Educational Technology

An abbreviation for an application that runs on mobile devices such as tablets or cell phones.

• Vlog

• App

• Blog

An abbreviation for video blogging, a type of blogging using audio and video.

• App

• Drill-and-Practice

• Vlog

a website that the user updates frequently. Most are used like a journal or as a place to share personal opinions and information.

• Blog

• Vlog

• Slideshow

Computer Applications that are used to engage and enhance thinking

• Simulation

• Mind Maps

• Cognitive Tools

an instructional approach in which students use images, often digital photos, accompanied by their own written and recorded narrative to create a story that is stored digitally.

• Mind Maps

• Digital Storytelling

• Drill-and-Practice

In educational technology, software programs that give students a series of tasks to reinforce a concept or to initially diagnose a student's level. These programs monitor progress, provide feedback, and present tasks accordingly.

• Grammerly

• Drill-and-Practice

• Blog

Graphical representations of a story or concept.

• Mind Maps:

• Vlog Maps

• Geometric Graphs

Applications, such as word processors, email programs, and spreadsheets, I let people accomplish tasks more efficiently than if they had to use a typewriter, a calculator, or Postal mail.

• Simulation

• Productivity Tools

• Webquests

A technique for learning or practicing skills that involves dealing with realistic but artificial problems or situations. Typically it provides an opportunity for safe practice with feedback on performance.

• Spreadsheet

• Tutorials

• Simulation:

An interactive software program allowing users to perform multiple calculations and view more than one answer at a time.

• Spreadsheet: 

• Ubiquitous Computing:

• Simulation