Shepherd University | Digital Fluency/EdTech Tools

Digital Fluency/EdTech Tools

As consumers rather than producers of technology, many students are not as digitally fluent as instructors assume. Utilizing pedagogy enhanced by technology, instructors can empower students to creatively solve problems using technology to meet global market demands for 21st century skills.

How to become Digitally fluent

Before instructors can assign multi-modal projects to foster digital fluency, they must be digitally fluent themselves.

To explore how technology can enhance your pedagogy and foster your students digital fluency, examine this list of tech-creation tools or the list below and contact Yildiz Nuredinoski for a consultation.

Interactive Tools/Lessons
	Genially – Interactive presentations with hotspots, links, etc Hypothesis – Interactive and collaborative close reading tool EdPuzzle – Embed quizzes into any video Nearpod – Build interactive video quizzes, interactive slides etc GeoGebra – Math simulations, graphing calculator etc PollEverywhere – Poll an audience and get immediate results
Simulations/Games
	PhET – Interactive STEM simulations Kahoot – Build gamified quizzes Games for Change – Online video games focused on social impact Construct 3 – Game building software
AI Tools
	AI presentation with tools for students and instructors
Open Education Resources
	OER Commons – Public digital library of open educational resources MIT Open Courseware – Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT OER Project – Social Studies lessons using open sources MERLOT – Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
Video Creation/Screencast/Animation
	Flip – Upload any media and collaborate with others by creating audio/video comments VoiceThread – Upload any media and collaborate with others by creating audio/video comments Screenpal – Screencasting/video editing Loom – Screencasting/editing
Video Conferencing
	Zoom (Learning Center) – Log-in page and tutorials on how to effectively use Zoom Microsoft Teams (Quick Start Guide) – Log-in page and quick start guide
Audio/Podcasting
	Audacity – Open-source podcast recording software Online Voice Recorder – Record your voice online with trimming features
Timelines/Historical Tools
	Sutori – Create interactive timelines and presentations DocsTeach – Historical documents and multimedia
Comic Creation Tools
	Pixton – Comic creation tool Storyboardthat – Comic creation tool
Brainstorming/Mindmapping
	Bubbl.us – Brainstorming and mind mapping tool Mindmup – Brainstorming and mind mapping tool Figma – Collaborative Design tool for wireframes
White Boards and Kanban Boards

Website Creation