BEYOND THE BASICSAmari Tavel BenLevi

Columbus State University

Desktop Publishing Software

Students create their own letterhead, brochures, flyers/posters, newsletters, newspapers, and books

Examples:

Microsoft publisher

Adobe InDesign and Pagemaker

Adobe Dreamweaver

Microsoft WebMatrix

Interactive Whiteboard

Teachers create lessons for use with interactive whiteboards

Displays screen connected to a computer and digital projector

Information can be manipulated on board with special pens

Drawings and writings can be saved

Examples:

Notebook

ActivStudio or ActiveInspire

Worksheet and Puzzle Generators

Teachers create puzzles and worksheets to allow skill practice

Teachers enter content and software formats the puzzle or worksheet

Examples:

Crossword Puzzle Maker

Worksheet Works

Quia Web

PDF and Forms Makers

Teachers and students create documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) and create forms that can be complete online

Creates documents and webpages with forms that can be filled in on-screen

Easy to create forms to collect information from students, parents, or faculty

Examples:

Adobe Acrobat Pro

PDF Maker Pilot

Cute PDF

FormArtist Professional

Online Survey Tools

Teachers design and implement surveys to collect data for instructional purpose

Provides a variety of item formats

Can be used for student polling

Examples:

SurveyMonkey

Zoomerang

Student Information Systems

Teachers, administrators, and parents keep track of student and class progress on required curriculum objectives

Track and report attendance

Maintain student demographics

Track and report on test scores

Provides parent access to students grades

Examples: PowerSchool

Pinnacle SIS

Tyler SIS

QuickSchools

Student Response Systems

Teacher display a questions or problems, all students answer it at the same time, and the system summarizes and displays results immediately; teachers use the systems to engage students an check comprehension

Examples:

Student Response Solutions

Smart Response

ActiVote, ActiveExpression, ActuveEngage

iRespond

Kahoot!

Electronic Grade Books

Teachers keep tract of and calculate student grades

Calculate weighting systems

Require less teacher setup time than spreadsheets

Examples:

PinnacleGrade Gradebook

Tecaher Planet’s listing of gradebook packages

PowerSchool

Test Generators

Teachers create test and test items banks, and administer tests online

Randomly generates questions

Selects questions based on given criteria

Provides answer keys

Examples:

Exam View Learning Series

Test Creator

Wonderhshare QuizCreator

EasyTestMaker

Word Cloud Generators

These tools allow creation of a unique graphic display called a “word cloud,” which shows most frequent words from a text passage as larger.

Create word clouds for objects that have a givem geometric shapes and use Tagul or Tagxedo to fit the words into the shaoe.

Example: Abcya

Tagxedo

Tagul

Worditout

Wordle

wordhsift

Outlining Tools and Concept Mapping

Help students organize their ideas in outline or concept map to prepare for writing or to examine story structures

Helps with the writing process

Examples:

Inspiration

Kidspiration

SmartDraw

Lesson Planning Software

Help teachers prepare and document lesson plans

Provide onscreen prompts

Printout lessons in standard formats

Examples:

PlanbookEdu

ILessonPlan

MyLessonPlanner

Scheduling Calendar and time management

Help teachers organize their time and plan activities

Set reminders

Plan for monthly, weekly, or daily events

Examples:

FileBuzz Teacher Calendar Software

Reel Logic Calendar Software

Easy Schedule Maker

Graphing Calculators

Software programed devices that have small screens that can illustrate equations in graphs

Calculator-based labs

Examples:

Texas Instrument

Casio

Online Language Translators

Students use these as reference in the study of languages other than their native ones

Teachers can use these to translate documents for ESOL students

Examples:

Foreign language dictionary websites

WordLingo

Babylon 9

Reference

Roblyer, M. (2013). Integrating educational technology into teaching (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson.