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Educational Technology on a Without a Budget

Justin Keel, Instructional Designer Allegany College of Maryland

Outline

• Introductions

• Open Source Software

– What it is, where it is, and how I can get it!

• Free Web Tools

– Web tools for teachers and students

About Me

• 1999 – Graduate Hyndman Middle-Senior High School

• 2001 – A.S. Degree Allegany College of Maryland

• 2004 – B.S. Degree Frostburg State University

• 2014? – M.E.T. Degree Boise State University

• Instructional Designer, Allegany College of Maryland, Department of Instructional Technology and Multimedia Services

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About Me

• Married 2005 – Kesha

• Daughter born February 18, 2008 – Daisy

• One more on the way … due in January!

Quote to Ponder

“Technology is only technology to those born before the technology.”

- Alan Kay

Quote to Ponder

“The teacher knows as little how to use it as his pupil.”

- What devise was this author talking about?

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• The Chalkboard (1840)

Instructional Technology: Looking Backward, Thinking Forward - YouTube

Video available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdwEIi22Dv8

What is Open Source Software?

• Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is available in source code form: the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, improve and at times also to distribute the software.

Definition from Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)

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How do I get it?

• Search the web … but be careful

• Use a well known project

– OpenDisc

Graphic above developed using “Wordle” (www.wordle.net)

OpenDisc Education 10.10

• OpenOffice

• Dia

• Scribus

• GanttProject

• FreeMind

• Firefox

• Thunderbird

• Pidgin

• GIMP

• Inkscape

• Pencil

• Blender

• Tuxpaint

• Audacity

• Mixxx

• MuseScore

• CamStudio

• Maxima

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• Writer – Comparable to Word

– Saves in odt or doc format

• Calc – Comparable to Excel

– Saves in ods or xls format

• Impress – Comparable to PowerPoint

– Saves in odp or ppt format

• Draw – Comparable (but more

sophisticated than) Paint

• Base – Comparable to Access

– Saves in odb or accdb

Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student (key only) - $119.99

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Dia Diagram Editor

• Dia is a program to draw structured diagrams – Similar to Inspiration – (Digital Download $69.00)

Scribus • Scribus is a professional page layout/publising

program. – Similar to QuarkXpress, InDesign, and Pagemaker – (Adobe InDesign

CS5.5 $199.99)

• Inkscape is a vector graphics editor – Similar to Illustrator or CorelDraw – (CorelDraw x5

digital download $399.00)

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• Gimp is a program for photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. – Similar to Photoshop – (Adobe Photoshop CS5

$189.00)

• Audacity is a sound recording and editing program.

• MuseScore is a music notation program – Similar to Finale – (Finale 2011 $228.99)

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• Maxima is a computer algebra system (CAS) – Maxima is similar to Maple – (Maple 15 Academic Pricing $1,245.00)

Maxima

• Sellarium is a planetarium program for your computer. – Similar to Starry Night – (Starry Night Pro 6 $149.95)

Cost Savings

• Just from the programs mentioned in the previous slides … $2,600.92 per computer!

• There may be times when commercial software is better …. BUT your students can use this software at home for free!

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Graphic above developed using “Wordle” (www.wordle.net)

Free Web Tools

• www.prezi.com

• Free account needed. Education account gives you more free tools.

• Prezi is a presentation tool. Used to make “non-linear” presentations.

• Example

• www.wordle.net

• No account needed

• Create word clouds (used in this presentation)

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• www.thinkfinity.org

• Log in needed for available training (TIMS)

• A resource site of audio and video files, lesson plans, interactive activities, worksheets and more. Forums for students, parents, and teachers.

• www.slideshare.net

• Free account needed

• Use your Slide Share account to share your presentations and documents with your audience

• View this presentation and handouts at http://www.slideshare.net/jkeel

• www.youtube.com

• No account needed (unless you want to post videos)

• Used to access videos for all content areas and ages (always preview first)!

• Videos in this presentation are from YouTube

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• www.teachertube.com

• Free account needed to post items

• A sharing site for teachers … videos, documents, audio, photos, …

• www.picnik.com

• Free account optional

• Used to edit (and save) photos

• www.engrade.com

• Free account needed (student/parent accounts also available)

• Grade book / homework calendar / discussion board / attendance / more!

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• www.wikispaces.com

• Free K-12 education account needed

• Create a class wiki, give permission for students to edit pages within your wiki

www.khanacademy.org

Video available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6l8-1kHUsA&feature=player_embedded

• www.wordpress.com

• Free account needed

• Create personal website/blog

• Sample from the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University.

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The Big Questions

• With these and many more tools available, how do we decide what tools are best for our students to use?

The Big Questions

• What are you planning on using in your classroom to enhance student learning?

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

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Did You Know 3.0 - YouTube

Video available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygMPyP7qIkU&feature=related

Questions?

Justin Keel

Allegany College of Maryland Technologies Building

T-27

jkeel@allegany.edu

(301) 784 5636

Contact Me