MICDS Technology Toolkit

Level One Tools

Level One Tools are used to create a repository for course content and material. They provide a central
location for links to other resources and tools. The WhippleHill Portal is currently the foremost tool for
MICDS. Everything should originate from your portal page.

For more on how to use tools, see the MICDS Tech Tools Moodle Course.

Portal Moodle Schoology

WhippleHill Portal is the main Moodle is a content Schoology is also a content

point of contact for internet management tool. It is management tool with a social
materials for MICDS. Everything designed to hold all the networking feel. You can add
should like from your Portal resources and links for a course resources, create discussion
page. Homework should always and to have interactive groups, generate quizzes, and
be entered into portal elements like drop boxes, collect and return work.
assignments. Grades and forums, and assessment tools,
Comments come from the
Portal

Level Two Tools

Level Two tools are general use tools that can anchor many projects and work flows. Many support
collaboration and sharing. Many have an interactive component. Most support embed codes and can
support Level 3 tools.
Blogs Wikis Social Networks
Space for publishing content to an Space for creating content Social Network Space that
audience. Content can be writing collaboratively. combines a number of tools into
or can be embedded slideshows, Non linear format. one workspace- blogs, discussion
videos, polls, timelines. Linear in Great for teaching collaboration. board, images, videos, music.
nature. Generally viewable by all History provides accountability.
once post is published. Typically viewable by all, editable The original was Ning. We are
by those who join the wiki. now transitioning to Wackwall.
Elements – Post, Comments,
Sidebar widgets Elements – Page, Discussion,
History, and Notifications
Specific Tools – Elements – Variety of channels
MICDS Blogs Specific Tools – Wikispaces, including RSS, blogs, discussion,
Blogger PBwiki, WetPaint, MicdsWiki, recent activity, events
Collaborative Docs Social Bookmarks RSS+Reader
Office through a web browser with Shared bookmarks stored in a web- Google Reader is part of your
documents accessible from any based account and accessible from google account. You can
computer and able to be shared for any computer. Delicious and Diigo subscribe to blogs and sites that
collaboration. are the most popular. Diigo adds you can learn from. You can also
annotation and group capabilities. subscribe to places that students
are using to submit work (blogs,
Elements – Documents, wikis, nings, bookmarks) to help
Spreadsheets, PowerPoint you follow their progress.
Presentations, and Forms

Alternatives to GoogleDocs –Zoho

Docs
DyKnow WebAssign Portfolios
DyKnow is an interactive classroom Webassign is a testing and quiz Chalk and Wire is a powerful
lecture and management tool. package that provides a mechanism software package that supports
Allows you to: for randomizing questions. presentation and assessment
 control and view student portfolios. This can also be used
machines as an assessment tool.
 deliver content to students
machines from your
machine
 group students
 Collect and return student
panels
Wimba LAMS OneNote
Wimba provides a set of audio LAMS is a learning object authoring Onenote is an electronic
recording tools as well as a virtual tool. It allows you to make notebook.
classroom that can be used to meet interactive activities for students
outside of class or with experts or and to specify what must be done
other classes during class time. and at what level of mastery before
Wimba is accessible through Moodle a student can move to the next
as an activity. activity.
LAMS is accessible through Moodle
as an activity.
 Level Three Tools

Single Use/Function Tools

Presentation Creativity
Prezi Glogster –electronic posters with multimedia
Empressr Voicethread
SlideRocket $ Scrapblog
280Slides
Embedding Docs/Files Sound
Scribd – Embeddable,, scrollable docs and pdfs Maya – garageband in a browser
Slideshare – upload and embed PPTs Voxopop – Voice Board
AuthorStream – slideshare alternative Vocaroo- audio recorder
Issuu – online magazines from PDFs
Timelines Mindmapping
Xtimeline Mindomo
Capzules Bubbl.us
Dipity xMind
Book Publishing Animation
Mixbook Animoto –music video from images
Lulu Xtranormal – text to movie
StoryBird Kerpoof
Tikatok GoAnimate –cartoon animate
Video Image Editing
Kaltura SumoPaint
Youtube Picnik
Blip.tv Aviary
TeacherTube or SchoolTube
Vocabulary Flashcards
Wordnic Quizlet
Vocab Sushi
Maps Screencast
Google Maps Jing
Wink
CamStudio
ScreenToaster
Images Visualization Tools/Data Analysis/Graphing Tools
Vuvox ManyEyes
Wordle
Video Annotation Fun
Overstream Voki
SharedCopy
Awesome Highlighter
Charts and Diagrams Math
Creately Wolfram Alpha
Gliffy
 Software Tools

Creative

Video Editing - Final Cut, Adobe Premier, Windows MovieMaker, Photostory

Image Editing- Adobe Photoshop

Audio Recording – audacity, tracxpc,

Comic Life

Discipline Specific Tools

Math Science

Maple Yenka

Fathom LoggerPro

Minitab Graphical Analysis

Stella History and English

Geogebra MatchWare and OpenMind

FluidMath Music

World Languages Finale

Learnosity Sibelius

Wimba Voice Tools

Sanako
SKILLS Needed to make all tools accessible to users

Managing Embeddable Widgets

Identifying best tool for job

Account Management

Managing Digital Footprint

File Management

Understanding Intellectual Property, Creative Commons Licensing and Copyright

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