Technology use is growing and so is its’ use in the classroom. As such, educators have to become more familiar with technological options for education to engage students. After reviewing some digital tools for education, here are two helpful tools for education. https://www.fabulingua.com/ FabuLingua is an interactive story based language learning app. It is based […]
Read more "Digital Tools and Blog"Computers have become an integral part of our lives and using computers is a necessary skill, not just for education but for everything. We use our computers to pay our bills, communicate professionally and personally, find and document information, and much more. Computer skills and literacy are now a requirement and programming and coding are […]
Read more "Coding"The virtual MLIS Summer Institute was a unique and helpful experience that allowed students and others to ask questions, meet others, and review important information related to the program. The morning coffee chats gave students the opportunity to talk, ask questions, and network with other students. This opportunity to ‘pick the brain’ of students who […]
Read more "Summer Institute Reflection"An easy to use and visually appealing website is an important aspect of any service but it is especially important in a limited public space environment when people are avoiding crowds and public spaces. In order to fully and effectively serve our communities, libraries are utilizing their online resources and spaces more and more. This […]
Read more "Library Sites and Inspiration"QR, or quick response, codes are a way to share information to anyone with a camera equipped device. QR codes can be designed to share a wide variety of information, including audio, video, forms, URL links, PDF files, and more (Burns, M., 2016). Personally, while I’ve long been aware of QR codes, I had never […]
Read more "QR Codes"Virtual tours are a great way to experience places or experiences all around the world from home. As someone who has always been interested in travel but haven’t had much opportunity, I used to occasionally google a place that I had never been and drop into street view to ‘tour’ a new city. The virtual […]
Read more "Virtual Tour"I have only done presentations for school or work either in person or in a live recording option, so my experience recording with video tools was completely non-existent before this program. I traditionally like to be taught or shown how things work, rather than play with them to figure them out. I tend to get […]
Read more "Video Tools"I have always thought of presentation tools as strictly tools for power point presentations for school assignments or the rare time that I have needed to make one for an educational inservice at work. This assignment has really opened up the possibilities of applications for this format and allowed me to think outside of the […]
Read more "Presentation Tools"I don’t often feel that I can listen to podcasts because of my lack of uninterrupted time but I love the idea of them and have a huge list of subscribed podcasts that I am always behind on. In this list are several science and story podcasts that I subscribe to listen to with my […]
Read more "Podcasts for Kids"Voki is an audio tool with which educators can create educational videos by making their own character and personalizing the look and story of the video. I really enjoyed the variety of character options, with lots of historical, mythical, and practical options for educational purposes which makes it very useful for even specific educational videos. […]
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