1. Innovative
Technologies
for the
Classroom

2. How can we embrace technology
in the classroom in a way that
facilitates student engagement?

3. 1. Encourage participation in
new and different ways
 Learn how to use Socrative and Poll
Everywhere

4. Socrative
Pretend you’re a student:
 Go to m.socrative.com on your
smartphone or your computer
 Or download the socrative app from the
App Store onto your smartphone

5. Socrative
Pretend you’re a student:
 When prompted, enter room number
108348

6. Socrative
Now you’re the instructor:
 Go to www.socrative.com
 Click “Get Started Now”
 Register with your UTA email address and
create a password

9. Socrative
 You can create quizzes with multiple
choice or short answer questions
 You can even insert images into your
questions
 Try it!

10. Poll Everywhere
 Create your own poll now at
www.polleverywhere.com
 It’s so easy!

11. Encourage participation in
new and different ways
 Interactive whiteboard
 www.awwapp.com
 Backchannel or Twitter

12. How can we make the impersonal
environment of an online class more
personal?

13. 1. Allow students to see and
hear you (and each other)!
 Change your Blackboard Profile Picture to
a real picture of you, and encourage your
students to do the same!

14. 1. Allow students to see and
hear you!
 Make videos of
yourself introducing
topics and
clarifying concepts
 Kaltura Media in
Blackboard
 YouTube (create
your own channel)

15. 2. Use Screencasting to explain
technology and provide feedback
 Some useful tools for screencasting:
 Jing
 Screencast-o-matic.com
 My explanation is accessible here:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrlPQNK
xGRg
 And here’s how I’ve used screencasting in
my class:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdrskrVD
7Ks

16. 3. Let students hear your
voice (and each other)
 Consider using VoiceThread or Evernote
to supplement or replace the traditional
Discussion Board
 Great tutorial from Dr. Jill Scheifelbein at
ASU here: http://impromptuguru.com/start-
here-area/

17. 4. Communicate frequently
 Consider adding a wiki to your class in
Blackboard
 In addition to your weekly
announcements, email/post an
announcement that is relevant and timely
on a regular basis
 Encourage students to contribute
regularly, either through a wiki, email, or
discussion board

18. Other fun ideas
 Animate yourself!
 www.goanimate.com
 Example:
http://goanimate.com/user/05zPscnYExxo?utm_
source=emailshare&refuser=05zPscnYExxo
 Draw something!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCL1DEi8d
Pw
 Play Jeopardy
 (I can send you the files)

19. Other fun ideas
 Have students try a free buzzer app
 Use social media:
http://www.pinterest.com/dianemitschke/

20. Previous Technology
Brownbags
Making the Impersonal Personal:
http://www.slideshare.net/dianemitschke/m
aking-the-impersonal-personal
Flipping the Classroom:
http://www.slideshare.net/dianemitschke/fli
pping-the-classroom-31581112