1. Top 10 Tech Tools to
Try TOMORROW!
Ashley Webb, Amy Wadsworth, Jenni Klein
Open High School of Utah Instructor
2. Tech Tools Types:
1. Tools teachers use to present material
2. Tools students use to complete assignments
3. Tools teachers/students use to promote class community
4. Tools teachers use to gather data and student feedback
4. SlideRocket
• Presentation Software
• Hosted on the Web
• Templates or blank slides
• Linked to Flickr for easy picture access
5. SlideRocket
How we use SlideRocket at OHSU?
• Teachers create lessons that can be embedded
into LMS
• Students create projects for assignments
Benefits?
• Hyperlink capable
• Can add sound to each slide
• Import pictures from anywhere
• Can access from any internet capable
computer
• Allows students to be creative
Examples:
• Example of Student Work
• Example of Teacher Lesson
6. Flash Interactives
• Embeddable flash widgets
• http://elearninginteractions.com/
• Clickable lesson material
• Games
http://elearninginteractions.com/examples/games/
• Interactions
http://elearninginteractions.com/examples/interactions/
7. Flash Interactives
How do we use Flash Interactives at OHSU?
• Introduce new material
• Review: Games, Study guides, Self-
Checks
Benefits?
• Fun for students
• Easy to create
• Easy to embed in LMS
• Teacher can customize to fit any content
material
• Students visit more often, increasing
learning
8. Survey Monkey
• Free tool that allows you to
collect anonymous feedback
• Data is sorted
• Quick and easy to see results
(teacher feedback in this
presentation)
• Surveymonkey.com
9. Survey Monkey
How do we use it at OHSU?
• Valuable anonymous course feedback
• Required assignment forces kids to take it
Benefits?
• Course Improvement
• Positive Validation
• Learn fun facts about your class
• Solid data to draw from
• Tons of ideas for teaching
improvement/goals to work on
Examples:
• Graphic design course survey
• Teacher tech tool use survey – results from
this survey in screenshots throughout this
presentation
10. Survey Monkey
List 2 things you would recommend improving about the computer tech class:
11. Google Docs
• Anyone with a google account has access to
Google Docs
• Spreadsheets, presentations, word processing
applications “in the cloud”
• Sharing and document collaboration
• Love letter demo
12. Google Docs
How do we use google docs at OHSU?
• Projects and assignments
Benefits?
• Only 1 document that keeps being revised
• Can access docs from any computer
• Can give editing or viewing privileges to anyone with sharing features
• Students can create, share with teacher. Teacher can make comments on
original document.
• Students can share reports with each other and collaborate on presentations
– JUST LIKE THIS ONE!
Examples:
• Biology worksheet doc, filled out and shared with teacher to turn in
• Graphic design worksheet form, data goes right into a spreadsheet to grade
• Biology study guide doc
• Computer tech student presentation, shared with teacher
14. Glogster
How do we use Glogster at OHSU?
• Students use to present projects
and assignments
• Allows for written material and
pictures
Benefits?
• Can have sound
• Creative and fun!
• Easy to use
Examples:
• Example 1
• Example 2
15. Jing
• A screenshot is an image of
the visible items displayed on
your computer screen at a
given time.
• A screencast is a
video, sometimes with
narration, of the visible items
displayed on your computer
screen at a given time.
• Allow students to follow along
easily to instructions given
• Jing - free program that allows
you to create both
16. Jing
How do we use screenshots/screencasts at OHSU?
• Tutorials/instructions
• Face time
• Proof of assignments
Benefits?
• Students learn by example
• Students can choose their own pace
• Quick to take and quick to grade
Examples:
• Intro to Week 19 of Spanish
• Algebra Unit Lesson
• Photography Tutorial
21. Vimeo
How do we use vimeo at OHSU?
• Embed videos and tutorials
straight into courses
Benefits?
• Fast buffering
• Keeps our 1000s of vids
organized into albums
• Easy to embed
22. Voicethread
• Tool used for facilitating collaborative conversations centered
around documents
• Voicethread – various educator and business accounts
• So what’s a voicethread? (60 seconds)
23. Voicethread
How do we use voicethread at OHSU?
• Presentations (student or teacher)
• Class discussions
• School announcements
• Quizzes/assignments
Benefits?
• Fun way to present information
• Lesson review (processing)
• Promote student interaction
• Foreign language: students get more oral practice with the language and other
people
• Math: teachers can hear student’s voice and make sure that they understand
the process
Examples:
• Math Quiz voicethread
• What is Media? Voicethread discussion
• School Trip voicethread
• Student project created in voicethread
24. Chat Badges
• A Google Talk chat badge will
let student easily instant
message with you
• Students click and instantly
have communication with
teacher, without needing to
be signed in to an instant-
messaging account
25. Chat Badges
How do we use chat badges at OHSU?
• A virtual way for students to “raise their hands” with questions
• Teacher help is just one click away!
Benefits?
• Easy and effective way for students to ask for help
How to create one:
• Go to the following website:
http://www.google.com/talk/service/badge/New
• Grab the embed code and paste it into your course
26. Twitter
• Twitter.com
• A social networking/microblogging service
• Tweets – text communications in 140 characters or less
27. Twitter
How do we use it at OHSU?
• Each teacher has account
• School linked #hashtags (#openhs, #comptech, etc)
• Students create accounts and “follow” school and teachers
• Used to make announcements, remind of approaching
deadlines, and praise quality work
Benefits?
• Well-accepted method of communication among young people
• Easy to use
• Free account!!
28. Twitter
Top 10 Tips for Using Twitter:
1. Start using it. Really. Just do it!
2. Use it regularly.
3. Engage followers: Ask questions, post pics, tweet about what you
are passionate about.
4. Be relevant & add value.
5. Re-tweet interesting information, quotes, articles, etc...Make
connections.
6. Learn to use #hashtags: # sign followed by a word (no spaces) that
can easily be pulled up by the Twitter search engine.
7. Use Follow Friday #FF: Let's followers know who you follow.
8. Be real: Social media is about being social!
9. Use your phone to send and receive tweets.
10. Use tweet apps to streamline notification & tweets.
(Tweetdeck, Twitpic)
