GotTechED the Podcast
Episode #103: 10 EdTech Swiss Army Knife Tools
Welcome back to GotTechED the podcast this is Episode #103 called “10 EdTech Swiss Army Knife Tools” In this episode, Guise and I will discuss 11 “swiss army knife style” edtech tools that are a one-stop shop of amazing learning opportunities. We’ll also discuss some of our go-to edtech tools for 2022. This is another episode you don’t want to miss. Check it out.
Segment 1: The importance of building your edtech toolkit
There are #edtech tools that do a specific task very well and then there are tools that are considered Swiss army Knives... which are the tools we talk about today! Click To Tweet
Segment 2:
- Pdf candy
- PDFescape
- Fun Brain – Games, videos, and online books for Pre-K through 8th grade
- Bookwidgets
- Geogebra – Free digital tools for teaching math. Many different digital calculators, activities, books, and a collaborative whiteboard space. Students enter with a simple classroom code
- Think Tech – Visualize student thoughts by generating whole class word clouds., Sort iT: Build flash cards with terms or images for students to classify., Check iT: Collect written responses to open ended questions., Sketch iT: Annotate PDFs and images or give students a blank canvas to draw., Speak iT: Give every student a voice by collecting audio responses., Poll iT: Foster whole class discussion by collecting student opinions in real time., Quiz iT: Formally assess students through a variety of question types., Flip iT: Have students create their own content though video responses., TEAMS: Have students work collaboratively and submit as a group.
- https://tinywow.com/
- IXL – hundreds of interactive lessons and activities, organized by grade level, ready to use along with data analytics and diagnostics
- Jitter video
- Tiny Tap – thousands of personalized learning apps organized by grade level
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- EdTech Throwdown
- TargetED Learning
- Gamification (Badge Systems)
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- Flipped Classroom
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