May 2016 Favorite Tech Tools
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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.
Contents
Screencast-o-matic
- Create a video (screencast) of your screen, to explain something (like an assignment) to students
- Screencast-o-matic web site
- Screencast-o-matic tips, video and resources
- Screencast-o-matic Feedback and Support
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
- Consider copyright (and fair use) before adding a document or other content to this tool.
- Understanding Fair Use (from U. of Minn.)
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 for you?
Finding captioned YouTube videos
- Find YouTube videos that meet accessibility requirements
- 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
Kahoot
- Create a game (quiz) for your students to play as groups and/or individually, with a device
- Kahoot Tutorials videos
- Kahoot Getting Started Guide
- Kahoot FAQ's: How to make and play a Kahoot
Goose Chase
- Create an online scavenger hunt that participants complete on their smartphones
- GooseChase website
- Cutesy video explaining the basics
- How to create and organize a game
