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21st Century Learning Using Free Tools
  • Pat Sine
  • Office of Educational Technology
  • University of Delaware
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Imperatives for the 21st Century
  • Prepare students who can utilize technology to solve problems
  • Integrate technology while helping students attain the standards
  • Prepare students who can work collaboratively within and beyond the classroom
  • Work within diminishing budgets
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Limits to fully integrating technology
  • Sufficient access
  • Sufficient skill
  • Curriculum imagination
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Let’s assume
  • Enough computers for students to have ready access to the Internet during the school day
  • Students with enough skill to follow links on a web page
  • No money to buy additional software
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Today, we’ll supply
  • Free software
  • Curriculum imagination!
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How Far Is It?
Distance calculator
  • www.indo.com/distance/
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Distance Calculator
  • Puts places in context
  • Allows integration of geography standards
  • Emphasis on latitude and longitude and cardinal directions
  • Compare this to Yahoo! Maps or MapQuest


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Google
  • www.google.com
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Google
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Google Web Search Features
  • Cached Links
  • Calculator
    160 pounds * 4000 feet in Calories
  • Definitions
    define ergonomics
  • News Headlines
    returned at the top of your search
  • Search By Number
    patent 5123123
    302


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Landmark Citation Machine
  • www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine
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Landmark Citation Machine
  • “The principal goal of this tool is to make the proper crediting of information property so easy that it becomes a habit, not a laborious task that we stop doing outside of school.”
  • Makes ethical behavior accessible
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HPRTEC  Rubistar
  • rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
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HPRTEC  Rubistar -- options
  • View or Title link - See the completed rubric.
  • Edit - change title, content, number of columns, number of rows, row titles and column titles.
  • Analyze rubric - put in data about the performance of the class as a whole to find problem areas in the project.
  • Delete - delete the rubric and all its contents. Deleted rubrics are gone forever.
  • Duplicate - duplicate the rubric and all its contents. Duplicated rubric will have a new rubric ID.
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HPRTEC  Rubistar
  • Rubrics build on the expertise of many who came before
  • Can be created in minutes or worked on until perfect
  • Last long enough to print or can be retained to be linked on the web
  • Can be developed by teachers or students
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Gaggle
  • www.gaggle.net
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Gaggle
  • Free e-mail for students
  • Filtered e-mail for students
    • Automatically blocks  mail on list of words and on known problem addresses
    • Teacher can set allowed and disallowed addresses

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Yahoo! Groups
  • Groups.yahoo.com
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Yahoo! Groups
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Yahoo! Groups
  • As owner, you can
    • Add members without any other intervention
    • Put a subscription link on your web page
    • Moderate the list
    • Utilize other features such as polls, sharing photos, etc.
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Yahoo! Groups
  • As members, you can
    • Subscribe with as many addresses as you like
    • Send to the whole class with a single address
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Yahoo! Groups
  • Anyone can start a group
  • You can start as many groups as you like
    • Class
    • Homeroom parents
    • Project groups
    • PTA
  • Your groups can be any size (2 – ∞)
  • Your groups can last as long as you like
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Ofoto
soon to be Kodak EasyShare Gallery
  • www.ofoto.com
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Ofoto
  • Share any set of digital photos
    • Any event
    • Any topic
  • Send announcement to any email address
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SurveyMonkey
  • www.surveymonkey.com
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SurveyMonkey
  • “Intelligent survey software for serious primates of all species.  SurveyMonkey has a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily.”
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SurveyMonkey
  • You or your students create surveys and collect data quickly
  • Many question types
    • Choice - One Answer (Vertical)
    • Choice - One Answer (Horizontal)
    • Choice - One Answer (Menu)
    • Choice - Multiple Answers (Vertical)
    • Choice - Multiple Answers (Horizontal)
    • Matrix - One Answer per Row
    • Matrix - One Answer per Row
      (Rating Scale)
    • Matrix - Multiple Answers per Row


    • Matrix - Multiple Answers per Row (Menus)
    • Open Ended - One Line w/Prompt
    • Open Ended - One or More Lines w/Prompt
    • Open Ended - Essay
    • Open Ended - Constant Sum
    • Open Ended - Date and/or Time

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Blogger
  • www.blogger.com
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Blogs = Web Logs
  • blog
    • (n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.
    • (v.) To author a Web log.
    • Other forms: Blogger (a person who blogs).
    • Source:  webopedia.com
  • Merriam-Webster named "blog" as the 2004 Word of the Year
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Some Blog Samples
  • Free Thinking and Linking by Joanne
    www.joannejacobs.com/
  • Diary of a Fired Flight Attendant
    queenofsky.journalspace.com/
  • Google Blog
    www.google.com/googleblog/



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Blogger
  • Create a rapid-fire web page
  • Gather student comments on topics you pose in a public space
  • Allow posting by anyone to create a sequential log of information
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SeedWiki
  • www.seedwiki.com


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Wiki
  • n.) A collaborative Web site comprised of the perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors. In contrast, a blog, typically authored by an individual, does not allow visitors to change the original posted material, only add comments to the original content. The term wiki refers to either the Web site or the software used to create the site.
  • Wiki wiki means “quick” in Hawaiian. The first wiki was created by Ward Cunnigham in 1995.
  • Source – webopedia.com
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Wikipedia.com
  • Welcome to Wikipedia, a free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
  • In this English version, started in 2001, we are currently working on 476061 articles.
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"The Teachers"
  • The Teachers' Lounge
  • teacherslounge.editme.com/



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Why a Wiki?
  • Collaborative projects
  • Collection of knowledge
  • Students as experts
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Curriculum Imagination
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Free tools provide …
  • a place for students to play with, organize and create knowledge
  • an opportunity to use technology in ways that encourage collaboration within and beyond the classroom
  • a chance to practice 21st century work skills
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Your turn!
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Practice What We Preach!
  • Rate these tools yourself
    • SurveyMonkey.com
  • Comment on the questions I’ve posed
    • Blogger.com
  • Contribute to the curriculum imagination surrounding these tools
    • www.seedwiki.com
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This presentation can be found online at www.udel.edu/sine/freetools