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Slides from the ISTE SIGilt SIGms 1 Tool at a Time Webinar on Cool Tools for Education on February 20, 2013 by Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo.
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Dr. Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Technical University
ISTE SIGilt SIGms - 1 Tool at a Time WebinarFebruary 20, 2013
Cool Tools for Educators
Our Chatbot Session is PostponedUntil Pandorabots.com
is back online!
Mars Expedition Learning Center
Visit Croak.it
Create & post short podcasts
fast!
Animoto.comhttp://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/2012/08/highlights-from-33-classes-with-lyr.html
http://www.ImageChef.com
Visit LibriVox.org -- public domain audio books
Why Should We Try New Tools?
Benefits
• Strengthens communication
• Engages the senses
• Digital literacy– Cross platform tool use
• Social nature of learning
• Active participation
Strengthens
• Vision & creativity
• Immersion & retention
• Andragogy – Activity-based learning
• Knowledge sharing
• Socio-technical skills
Determine Before Using in Class
Potential problems
• Ongoing access?
• Digital rights
• Changes to terms of use– Changes to privacy policies
• Tech requirements
• Persistence of content
Cautions
• Public vs private access?
• Content loss?
• Vital to curriculum? – Support for student needs?
• Equal opportunity for all?
• Long lived or short term?
References and ResourcesCroak.it – create and share short audio podcasts at http://croak.it
Example at: https://croak.it/hear/cid5125313ff1c7a
Animoto – create music videos at http://www.animoto.com
Example at: http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com/2012/08/highlights-from-33-classes-with-lyr.html
LibriVox – listen to public domain audio books http://librivox.org/
ImageChef – create word mosaics & visual poetry http://www.imagechef.com
Examples at http://www.imagechef.com/user/8342121/
Calongne, C. (2013). Lyr Lobo’s Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/presentations
Calongne, C. (2013). Emerging Media and Innovation. Education Research by Lyr Lobo - Blending Innovation and Emerging Media with Virtual Worlds and Augmented Reality. https://ctusoftware.blogspot.com
Cool Tools For Educators
Questions?
Contact Cynthia Calongne
SIGilt Communications Chair
Colorado Technical [email protected]