Weaving Educational Technology intoMeaningful Interactions With Students

Sarah BakerAssistant Professor,Education LibrarianNew Mexico State University

Educational technology tools

Presentation Software

Screen Capture Software

Podcasting/ Vodcasting

Video conferencing/ chat

Research tools

Course management software

Second life

Presentation Software

MediaSite

Voice threadhttp://voicethread.com/#home

Free site to publish presentations online:

SlideSharehttp://www.slideshare.net/

Media site

Recording software that allows the user to film a livepresentation, workshop, etc. along with broadcasting

the images on the presenter’s computer screen.

Voice thread

Free software that allows the user to create multimediapresentations such as adding a voice-over to Power Point

presentations, etc. other features include being able to sharethe presentation and allowing multiple users to add comments.

Screen Capture Software

Screencast-o-matichttp://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

Captivate (adobe)

Camtasia

http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/twestbrock/videos/LibraryCatalog/LibraryCatalog_skin.swf

Screencast-o-matic

Free screencast software allowing the user to create basictutorials with optional audio commentary. You can export the video

as a movie file (flash, quicktime, windows media etc.) or upload itdirectly to YouTube or Screencast-o-Matic to host.

audio editing

audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Audacity

Free audio editing software for use with creatingpodcasts, etc.

Video sites/ Podcasting/ vodcasting

Youtube(select youtube edu education channel)http://www.youtube.com

Veezyonwww.veezyon.com

Itunes u

Veezyon

Free educational/ professional videos createdcollaboratively with universities and organizations in

five general content areas: Health & Medicine, Science &Technology, Art & Music, Public Affairs, and Business.

Video Conferencing/ chat

Skype (mac or pc)- Free video conferencing and chattool that is available internationally.

http://www.skype.com/

Ichat (mac)

Meebohttp://www.meebo.com/

Meebo

Free instant messaging tool that works acrossplatforms such as AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc.

Research tools libguides (subject/ course guides)http://libguides.com/

Google Books/ WorldCathttp://books.google.com/

Google scholarhttp://scholar.google.com/

Vendor databases

Federated search tools (serials solutions 360)

LibGuides

Software for creating subject/ course guides and sharingthem with a community of libraries.

Federated Search

A tool that allows the user to searchsimultaneously across multiple databases and the

library catalog.

Citation Management Software/Social Bookmarking

Endnote Webhttps://www.myendnoteweb.com

Refworks

Delicious (social bookmarking)http://delicious.com/

Endnote Web

An online tool that allows the user to collect andorganize citations and to create bibliographies and in-

text citations

Delicious

Free social bookmarking tool that allows the user tocollect and share bookmarks to online resources. Italso allows you to tag/ categorize your bookmarks.

Course Management Software

Moodlehttp://moodle.org/

Blackboard/ Web CT

Blackboard/ webct

Software that allows educators to build courses,training modules, etc.

Second Life

A 3-D, virtual world where educators can post multi-media presentations, create simulations, develop 3-D

learning objects, and much more.

Resources

Voice Thread- http://voicethread.com/#home

SlideShare- http://www.slideshare.net/

Veezyon- www.veezyon.com

Audacity- http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Skype- www.skype.com

Meebo- http://www.meebo.com/

Delicious- http://delicious.com/

Screencast-o-Matic - http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/

Moodle- http://moodle.org/

Second life- http://secondlife.com/