May 2016 Favorite Tech Tools

The eighth annual Favorite Tech Tools session focused on a variety of tools for engaging students in online, hybrid, and seated classes. All tools are free unless noted below.

Kahoot

• Create a game for your students to play as groups and/or individually, with a device
  • View these Kahoot Tutorial http://blog.getkahoot.com/post/72436135885/check-out-these-great-kahoot-tutorials-from-kelly videos], or
  • Glance through the Getting Started Guide, or
  • Follow the Kahoot FAQ How to make and play a Kahoot

NowComment

• Turn documents (or web pages, pictures, or videos) into class conversations
  • NowComment website
  • NowComment's Education Page provides video tutorials, tips, FAQs, sample lesson plans, and more

Photos For Class

• Find pictures for your course that have their "copyright info" added to each photo
  • Photos for Class website
  • Photos for Class - How does the filtering work?
  • Photos for Class - What are their rules for citing photos?

Screencast-o-matic

• Create a screencast of your screen, such as explaining your displayed syllabus or assignment
  • Screencast-o-matic web site
  • Screencast-o-matic tips, video and resources
  • Screencast-o-matic Feedback and Support

YouTube videos

• How do you find Closed-Captioned YouTube videos?
  • Use YouTube's filters to search for closed captioned videos.
  • BUT, many YouTube videos have been automatically captioned by YouTube. You must play the video to find out if it is captioned correctly.
    • Here are instructions for watching videos with captions