AATE conference 2011. PowerPoint on free technology for teachers.

1. Free Tech Tools for
English
integrating technology into lessons

2. Four Main Categories
-with lots of overlap
Collaborating
Presenting/Demonstrating
Communicating
Researching/Professional Learning

3. Collaborating

4. National Curriculum-
General Capabilities
Information and
communication
technology
competence
Personal and social
competence
Critical and creative
thinking competence

5. free social
media
google docs
windows live
blogs
wikis
social bookmarking software
social networking sites

6. students can work together without time or
space restraint
improve planning and organisation skills
share the workload
teachers can monitor in an ongoing way
puts the responsibility back onto the students

7. an example- GoogleDocs

8. works exactly like Word
shared users can edit online and save
also works exactly like PowerPoint (well, sort of!)
also create spreadsheets
can create forms which are customisable and editable
docs can be embedded in web pages

9. invite and work together
invite via email
invite via twitter
users can be given a variety of
permissions
permissions can be altered at any time
control who uses docs

10. One of the best things about the
Windows Live Skydrive is the ability to
use ‘One Note’ Notebooks as well as
other types of document

11. Quick word about One
Note
great way to collaborate,
either online or in a shared
wifi environment
drop in files, clippings, text,
images, videos and recording
of audio
sync without saving

12. Presentation Tools

13. slideshare (and many other slideshow creation
and hosting options)
flipsnack (and other book creation options)
livebinders- create binders of your main topics
youtube (and other video creation and storage
sites- e.g Teacher Tube)
prezi

14. books as
presentation
Sites like Issuu, Scribd and
Flipsnack allow you to create
books online to share with
others. Usually from pdf.
Many of these are able to be
embedded.
Some flip like real books

15. Slideshows
Text
sites like Slideshare and
Sliderocket allow you to
upload slideshows to
present to others
some are especially for
education such as
Animoto

16. Prezi allows you to create
zooming presentations
can create them in teams
embed in other sites

17. Text
Text
Text
Text
Livebinders
Livebinders allows you to create Binders
online that you can share with others.
Simply dropping in a url creates a new ‘file’
in your tabbed binder. These are a great
way to show research.

18. Communicating

19. A multitude of online communication tools
ranging from simple microblogging platforms
such as Twitter to more detailed blogs and
website creators
use dependent

20. Twitter
140 characters
use hashtags (#) to denote topics
usernames prefaced with @ symbol
follow those with similar interests
create dialogues using hashtags

21. Blogging
very common classroom tool
uses range from recording reflections to saving video
recording of lessons
some examples: bookclubs, how-to sites, class
discussions, lesson records including file links
many platforms, edublogs, blogger, wordpress most
common ones

22. More blog-type sites
Posterous and Tumblr are blog type
sites which have a more social focus
install bookmarklet and upload from
browsers on most devices
image hosting and video hosting
share with followers

23. Teacher websites
ideal for communicating with students
lessons and topics can be organised
sites like Weebly, Grouply, Gro.ups, and many more
allow you to create sites for your class which have a
Facebook like feel but are secure

24. Wikis
wikispaces, PBwiki, and others
allow the creation of a more ‘static’ site with pages
organised by you
most have discussion boards and allow file uploads
great for younger classes who may find the social
aspect of Grouply etc. too much temptation

25. Professional
Development
Teacher PLN and support is
easy to find online

26. Twitter is a great way to begin a PLN but it
does take time
regular posting and feedback is important
finding and reading other teachers who are
experts is useful. Most run blogs or websites.

27. Some recommendations
Jason Ohler- expert on using Media to improve literacy
skills
Marco Torres- expert on using technology to improve
educational results
Sir Ken Robinson- Expert!
Sites like TED are great for inspiring presentations on
education

28. Share
if you know of any people that you like to follow online
please share them with the group
if you have a blog, twitter username, a wiki or any other
type of site share your details with others in the room
Once you have collected a few names you are on the
way to beginning your PLN!

29. Useful Site List
• http://twitter.com • http://edublogs.org/
• http://wordpress.com • http://prezi.com/
• http://wikispaces.com • http://www.pearltrees.com
• http://www.flipsnack.com/ • http://pbworks.com/
• http://www.slideshare.net/ • http://www.blogger.com/
• http://prezi.com/
• http://animoto.com/
• http://www.livebinders.com/

30. Sites for Professional Learning
• http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ (site with
resources,ideas and information for teachers wishing
to use technology in class-updated frequently)
• http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ ( a fantastic wiki for
teachers with well-organised information)
• http://elearningforteachers.wikispaces.com/ (my wiki
with lots of information about sites useful for
teachers and guides for using software)
• http://www.jasonohler.com/index.cfm (expert on
using media for teaching)
• https://plus.google.com/ (good site for connecting to
other teachers and sharing ideas)

31. • http://www.netvibes.com/ (this is a great way to see
all of your feeds (the sites you are following) you can
add tabs to categorise them and simply find them
using the toolbar.
• http://www.pageflakes.com/ (another feed site,
similar to netvibes)
• http://www.diigo.com/ ( social bookmarking
software)
• http://edupln.ning.com/ (site to connect with other
teachers)
• http://edtechvision.org/?p=796 (site containing
information about how to set up your PLN)