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Using Various Technology Tools to Support Teaching and Learning

Using Various Technology Tools to Support Teaching and Learning. Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching. Why Use Technology Support Tools ?. Improved productivity. Improved appearance. Improved accuracy. Greater interaction. Types of Technology Support Tools.

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Using Various Technology Tools to Support Teaching and Learning

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  1. Using Various Technology Tools to Support Teaching and Learning Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching

  2. Why Use Technology Support Tools ? • Improved productivity. • Improved appearance. • Improved accuracy. • Greater interaction.

  3. Types of Technology Support Tools • Materials generators. • Data collection and analysis tools. • Graphics tools. • Planning and organizing tools. • Research and reference tools. • Tools to support specific content areas.

  4. Desktop Publishing Software • Desktop publishing tools give users complete control over communications. • Norvelle(1992) reported that desktop publishing made personal computers and laser printers tools which made the individual-as-publisher a viable concept.

  5. Desktop Publishing Software (Cont.) • Desktop publishing software allows users to manipulate text. Moreover, both word processing and desktop publishing software have capabilities that permit users to mix text and graphics on each page.

  6. Desktop Publishing Software (Cont.) • According to many accounts in educational technology literature, the key element in such an activity is control over the design and production of a document.

  7. The Difference Between Word Processing and Desktop Publishing • Desktop publishing is designed to display documents page by page; word processing is designed to “flow” text from page to page as it is typed in.

  8. The Difference Between Word Processing and Desktop Publishing • Also, desktop publishing provides more flexibility over the placement and format of both text and graphics on each page.

  9. Suggestions to Beginners: • Select and use typefaces (fonts) carefully. • Use visual cueing. • Use white space well. • Create and use graphics carefully. • Avoid common text format errors.

  10. Example Classroom Applications • Letterhead. • Flyers and posters. • Brochures. • Newsletters and Magazines. • Books and booklets.

  11. Test Generators and Test Question Banks • Test creation procedures. • Random generation of questions. • Selection of questions based on criteria. • Answer keys. • On-screen testing and grading.

  12. Types of Generators and Test Banks • Worksheet Generator. • Puzzle Generators. • Bar-code Generators (CD-ROM). • IEP Generators, is an individual educational plan, for each exceptional student. IEPs serve as blueprints for each special student’s instructional activities.

  13. Types of Generators and Test Banks (cont.) • Certificate Makers. • Form Makers. • Groupware Products.

  14. Concept Map

  15. Using Research and Reference Tools • Encyclopedias. • Atlases. • Dictionaries. (Also called word atlases.)

  16. The End----

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