Open-Ended Tools for Learning

• This learning module focuses on technology tools and instructional materials for teaching.
• It provides different ICT tools, their characteristics and role in facilitating teaching and learning

Module Outcomes

• Demonstrate understanding of various ICT tools in teaching.
• Apply ICT tools effectively in student outputs and instructional materials.

General Instructions

• Read the module diligently
• Lessons are general but should be taken in the context of the the field of specialization
• Answers to assessment, application, and enrichment activities will be graded
• Only getting started in lesson 1 is recorded
• Contact your professor with questions
• Read instructions carefully and enjoy studying

Lesson 1: Open-Ended Tools in Facilitating Learning

• Focuses on open-ended tools/productivity software and their uses in various subjects.

Lesson 1 Objectives

• Share experiences using open-ended tools/productivity software.
• Identify their uses, advantages and disadvantages in teaching.
• Report on new and emerging productivity tools.

21st Century Skills for Teachers

• Create learner-centered classrooms with personalized instruction.
• Facilitate learner productivity with creative blogs, digital stories, and movies.
• Embrace continuous learning of new technologies.
• Allow devices to aid concept and skill acquisition.
• Use blogging for real-audience writing and digital presence.
• Promote digital advocacy and level-up experiences through discussions.
• Collaborate with educators for idea sharing and use web chats for research.
• Connect through social media and Introduce project-based learning with device integration.
• Build positive digital footprints by producing and sharing valuable content.
• Code to boost writing skills and innovate teaching with tools like TED talks.
• Keep Learning

Open-Ended Software Applications

• ICT tools aid concrete, efficient, encouraging, and meaningful learning.
• Includes word applications, presentation software, and spreadsheets.

Microsoft Office Alternatives

• Several alternatives exist with similar features.

Microsoft Office Online

• It is part of the Microsoft Office Online suite.
• Some full-fledged features are inaccessible.
• Allows document creation, editing, and co-authoring with cross-platform compatibility.

Google Docs

• Create, collaborate, and share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, and forms.
• Requires a free Google account.
• Offers automatic online saving, web publishing, and attachment options.
• Allows collaborative or view-only access and offline document access.

Zoho

• Around 20 free online applications for Word processing, slide presentations, and spreadsheets.
• Accounts in Zoho can link to Google and Yahoo accounts, it is free.
• It offers a familiar writer interface, risk of data loss.

Apache OpenOffice

• Has features like two-way desktop sync, large file transfer and encryption.
• Work with MS Word documents
• Plugs into Echosign for digital signatures, and publish documents to blogs or public access.
• Open source, includes Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, and Math.
• It can open PDF files, is maintained by a large community.

WPS

• A leading free alternative to Microsoft Word/Office and it is a free document processing suite.
• Offers long list of file formats and offers language support beyond English.
• Similar MS Office look with tabbed viewing window and Cloud storage up to 1GB.
• scalable for teams.

SoftMaker FreeOffice

• A free suite offering full Microsoft Word alternative.
• Essential editing features and basic templates for creating and editing documents.
• The tables, charts, shapes, and graphics are available.
• The entire suite is available for Windows, Linux, and Android.

Word Applications

• Word is used for scaffolding student learning such as learning plans and graphic organizers

Graphic Organizers

• Teachers implement graphic organizers to aid students in assignments and organize, clarify, and simplify information.

Scaffolding

• Scaffolding is forms of support to assist, guide, or facilitate the learning process.

Presentation Software Applications

• Presentations are used in teaching language, math, and science.

Presentation Software functions

• They are a Tool presentations for skill integration
• Novel writing tool
• Provides opportunity for language use for speaking
• Listening, reading, and writing.

Teaching in Elementary Grades

• Gives idea of how a certain object looks like, as well as engage students.
• Presents illustrations.

Additional Presentation Software

• PowToon offers media options, graphics, cartoons, and animated images.
• Slide Rocket has templates and makes presentations more visually appealing.
• Prezi is an excellent starting point for tech-savvy instructors.

The functions of presentations

• Present reports with audio visuals,.
• Develop group projects.
• Present charts, graphics, etc.
• Show data stored in graphic organizers.
• Develop digital stories, mathematics/science reports and survey results.
• Articulate ideas using special features.
• To facilitate the experience of learning science through integration
• It helps to enhance involvements and improve work quality
• Helps with presentations in condensed form and prevents digression.
• Helps with being Innovative in presenting ideas and comfortable in expression.

Presentation Design Guidelines

• Set up the presentation class
• Organization of the presentation should be well structured.
• The use of visual aids is very important
• Presentation Skills are useful for spending time on output.

Spreadsheets

• Spreadsheets are helpful for introducing language, mathematics and science.
• Used for Data analysis.
• Primarily used for computing grades through templates for ECR.

Open-Ended Tools

• They are the primary help for the teacher.
• The three primary productivity tools are Word Applications, Presentation Software Applications, and Spreadsheets.
• Other programs that can serve as assistance include Online Office, Google Docs, WPS, and Softmaker Office.

Word Applications use

• Used for write-ups and insertion of graphics and images.

Presentation Software

• Limited space per slide.

Spreadsheets

• For creating graphs, charts, and useful for data analysis
• Used for computing grades

Lesson 2: Applying Open-Ended Tools

• This lesson discusses web based publishing tools and digitals tools.
• Evaluate and improve on teaching tools

Digital Savvy

• Being able to use technologies with specific teaching purposed
• Students are called digital natives

Online skills and methods

• Internet can be used a facilitate for language using web publishing.
• Skills can be developed by allowing students to share information.
• Post products to web pages.

GeoGebra

• Software for every level of education which helps with geometry, algebra, spreadsheets
• Good for mathematic studies

Virtual apps and the virtual lab

• Allow students to use apps for various science such a virtual laboratories to make up from the the lack of certain science equipment
• Help students participate and develop investigatory projects.

CyberKids

• provide a voice for young people on the internet

Geometry Pad

• Fun way to learn geometry and present geometric shapes and experimentation.

Khan Academy

• Instructional math video, personalized dashboard.

PhET Interactive Simulations

• Simulations used for physics.

Tikatok

• Help with creative studio and helps with digital book.

Guethink

• Use for student between grade 2-12.

Virtual Nerd

Provide videos that explain math problems.

Copyright Law

• Protects authorship and teacher should be aware of avoiding this violation.

Anti-Bullying act of 2012 and RA 10175

• Should be aware and practice what they teach.

Lesson 3: Designing instructional materials

• Additional ideas for better instruction
• Principles of UDL guidelines.
• Good technology practices

Technology too use

• Microsoft powerpoint is helpful to incorporate android and IOS systems to help the students more.

Posters

• Promote creativity
• Can be made of you tube with tutorials with digitalized posters.

Work sheets and Forms are no longer completed

• All the web is used because a digital revolution.

Accurate and properly use of the 5 w

• Understand what students
• Always be research active and check your data
• Help the images and proper use of the five w
• Help the students with story skills a factor.

Cartoons and Journals

• Easy form of teaching
• Are essential elements to assist with training.
• Are are good was to records of what students do in the class.

Wallwisher (Now Padlet)

• SPAAE can be used as material in the class
• Are used a variety f means to help students excel and grow in and about the space

All of these will help aid with learning and better you subject.

• Make the best way to find and and know what works and what helps the students

Science apps and learning with the math, provide access to programs to support students in their education

Use different tools to properly aid and reach effective means.

Know what helps more and will keep up more important parts.

Enhancing with the classroom:

• Helps to provide great work inside and out side the class.
• Enhance better performance
• Promote active earning
• Develop important think to provide differential instruction
• Motivation to be multi sensory

Understand the concept of the lesson for the to aid with the integration

• Principle to help and guide students and make sure to do what needs to best.

Universal design of help to integrate and the lesson

• Be aware of your actions.