20 Technology Skills that Every Educator Should Have. By Laura Turner In 2005 I wrote a similar article and have had requests to write an update. Technology has changed a great deal in the last 5-6 years. Although, realistically, you would not use all of these technologies, you should be knowledgeable in what each of the following technology is and how it could be/might be used in a classroom. \ 1. Google Tools Knowledge 2. Here is some detailed information about the first 5 technology skills. 1. Google for Educators Google supports teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge.
. (6-12) Create an interactive online poster using images, text background audio and video. Google Get email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic. Google 2. How to Teach with Google Earth. Teachers Easy Guide to The Most Important Web Tools in Education. When it comes to using web resources with our students, time plays a decisive role.It is next to impossible for a busy teacher restricted by curriculum constraints, day to day lesson preparations, assignment corrections, to mention but a few of his chores, to effectively search the web and find the adequate resources to share with his/ her students.
Most people just do not have the time to learn all these technologies and some educators pick just one or two websites of interest and start exploring them. This is definitely not the right thing to do particularly if you want to leverage the huge potential of technology into your classroom.There is, however, a simple roudabout to this problem. Look for educational technology blogs ( such as the one you are reading now ) and subscribe to their feeds to stay updated about the latest web tools to use in your instruction. 1- A List of The Best Video Editing Tools for Teachers 2- A List of The Best Digital Story Telling Tools for Teachers. Best Online Collaboration Tools 2012 - Robin Good... - Spread Your Knowledge: 15+ Tools to Bookmark, Aggregate & Curate. 0 Comments August 6, 2012 By: Shelly Terrell Aug 5 Written by: 8/5/2012 6:19 PM ShareThis cross posted on Teacher Reboot Camp“If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. ” ~ Margaret Fuller Short-term- share resources you have collected about a topic with colleagues at school or online.
Teach your students to use online bookmarking, curation, and aggregation tools to gather and organize their knowledge. Long-term- develop a community for sharing resources in your teaching environment. My Personal Thoughts About This Goal As educators, we are in the business of learning. Resources Related to This Goal I love learning. The tools that I use meet a few criteria: They have a free app! Tools Diigo- saves all your bookmarks in one location accessible anywhere with the Internet, allows you to highlight sections on websites and make notes, takes clippings, tag, search, and more!
More resources Important News Check out my Pinterests for other posts with this goal or ask me to add yours! 30 free web tools. The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You. The Wordle of this list! (Click image to enlarge) One of the most popular posts on Edudemic in 2010 was The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You and I felt it might be time for an update to that list for 2011. In order to put together a list of the best Web 2.0 classroom tools, I polled my Twitter followers, Facebook fans (are they still called fans?
Likes?) And ran a contest to try and get as many submissions as possible. There were more than 900 submissions but many were duplicates. 5 Places to Find Web 2.0 Resources. By Jim Forde I am web geek, and not just because I own a Foursquare t-shirt that I bought at a discount after my 1000th check in. The real reason I know I am a web geek is because I LOVE discovering cool web 2.0 tools that can enhance my classroom! I am about to share with you my not so secret sources for teacher Web 2.0 excitment!
...and that's not all! Actually, it is, but I think you will enjoy discovering all of the new tools that these web sources present. 1) Cool Tools for Schools Wiki This amazing Wiki presents scores of web 2.0 web tools that can enhance you work with kids. This web site organizes 100 Web 2.0 tools in rank order. 3) 101 sites to troll! This list lists sites in order again but is really a hit parade. Here is a free on-line book chock full of web resources to explore by educational category. This alphabetic list is almost ridiculous in length. I hope that this post puts a few new arrows in your quiver.
Select and Compare Web 2.0 Tools. The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have. By EdTech Team Updated on march 2, 2015 : The original list that was created in 2011 comprised 33 skills , after reviewing it we decided to do some merging and finally ended up with the 20 skills below. The 21st century teacher should be able to : 1- Create and edit digital audio Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :Free Audio Tools for Teachers 2- Use Social bookmarking to share resources with and between learners Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill : A List of Best Bookmarking Websites for Teachers 3- Use blogs and wikis to create online platforms for students Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill : Great Tools to Create Protected Blogs and Webpages for your Class 4- Exploit digital images for classroom use Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :Web Tools to Edit Pictures without Installing any softwareTools to Convert Photos into Cartoons.
Web 2.0 PD Resources. 60in60 - Top60. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011. ICT & Web Tools - Section 2. Top Web Tools for Enhancing Collaboration. 11/1/2010 By: By Özge Karaoglu It’s not news that collaboration is a proven method for effective teaching, and Web 2.0 has enlarged the possibility of peer collaboration to a global scale. What follows is some of the coolest tools you can use to kick-start collaborative projects in your district in any curriculum. ¦ AwesomeHighlighter is the easiest way to highlight texts on Web pages. When you finish highlighting, you get a link and share it with others. If you like this, you should also try Markkit. ¦ Board800 is a multi-user-shared interactive whiteboard with simultaneous access and drawing capabilities.
. ¦ CoSketch is another whiteboard that you can collaborate on to visualize your ideas and share them as images. . ¦ Creately lets you create professional-looking online diagrams with your colleagues. ¦ With CubeTree, you can create wikis, blogs, profiles, and feeds for your groups. ¦ DabbleBoard is a whiteboard that enables you to visualize, explore, and collaborate. The Edublog Awards. 15 Free Tools for Web-based Collaboration.
No man (or woman) is an island – and this statement can’t be any truer if you’re a designer or developer. Though paid/subscription services like Basecamp and Zimbra are great, individuals strapped for cash have a ton of alternatives that provide similar (if not better) features. In this article, you’ll find 15 free tools to help you facilitate remote/web-based collaboration. Whether you need basic whiteboarding/brainstorming tools or fully-featured project management applications – you should be able to find a tool or two that’s worth checking out. Google Docs Google Docs is an excellent application for collaboration. You can share documents and spreadsheets and collaborate with your team/clients in real-time. Stixy Stixy is a flexible, online “bulletin board”/drawing board. Project2Manage Project2Manage is a fully-featured, free, hosted solution for project management and collaboration (similar to Basecamp).
Bubbl.us Dabbleboard Dabbleboard is a robust, online whiteboard that’s easy to use. Online Freebies for Instructors.