These are mainly PC based (apologies to Mac users) but I work at a PC school. So if you are adding a Mac Link please put (Mac) beside the name.
Traditional Approach |
Digital Alternative |
Hardware |
Software (italics = free download) |
Internet | Software Tools (Italics Opensource or free version) |
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Taking Notes |
Text entry tools
Brainstorm, Text entry tools and word processing software (see Bloom's & Graphical Organisers) |
Tablet PCs Netbooks PDAs Smart Phones
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Microsoft's One Note Microsoft Office
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SkrblWriteboard Google docs Google Apps Zoho |
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Brainstorming Concept/Mind Mapping |
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Diagrams and Flowcharts - Butcher paper diagrams, flowcharts etc |
Flowchart, mindmapping software |
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Graphic Organizers blackboard, paper diagrams |
online graphic organizers |
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Writing |
Word Processing Desktop Publishing Online Publishing Blogging |
Word Processing Microsoft Office
Desktop Publishing
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Word Processing
Online Publishing
Blogging Blogger Typepad
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Document sharing |
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acrobat.com online workspaces |
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Formal writing |
Word Processing software Desktop publishing software Online Publishing |
Word Processing - StarOffice writer, Wordperfect, MS Word, Abiword,, Google Documents - http://doc.google.com Zoho Documents and notetaker - www.zoho.com, AJAXwrite, Open Office, Notepad, Adobe Buzzword Desktop Publishing - Microsoft Publisher, PagePlus, Adobe pagemaker, scribus Pages, Quark Express Online Publishing - www.lulu.com/ http://www.mixbooks.com |
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Drafting process |
Word Processing Software |
Word Processing - StarOffice writer(review tool), MS Word,(review tool), Abiword, Notepad, Google Documents - http://doc.google.com Zoho Documents and notetaker - www.zoho.com, AJAXwrite, Open Office,Adobe Buzzword |
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Formal Communications. E.g. Letters |
Electronic mail and Word processed documents |
electronic mail -Online solutions hotmail gmail etc Hosted solutions - Microsoft exchange, First class Discussion Boards - Blackboard/WebCT etc Word Processing - StarOffice writer, Wordperfect, MS Word, Abiword,, Google Documents - http://doc.google.com Zoho Documents and notetaker - www.zoho.com, AJAXwrite, Open Office, Notepad, Adobe Buzzword Presentation Software - Impress, Powerpoint, Google documents - http://doc.google.com Keynote Zoho presenter - http://www.zoho.com Open Office Voicethread, Slideshare, http://prezi.com |
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Informal Communications |
Electronic mail, instant messaging, threaded discussion, Blogging and microblogging |
Electronic mail - Online solutions hotmail gmail etc Hosted solutions - Microsoft exchange, First class Instant messaging - Moodle, Outlook, skype, Yahoo messenger, Microsoft messenger, IRC Threaded Discussion - First class, Moodle, Ning, Blackboard, ELGG Blogs - classroom blog meister First class WordPress, Ning, blogger, edublogs, bloglines Microblogging & SMS - twitter Texting and SMS. |
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Research from encyclopaedias etc |
Online encyclopaedias |
Online encyclopaedias - Britannica on line, wikipedia & wikipedia schools offline DVD, citizendium etc, Living library.. Library Spot: Google Scholar: Fact Monster: ArtLex Art Dictionary: |
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Research from Newspapers, journals and magazines. |
Online newspapers etc |
Web Browsers: Internet explorer, safari Opera, Firefox, RSS aggregaters, etc Google Scholar: Bookmarking tools: Diigo Delicious |
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General research |
Search engines and directories, web quests |
Internet explorer, Opera, Firefox, RSS aggregaters See Also Online Encyclopedias |
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Presenting material, creating posters etc |
Presentation software, graphics tools, web publishing |
Presentation Software - Impress, Powerpoint, Google documents - http://doc.google.com Keynote Zoho presenter - http://www.zoho.com Open Office Voicethread, Slideshare, http://prezi.com Desktop Publishing - Microsoft Publisher, PagePlus, Adobe pagemaker, scribus Pages, Quark Express Online Publishing - www.lulu.com/ Graphics Tools - Corel draw, Staroffice Draw, Inkscape MS Paint, the GIMP, Tuxpaint, paint.Net, Adobe Photoshop, Photostory 3 |
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Watching videos |
Digitised resources |
Players Microsoft media player, Real player, Quicktime materials - Clickview Google Video,teacher.TV YouTube, Teachertube,TED.com |
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Journals |
Blogs, microblogs Video and Podcasts |
Blogs - classroom blog meister First class WordPress, Ning, blogger, edublogs, bloglines Microblogging - twitter Video Blogging tools Google Video,teacher.TV YouTube, Teachertube, Audio Blogging tools - Audacity itunes Podcastalley - Voicethread |
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Distributing Homework and assignments |
Electronic mail Posting to conferences, forums, wikis etc |
Electronic mail - Online solutions hotmail gmail etc Hosted solutions - Microsoft exchange, First class Wiki - First class, Moodle, Ning, Blackboard, ELGG , wikispaces wet-paint wikis Threaded Discussion - First class, Moodle, Ning, Blackboard, ELGG Blogs - classroom blog meister First class WordPress, Ning, blogger, edublogs, bloglines Microblogging & SMS - twitter Texting and SMS. |
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Collecting Homework |
Drop Boxes |
Electronic mail - Online solutions hotmail gmail etc Hosted solutions - Microsoft exchange, First class Threaded Discussion - First class, Moodle, Ning, Blackboard, ELGG |
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Paper based tests |
Electronic tests |
Electronic testing tools - First class Education, Moodle, Blackboard, ELGG LAMS, SurveyMonkey, eXe, scorm objects, Hot potatoes Google Forms (part of Google documents) |
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Voting and surveys (paper based or show of hands) |
Online surveys and Polls |
Online Survey and Polling tools - First class Education, Moodle, Blackboard, ELGG LAMS, SurveyMonkey, eXe, scorm objects, Google Forms (part of google documents) See Also Survey tools associated with Blogs, wikis, and IM tools Microblogging & SMS - twitter Texting and SMS. |
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Discussions |
Asynchronous & synchronous tools, IM, Chatrooms, Forums, Threaded discussions, wikis |
Electronic mail - Online solutions hotmail gmail etc Hosted solutions - Microsoft exchange, First class Wiki - First class, Moodle, Ning, Blackboard, ELGG , wikispaces wet-paint wikis Threaded Discussion - First class, Moodle, Ning, Blackboard, ELGG Blogs - classroom blog meister First class WordPress, Ning, blogger, edublogs, bloglines Social Networking Tools - First class, Moodle, Ning, Blackboard, Facebook, MySpace, Friendster Second Life: Class Home Page Builder:Elluminate Microblogging & SMS - twitter Texting and SMS. (limited) Audio and Video conferencing - skype, iChat, elluminate, Adobe connect, gChat |
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Brainstorming Graphical organiser |
Brainstorming mindmapping software |
Mind mapping - Bubbl.us, Gliffy, CMap Tools, Skrbl, writeboard , inspiration, kidspiration, VUE Visual Understanding Environment, Mind Manager, Freemind, Microsoft Visio, smartideas, Mind mapping - MindMeister, Compendium |
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Personal, project or group Organisation |
Calendaring, project and task management softwares |
Calendaring - Outlook, outlook express First class, Moodle, Ning, Blackboard, ELGG project managment - Ganttproject, MS Project, openproj task management task coach, First class, Moodle Outlook |
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Mathmatics & data processing (paper based, calculator) |
Spreadsheet, calculators |
Spreadsheet Star Office Calc, Staroffice Math Open Office, MS Excel, Numbers, Google Documents - http://doc.google.com Zoho Documents and notetaker - www.zoho.com Calculators - Standard and scientific calculators Online resources - wikipedia WebMath: |
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Board Games |
RPG and electronic games |
Gamemaker, PopFly RPGMaker 2000 The Sims Online |
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Visually respresenting events - Timeline |
Online timeline tools |
Preceden - http://www.preceden.com/ xTimeline - http://www.xtimeline.com/ interactive timeline - read write think http://www.timerime.com/ http://www.timetoast.com/ http://timeglider.com/ http://www.dipity.com/ |
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