Top Technology Picks
Pedagogical Goal |
Tool |
Functionality |
| Increase student engagement with course material | EdPuzzle http://edpuzzle.com/ | Customize videos with annotations and questions |
| Increase students' interest or attention | Zunal http://zunal.com/ | Create interactive webquests to guide student activity |
| Enhance information sharing or presentation of information | Screencast-o-Matic http://screencast-o-matic.com | Record screen captures with narration or video |
| Personalize learning experience | VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/ | Share content with narration; allows others to comment in audio, video or written format |
| Enhance student satisfaction with the learning experience | Video Mail http://videomail.io/ | Asynchronous video messages |
| Encourage students to review information | Quizizz http://quizizz.com/ | In-class quiz games for iPad or mobile device |
| Increase student motivation for learning | WordPress http://wordpress.com | Build website, blog, or app |
| Enhance the efficiency of instruction | Phrase Express http://www.phraseexpress.com/ | Text expander program to manage comment banks |
| Enhance instructor-student collaboration | Scrawlar http://www.scrawlar.com/ | Interactive white board |
| Enhance independent interaction with course material | Popplet http://popplet.com/ | Capture and diagram information from Internet; virtual bulletin board |
| Increase opportunities for individualized learning | Pindex http://www.pindex.com/ | Create online boards of information; allows for quizzing |
| Promote creativity | Powtoons http://www.powtoon.com/ | Create animated videos and presentations |
| Foster critical thinking | Adobe Spark http://spark.adobe.com/ | Turn information into social graphics, web stories, or animated videos |
| Assess student learning | Plickers http://plickers.com/ | Collect real time formative data by student response cards |
| Promote synthesis of information | Versal http://versal.com/education | Create interactive online learning experiences; information presentation and activity |
| Provide individualized feedback to students | Join Me http://www.join.me/ | Screen sharing and video conferencing |
| Increase student-student collaboration | Mindomo http://www.mindomo.com/ | Mind mapping, concept mapping, and outlining |
| Foster test preparation or serve as study aid | Edueto http://www.eduappcenter.com | Create interactive online exercises |
| Increase ability for students to ask questions | Poll Everywhere http://www.polleverywhere.com/ | Ask multiple-choice or open- ended questions; real-time display of responses |
| Encourage networking |
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