Tech Tools
Using input from our faculty, we developed a basic (starter) toolset:
We made our Learning Management System more social and collaborative.
a. We added social components like an Online Users block, social bar, and featured the user’s profile image.
b. We added a space where students could talk about whatever interested them, like “Who agrees cats are awesome?”.
c. We provided single sign-on access to collaborative apps like Google Docs and VoiceThread.
We gave teachers tools for creating online content, such as PDFs and videos.
The image below shows a video captured using Screenflow, which records everything that happens on a teacher’s computer and SMARTBoard and, through the camera and microphone at the same time, and then drops that recorded video into a simple editing tool allowing what was recorded to be viewed as a single video using picture-in-picture.
As we moved forward with Vision 2015, we also paid attention to emerging technologies, like the then new iPad. Click here to learn more about our initial iPad one-to-one rollout.