1. Active Learning Technology Tools! Presented by Linda Hefferin lhefferin@elgin.edu Elgin Community College at the 2010 NISOD conference

2. Types of Technology Tools

3. Why should we care? Is social media just a fad? http://socialnomics.net/2010/05/05/social- media-revolution-2-refresh/ http://socialnomics.net/2010/05/05/social- media-revolution-2-refresh/

4. Share information on active learning technology tools. Share information on active learning technology tools. Find out how others use technology in their courses. Find out how others use technology in their courses. Have some fun! Have some fun! Session Objectives

5. "In education... we have not really seized upon the power and the tools that are now available to us in the Internet age.“ Eric Schmidt, Google CEO

6. "We can no longer ask our students to live in a world where they are immersed in technology in all parts of their lives except when they go to school. We must rewire education or we risk losing this generation of media-immersed, tech-savvy students.” Larry D. Rosen, Psychology Professor at California State University Author,, Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and How They Learn YouTube - A 2.5 Year-Old Has A First Encounter with An iPad YouTube - A 2.5 Year-Old Has A First Encounter with An iPad

7. “The vast majority of structured learning is content-rich and interaction-poor." Charles Jennings, Learning Performance Consultant

8. Active Learning A pedagogical technique that uses activities designed to actively engage students with … Concepts Instructor Each Other

9. Free tools to make learning visual….. Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ http://www.wordle.net/ Related images http://image-swirl.googlelabs.com Concept Mapping www.prezi.comwww.prezi.com & www.mindomo.com www.mindomo.com www.prezi.comwww.mindomo.com Create charts http://www.google.com/squared How would you use them?

10. Free tools for screencasting….. Jing http://www.jingproject.com/ http://www.jingproject.com/ Camstudio www.camstudio.org www.camstudio.org Real www.real.com www.real.com How would you use them?

11. Free tools to collaborate, conduct research, and create... Google for educators http://docs.google.com http://wave.google.com http://groups.google.com http://knol.google.com http://labs.google.com How would you use them?

12. Free tool to create webinars, have guest speakers... Skype http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home How would you use it?

13. Print What You Like http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/ Page Zipper http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/page zipper http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/page zipper Booklet creator http://bookletcreator.com/ PDF creator http://www.cutepdf.com/ How would you use them? Free tools to print from the web

14. Awesome Highlighter http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/ How would you use it? Free tool to highlight and share web-based text

15. iTunes University www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ YouTube for educators www.youtube.com/education?b=400 Teacher Tube: http://teachertube.com http://teachertube.com Next Vista: http://nextvista.org http://nextvista.org Zamzar (play videos w/out internet) www.zamzar.com How would you use them? Free tools to access content...

16. Timer http://www.online-stopwatch.com/ How would you use it? Free tool to use as a timer...

17. Enter Zon http://enterzon.com/# How would you use it? Free tool to learn Chinese language and culture...

18. Shutterfly http://www.shutterfly.com/ http://www.shutterfly.com/ Flickr http://www.flickr.com/ http://www.flickr.com/ Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ http://www.slideshare.net/ Morguefile http://morguefile.com http://morguefile.com Photobucket: http://photobucket.com/ http://photobucket.com/ How would you use them? Free tools for finding and sharing photos…

19. Delicious http://delicious.com/save How would you use it? http://delicious.com/lhefferin Free tools for bookmarking...

20. Ustream http://www.ustream.tv/get-started How would you use it? Free tool to record video using the camera on your laptop...

21. Free tools for editing images… GIMP (similar to Photoshop) www.gimp.org Picnik (online photo editing, make GIFs) www.picnik.com Unfreez (make animated GIFs) www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez How would you use these?

22. Free tools for audio editing… Audacity www.audacity.sourceforge.net www.audacity.sourceforge.net dSpeech (text to speech) http://dspeech.en.softonic.com/ Free music: http://jamendo.com and http://jamendo.com http://www.podsafeaudio.com/ How would you use them?

23. Free tools for making videos and podcasts Movies: Movie Maker (on PCs) iMovie (on Macs) Podcasts: GarageBand (on Macs) Audacity (for PCs) QuickTime (for Macs) Tutorials: www.apple.comwww.apple.com & www.microsoft.com www.microsoft.com www.apple.comwww.microsoft.com www.youtube.comwww.youtube.com (Audacity, Jamendo & more) www.youtube.com www.google.com

24. Bitly http://bit.ly/ http://bit.ly/ Tiny URL http://tinyurl.com/ http://tinyurl.com/ How would you use them? http://www.chinatour.com/currency/currency.htm http://bit.ly/c2u8Oh Free tools to shorten URLs..

25. Mashpedia http://mashpedia.com/ How would you use it? Free tool to get all the results of encyclopedia entries on one page…

26. Free tool to troubleshoot computer problems… ShowMeWhat’sWrong http://showmewhatswrong.com/ How would you use it?

27. Free tool to get rid of clutter… Readability http://readability.com How would you use it? http://diversityinc.com/cgi- bin/cms/seoDepartment.cgi?browse =1&id=33&letterhttp://diversityinc.com/cgi- bin/cms/seoDepartment.cgi?browse =1&id=33&letter= http://diversityinc.com/cgi- bin/cms/seoDepartment.cgi?browse =1&id=33&letter

28. Free tools to conduct surveys… Wiffitti http://wiffiti.com/ Poll Everywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com/ How would you use them?

29. Free tools to create websites… Google: http://sites.google.com http://sites.google.com Kompozer (for online web development, to create and edit HTML) www.kompozer.net www.kompozer.net iSpring (convert PPTs to web friendly versions) http://www.ispringfree.com/ http://www.ispringfree.com/ How would you use them?

30. More fun stuff… Put yourself and your students in the picture http://sendables.jibjab.com/ http://sendables.jibjab.com/

31. Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ All My Faves http://edu.allmyfaves.com/ Free Office/Productivity software http://www.sourceforge.net/ http://www.openoffice.org

32. Did you learn and share information on active learning technology tools? Did you learn and share information on active learning technology tools? Did you get some ideas you can use in your courses? Did you get some ideas you can use in your courses? How was this session?

33. In Conclusion... "Technology is a vehicle, not a destination... Rather, aspects of technology — like all components of an effective course — should be chosen according to how they help meet the learning objectives.“ -Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching by Jim Henry and Jeff Meadows http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/179/177