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2017-11-06
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Free and Dirt Cheap Teaching Tech Tools: Priceless
Nancyruth Leibold
Southwest Minnesota State University
Laura M. Schwarz
Minnesota State University - Mankato
Keywords: free teaching tools, inexpensive teaching tools, authoring software, instructional technology for educators
Abstract
Educational technology tools are often quite expensive. With limited budgets for educators to purchase instructional technology programs, it is a challenge to acquire a variety of technology tools to use for instruction. However, there are many free and nominal cost web-based software programs for educators to use to design engaging instructional materials. Participants will explore a variety of free technology teaching tools, such as Glogster, Screen-cast-o-matic, WebQuests, Voki, Animoto, Storybird, Zimmer Twins, and others. A resource for how to select the right tool for the learning goal is also shared. Participants will receive a handout of free teaching tools and the URLs for the websites for the web-based tools.
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Author Biography
Nancyruth Leibold, Southwest Minnesota State University
Nancyruth Leibold is from Apple Valley, Minnesota. She is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her teaching practice and research interests include conflict management, civility, nursing education, instructional technology, and teaching strategies.
