Technology

=Technology=


 * Clickers** - I think these are a great way to get some quick feedback, either as a pre-assessment or consolidation

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 * Polls -** Similar to clickers, this is a great way to get some quick feedback, more suitable for a computer lab situation or a laptop school. Alternatively if all of hte students have cellphones this could be a cool way to use them in class!

[|http://www.surveymonkey.com]/
 * Surveys** - Also good for gathering information, these can be set up ahead of time and done at the student's leisure.

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 * Pirate Pad** - I like this as a tool for us as students, just not sure if using it in a school will be feasible.


 * Wikis** - I think I would definitely use these, or something similar - **Moodle** would be wonderful and has similar functionality available.


 * Blogs -** Again, I like the theory, and hope to be able to use **Moodle** or something similar with this functionality built in.


 * Jing -** Will definitely use this, good little tool, could be used either to give instruction, or encourage students to use it to put together quick presentations.


 * Camtasia** - A good software equivalent to Jing without internet requirements - licensing isn't free though.


 * Moodle** - we still haven't' covered this in any courses, but I attended a workshop with the DDSB about it and really thought it had a lot of potential as a learning tool.


 * Virtual Manipulatives -** as great as manipulatives are in the classroom, their virtual counterparts are also very useful! these come in a wide variety of flavours as well, from flash sites/applications to making up some custom ones to use on the smart board


 * TinkerPlots** - Good tool for studying data, could be time consuming to set up. resources also available online.


 * Spreadsheets** - Pretty much a standard tool these days, but great for data management. Microsoft Excel is great, but since OpenOffice is free some school boards are going in that direction, might be worth brushing up on.


 * Geometer's Sketchpad -** Good tool with lots of resources available online.


 * SmartIdeas** - Concept mapping software, seems really cool - durham board has a license.


 * CmapTools** - Free concept mapping tool - maybe too clunky for the younger grades at least. Could easily be used to prepare one before a class though, good export to image/webpage options.


 * Smart Boards -** I think these are absolutely wonderful, not only do they have great potential for learing and a lot of useful tools, but the students love them and are automatically engaged when one is being used and doubly so if you let them use it!


 * Graphing Calculators** - I still like them!