May 2015 Favorite Tech Tools

The seventh annual Favorite Tech Tools session focused on videos, with ideas for locating them, customizing them, and creating your own. All tools have a free version unless noted below.

Zaption

Choose videos (or upload your own) and add questions to engage students.

TEDEd

Build a lesson around a video, or find and use a video lesson created by someone else.

Khan Academy

Thousands of short "hand-drawn" video tutorials on topics like math, science, humanities, and more.

Doceri

Create your own Khan-Academy-style videos with this free app for iPads.

Explain Everything ($2.99)

Create your own Khan-Academy-style videos on an iOS, Android, or Windows 8 device.

• Explain Everything website
• Video tutorials for iPad/iPhone, Android tablet/phone, Windows 8 tablet

Films on Demand

More than 20,000 academic videos available through Durham Tech's library.

• Films on Demand (from off campus, log in with your WebAdvisor ID and password)