Herramientos

http://udg.theagoraonline.net/news/herramientos/

Our hope is to share some useful online tools that in some way will enhance your lessons. They will follow certain principles:

Open, free to use, and to share.

“Simple” to use, for instructors and students.

Lend themselves to creation of assignments that are meaningful and authentic, not “disposable”.

 

Tool: SPLOT Writer

Publish and share your implementations

Example: UDG Agora Comparte

Use it for: Simple blogs for groups, when you do not want to manage accounts or collect student data. http://splot.ca/splots/tru-writer/

How to get it:  A WordPress theme available at https://github.com/cogdog/truwriter


 

Tool: Twitter

Examples: #lakkesvida #udgagora

Use it for: open discussions, simple course spaces, connecting with networks beyond the classroom.

How to get it: https://twitter.com

 

Tool: H5P Image Hotspots

Example: Kamloops Art Gallery Map

Use it for: Adding text, links, media to images (photos, diagrams, maps).

How to get it: https://h5p.org/image-hotspots

 

Tool: Interactive Video

 

Use it for: enriching videos, having students critique online media (news reports, film clips, other students’ work, etc…)

How to get it: https://h5p.org/interactive-video

 

 

Tool: Timeline Creator

Use it for: representing any set of activities over time.

How to get it: https://h5p.org/timeline

 

Tool: the H5P universe of tools

 

Examples: https://h5p.org/content-types-and-applications

Use it for: all sorts of sharable, embedable multimedia learning activities!

How to get it: an account at https://h5p.org, also available as a plugin for WordPress, Moodle, Drupal.

 

Tool: Memes and Animated GIFs!

 

 

Examples: https://giphy.com/search/educational

https://www.reddit.com/r/educationalgifs/

Use it for: fun! Processes that benefit from repeated viewing.

Get it at: http://udg.theagoraonline.net/studios/meme-media/

 

Tool: Free videoconferencing without software or accounts

Use it for: simple video conferences, protects privacy. Requires an open source browser: Firefox, Chrome, or Opera.

Get it at: http://appear.in

 

 

Tool: Clonezone

 

 

Use  it for: media literacy exercises, artistic works. (And pranks!)

Example: https://juanazeme.wordpress.com

Get it at: http://clonezone.link/

Exercise:

1) By yourself, take a few minutes to think about your lesson plan, and how you might incorporate digital tool like one of these to extend the learning, to develop skills.

2) With a partner, share your idea. When you are listening, after you understand the “what” of the exercise, ask about the “why”. We recommend you ask about five “why” questions.

3) You and your partner will then join with another pair of participants. Please explain your partner’s idea to the other pair.

4) We will then discuss the ideas in open discussion.

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