ELED 422 - Technology Tools

Chelsea Kroger

Tool Description Use

Little Bits Small electronic modules Great for doing STEAM related
that stick together activities with students in
magnetically. which they have to use their
creativity, engineering, and
design skills to build things.

1 Adobe Spark Online stories/video creator Teachers can use this tool to
with easy to use audio create instructional videos for
recorder, gallery of pictures students. Also could be used to
and icons, and editing tools. create explanatory or
informational presentations for
parents or colleges.

2 Evernote Digital notebook system This is great for students and

allowing user to create teachers. Students can use it
folders, pages, and notes to take online notes and
electronically. teachers can use it to keep
track of websites or keep notes
on students progress.

3 iMovie iOS application used to Students and teachers could

create and edit digital use this to make a video for a
movies. iMovie has music, presentation. Students could
pictures, and transition have fun making a movie
materials to chose from. trailer or design a hollywood
style movie for a project.

4 Planner 5D Create interior home designs WIth this easy to use app
and home plans in 3D & 2D - students could create and
the site allows freedom to design in a different way than
create from scratch and writing on a piece of paper.
provides tools to add your
own personal touch

5 Canva Create designs for prints, Both teachers and students

flyers, posters, blogs, can use this application to
Facebook pages, design visuals for projects or
presentations, or invitations. presentations.

6 Piktochart Design app to create This tool is great for both

infographics - the app students and teachers.
provides professional Students can use it for
pictures, icons, and designs. presentations or projects.
 Teachers can uses this to make
informational flyers or posters
for meetings or classroom
lessons.

7 Do Ink With this app users can This would be so fun for
create and edit their own students to use while doing a
green screen broadcastings. research assignment versus a
basic powerpoint or writing
assignment

8 Screencast-o- Tool used to record visual Teachers could use this for
matic and audio recordings of tutorials and students can use
computer screens on a this to explain how they did an
computer or tablet assignment or lesson

9 WeVideo Video editing tool Much like iMovie WeVideo has

video editing tools to create
professional style videos

10 QR Code Online site that creates QR Students could use this to show
Generator codes that can be read by all a presentation they have
QR code readers created. Teachers could also
use this to have students scan
a code to link to an interactive
website

11 Quiver 3D Augmented reality coloring Students can use this to create

application - allows 2D interactive images with
images to come to life assignments

12 Code.org Online tool for students to Great introduction tool for

incorporate coding into students to learn coding - this
education - organizes the site has a lot of games to teach
annual hour of code program students how to code ranging
that encourages students to in a variety of grade levels
join in an hour of online
coding

13 Spheros Robotic and digital This would be so fun for

technology that encourages students to use when learning
students to find the fun in how to code - also can be used
coding to show teachers to fun in
incorporating STEAM learning
in schools

14 Seesaw Digital portfolio for students Students can use this to upload
to upload their work - their work. Teachers can utilize
students can upload visuals, this to show parents the hard
comments, or audio work their children are doing
 versus showing them paper
documents.

15 Quizziz Assessment tool to create a Teachers can use this as a

quiz. Memes, music, and formative assessment tool to
colorful pictures keep this check in on their students
website vibrant and fun. progress

16 Binary Bracelets Students create bracelets as A great way for teachers to

a binary representation of show students that coding is
the first letter of their name. not just strictly online.
Students learn that data can
be represented and stored in
more than one way.

17 Light Bot Light bot is an application Fun for students to play while
that directs a robot to turn taking a brain break - more of a
on a light through students game than an assignment
choosing commands to direct
the robot to the light.

18 LightUp Edison Teachers about coding and Hands on activity for students
Kit circuits with electronic to use trial and error while
building blocks and an using coding and circuits
augmented reality app.

19 Code & Go Coding game for younger Younger learners could use this
Robot Mouse learners to command a in groups to work together to
Activity Kit mouse to reach his goal of solve a coding problem.
obtaining the cheese -
pattern cards are provided to
show students how the maze
is to be set up and students
select commands to direct
the mouse through the maze
to the cheese.

20 Tynker Tynker makes it fun to learn Fun for students to play while
programming - play fun taking a brain break - more of a
puzzles for students to learn game than an assignment
the basics. Then students
can create their own coding
game