Editing Teaching Tools

These tools can help good teachers become even better. They facilitate communication beyond the classroom setting, ease instructional routines, make learning more fun and effective.
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'''Learning Management System'''
#[[Uvle|UVLe]] ([http://uvle.up.edu.ph uvle.up.edu.ph]) is an online course management system that helps teachers run courses from a single site. It's also a platform for sharing multimedia materials.<ref>Videos can be embedded or incorporated into an UVLe page. Good sources of academic videos: [http://academicearth.org/ Academic Earth], [http://ted.com Ted Talks], [http://www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy], [http://videolectures.net/ Video Lectures], [http://dilc.upd.edu.ph DILC website] (local contents).</ref> [[Why UVLe for Teachers|More UVLe's advantages]] || [[Why_Use_UVLe_Instead_of_Yahoo_or_Google_Groups|Why UVLe is a superior platform]]
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'''[[Collaboration Tools]]'''
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'''Online Chat'''<ref>T Gabriel, [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/education/13social.html?pagewanted=all "Speaking Up in Class, Silently, Using the Tools of Social Media"], NYT, 12 May 2011</ref><br />
[[Uvle|UVLe]] already has an online chat that can be archived for later retrieval. The alternatives include backchannel platforms like:
#[http://www.google.com/moderator/ Google Moderator] - where a teacher can post questions and have students vote for the ones they would most like answered.<br /><br />
#[http://todaysmeet.com/ Today’s Meet] - where teachers can set up virtual classrooms. The alternative to this is [http://campfirenow.com Campfire] that enables you to catch up with what you missed while you weren't logged in. Disadvantage to Campfire: expensive, separate platform. [[Uvle|UVLe]] already has group chat, which is free.<br /><br />
#[http://dilc.upd.edu.ph/index.php/chat DILC Web Chat] is a publicly accessible backchannel platform as well.
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'''Telephony'''
#[http://skype.com Skype]
#[http://www.itworld.com/unified-communications/166637/5-skype-alternatives-linux-users Others]
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'''Shared Desktop'''<br />
Shared desktop applications enable you to show people certain things remotely. Writing words about something is sometimes less effective than just showing it to people.  (More info [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_sharing here], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software here])
#[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cotvnc/ Chicken of the VNC]
#[https://secure.logmein.com/ LogMeIn]

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'''Project Management''' <br />
Project management applications can help track and manage complex projects. 
# [http://www.fogcreek.com/fogbugz/ Fogbugz]
<br />[[Image:RSS_Feed_icon.png|100px|thumb|right|an RSS feed icon - whenever you see this on a webpage, chances are its update can be collected automatically]]
'''RSS Reader'''<br />
An RSS ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS Really Simply Syndication]) Reader enables you to collect highly-specialized updates from various sources. An RSS feed can also be incorporated into [[Uvle|UVLe]], so the latest updates from your field can be shared with students.
#[http://www.google.com/reader/view/ Google Reader] <br /><br />

'''Blogs'''<br />
Journal writing can be an effective tool in teaching and learning.<ref>Smith, Mark (1999, 2006), 'Keeping a learning journal', the encyclopaedia of informal education, [http://www.infed.org/research/keeping_a_journal.htm www.infed.org/research/keeping_a_journal.htm].</ref> In [[Uvle|UVLe]], this can be in a form of a blog that the student can publish at the UVLe site or something that the student can keep between himself and his teacher. The alternative is to have a totally public blog in places like [http://blogspot.com/ Blogspot] and [http://wordpress.com/ Wordpress]. However, blogging for a course in full view of an online public may not be appropriate for everyone. 
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==Other Tools==
'''SCORM Authoring'''<br />
* See [http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Creating_SCORM_Content this listing]
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'''Presentation'''<br />
* [http://prezi.com/ Prezi] - zooming presentation editor
* [http://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote Keynote] - animates slides and converts them to stand-alone flash 
:Note: [http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/challenging-the-presentation-paradigm-in-6-minutes-40-seconds-pecha-kucha/22807 Challenge presentation paradigm]!
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'''Mind Mapping and Visualization'''<br />
* [http://www.diagram.ly/ Diagramly]
* [[Uvle|UVLe]] also has a [[Uvle#Mind_Mapping_Tools|mind mapping function]]. 
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'''Exam Construction'''
* [http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.php Hot Potatoes]
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'''Language Tools'''<br />
* [http://www.online-utility.org/text/analyzer.jsp Text Analysis Tool]
* [http://www.online-utility.org/english/readability_test_and_improve.jsp Readability] | [http://www.kerryr.net/webwriting/tools_readability.htm Readability testing using MS Word]
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'''Resources on Instructional Design'''
* [http://www.instructionaldesigncentral.com/ Instructional Design Central]
* [http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy Bloom's Digital Taxonomy]
* [http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html "Bloomin' Apps] <br />
*[http://online.purdue.edu/resource/engineering-and-technology Engineering and Technology]
*[https://www.canva.com/create/facebook-covers/ Canva Illustration and Graphics Design]
*[https://www.lucidchart.com/rmc?utm_expid=39895073-135.PnMX611aTWqhcXEItKDOrw.2 Lucid Illustration and Graphics Design]

==See Also==
* [[Uvle|UVLe]]
* [[Technology integration in teaching and learning]]
* [[Collaboration Tools]]
* [[Data Visualization Tools]]
* [http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/06/22/100-tips-tools-and-resources-for-teaching-students-about-social-media/ "100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teaching Students About Social Media"]
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==Notes==
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