Technology in teaching.

1-Technology in Teaching

Introduction:

    It is something wonderful to use technology in teaching. Educational technology is "the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources".

 An educational technologist is someone who is trained in the field of educational technology. Educational technologists try to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate process and tools to enhance learning. While the term educational technologist is used primarily in the United States, learning technologist is synonymous and used in the UK as well as Canada.

Learners are recommended to learn through using technology.  Technology can be a motivator for students.  It is called electronic learning or smart learning.

A list of the tecnological teaching resources:

1-Twitter.

2-Facebook.

3-YouTube.

4-Blogs.

5-Nings.

6-WhatsApp?

7-SoundHound.

8-Skype.

9-Viber.

10-Images.

11-Imo.

12-Messenger

13-Teachingchannel.org

14-rewordify.com

15-phraseum.com

16-PowerPoint

17-Online images

18-Voanews.com

19-Bbclearningenglish.com

20-Breakingnewsenglish.com

21-Merriam-webster.com

22-Oxforddictionaries.com

23-Eslgamesplus.com

24-Eslgamesworld.com

25-Quizlet.com

26-Kahoot.com

27-Lextutor.ca

28-Vocabulary Profiler

29-English Profile

30-Vocabulary.com

31-Gamestolearnenglish.com

32-Lexipedia.com

33-Kids.nationalgeographic.com

34-Freerice.com

35-Wordle.net

36-Duolingo

37-Learning Chocolate

Definition:

 It is a means of teaching that attracts all the senses of the learner comfortably and attractively. They are advanced teaching aids that contribute to a great extent in facilitating the process of learning inside the classrooms. It presents the lesson through hearing, motion and visual means.

 Richey defined educational technology as "the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources". The Association for Educational communications and tecnology (AECT) denoted instructional technology as "the theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning"

The goal of using pedagogical technology is to harness resources that can be built carefully and systematically into our teaching as a complementary aspect of the curriculum and a supplement  to the materials we already have.

Educational technology is the use of both physical hardware and educational theoretics. It encompasses several domains including learning theory, computer-based training, online learning, and where mobile technologies are used, m-learning. Accordingly, there are several discrete aspects to describing the intellectual and technical development of educational technology:

1-Educational technology as thetheory amnd practice of educational approaches to learning.

2-Educational technology astechnical tools and media that assist in the communication of knowledge, and its development and exchange.

3-Educational technology forlearning management system (LMS), such as tools for student and curriculum management, and education management information systems (EMIS).

4-Educational technology itself as an educational subject; such courses may be called "Computer Studies" or "Infomation and communication technology (ICT)".

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                 2-Using Educational Technology

                                        in the English      

                                 Language Classroom

                                                 Course Overview

Description

    This course is designed to help English language teaching professionals around the world acquire and maintain basic knowledge and skills in technology for professional purposes. It will help teachers integrate pedagogical knowledge and skills with technology to enhance language learning and teaching through discussions, quizzes and course readings. The course will not only help participants utilize technology in lesson planning, materials development, feedback, and assessment, but also for professional communication, collaboration, and efficiency improvement by participating in online discussions as well as completing the quizzes.

Learning Objectives and Learner Outcomes

The main objective of this course is:

1- to acquaint participants with technology tools and how they can integrate these tools into their own English language teaching.

At the end of the course, participants should be able to:

2-Define computer-assisted language learning (CALL).

3-Discuss how technology affects language learning and teaching today

4-Use strategies to teach vocabulary growth through social media.

5-Identify appropriate grammar activities that include opportunities for learners to discover, analyze, and produce English grammar during language interactions.

6-Select and adapt appropriate reading texts for specific learner groups .

language learning goals:

The learening goals are to:

1-Demonstrate how to teach writing through CALL by selecting appropriate model texts, showcasing technology supported help options, considering the audience for writing activities, and developing writing strategies;

2-Select and adapt existing listening resources on the Internet to address language learning goals and learner needs.

3-Select CALL materials that teach speaking skills and focus on the sounds and accents that are relevant for their learners.

4-Develop lesson plans and teaching units with one or more of the technologies learned throughout the course.

Electronic teaching and learning programs like:

( Word program, Excel program, Power-point program, Access program, MS picture management program, Movie-maker program, Free-mind program, Lingoes program, Celestia program, Yanka program, Anki program, Jing program, Hot potatoes program, MS Mathematics program, the Sage program, Chemistry crocodile program, Physics Crocodile program and a lot of other electronic programs.  Electronic teaching enables the teacher to do an electronic lesson plan and give an electronic lesson presentation..

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Technology Resources and Materials online:

1-Google docs. to do:

1- Research paper.

2- Collaborative reading,

3- Online student collaboration.

4- Planning and assessment.

5- Visual communication.

6- Writing.

Click here to see Google Docs

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2-Wordpress to do :

1-Writing.

2- Blogging.

3- Blog posts.

4-Webcomposing.

I conduct students counseling, progress reports and surveys. I find Google forms to be my optimum tool for gathering information from the students regarding my staff's performance, the student's satisfaction with the courses, material, language center and even customer service.

Click here to create your website.

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3-Google forms to do:

Google Form users can now:

1-Do planning and assessment through surveys and quizzes

2-View responses as they are submitted

3-Insert videos and images into survey questions

4-Create multiple choice grids that prevent respondents from selecting the same column twice

5-Publish Forms with pre-filled responses

6-Insert useful add-ons, such as form Limiter and Choice Eliminator 2

7. Creating assessments for students

9. Building easy-to-use rubrics that can be shared with students

Click here to see Google forms.

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4-Logomaker to do : 

Visual communication. You can communicate with the technology resource through using your eyes to see and respond.

Click here to see a logomaker

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5-Internet readings to do   :

Authenticity.

New forms of literacy and reading approaches are emerging as a result of the Internet's increasing dominance as a major source of information. To foreign language learners, the Internet is a tool through which they can access authentic target language content.  Anything can be used as authentic material but for developing reading one of the most useful. resources is the Internet, with large amounts of varied material being easily accessible. One of. the main reason for using authentic materials in the classroom is once outside the “safe”,. controlled language learning environment. The authentic materials are used for extensive reading and vocabulary acqisition to promote the relationship between extended reading on authentic materials and language proficiency as well as .... the Internet materials was allowed because of easy access and adaptability.

Authenticity, relevance, and connectedness : Graduate students' learning preferences and experiences in an online reading education course.  The focus groups analysis indicate that instructors believe that authentic materials are valuable for improving reading skills and vocabulary learning. Last, the survey analysis shows that the students have much interest to use authentic materials in reading classes and students prefer the internet reading texts as a source of technology  .

Click here to see internet readings online.

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6-Kahoot

Kahoot is a free student-response tool for administering quizzes, facilitating discussions, or collecting survey data. It is a game-based classroom response system played by the whole class in real time. Questions are projected on a shared screen, while an unlimited number of players answer the questions with their smartphone, tablet or computer; creating a social, fun and game-like environment. Kahoot allows for the design of multiple-choice quizzes as well as polls and surveys that populate on-the-spot data; the quiz questions and polls stimulate quick instructional decisions as well as whole-class discussion..

Click here to go to Kahoot          

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7-The Web Resources:

A web resource is anything that can be obtained from theWorld  Wide Web.  Some examples are web-pages, e-mail information from databases, and  ^webservices.  Web resources have changed since theinternet was first created. The early concept was of static (non moving) files or documents. The meaning of the term now has a wider use to include nearly everything that can be obtained via the Internet. Ubiform resource locators or URLs, are used to identify a resource on the web.          

Click here to know about Web Resources.                                   

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8-Voice of America Learning English:

Learn American English with English language lessons from Voice of America. VOA Learning English helps you learn English with vocabulary, listening and comprehension lessons through daily news and interactive English learning activities.

 Click here to see VOA, learning English.        

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9-Grammarly:

Your writing, at its best. Grammarly makes sure everything you type

is clear, effective, and mistake-free.  Grammarly's free online grammar checker finds and instantly corrects grammar, spelling, and other writing errors in your text.  With our free desktop app, you can drag and drop documents on the Grammarly icon to instantly improve your writing.  Grammarly adapts to your needs and writing style, giving you the confidence of mistake-free communication every time you write.

Click here to see Grammarly     

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10-TED Talks

TED is, to put it simply, amazing. They’re known for sharing short, brilliant journeys full of insights from thousands of  great people around the world.

Click here to see TED Talks

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11-YouGlish:

Use YouTube to improve your English pronunciation. With more than 30 M tracks, YouGlish gives you fast, unbiased answers about how English is spoken by real people and in context.

Click here to see YouGlish

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12-Corpus of Contemporary American English:

The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) is the largest freely-available corpus of English, and the only Large and balanced corpus of American English. COCA is probably the corpus of English, and it is related to many other corpora of Englishthat we have created, which offer unparalleled insight into variation in English.The corpus contains more than 560 million words of text (20 million words each year 1990-2017) and it is equally divided among spoken, fiction, popular magazines, newspapers, and academic texts.

Click here to see corpus of contemporary American English 

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13-Edmodo:

   Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and school messages.  Edmodo is dedicated to connecting all learners with the people and resources they need to reach their full potentia.  Edmodo is an educational technology company offering a communication, collaboration, and coaching platform to K-12 schools and teachers. The Edmodo network enables teachers to share content, distribute quizzes, assignments, and manage communication with students, colleagues, and parents.

 Click here to go to Emodo                 

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14-Socrative:

Socrative is your classroom app for fun, effective classroom engagement. No matter where or how you teach, Socrative allows you to instantly connect with students as learning happens. Quickly assess students with prepared activities or on-the-fly questions to get immediate insight into student understanding.  Socrative empowers you to engage and assess your students as learning happens. Through the use of real-time questioning, result aggregation, and visualization, you have instant insight into levels of understanding so you can use class time to better collaborate and grow as a community of learners.

Click here to go to Socratine.

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15- LessonCast:

LessonCast is a website where experienced teachers submit—via PowerPoint, document, pictures, or web cam—a "lesson idea or management strategy in 2 minutes 30 seconds or less." Each submission is reviewed and vetted by other accomplished teachers, and then shared online. New teachers, or those just looking for new ideas, can then search for the perfect idea for their classroom. Note: This site is still growing, so there are a few holes.

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16-Glogster EDU:

Create Glogs: "interactive visual platform in which users create a poster or web page containing multimedia elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data." Students can use these Glogs for book reports, digital posters, homework, etc.; you can use Glogs for lesson preparation, presentations, distance teaching, and more. Note: This website is still in Beta (testing stage).

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17-SchoolTube:

You've heard of YouTube and TeacherTube, now check out SchoolTube, endorsed by leading education associations. It's a safe, moderated environment where students can post self-produced videos for classroom use: from the educational (a civics presentation or algebra class) and practical (morning announcements) to the fun (last night's girls' soccer game). Although you might not find video content that will help you teach (because it is all very specific to classes and schools), this is a great tool for giving your students a safe platform to share their creations.

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18-Storybird:

Storybirds are "short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print." Using the images provided by artists and illustrators, students can write and design their own online books working alone or collaboratively with classmates—or they can spend time enjoying the published "library" of Storybirds. The Teacher functionality allows you to create a private group, manage students' assignments, and grade work

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19-Free Rice 2.0:

Though you may remember the original incarnation of Free Rice—with its addicting vocabulary game that donates rice via the World Food Programme for every right answer—version 2.0 features 15 different topics for testing, including multiplication tables, Spanish language learning, and flags of the world. Registration is optional, but necessary if you want to keep track of scores. Keep in mind this site is for all ages, so there will be plenty of ads.

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20-Flashcard Machine:

Teachers and students alike can create on-screen flash cardsto test vocabulary, math equations, foreign languages, and more. Test your students' knowledge in class, or encourage them to use the flashcards for homework. There are scores of flashcards in their database that are ready-to-use, but beware of user-generated content. There is an app available for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

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21-Bitstrips for Schools:

Design your own cartoon characters, write dialogue, and create online comic strips to teach students any number of subjects and topics. There are plenty of activities already on Bitstrips for schools to get you and your students started.

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22-Kidblog:

Interested in starting classroom blogs to improve student writing skills but not sure how to keep your class in a safe environment? Kidblog is a simple blogging platform with advanced privacy features appropriate for elementary and middle school students; teachers have administrative control over what gets published—and what doesn't.

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23-DK Instant Expert:

Check out TeacherVision's DK InstantExpert , our teaching guides for the interactive whiteboard. Read the DK reference books entirely online, then share what you've learned with your students using motivational mini-lessons featuring colorful PowerPoint slideshows and extension activities that engage students' creativity.

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24-TED-ED:  

TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. This application belongs to YOU-TUBE.  It is used to teach listening and speaking skills in English language.  It creares real communication in pairs and groups. It helps to correct pronunciation, accent, intonation and stress and it helps to create accuracy and infuenmcy in speaking skill.         

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25-Videonot es to do :

 Scaffolding and provide feedback.

Videonot es is a tool that allows you to take synchronized notes while watching a video. It is a web-based tool that works well for multiple video sites, such as YouTube, Vimeo, Khan Academy, edX, Udacity, and Coursera. VideoNot.es is synchronized with Google Drive, which means all notes are automatically saved as Google Docs in your Drive. Since the notes are saved in Google Drive, users need a Google account to use VideoNot.es. Students can use this tool to record their thoughts and ideas about a particular video to share with their peers and teachers. Teacher can use VideoNot.es as an summative or formative assessment tool to review students thoughts about specific content.

Ease of Use:

 VideoNot.es is very easy to use.Users only need to copy and paste a video link into the box on the left side of their screen and enter their notes on the right side while playing the video. They can play or pause the video as needed. It is also easy for them to share the notes with others via Google Drive. Technical support is available on the lower-right corner of the screen. Users can search for help articles or contact customer support via email. The step-by-step tutorials are offered when the user first log in to VideoNot.es.

Privacy:

VideoNot. es will need users’ permission to view basic information from Google (email, name, Google profile) in order to identify users. Although Video notes can be saved in Google Drive, the VideoNot.es server won’t access other files in your Google Drive.

Accessibility:

There is not any evidence that this tool provides support for users who have disabilities (eg. hearing disability, vision disability & learning disability)

Click here to see Videonot es

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            3-How to find reading texts

Text Readabilty or analysis tools:

1-The Automatic Readability Checker takes a sample of your writing and calculates the number of sentences, words, syllables, and characters in your sample. This program takes the output of these numbers and plugs them into seven popular readability formulas. These readability formulas will let you know the reading level and grade level of your text and help you determine if your audience can read your writing.

2-This free online software tool calculates readability :

 Coleman Liau index, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level, ARI (Automated Readability Index), SMOG. The measure of readability used here is the indication of number of years of education that a person needs to be able to understand the text easily on the first reading. Comprehension tests and skills training.

3-This tool is made primarily for English texts but might work also for some other languages. In general, these tests penalize writers for polysyllabic words and long, complex sentences. Your writing will score better when you: use simpler diction, write short sentences.
It also displays complicated sentences (with many words and syllables) with suggestions for what you might do to improve its readability.

4-There are a number of tools that can help you to appraise written text for readability by applying a standard formula to selected text. All readability tools rely on a very rough gauge of the level of reading people have acquired by a certain point in their lives. But successful reading is about far more than word recognition – it’s about other factors such as style, physical presentation, and readers’ interest, confidence and skill.

5-Readability tools are a subject of debate in the field of plain language – some people view them as a useful starting point when assessing the clarity of information, others as a tool that encourages poor writing.  In general, readability formulae should only be used as a guide because they do have limitations.

6-Readability tools only look at language; they do not take into account the tone of the information, the structure, or the layout and design.  They measure text crudely and you will get the same score whether a sentence is written backwards or forwards.  There is also no guarantee that a short sentence will be understandable. A gut instinct for how the information reads and asking for comments from patients will be more useful than relying solely on readability formulae.

Readability Calculators / Tools:

readability tools only look at language; they do not take into account the tone of the information, the structure, or the layout and design.  They measure text crudely and you will get the same score whether a sentence is written backwards or forwards.  There is also no guarantee that a short sentence will be understandable. A gut instinct for how the information reads and asking for comments from patients will be more useful than relying solely on readability formulae.

Applying different readability tools to the same piece of text will also give you different scores and different reading levels. The results of testing therefore depend significantly on which tool is used.

The main Readability Tools are :

1-Flesch-Kincaid Index,

2-Fry Formula Gunning FOG

3-Index and SMOG (Simplified Measure Of Gobbledygook!)

4-Automatic Readability Checker. Links to an external site.

5-Readability Analyzer. Links to an external site.

6-Readability Calculator (Links to an external site.)

You can also use text editing software. Word-processing packages often contain what are claimed to be grammar checkers that will assess text for possible errors in grammar and suggest alternatives. These tend to be of dubious merit.  There are also more sophisticated programmes, such as Stylewriter, which apply readability formulae to specified text and usually show readability statistics as numerical scores.

Run other readability tests online with:

1-WordsCount’s SMOG Calculator:

It measures the readability of your copy based on sentence length and syllable length and delivers the grade level a reader would need to have achieved to easily read your copy

Words Count's SMOG Calculator measures the readability of your copy based on sentence length and syllable length and delivers the grade level a reader would need to have achieved to easily read your copy.

Readability is an attempt to match the reading level of written material to the “reading with understanding” level of the reader.

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2-Edit Central's readability calculators:

Run the Flesch Reading Ease, Automated Readability Index, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Coleman-Liau Index, Gunning Fog index and the SMOG Index on your copy.

3-Gunning Fog Index calculator:

Cut and paste your copy to learn the reading grade level of your piece.

4-Juicy Studios online readability tester:

 Plug in your URL, and run your webpage through the Gunning Fog, Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level indexes.

5-OKAPI! 

Run Spache (grades 1 through 3) or Dale-Chall (grades 4 and up) on your copy.

6-Readability analyzer:

 This tool not only analyzes readability, but also gives you different ways to dig into your message, from paragraph-by-paragraph level readability to Difficult and Extraneous Word Finder to Passive Voice Detector to Site Thin Content Checker and more.

7-Readability Calculator:

This free online tool calculates the Coleman Liau index, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Automated Readability Index and SMOG.

8-Readability Test Tools:

 Run your copy through the Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Gunning Fog, Coleman-Liau Index and Automated Readability Index (ARI).

9-Story Tools.

 Run seven readability tests — the Automated Readability Index, Coleman-Liau, Laesbarhedsindex (LIX), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Flesch Reading Ease, Gunning Fog index and SMOG (Simple Measure of Gobbledygook) — on your copy

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Project Gutenberg (PG):

It  is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks".  Most of the items in its collection are the full texts of public domain books. The project tries to make these as free as possible, in long-lasting, open formats that can be used on almost any computer. As of 23 March 2018, Project Gutenberg reached 56,750 items in its collection of free eBooks.

Ideals:

Michael Hart said in 2004, "The mission of Project Gutenberg is simple: 'To encourage the creation and distribution of ebooks'".His goal was, "to provide as many e-books in as many formats as possible for the entire world to read in as many languages as possible". Likewise, a project slogan is to "break down the bars of ignorance and illiteracy",because its volunteers aim to continue spreading public literacy and appreciation for the literary heritage just as public libraries began to do in the late 19th century.

Project Gutenberg is intentionally decentralized. For example, there is no selection policy dictating what texts to add. Instead, individual volunteers work on what they are interested in, or have available. The Project Gutenberg collection is intended to preserve items for the long term, so they cannot be lost by any one localized accident. In an effort to ensure this, the entire collection is backed-up regularly and mirrored on servers in many different locations.

Technological tools to learn new vocabulary online:

1-The Corpus of contemporary American English (COCA).

2-The spellchecker.

3-The online communities.

4-Lingro program which works as a dictionary.

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                    4-Connecting Classrooms

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                Online Fanfiction Communities

Literacy teachers can connect their classrooms to these online communities to foster their students’ development as writers. As a literacy activity that requires authors to become experts on the original source material, fanfiction has opportunities to practice reading and writing skills valued by the Common Core State Standards, including close reading and writing narratives. Sharing their work in an online fanfiction community further provides youths with authentic opportunities to produce and distribute their writing with the help of technology (also covered in Common Core) as they collaborate with others and receive feedback, though not always very helpful feedback, from the online audience.

Because of the intermittent quality of feedback available in online fanfiction communities, teachers can play an important role in guiding their students’ writing for and with online audiences.

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          5-TraditionalTechnological teaching aids

The machine shows and presents the lesson smartly through:

1-TV.

2-Radio.

3-Data show.

4-Computer ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint and data-base computer programs.)

5-Internet.

6-The overhead projector.

7-The virtual teaching.

8-The virtual teacher.

9- Electronic Chatting.

10-E- mailing.

11-Electronic Messages.

12-Online learning.

13-Online Distance learning.

14- Cassette set.

15- Digital cameras.

16- CDs.

17- Video tapes.

18- Electronic dictionaries and maps.

19-Smart blackboard.

20- Satellite education channels programs.

21- Lap-top.

22- Classmate laptop.

23-Electronic full screen.

24- The iPad technology.

25-Interactive blackboard

26-Flash memory

27-Online Dictionaries.

28-Blogs

29-Wikis

30-Classroom network

31-Mobile phones.

32-Education Forums

33-The tablet computer.

 34-Puppets.

35-The Robots.

35-Toys.

36-Robotic education. 

37-Coding.

38-Data logging. 

39-Digital systems.

40-Magnetic whiteboards and letters.

41-Listening posts.

42-Chemistry, physics and biology kits.                        

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                               6-TILO Electronic learning

     My dear colleagues, you have visited the lesson plan page and lesson presentation page to plan and present your lesson well but not electronically. Now, it is time to know about electronic lesson plan and presentation as the latest steps in this field. "TILO" Electronic programs are several and effective in teaching and learning.  You can say goodbye to the traditional methods of teaching that depend on just attainment and learning by heart. Besides, you can say goodbye to the traditional method of the lesson plan preparation that depends on just copying and pasting from other old notebooks of the previous years notebooks. 

     TILO programs tell the teacher how to do a lesson plan electronically with hyperlinks to the electronic programs that helped him  in doing such a lesson plan . The teacher must have a paper photocopy of that electronic lesson plan registered in a file to be signed by the senior teacher and the  visiting supervisors or people in charge. 

    So, the teacher must have 2 things: an electronic lesson plan on a CD and a paper copy of it, kept in a file.  The electronic programs of TILO include the following programs which you can download through the internet sites.

Electronic lesson plan programs:

1- Windows program.

2- Word program .

3- Excel program .

4- Power-point program .

5- Data-base or Access program .

6- MS pictures manager program and photo story programs.

7- Movie-Maker program.

8- Jing program.

9- Free- mind program.

10-Lingoes program.

11-Anki program.

12-Audicity program.

13-Celestia program.

14-Sight words program.

15-Hot potatoes program.

16-The Sage program.

17-Quandary program.

18-Yanka programs.

19-MS Mathematics program.

20-Electronic lesson plan must have hyperlinks to the previous programs.

21- E. lesson must be copied on a CD and printed on a paper to be kept in a file.

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                                     7-WebQuest

Benefits of the Web Quest :
     The Web Quest engages students in an inquiry, problem-based learning activity that integrates teamwork, higher order thinking, and access to information on the Internet .

The Web Quest provides learners with:

1-  A variety of learning styles

2-  A deeper understanding of concepts through:

A- The use of "case studies.

B- Role-playing.

C- Access to online links.

  Teachers may use Web Quests in the classroom:

(a) As a collaborative activity in which students create a product,

(b) To teach students how to be independent thinkers since most of the problems encountered in a Web Quest are real-world problems,

(c) To teach critical and higher order thinking skills,

(d) To increase competency in the use of technology, and

(e) As a motivational techniques to keep students on task. 
Students learn by classification, inducing, deducing, abstraction, and comparing . 

Advantages of Web quest method:

1-WebQuests promote time and task management skills while scaffolding the learning process .

2-WebQuest projects integrate critical thinking, cooperative learning, authentic assessment, technology, schema theory, scaffolding, and novice/expert models of teaching .

3-WebQuests can include problem or inquiry-based learning activities that provide teachers with the opportunity to use the Internet and integrate technology into the course curriculum by allowing students to experience learning as they construct knowledge.

4-WebQuests can be identified as quests for knowledge since students are actively engaged in acquiring knowledge by exploring and processing information.

              8-Other Technological Resources

1-Camtasia Studio

Camtasia Studio is screen recording and video editing software that captures what you see and do on your screen along with your voice. It can be used to create videos for training, demonstration, tutorials, and many other uses.

2-Canvas:

Canvas is UNC Charlotte’s new learning management system (LMS).  It is available immediately for faculty to begin working in and faculty may begin teaching courses in Canvas beginning Summer 2016

3-Clickers

Clickers enable you to involve and interact with an entire class, while capturing real-time assessment data. Clickers automate and streamline administrative tasks such as taking attendance, grading quizzes and tests, and tracking student and class performance. Data collected from the clickers can be easily integrated with Canvas grades.

It is important to emphasize that any instructor who wishes to use clickers is asked to schedule time for attending the Teaching with Clickers Workshop or a consulting session with a support person from the CTL for the purpose of learning how to use the Turning Technologies system. During training, instructors who wish to use Clickers in their class will receive a clicker and a USB receiver (for practice), and access to a Canvas site (Teaching with Clickers) from which they can learn how to create their Turning Account License, get the TurningPoint Cloud software, receive support, view How-To guides, link to a student support page, and many additional resources. Instructors generally find these workshops as instructional opportunities to support their students.

4-Magara:

The word Mahara is a Maori word meaning "to think." Mahara is an e-portfolio system developed in New Zealand that allows professors and students to store, organize, and display a variety of data. Artifacts can include word documents, pictures, videos, journals, forum posts, assignments, resumes, contact information, and more. Mahara accounts are accessible through your Moodle2 home page.

5-Saba Meeting:

Saba Meeting is a web conferencing program which lets people interact with one another "live" in a virtual online meeting environment. You can meet, learn and collaborate from anywhere you have access to a computer and an Internet connection using multi-way audio and video, application sharing and content display.  All Saba Meeting sessions are automatically recorded, so those unable to attend the live meeting can playback the session at a later time.

Professors and students can open live sessions directly from their Moodle courses for classes, virtual office hours, problem-solving sessions and more. Students can view and download recordings from Moodle courses as well.

In addition, UNC Charlotte faculty and staff only can create Saba Meeting events that can be used to host meetings with remote colleagues.

6-SurveyShare:

Survey Share is a web-based tool designed for:

assessment of teaching and learning survey research.

Evaluations

It is available to all UNC Charlotte faculty  for your courses and research.  You can create and compile your own questions, or you can use or modify any of the 100 available templates.  Survey Share has many powerful features for designing online surveys, yet it is extremely user-friendly.  We encourage you to give it a try!

7-Turnitin

Turnitin is plagiarism prevention system that makes it easy to identify students who submit unoriginal work. It acts as a powerful deterrent to stop plagiarism before it starts.

All work submitted to Turnitin is checked against three databases of content:

1-A copy of the publicly accessible Internet.

2-Millions of published works.

3-Every student paper ever submitted to Turnitin.

4-Students can upload the following documents:

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Internal Links:

1-Teaching Tools. 

 2-Social media inside classrooms 

External links:

1-Technological Teaching Resources.

                                                       Prepared by :   G .H. H.