MY TOP TEN TECH TOOLS

Activity 2.4

1. Google Drive Key Benefits

Work can be accessed from any portal

Work can be easily shared

Interactive with peers Variety of software

available Teachers can monitor

progress Authenticity easily

proven through history

Suggested use I use this with whole class

activities and group work, i.e. learners brainstorm collectively (usually I put the document on the Smart-board and learners all work on it at once).

Learners complete projects in groups (eliminates the issue of all the material one persons device)

Learners complete individual assessments i.e. writing portfolios and the teacher can assess the authenticity, monitor progress and provide feedback with ease

2. Dropbox Key Benefits

Simple use, easy to upload and share links

Accessible anywhere on any appropriate device

Cloud storage

Suggested useSharing documents

that are too big to email to learners

Storing files

3. Youtube Key Benefits

Excellent research tool

Great for visual learners

Easy platform to share learners work

Excellent storage platform for visual texts

Huge variety of information avaliable

Suggested useSharing/storing class

productionsResearchingDelivering information

to learners as a teaching tool

Great home-learning tasks

Great for lesson starters

4. Wikispaces Key Benefits

Simplistic layout Easily accessible Great for researching

teaching ideas Multiple users at

once Easily edited

Suggested use Great for establishing

revision platforms for NCEA topics online

Excellent for creating interactive activities for juniors – especially when working with fixed texts.

Can build a variety of different learning activities

Topics can be specialised and easily separated.

5. Prezi Key Benefits

Easy to buildEasy to shareAvailable anywhere

appropriateLearners can access

from home for revision

Different platform to deliver information

Suggested useSupporting the

delivery of information in lessons

Learners create Prezi’s to allow differentiation and choices of platforms used.

Accessible from home for learners to revise information.

6. Google Key Benefits

Searching in a multitude of platforms

Encourages learners not to rely on Wikipedia

Easy access to a variety of different platforms such as email, calendar, scholar, Youtube, Images, translator, pages etc

Suggested use Seniors constantly

searching topics and terminology

Learners use Blogger instead of a exercise book

Learners expand searching skills with Scholar

Class calendars created and shared

Exchange learners use translator daily

Websites created in pages for topics

7. Microsoft Office Key Benefits

A variety of well established software

Work is easily shared between teacher and peers

Suggested use Learners create

presentations relevant to task

Classwork completed on word – and easily shared (especially to learners who are absent)

Outlook as a primary use of communication (I email everything to learners and print very little)

8. Slideshare Key Benefits

Cloud storage of Power points

Great searching tool for resources

Suggested useResearching for

teaching tools/information

Sharing Power Points with peers.

9. Facebook Key Benefits

Sharing ideas Communicating with

learners and peersSimplistic use/design

and information can be attached with ease

Suggested useClass pages with

NCEA subjects to support the sharing of research (i.e. Youtube), home-learning etc.

Learners can communicate with teachers after hours(+/_!)

10. Twitter Key Benefits

Professional development

Interacting with colleagues world wide

Suggested useSharing ideas with

colleaguesResearching

informationFollowing unfolding

events Following evolving

big ideas