MVCR Tech Tools

2018 research on the impact of cell phones and learning

This is a 3 minute intro on what exactly Diigo is and how it can be used to help keep track of sources and information while researching and writing papers. This video helped me to better understand how Diggo can be used by individual learners. Very neat!

Although I don't teach math, this resource looks great for free and open interactive math assignments.

This is a great resource for free case studies.

How G Suite was implemented in Chicago Public Schools and NY Times' article about it. Read this a few years ago and it has stuck with me since. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/technology/google-education-chromebooks-schools.html

A way to communicate (Google Voice) with students and/or parents in lieu of personal number.

Great free tool to get ALL students engaged in class! Saves answers online to allow graded attendance and participation too!

Great tool for helping students to collaborate in curating resources on a group project!

Great lists of Web apps for the classroom - categorized!

Considered using Instagram in the classroom? Here are some tips for the same. (Posted by TT1921 student, Zockoll, 3.28.19).

Another social media platform to use in the classroom. This article explains how to set up Instagram and gives ideas for using it.

#TT1921: Awesome weblink for a podcast on writing supports for students https://library.purdueglobal.edu/writingcenter/effectivewritingpodcastseries

I like this list of podcasts and am grateful for the transcripts. This will help some of my students.

Interesting article

# TT1921 Creating a presentation on "Cheating", and I was appalled at the stats I discovered. https://oedb.org/ilibrarian/8-astonishing-stats-on-academic-cheating/

#TT1921 This presentation software tool would be beneficial to my online learning because of the inbuilt mechanism that uses motion, zoom, and spatial relationships to bring one's ideas to life. With time, after gaining the skills to use it, one can be a great presenter. Great presentation with content would improve students' understanding and learning experience!

OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum. Similar to Creative Commons

I agree that as we continue, learning will become more interactive, using all types of tech tools to enable students not only to learn in the classroom, but as online learners also.

#TT1921 An online communication that takes place independent of location but at the same time (real time). Participants must agree on a time to log into the chat room and messages are received at the moment they are sent