DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

WEB TOOLSBY: KAILA BARRETT

“Defi nition: any software program for creating graphic presentations with visual aids, handouts, slides, 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 benefi t 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 Google Sites

Vimeo Prezi

Preezo Creaza Slidesix

Slideboom

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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 ll 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 wil l 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

InetwordShowdocument

Justpaste it

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OTHER COLLABORATIVE TOOLS

Research tools are online sources to fi nd information or answers to questions. There are many diff erent

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

range of knowledge and information.

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

trusted resource. Many times Libraries provide databases that wil l benefi t.

Research tools would benefi t a child with special needs learning in the ways that it 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/tit le search box, it al lows the students to modify and simplify their fi ndings, making it easier to

fi nd 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 diff erent 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 it is extremely broad and easy to get distracted.

My favorite program to create videos with you be vimeo, it is extremely easy and self

explanatory. I t also al lows you to share the video which would be great for future reference.

This wi l l al low students with special needs to be able to change the viewing settings, 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 JumpcutMasherViddixVimeo

SliderocketSmilebox

Captain tubeYoutube Imovie

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OTHER VIDEO TOOLS