10 Teacher Picks for Best Tech Tools
Teachers and administrators from pre-K through 12th grade named these tools their top picks for this year and beyond.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/10-teacher-picks-best-tech-tools
the responses of 1,461 virtual learning academy participants—pre-K to 12 teachers and administrators—to survey questions on impactful tools that I conducted from May to December 2020, and over 70 webinars and virtual learning sessions, these are the top teacher-tested tech tools I have identified.
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more on ID in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=instructional+design
15 Free Digital Tools to Boost Students’ Engagement Online
A review of digital tools and ideas for teachers to support formative assessment in online classrooms
https://medium.com/the-faculty/digital-tools-for-online-student-engagement-2faafbbd0b44
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more on engagement in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=engage
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/remote-ux/
capture qualitative insights from video recordings and think-aloud narration from users: https://lookback.io/ https://app.dscout.com/sign_in https://userbrain.net/
capture quantitative metrics such as time spent and success rate: https://konceptapp.com/
Many platforms have both qualitative and quantitative capabilities, such as UserZoom and UserTesting
Tips for Remote Facilitating and Presenting:
- turn on your camera
- Enable connection
- Create ground rules
- Assign homework
- Adapt the structure
Tools for Remote Facilitating and Presenting
- Presenting UX work: Zoom, GoToMeeting, and Google Hangouts Meet
- Generative workshop activities: Google Draw, Microsoft Visio, Sketch, MURAL, and Miro
- Evaluative workshop activities: MURAL or Miro. Alternatively, use survey tools such as SurveyMonkey or CrowdSignal, or live polling apps such as Poll Everywhere that you can insert directly into your slides.
Remote Collaboration and Brainstorming
- Consider both synchronous and asynchronous methods
- Enable mutual participation
- Respect schedules
- Keep tools simple
White boards: https://miro.com/ and https://mural.co/