1. BEYOND THE BASICS Amari Tavel BenLevi Columbus State University

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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!

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Lesson Planning Software  Help teachers prepare and document lesson plans  Provide onscreen prompts  Printout lessons in standard formats  Examples:  PlanbookEdu  ILessonPlan  MyLessonPlanner

14. 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

15. Graphing Calculators  Software programed devices that have small screens that can illustrate equations in graphs  Calculator-based labs  Examples:  Texas Instrument  Casio

16. 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

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