1. Important Beyond the Basics NASHAE LUMPKIN

2. Worksheet Puzzle Generators Help teachers produce exercises for practice rather than test items. Automatically format and create crosswords, word search puzzles, and similar game like activities. Practice for lower level skills, such as math facts. Cloze exercises – comprehension exercises with certain words removed and students fill in the blanks. Exercises to review words and definitions.

3. Web Page Design Software Tools that are authoring programs that allow people to create Web pages in the same way they would use processing to create documents. Common uses: Classroom news, activities, and resources Web-based lessons Student-produced work Adobe Dreamweaver Microsoft WebMatrix

4. Interactive Whiteboard Activity Software Create lessons for use with interactive whiteboards. Notebook – software for the interactive whiteboard activity software used with a SMART Board ActivStudio and ActivInspire – the programs used with the Promethean Activboard interactive whiteboard

5. Online Survey Tools Variety of item formats Instant tracking and visual summaries of results Data downloads Features Student polling Generating data for graphic illustrations Teaching survey design Teaching data analysis Teaching math concepts Integration Strategies SurveyMonkey Zoomerang Examples

6. Student Information Systems Software tools that help educators keep track of student, class, ad school data to maintain records and support decision making.Makes it easier to keep parents notified about students progress.Capabilities: Track and report on attendance Maintain records on student demographic data Develop class scheduling Track and report on test scores and achievement by objective Allow parents to have online access to student grades and attendance information Notify parents about problems with grades or attendance Examples: PowerSchool Pinnacle SIS Tyler SIS QuickSchools

7. Electronic Gradebooks Teachers keep track of and calculate student grades. Software allows: Teacher to enter students names Test/assignment names Data from tests Weighting information for specific test scores Teacher to enter notes about tests Software examples: PinnacleGrade Gradebook Teacher Planet’s listing of gradebook packages

8. Test Generators CAPABILITIES Test creation and revision procedures. Random generation of questions. Selection of questions based on criteria. Answer keys. Test item banks. SOFTWARE EXAMPLES Exam View Learning Series Test Creator Wondershare QuizCreator Easy TestMaker

9. Rubric Generators Teachers create or adopt rubrics for grading complex products or performances. The teacher follows a set of prompts and the system creates a rubric. Examples: RubiStar Rubric Maker

10. Word Cloud Generators Tools that create a graphic arrangement of words from a text passage that shows the most-frequent words as bigger than the others. Can be used in any subject. Examples: Abcya Tagxedo Tagul Worditout Wordle Wordsift

11. Lesson Planning Software Help teachers prepare and document lesson plans. Examples: PlanBookEdu ILessonPlan MyLessonPlanner

12. Research and Reference Help students research any topic Encyclopedia Britannica Online Wikipedia Encyclopedia.com Online Encyclopedias Help students learn about and use local, national, world, and extraterrestrial geography Worldatlas Rand McNally U.S. Atlas Google Maps The National Map Digital Atlases and Mapping Tools Give definitions and synonyms Word atlases Merriam-Webster Dictionary.com Any words/thesaurus Technology words Digital Dictionaries

13. Calculators Students collect and analyze data from problems or experiments. Graphing calculators Software-programmed devices that have small screens and can illustrate equations in graphs. Calculator-based labs (CBLs) When probes or sensors are connected to a graphing calculator. Examples: Texas Instruments graphing Vernier LabQuest

14. Charting and Graphing Tools Students create charts and graphs to illustrate and study data summaries. Software automatically draw and print desired charts and graphs. Examples: SmartDraw The Graph Club 2.0

15. Student Response Systems Clickers A combination of handheld hardware and software that permits each student in a classroom to answer a question simultaneously while allowing the teacher to see and display a summary of results immediately. Student engagement Software examples: Student Response Solutions Smart Response iRespond ActiVote, ActivExpression, ActivEngage Cell Phones

16. Desktop Publishing Students create their own letterhead, brochures, flyers/posters, newsletters, newspapers, and books. Opportunities for creative works Practice in grammar, spelling, and communication Methods of reporting research findings Example: Microsoft Publisher Adobe InDesign and PageMaker Quark Express

17. Scheduling, Calendar, and Time Management Tools Help teachers organize their time and plan activities. Formulate plans for daily, weekly, or monthly. Remind users of event and responsibilities. Software examples: FileBuzz Teacher Calendar Software Reel Logix Calendar Software Easy Schedule Maker

18. References Roblyer, M. D. (2013). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (7th ed.). Boston: Pearson.