Glogster
During the semester I had to find a piece of technology and become knowledgeable on how to use it in the classroom and then demonstrate to my classmates on how to use it. The first demonstration that I did was Glogster. The "glog" that I made can be seen below. On this website people are able to create a poster type presentation to share. There are many different tools that can be used and added to a glog such as video, pictures, sounds, drawings, data attachments and many more. You are able to upload videos right from YouTube onto the glog. There is also an Education Edition to Glogster which would be more appropriate to use in a classroom.
Google Hangout
For my second demonstration I made a screencast using a program called jing. I then uploaded it to a website where you can upload screencasts and share them with others. Using these tools I did a demonstration on how to use Google hangout, which can be seen below. Google Hangout is a great site to use if you need to meet with more than one person and you are not able to find a time to get together. On Google hangout you can "hangout" with a group of up to nine people and work on projects together. This would be a very nice tool for students to use if they need to work on a project outside of class. Teachers can also use this to communicate with parents if a face to face meeting is not possible. Google hangout has many different features that can meet just about anyone's needs.
Classmates Demonstrations to use in the Classroom
Pinterest is a social networking site used to share ideas. There is a wide variety of information that one can get from Pinterest There are pins that contain pictures and links to the creative ideas on the website. It is called pinning. One can simply repin an idea and have it saved to their board. There are many types of boards but there is one made specifically for education. This is a wonderful place for teachers to go to find new creative ideas for lessons. I have an education board that you can view here.
Prezi
Prezi is a online tool that can be used to make presentations. Prezi is like power point but has many other options when making a presentation. Also prezi allows you to save online so there is no hassle with having to save a presentation to a jump drive. Also prezi allows you to search for images and videos right in the program and you do not have to save and upload pictures they are just inserted right into the presentation. You can personalize your presentation so much more than you can in power point. This is a great tool to use and a fun way to present information to your students. You can view an example of a prezi that my group and I put together for class below.
Google Docs
Google docs is also a great tool to use in the classroom. Using Google docs makes it very easy to share work and also work in a group on a project without having to get together. There is a new tool that has been added called the research tool. This tool makes it easy to search for information on a topic and then add it right into the document and it makes a citation for you at the bottom of the page. This tool would be very helpful to students in the classroom that are working on a paper. You are able to look up information on a subject and images. This is a tool that will be very helpful to use in the classroom. You can view a screencast on how to use this tool that a classmate of mine made here.