DIGITAL LEARNING

ENVIRONMENTS

WEB TOOLSBY: KAILA BARRETT

“Definition: any software program for creating graphic

presentations with visual aids, handouts, sl ides, etc.; software for

creating text with graphics, audio, and/or video; also called

presentation graphics”

Presentation Tools are programs that allow you to create a visual

aid of some sort. One of the most common presentation tools is

Microsoft PowerPoint.

Presentation can benefit a student with a disability it the ways that

they can make words bigger and easier to read. It can also help

with note taking, visuals, etc.

PRESENTATION TOOLS

Other programs for presentations include:

SlideRocket

Animoto

Vimeo

Jumpcut

Smilebox

Xtranormal

Fliggo

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OTHER PRESENTATION TOOLS

Collaboration is a way that people work together. It is essential in an education

setting in order to reach a goal for students. Collaboration is a great way for people to work together in order to fulfi l l a common

goal. There are ways people can collaborate online with certain tools.

One of the most common tools used for collaboration is the Google Docs. It is

basically l ike Microsoft word but online and other people can view/edit the documents.

This will work great for teachers in special education. I think that a teacher could use a

collaborative online tool with parents. As students get older and gain an

understanding of online sources they could even be involved.

COLLABORATIVE TOOLS

Some other collaborative tools include :

Google docs

Inetword

Showdocument

Justpaste it

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OTHER COLLABORATIVE TOOLS

Research tools are onl ine sources to find information or answers to questions. There are many dif ferent

research tools, one of my favorite research tools would be google. I t is an online database that has a wide

range of knowledge and information.

An important fact to remember is that just because you find it on a network doesn’t mean that i t is from a

trusted resource. Many t imes Libraries provide databases that wil l benefit .

Research tools would benefit a chi ld with special needs learning in the ways that i t would provide them with accurate information, apps can be downloaded that are research tools for the iPad/iPod, and there are many other advantages. There are some search

engines that have a step by step procedure that would make researching for special needs easier. Another

aspect that would help special needs students would be the keyword/title search box, i t al lows the students to modify and simplify their f indings, making it easier

to find what they need.

RESEARCH TOOLS

Some other research tools include:

FindHow

Dogo

Findthatfi le

Search Crystal

Wordsift

PDF Catch

Yolink

Yahoo

Google

Bing

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OTHER RESEARCH TOOLS

Video tools are programs that al low you to either make or upload a video in order to view it .

There are many dif ferent programs that al low you to view videos, one of the most popular

programs would be youtube, they let you create, upload, and watch videos. The downfal l

to youtube is that i t is extremely broad and easy to get distracted.

My favorite program to create videos with you be vimeo, i t is extremely easy and self explanatory. It also al lows you to share the video which would

be great for future reference.

This wil l al low students with special needs to be able to change the viewing sett ings, i t would

serve as a great motivator, st imulate learning, and with assistance(if needed) they

could al low students to create their own video!

VIDEO TOOLS

Some other video tools include:

Animoto

Jumpcut

Masher

Viddix

Vimeo

Sliderocket

Smilebox

Captain tube

Youtube

Imovie

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OTHER VIDEO TOOLS