Tools & Techniques Toolbox
Welcome to the CITT Tools & Techniques Toolbox. Here, you will find very brief introduction to various tools and techniques for use in face to face education and synchronous/asynchronous distance education. Click on a link to view information on each tool or technique including:
- What the tool or technique is
- Educational uses and benefits
- An example
- How to get started with it
- Where to learn more about it
New In the Toolbox: Google Docs
Google Docs is a free tool available through Google which allows users to create document, spreadsheets and presentations online. Users can also collaborate in real time, store and organize work, control who can see and edit the documents and upload existing files for storage. Familiar desktop feel makes using and editing easy and fast.
Presentation Tools
- Camtasia Relay
- Creative Commons
- Database
- Learning Management Systems
- E-Learning (Sakai)
- E-journals
- Elluminate Live!
- Google Docs
- Google Earth
- Mediasite
- Mapping Mashups
- Ning
- RSS Feeds
- Skype
- WiZiQ
Interaction Tools
- Application Sharing
- Blogs
- Breakout Rooms
- Clickers/Classroom Response Systems
- Discussion Boards
- Elluminate Live!
- Elluminate In Session Invitations
- Flash
- Google Earth
- IM or Chat
- Interactive Tutorials
- Learning Activity Management System
- Learning Games
- Live Question Tool
- Microblogging
- Microsoft Word - Change Tracking
- Ning
- Second Life (Virtual Worlds)
- Simulations
- Skype
- Surveys
- SWoRD
- Timelinr
- Virtual Laboratories
- Virtual Reality
- VoiceThread
- Whiteboards
- Wikis
- WiZiQ
Social Software Tools
Large Enrollment Tools
- Clickers/Classroom Response Systems
- Discussion Boards
- E-Learning (Sakai)
- Elluminate Live!
- Group Critiques
- Learning Activity Management System
- Mediasite
- Online Journaling
- Open Journaling
- Podcasts/Videocasts
- SWoRD
- Wikis
- WiZiQ
Techniques for Utilizing Tools
- Audio conferencing
- Brainstorming
- Case Studies
- Collaborative/Peer Editing
- Dropbox
- Google Jockeying
- Group Critiques
- Learning Activity Management System
- Oral Presentations
- Online Journaling
- Open Journaling
- Podcasts/Videocasts
- Polls
- Portfolios
- Role Model Interviews
- Role Play
- Social Bookmarking
- Social Citations
- Social Libraries
- Video Conferencing
- Web Conferencing
- WebQuests
Assessment Strategies
- Case Studies
- Collaborative/Peer Editing
- Exams/Quizzes
- Google Earth
- Group Critiques
- Learning Activity Management System
- Oral Presentations
- Portfolios
- Reflection Paper
- Research Papers
- Response Groups
- Rubrics
- Self-Evaluation
- SWoRD
- WebQuests
- Written Essays
Improving Student Success: Learning Theories
- Chickering and Gamson 7 Rules for Undergraduate Education
- Collaborative & Cooperative Learning
- Gagne's 9 Events of Instruction
- Howard Garnders Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Coming Soon: Spreadsheets, Learning Activity Management Systems
