As consumers rather than producers of technology, many students are not as digitally fluent as instructors assume. Utilizing pedagogy enhanced by technology, instructors can empower students to creatively solve problems using technology to meet global market demands for 21st century skills.
How to become Digitally fluent
Before instructors can assign multi-modal projects to foster digital fluency, they must be digitally fluent themselves.聽
To explore how technology can enhance your pedagogy and foster your students digital fluency, examine 聽 or the list below and contact Yildiz Nuredinoski for a consultation.
Interactive Tools/Lessons
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- – Interactive presentations with hotspots, links, etc
- – Interactive and collaborative close reading tool
- – Embed quizzes into any video
- – Build interactive video quizzes, interactive slides etc
- – Math simulations, graphing calculator etc
- – Poll an audience and get immediate results
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Simulations/Games
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- – Interactive STEM simulations
- – Online video games focused on social impact
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AI Tools
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- with tools for students and instructors
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Open Education Resources
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- – Public digital library of open educational resources
- – Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT
- – Social Studies lessons using open sources
- – Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
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Video Creation/Screencast/Animation
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- – Upload any media and collaborate with others by creating audio/video comments
- – Upload any media and collaborate with others by creating audio/video comments
- – Screencasting/video editing
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Video Conferencing
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- ) – Log-in page and tutorials on how to effectively use Zoom
- () – Log-in page and quick start guide
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Audio/Podcasting
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- – Open-source podcast recording software
- – Record your voice online with trimming features
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Timelines/Historical Tools
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- – Create interactive timelines and presentations
- – Historical documents and multimedia
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Comic Creation Tools
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Brainstorming/Mindmapping
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- – Brainstorming and mind mapping tool
- – Brainstorming and mind mapping tool
- – Collaborative Design tool for wireframes
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White Boards and Kanban Boards
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Website Creation
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