This blog post will feature some technical tools and how to use them. In each section, I will list the original purpose, the level of technical expertise needed, how to use them, and the level of Bloom's or SAMR integration needed. This will be an evolving page/blog, so things may get moved around a bit.
They are:
Adobe Scan Purpose Adobe Scan is the tool you never knew you needed, until now. It is a mobile application that is available on the Google Play or Apple Store (https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/mobile/scanner-app.html#). Adobe Scan allows you to take a piece of paper and turn it into a PDF. It allows you to scan forms to create a fillable PDF, scan business cards and add them to contacts, take a picture of a whiteboard and turn it into a PDF that you can take notes on, and take a photo and turn it into an embeddable PDF object. Level of Technical Expertise Needed
SAMR level example Augmentation: For students, their augmentation begins when they can scan a document, fill it in, and return it all from a mobile device. They can also scan a business card and add it to contacts (make it easy for your students to contact you) and use the contact to then send an email. Substitution Learners can also scan a white board and turn it into notes instead of writing things down. Modification Forgot a pen? No problem--take a picture of the powerpoint slide or handout and use Adobe Reader or Notability (to be featured on another post) to take notes. Microsoft Office Lens Purpose Similar to Adobe Scan, Microsoft Office Lens (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/office-lens/9wzdncrfj3t8?activetab=pivot:overviewtab) is a product that will scan documents and turn them into PDF. However, it will also turn scans into Microsoft Word Documents or Microsoft Powerpoint Documents. Level of Technical Expertise Needed
Augmentation: For students, their augmentation begins when they can scan a document, fill it in, and return it all from a mobile device. Modification Forgot a pen? No problem--take a picture of the powerpoint slide, whiteboard, or handout and use Microsoft Word or Notability (to be featured on another post) to take notes. Substition: They can embed a photo of the whiteboard into notes that they are taking in a Microsoft Word document (substitution for pen and paper notes). Or, they can save the photo to OneDrive and study from it later. Tools for Quizzing/PollingTools for quizzing and polling are useful for multiple reasons. They allow your students to know where they stand with material in your class, they can be used to gauge understanding, for discussion and questioning, and to help in running a more democratic classroom. Apps that I have found helpful are: 1. Mentimeter (www.mentimeter.com) 2. PollEverywhere (www.polleverywhere.com) 3. Kahoot! (www.kahoot.com) Tools for Content CreationTools for content creation are helpful for you to communicate ideas in new ways, have students create content, create more interactivity in your class. I will discuss a couple of tools that I have found useful here. 1. YouTube (www.youtube.com) 2. Animoto (www.animoto.com) Interactive Lecture Capture ToolsLecture capture can be a pure substitution for students sitting in the classroom, or can help replace it all together. Examples are: 1. Screencast-o-matic (https://screencast-o-matic.com) 2. PlayPosit (https://go.playposit.com) Communication ToolsDid you know that you can teach in your pajamas? Well, maybe not your pajamas, but at least from a remote location. Zoom and other video conferencing applications have made that possible. For WSSU users, access to Zoom has never been easier through our pro subscription (wssu.zoom.us). Other Tools---QR code generators
They can be scanned using your smart phone (iPhone or Android camera app). You can generate them at https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/. *Free at Winston Salem State...YMMV.
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