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Brief survey of interactive ed & communication tools

Claro publishes to standards compliant HTML, JavaScript, and CSS - taking full advantage of HTML5 when supported by a device's browser, and intelligently adjusting for older browsers that do not support it.   All of Claro's authoring features can be used to create engaging and interactive courses for delivery on any platform or device - desktops, smart phones or tablets.  

Subscription learning provides an intermittent stream of learning-related interactions to those who are subscribed. 

2-8 minute segments of past Online Forums:\n\nBetter Beginnings: How to Capture Your Audience in 30 Seconds\nwith Carmen Taran * 4 minutes 30 seconds\n \nActions Speak Louder Than Words: Creating Meaningful e-Learning Interactions\nwith Ethan Edwards * 5 minutes 40 seconds\n \nBoredom-proofing Learning Content:\nTips for Making Learning Content Compelling\nwith Patti Shank * 5 minutes\n\nLearning by Viewing vs. Learning by Doing\nwith Ruth Clark * 6 minutes 39 seconds\n\nVisually Thinking e-Learning with Donna Safko\n5 minutes 36 seconds\n\nGreat Tips and Tricks for Developing e-Learning with Captivate 4\nwith Joe Ganci\n

Captivate is a tool for developing Flash-based elearning modules. It is best for software training. These interactive tutorials that give you an overview of the software. It says: "To complete these tutorials, you will need to install Adobe Captivate 4" --but don't worry most of them work fine without it.

Simple to use and free, Google Chart Tools enable adding live charts to any web page. * A rich gallery of visualizations provided as: -Image charts - using a simple URL request to a Google chart server -Interactive charts - using a Google developed JavaScript library * Can read live data from a variety of data sources

With this incredibly easy method, you can turn any PPT presentation into a fully navigable hotspot interaction.

Quality Matters created a set of forty specific elements, distributed across eight broad standards, by which to evaluate the design of online and hybrid courses. The web-based, fully interactive rubric is complete with annotations that explain the application of the standards and relationship between them.

Sounds like a tool one-to-one iPad teachers will want to consider...

Should we try this?