to learn or use?

Do you have to download something? Sign up to use?

Is it free?

Work on Mac and PC?

Tool Evaluation

Large File Creation, Storage & Viewing

http://www.youtube.com/

http://www.slideshare.net/

https://vimeo.com/

http://voicethread.com/

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Blogs, Wikis, Websites

http://wordpress.com/

http://blogger.com/

http://sites.google.com

http://www.weebly.com/

http://edublogs.com

http://pbworks.com/

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http://www.wikispaces.com/

Synching Devices & Collaboration

https://www.dropbox.com/

http://drive.google.com

http://evernote.com/Click image to launch

https://www.diigo.com/

Content Curation

http://www.scoop.it/

http://pinterest.com/

https://storify.com/

http://list.ly/

http://www.mindmeister.com/

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Word Clouds, Charts, Virtual Boards

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http://www.wordle.net/

http://www.gliffy.com/

http://tagul.com/

http://padlet.com/

http://mystickies.com/home

http://nello.noteapp.com/

Video, Animations, Cartoons

http://animoto.com/

http://www.toondoo.com/

http://www.pixton.com/

http://comiclife.com/

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http://voki.com/

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