Top 5 Must-Use Web Apps

Five recommended Web Applications every educator should be using.

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1. 5 Must-Use Tech Tools Brian C. Dvorak briandvorak.com
3. Consume Share • Follow industry experts • Follow favorite blogs • Follow colleagues • Solicit answers/suggestions • Research and discover • Nuggets • Ideas • Suggest • Retweet 1
5. • Bookmark • Share via Twitter, email, etc. • Highlight the page • Leave sticky notes • Collaborative Research • Access on any device 2
10. • email – gmail and more • chat – google chat – live messenger – more • social networks – twitter – facebook – linked in 4
13. Schoology Student Perspective - Homepage • The student homepage looks very similar to the instructor perspective, with quick access to relevant information and upcoming assignment/events
14. Schoology Student Perspective - Assignment Profile • Schoology maintains a consistent look-and-feel across all aspects of the site • From an assignment profile, students can “Upload Files” to the “Dropbox” if enabled. Students can also quickly view their grade, if it is recorded. • Students may not delete submissions to the dropbox, however they can choose to add updated files.
15. Schoology Student Perspective - Test/Quiz • From the student view, if students are allowed to resume unfinished tests, they will see a “Resume” or “Start again” button. • Hitting “Start again” would begin a new submission • Instructors can view all student submissions
16. Schoology Student Perspective - Test/Quiz • Test questions are interactive so that the student can see his/her responses as he/she progresses throughout the test
17. Schoology Student Perspective - Test/Quiz (continued) • The above questions highlight a few of the different question types, such as matching
18. Schoology Student Perspective - Grades View • Students, if allowed, can view their grades/attendance for each course
19. Schoology User Perspective - Personal Documents • Each Schoology user has a personal document repository that allows a user to store any files, and organize them in any fashion
20. Schoology User Perspective - Calendar Management • Each Schoology user has a personal calendar that aggregates all upcoming due-dates and events • The user calendar can be filtered down into different categories
21. Schoology Social Features - User Profile • The user profile allows a user to share information, updates, and blog posts
22. Schoology Social Features - Blog Creation • User blogs are created using a rich-text editor, similar to that of Wordpress • A user can toggle between a visual editor, as well as an HTML view for more advanced users
23. cloudtrip.com • directory of web-based applications (cloud apps) edutecher.net • directory of apps for the classroom go2web20.net • directory of web-based and desktop apps
24. 5 Must-Use Tech Tools Brian C. Dvorak briandvorak.com