TECHNOLOGY

ENHANCED TEACHING
LESSON EXEMPLARS
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20 DIGITAL SKILLS EVERY
21
CENTURY TEACHER SHOULD
HAVE
1- Create and edit digital audio useful web tools that you can use with your
students to record and share audio clips. As a teacher , you can use these tools
to record audio clips to share on your classroom blogs or send them to students
parents.
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill:
This is a great application that allows you to add
audio comments to the content of your Google
documents. This could be a good way to deliver
feedback to your students. To use Kaizena , you need
to be logged in to your Google account and just like
any other third party application, to integrate
Kaizena into your Google Docs you will have to
grant it access to your Drive.
Audioboo is a wonderful tool for recording and
sharing audio clips. It works both on iOS and
Android devices as well as on the web.You can
record and upload anonymously from the
mobile app but it's much more powerful with an
account - all you need is an email address.
Soundcloud is very easy to use and with once click you
can start recording your own track. You can also upload
sound tracks you have saved on your
computer.Soundcloud also allows you to add comments
to your audio tracks and share them with your students
and friends.
TwistedWave is a new audio recording and editing
web tool that you can use to create, edit and share
audio recordings.It also lets you upload your audio
files from your computer or import them from
Google Drive and SoundCloud and edit them the
way you like.
2- Use Social bookmarking to share resources with and between learners

Semantically speaking, ' social bookmarking' is made up of the

term " social " which is related to society and general
interactions between people, and the verb " to bookmark "
(used here as a gerund ending in ing) which has to do with
recording and/or saving content for both later use and quick
access. Weaving the semantic reference of the two words results
in social bookmarking as we know it today : a collaborative and
collective saving and sharing of web content.
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill:
Diigo is a powerful online research tool and collaborative research
platform that integrates several key technologies, including social
bookmarking, web annotation, tagging, and group-based
collaboration, to enable a whole new process of online knowledge
management and participatory learning in the 21st century.Diigo
provides several apps/extensions, so you can collect everything or
use Diigo for a specific purpose.
This is another powerful tool for saving and organizing
your bookmarks. You can create as many binders as
you want and in these online binders you can combine
all of your cloud documents, website links and upload
your desktop documents - to then easily access, share,
and update your binders from anywhere.
Scoop. It is another powerful web tool for curating digital
content. Similar to Pinterest, Scoop.it allows you to create
as many boards as you want and you can either share
them with the public or make them private. It also has a
handy bookmarklet to use for instant Scooping.
Pinterest is a free web tool that you can use to visually
curate web content. You can create as many boards as
you want and you can also join other's boards and start
a collaborative pinning experience. Pinterest has a
handy bookmarklet that you can drag to the bookmarks
toolbar and with one click you will be able to add
anything you come across.
Some call it the new Pinterest for educators, Educlipper is
really a great and promising website where teachers get to
curate and organize digital content. Educlipper has been
designed specifically for educators and by an educator (
Adam Bellow: founder ). The process of setting up your
Educlipper account is pretty easy and can be done in a few
clicks and once logged in you can instantly start adding
content .
3- Use blogs and wikis to create online platforms for students
As for teachers, they can use these class virtual spaces to :
• Post assignments and homework to students
• Upload documents and other learning materials to students
• Post classroom announcements, important dates, event
calendars...etc
• Create portfolios to document students learning
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill:
Blogger is a free Google service which provides
users with a simple and easy to use blogging
interface. Users can choose from a wide variety
of templates and with just drag and drop
functionality, one can set up and run the blog in
few clicks.
Similar to Blogger, Wordpress is also easy to
use and is free for basic versions. There are
several guides and video tutorials on its help
page that will help you through the process
of setting up your blog.
Kidblog is designed for K-12 teachers
who want to provide each student with an
individual blog. Students publish posts
and participate in academic discussion.
The World's most popular education blogging
service... Edublogs lets you easily create & manage
student & teacher blogs, quickly customize designs
and include videos, photos & podcasts - it's safe,
easy and secure so try out an Edublog today.
4- Exploit digital images for classroom use tools to edit pictures to use with your
students and they too do not require any software download or installation.
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :

PicMonkey is a great web tool for photo editing. It has

everything you might need to edit your image from the
basic to advanced features. PicMonkey is a good option
for adding text to your image.
Befunky allows you to crop, resize, or add
a frame to your photo. It also lets you
adjust the color, brightness, contrast,
saturation, and sharpness of your pictures
and even create collages to share with
others.
More than 600 effects, overlays, and borders
to personalize any image, free! Pixlr Express is
a fun and free photo editor that lets you
quickly crop, re-size, and fix any picture,
remove red-eye, and whiten teeth.
Edit your images online quickly and easily and also
for FREE! With PicGhost you can edit all your images
online, no software or installations required.
5- Use video content to engage students
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill:

WeVideo is a collaborative, cloud-based

online video editor that is free to use, with
affordable options to export in HD and store
additional videos.
This Story Builder allows you to create mini-movies or
video stories with the feel of Google Docs. You can
also personalize the videos you create using the
characters, story, and even music of your choosing and
when you finish you can share your final product with
others.
Rather than spending valuable classroom time learning
a complicated video editing program, you and your
students can now get straight to the project. Whether
you want to film your lectures, create exciting
presentations, or encourage your students’ creativity by
having them shoot, edit and share their own videos, it’s
all possible using this super-simple platform.
6- Use infographics to visually stimulate students
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Tools for Creating Educational Posters and Infographics
Here is what you can do with PowToon :

• Create Engaging and Captivating Content

• Animate Your Flipped Classroom
• Inspire Reluctant Students to be Creative
• Let Your Students Express Themselves

• Below is a collection of four great web tools you can use with your students to
create posters and inforgaphics.
7- Use Social networking sites to connect with colleagues
and grow professionally
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
• Excellent Tools for Teachers Professional Development
This is a great website that offers all the
resources you need to grow professionally.
It has different sections with each one full of
PDFs, books, articles an many more.
In this networking group, you can get
connected with other educators who
are interested in Web 2.0, social
media, and more in the classroom.
There is no way that you did not hear about
this awesome website. Discovery Education
provides high quality, dynamic, digital content
to everyone be it a teacher, an administrator ,
student or even parents.
With Google Reader or any other great
RSS tool, you can subscribe to blogs and
stay on top of it all.
Perfect for finding people to add to your PLN,
participating in chats, and sharing what you’ve
found, Twitter is one of your most powerful
tools for growing and maintaining a personal
network.
Find and share information, connect with
others, and build upon your personal
learning network on this popular answers
site.
Ed Week is a also one of the leading
websites in education. It helps teachers and
educators grow professionally by providing
all kinds of resources for free.
The title says it all. EPD is the largest online
database of professional development
conferences and workshops for educators and
teachers from Early Learning to Grade 12.
8- Create and deliver asynchronous presentations and training sessions
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :

Presentation Creation Tools for Teachers

There are a slew of useful web tools that teachers and students
can use to create awesome presentations and slideshows without
having to install any piece of software. I am sharing with you below
my four favourite tools that I have been recommending to teachers
and students.
Google Presentation

Google Presentation is part of the productivity suite that comes

with Google Drive. It allows you to integrated text, images,
videos, import/export slides, customize the size of our slides,
insert themes and many more.
Haiku Deck

This is probably the best addition to the web-based

presentation tools. Haiku was initially working only on
mobile devices but a couple of days ago the web version
was launched; however to use it you need to request an
invitation.
Prezi

This is another great presentation tool that I have been using for
awhile now. What I like the most about Prezi is the dynamism and
interactivity it adds to the animation of the slides. Prezi slides can
also be embedded in your classroom blog or website.
Zoho Presentation
Zoho Show is an online presentation tool that helps you to create
and deliver presentations. You can now take your presentations
wherever you go, apply new ideas instantly, review, edit, share
and deliver presentations on the go. Watch this video to learn
more about Zoho Presentation.
9- Compile a digital e-portfolio for their own development
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :

Great Tools to Create Digital Portfolios

Digital portfolios are great ways for students to showcase their
work and keep track of their learning. There are now a wide
variety of web tools that allow users to easily create digital
portfolios and share them with others. In a previous post here in
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning I featured a few
of these tools and today I am adding more to this list.
Pathbrite is a wonderful platform that allows users to create
academic digital portfolios using different media. Pathbrite offers
different templates for users to choose from and each portfolio
can include things like : Google Docs, letters, Youtube and Vimeo
videos, transcripts, popular social media websites like Facebook,
LinkedIn. Pathbrite also lets you important your materials like
PDFs, Docs, Pictures, Videos and many more. Each portfolio
created by Pathbrite can be shared via email or social media.
Google Sites is another wonderful platform I have been recommending
for teachers and educators over the last couple of years. Creating a
digital portfolio using Google Sites is pretty basic. Just head over to its
home page, sign up and then click on create my site. Pick out a
template for your site and give it a name and description and there
you go. Google Sites also allows you to upload your materials into
your page including, files, PDFs, videos, pictures and HTML codes.
Silk is a web tool that you can use to create beautiful webpages
where you can create, edit, and share your digital portfolios. Each
page comes in with a variety of themes to choose from. Silk gives
you more ways to structure and visualize your content. A Silk
page consists of collections that hold together similar pages, and
supports raging important bits of information on each page.
Weebly is a platform that lets you set up a web page in
a matter of few clicks. It also provides pre-set themes
and templates to use with your webpage and provides
you with powerful authoring tools to add materials and
cease content on your pages.
Dropr provides you with a space where you can create web
pages to host your images, videos and audio. Each of these
pages has its own unique URL. Dropr editor is very easy to use
and with just drag and drop you can upload and share all
types of content : pictures, music, videos, 3D, interactive stuff
and many more.
10- be able to detect plagiarized works in students assignments
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Plagiarism Detector Tools for Teachers and Educators

Plagium is a cool plagiarism detection tool. Just paste in the

original portion of text ( shouldn’t be more than 250 characters)
and hit "search". You can also check URLs and files but you will
have to sign up with them. The service is free of charge.
Turnitin

This is another great tool for detecting plagiarism in your

students work. You can check papers against 24+ billion
web pages, 300+ million student papers and 110,000+
publications.
Dupli Checker

With you Dupli Checker you only have to copy paste, or upload
your content file containing essay, thesis, website content or
articles, and click ‘search’, and you get the analysis reports within
seconds. Each sentence is dissected, and all the source websites
from where the content was copied are displayed.
iThenticate is a service offered by Plagiarism.org, but is
geared more toward professional writing and scholarly
research. Publishers like Oxford University Press use
iThenticate for its Cross Check software, which includes a
database of more than 31 million articles and 67,664 books
and journals.
PlagiarismChecker.com makes it simple for educators to check
for copied work by pasting phrases from a student's paper into
a search box. The system can search through either Google or
Yahoo.
Plagiarism detect

A few clicks and your text will be checked for plagiarism. Firstly, you
upload your text (paste it to the checking area or upload a file). Then
the system breaks it into small linguistic units and checks it for similarities
against all the websites that are open for indexation and also our
private database.
11- Create screen capture videos and tutorials
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Some Very Good Screen Capture Tools for Teachers

Screen capture images can be used for a variety of reasons. You

can include them in tutorials and multimedia classroom projects.
You can also use them as illustrative visual aids when explaining a
difficult concept or to visually highlight a process. There are
several web based tools and extensions that you can use for this
purpose. Here is a list I compiled for you containing some of the
best tools I have been using in my work as a blogger.
Web Page screen Capture

This is a freeware software for taking screenshots . This

extension is able to capture 100% of both the vertical and
horizontal content appearing on any webpage on the
Internet. It is very easy to save the captured file onto your
computer or print it / or share it to any social network.
Tech Smith Snagit

The Snagit for Google Chrome™ Extension makes it possible

for you to capture images within your Chrome browser. In
order to edit, share, and manage your captures.
Screen Capture

This tool allows you to capture visible content of a

tab, a region of a web page, or the whole page
as a PNG image.
Monosnop is a wonderful desktop software that you can use to :

• Capture full screen, just part of the screen, or a selected window

• Highlight important details with pen, text, arrows and shapes
• Hide private information with our blur tool
• Open snapshots in your favorite external editor
• Drop images on the Monosnap icon to upload them to the cloud
• Upload your snapshot to our storage in one click
• Or save it to your local folder and copy it to clipboard
12- Curate web content for classroom learning
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Great Tools for Web Curation

It allows you to create categories to which you scoop links and

materials you find online. It also has a bookmarklet that you
can install on.
This another cool tool I use to organize and
bookmark my resources. The same principle as
Scoop.it you can create different binders and
use the bookmark to help you your live
bindering.
13- Use and provide students with task management
tools to organize their work and plan their learning
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :

A List of Great Task Management Tools for Educators

1- ChromeMilk:
TaskMilk lets you access your tasks right from your Chrome toolbar.
2- RemindMe:
Simply set reminders so you wouldn't get carried away with browsing..
remind yourself of online stuff that you want to do later, job tasks that need
to be done at a specific time, or just about anything that you would hate to
miss!
3- StayFocusd
StayFocusd increases your productivity by limiting the amount of time that you
can spend on time-wasting websites.
4- Things To Do:
This extension has a few subtle features, which can help you manage your to do list very
efficiently:
5- Google Calendar Checker:
Quickly see the time until your next meeting from any of your calendars. Click on the button to be
taken to your calendar.
6- Incredible StartPage:
Incredible StartPage is a productive start page replacement for Chrome. Put all your favorite
bookmarks in a beautiful frame, and enjoy our handy features! We are a featured extension by
Google!
7- My Shortcuts:
Quickly access your favorite Google™ Web Apps: Gmail™, Contacts, Calendar, Docs and other
Google™ services, or create a new email, event, document, spreadsheet or presentation.
14- Use polling software to create a real-time survey in class
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Free and Easy Poll/ Survey Tools for Teachers
Poll Everywhere is a powerful web tool for creating and distributing polls.
It offers you five types of polls to choose from: multiple choice poll, free
response poll, true or false poll, clickable images poll, and discourse poll.
Your respondents can vote on your poll either through SMS or via the web
using the generated link you will provide them. Poll Everywhere also has
a wonderful way of displaying the results of the poll. You can have the
results displayed on a chart of bouncing bars. You can also present your
polls as a seamless part of your PowerPoint or Keynote slideshow. Flip on
through and instead of another flat picture, your respondents see your
slide come alive with real time poll results
AnswerGarden is another great tool to use for collecting feedback from students. This
is how it works: you type in your question in Create New AnswerGarden page. When
you hit ‘submit’ you will be directed to your newly created AnswerGarden page. From
there you can share your page with others or embed it in your class blog or website.
Respondents will have to either enter their answers or choose from existing ones.”If
you're satisfied with the results, you can for instance show the AnswerGarden to your
friends, tweet about it or export it to Wordle or Tagxedo.
15- Understand issues related to copyright and fair use of online materials
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Great Resources for Learning More about Copyright Issues

Pics4learning is a safe, free image library for education.

Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos
and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites,
videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational
setting.
16- Use digital assessment tools to create quizzes
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Free Tools to Create and Administer Quizzes

EQuizShow is a simple and free site that lets teachers design

Jeopardy-type games online.It is a great app for teachers who want
a quick and easy way to engage students and have them ready for
exams or assessments tests. This app will find its most use during
refresher courses or for helping students review for a test.
QuizSlides.com is an innovative web-based platform for multiple-choice testing. Here
are some of the features QuizSlides offers to its users :
• Quick and easy test creation using PowerPoint.
• Stylish and attractive look.
• Interactive "answer until correct" test format for quizzes.
• Choice of test formats with or without negative marking for exams.
• Exams can be timed.
• Test results and statistics at a glance, and downloadable results spreadsheets.
• Designed to work well on iPads and other touchscreen devices.
17- Find and evaluate authentic web based content
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :

A Great Rubric for Evaluating Web Content

Here is another wonderful rubric from University of
Wisconsin on the different criteria to use to evaluate
websites . Students and parents can use it to assess web
content in terms of its relevance to what is being taught in
class. It can also be used as a tool for self-asessment and
peer feedback.
This rubric covers 8 major criteria :

Content:
This criterion is for evaluating the usefulness of the content of webpages in terms of the
information it has, the quality of the content, how frequently the content is updated,
and whether it includes feedback loops such as surveys, forms or questionnaires.

Multimedia
This one assesses the use of multimedia elements in web content. These elements
include, photos, graphics, sound, video and animation.It specifically looks into how
these elements are integrated into the texture of the content and to what effect they
are used.
Fair Use Guidelines
This one looks into how citations are being used (if at all) in web
content

Internal and External Navigation

This criterion examines the validity of the the internal links ( links
directing to other pages within the same website) and external links
(links leading to content in other websites). It also looks into how the
linking system is being built into the website and whether or not it
facilitates users navigation.
Layout and Text Elements
This has to do with the typography of the web content: size and font of
the text, the uses of headlines and subtitles, use of italics and
indentations. It also examines the format of the page, the colour being
used and the background and whether these elements enhance the
general readability of the text or not.

Contact Person, Copyright and Update Information

Does the web page includes a a section where users can contact the
author and read more information about the website such as the date
of creation and copyright information ?
Speed Web Pages
Does the page load quickly? How images are featured into the
web page and whether they include tags to help users get an
idea of what they are about if they do not show up properly.

Writing Mechanics
This criterion evaluates the written content of a web page in
terms of grammatical errors, capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling.
18- Use digital tools for time management purposes
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Some Very Good Tools for Better Time Management

Maintaining focus in a world permeated with all kinds of digital

distractions becomes a real challenge. Ironically enough, this
same technology that distracts us can be used to fight off
distraction. There are now several productivity and time
management apps that you can use on your iPad to help you
better ration your time and control how you spend it.
Pomodoro Timer helps you boost your productivity using
the Pomodoro Technique™, one of the most effective time
management methods out there. Not only will you get a
fully configurable timer that lets you customize every
aspect of the technique, but you will also enjoy a clear
and beautiful user interface.
DropTime is a countdown timer designed for
the Pomodoro Technique. It sets up a loop
sequence of timers and records how much time
you spent on a task.
19- Use note taking tools to share interesting content with your students
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Good Apps for Note Taking
Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps
you remember everything across all of the
devices you use. Stay organized, save your
ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets
you take notes, capture photos, create to-do
lists, record voice reminders--and makes these
notes completely searchable, whether you are
at home, at work, or on the go
Microsoft OneNote for iPhone is your digital notebook
for capturing what's important in your personal and
professional life. Jot down your ideas, add pictures,
update your shopping list, and check your to-do's from
this Microsoft Office app.
20- Use of online sticky notes to capture interesting ideas
Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :
Sticky Notes Apps for Teachers and Students
With Sticky you can organize your thoughts and
ideas in a colour and tactile way. You can add
as many pages as you want. It also allows you
to add text, images and a wide range of
different colours to make your notes and todos
stand out. This app is free.
My Secret Diary

This is app that enables you to takes note and record your thoughts
using text and images. You can attach the photos you have in your
albums directly into the page and you can also accompany them with
music from your iTunes . The app also provides several stcikers to add to
your notes to help you better remember important details.
Conventional Methods
of Teaching
What is Conventional Methods of Teaching?
This term will be used in this study to refer to
the teaching using chalk and board for
teachers; pen and paper for students. Rather
the teacher uses other methods such as
demonstration using examples, lecture
methods, question answer methods among
others.
The blackboard is a reusable writing surface on
which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium
sulphate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for
this purpose, as chalk. Blackboards were originally
made of smooth, thin sheets of black or dark grey
slate stone. Modern versions are often green because
the colour is considered easier on the eyes.
Realia
The main advantage of using real objects into the classroom is to make
the learning experience more memorable for the learner. To give a
couple of simple examples, if you are going to teach vocabulary of
fruit and vegetables it can be much more affective for students if they
can touch, smell and see the objects at the same time as hearing the new
word. This would appeal to a wider range of learner styles than a
simple flashcard picture of the piece of fruit or vegetable. (With very
young learners, classroom management can become trickier if you bring
in real objects as excitement levels tend to rise. Last year one of my
students bit into an onion we were passing round.
Posters and wall charts
A wall chart is a type of large poster often displaying
information for education and entertaiment.
Great posters and charts for all subjects to hang on
walls to display around classrooms or hallways. A
variety of different subjects so children can learn the
fun way with charts to attach pieces to for fun games
also.
Flashcards
Flashcards are a simple, versatile, yet often
underexploited resource. I would like to offer
some reasons for using flash cards and a
selection of activities for use in the Young
Learner classroom, although some of the
activities could also be used with fun-loving,
lower level adult classes.
The textbook
A textbook or coursebook is a manual of instruction in any branch of
study.. Textbooks are produced according to the demands of
educational institutions. Although most textbooks are only published
in printed format,
As you visit classrooms, you probably notice that most, if not all, of
those classrooms use a standard textbook series. The reasons for this
are many, depending on the design and focus of the curriculum, the
mandates of the administration, and/or the level of expertise on the
part of classroom teachers.
Digital Learning
Resource
The term 'digital learning resource' is used here to refer to materials
included in the context of a course that support the learner's
achievement of the described learning goals. These materials consist of
a wide variety of digitally formatted resources including:
• graphics images or photos
• audio and video
• simulations
• animations
• prepared or programmed learning modules.