Educational Technology

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  • Wikis

    A wiki is a type of Web page or site that allows users to easily create, edit, and organize web pages. Many wikis allow anyone to create and edit any page, often anonymously.  Examples of some of the world’s most popular wikis include: Wikipedia, Wikitravel and WikiHow.

  • Blogging

    Gone are the days of writing HTML markup if you want to maintain a personal Web site. Well, those days are not entirely gone, but the end is in sight. Why? It is all due to the rise of the blog. Blog is short for Web log and as this name suggests the early examples…

  • Information Management

    Web tools like RSS Readers, tags, and personalized webpages such as iGoogle help you to organize the internet so that it is easier to find and reference the content and webpages that you visit most frequently. This sections covers the use of these tools and explains how they fit into the larger idea of ‘Web…

  • Social Communication

    Social communication applications and websites can enhance learning by encouraging discussion and collaboration beyond the classroom. This section covers several social communication tools for social bookmarking, community building and organizing, and having face-to-face discussions over the internet.

  • SMART Technologies

    SMART Boards and Sympodium Interactive Pen Displays allow users to interact with, edit, capture, share and present digital materials in very innovative and engaging ways. This section provides more information on these devices and how they can be used in the classroom. 

  • Images

    The section discusses tools used to capture, edit and display images for use in documents and presentations as well as scanning print and photographic materials.

  • Audio

    Audio can enhance teaching and learning in many ways. This section covers tools used in the recording and editing of audio tracks to delivery of audio resources in the classroom and curriculum. 

  • Presentation Technologies

    There are many digital presentation technologies available today. This section discusses some of those technologies, where to find them and how to employ them in the classroom. 

  • Video

    This section covers ways to create, edit and display digital video. Tools for digitizing existing footage, creating DVD’s navigable by scene, filming and editing a short documentary and using digital video in the classroom and curriculum can all be found here.