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Discover why evolving past traditional learning management systems like Blackboard is crucial for educators and students. This session explores various elegant, fun, and flexible tools that allow for broader information sharing, authentic engagement, and connection with a wider audience. We’ll evaluate digital resources—including blogs, wikis, storage solutions, and collaboration platforms—based on their learning effectiveness, ease of use, and accessibility. Embrace the opportunity to create a richer educational experience that engages students and professionals alike.
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Your LMS Feel forced to use limited resources Handy tools all in one location
Why Move Your Classroom Beyond Blackboard? 1. Different purpose for sharing information • Share information with a wider audience • Create a more authentic/professional arena for sharing– share with the world, not just the classroom • Link groups together (past students, people working in the field, professional associations) 2. Tools more elegant, fun and flexible 3. Interest and ease of use
Tool Evaluation • Will it help you (or your students) meet learning objectives? • How easy is it for you (or your students) to learn or use? • Do you have to download something? Sign up to use? • Is it free? • Work on Mac and PC?
Large File Creation, Storage & Viewing http://www.youtube.com/ Click image to launch http://www.slideshare.net/ https://vimeo.com/ http://voicethread.com/
Blogs, Wikis, Websites http://edublogs.com Click image to launch http://wordpress.com/ http://blogger.com/ http://sites.google.com http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://www.weebly.com/ http://pbworks.com/
Synching Devices & Collaboration http://evernote.com/ Click image to launch http://drive.google.com https://www.dropbox.com/ https://www.diigo.com/
Content Curation http://www.scoop.it/ Click image to launch http://pinterest.com/ https://storify.com/ http://list.ly/ http://www.mindmeister.com/
Word Clouds, Charts, Virtual Boards http://www.wordle.net/ Click image to launch http://www.gliffy.com/ http://tagul.com/ http://nello.noteapp.com/ http://padlet.com/ http://mystickies.com/home
Video, Animations, Cartoons http://animoto.com/ Click image to launch http://www.toondoo.com/ http://www.pixton.com/ http://comiclife.com/ http://voki.com/