Resource

Collection
EDIS 7010
Cathleen Topness

Ranked by Low, Medium & High (with description)

Ability to
Price / Applicability (or
integrate into Student/Class
Category Technology Pricing reconfigurability)
curriculum (vs. Interactivity
schedule for education.
add-on)

Medium - Primarily
High - designed for Medium - can a delivery
Adobe e-learning of all augment mechanism with
E-learning tools $349
Captivate types (including curriculum and some (single-
corporate) be tailored for it. student)
interactivity.

Low - tool for

Free - for Low - general Low - not easily
developing video
Mac and purpose video student usable at
Video Production iMovie materials to
iPhone/iPad editing, not elementary level,

support
owners. education specific. not collaborative.
curriculum

Low - general Low - tool for

Low - not student
purpose web developing web
usable at
Web development Dreamweaver $179 design software, sites from low to
elementary level,

not specific to very high

not collaborative.
education. complexity.

Medium - can be
Medium - Primarily
integrated into
a delivery
Low - general curriculum
Web publishing/ mechanism with
Wordpress Free purpose blogging (student blogs)
blogging some (single-

platform or support
student)
teacher driven
interactivity.
materials

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 Medium - Primarily
Medium - can be
a delivery
Low - general integrated into
mechanism with
purpose curriculum
some (single-
Prezi Free presentation (student blogs)
student)

platform with a or support

interactivity, but
unique twist teacher driven
supports
materials
sharing/community.

High - can be
used by students
for creating
$39/year High - designed for content, support Med - primarily an
Glogster (Elementary teachers at the K- teacher-driven independent or
level) 12 level materials and is small group activity.
a searchable
Web publishing/ library of
blogging (continued) content.

Low - can be
integrated into
curriculum
(student blogs)
Medium - Primarily
or support
a delivery
Low - general teacher driven
mechanism with
Blogger Free purpose blogging materials, but
some (single-

platform community
student)
features could
interactivity.
lead to discovery
of non-school
appropriate
materials.

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 Low - designed
to support the
Low - designed to
High - designed as development of
Asynchronous support teachers,
Eduwiki Free an educator materials, but
discussion but not use within

community not directly

class setting.
integrate into
curriculum.

High - can be
High - supports
Synchronous Free (with used to support
High - designed for small group or
Discussion/Formative Socrative $30/year curriculum as a
classroom use. whole class

Assessment pro option) game or

interaction.
assessment.

High - can be
used to support
High - supports
curriculum as a
High - designed for small group or
Formative Free game or
classroom use. whole class

assessment, with
interaction.
free-form
answers.

High - can be
High - supports
used to support
High - designed for small group or
Kahoot Free curriculum as a
classroom use. whole class

game or
interaction.
assessment.

High - can be
High - designed for used to support Medium - individual
Edpuzzle Free
educational use or assess or small groups.

understanding.

Low - a potential
research tool (for
Low - not tailored Med - individual use
recent events)
Social Networking Twitter Free or filterable for but can interact
but also a source

education (tweet) with others

of inappropriate
content.

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 Low - supports
curriculum and
High - designed for Low - Students can
Social Networking parent
Remind Free teachers, schools opt in to receive
(continued) involvement, but

and districts messages.

doesn't integrate
into curriculum.

Created
with Adobe
Med - not
Animate, Med - can create
designed for Med - can be
Animation/Motion $20/mo for interactive or
Flash education but interactive or like a
Graphics educators narrative online
has a strong base video
as part of features.
of educators
Creative
Cloud

High - supports
High - designed for High - supports
existing
displaying and whole and small
curriculum
Smartboard $3,000 interacting with group interaction
material and can
content in front of with a variety of
add class
a class. digital resources.
interactivity.
Classroom
Technologies
Med - allows
Low - supports
High - designed for printed materials to
curriculum and
interacting with be more easily used
Document allows more use
$50-800 documents in a group setting,
Camera of existing
(including the students can easily
curriculum
class's work). share their own
materials.
work.

Medium - one way

Class Management Class Dojo
High - class
exchange (teacher
High - tailored to management is
gives points) but
support class integral to the
Free allows students
management success of all

(and their parents)

plans. curriculum
real time behavior
areas.
feedback.

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 Medium - one way
High - class
exchange (teacher
High - tailored to management is
gives points) but
Class Management support class integral to the
RedCritter $5/mo allows students
(continued) management success of all

(and their parents)

plans. curriculum
real time behavior
areas.
feedback.

High - augments Med - audio books

High - large variety
existing program are more suitable
of children's and
Audible $14.95/mo and resources for individual or
YA books in audio

with broad small group

format.
virtual library. listening.

Digital Storytelling

High - designed for High - integrates

Med - allows
creating picture with and directly
individual book
books and a supports core
Storybird Free creation and books
discovery reading and

can be shared with

mechanism for writing
others in the class.
authored books. curriculum.

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