What technologies (and these can be old, new, or emerging) might be most appropriate for your final project? Does your final project align with any of the trends represented in the Horizon Report you reviewed?
For my final project, I can think of several educational technologies that would be appropriate. First is Blackboard, the Learning Management System used on the CSUEB campus - though the majority of the course I will be teaching will be in person, there are a couple of "online" sessions for the course where I will be posting videos / screencasts / other content. Blackboard will also provide the central "warehouse" for all of the instructional objects I want to share with my students. For those videos / screencasts, I may use Jing, which I've used in the past, or VoiceThread, which is new to me, but it is a tool that my library has a site license for and other instructors at my institution have used successfully. I'll also use some of the basic functions of Blackboard like the forums, quizzes, and grading module to increase engagement with the instructional material and provide formative assessment opportunities.
Will this application/tool enhance, improve instruction or motivate learners? What similar applications/tools are there to consider?
I believe the use of all of the tools I mention above will enhance and improve the instruction for learners. I hope to use it in ways that continues their engagement with the material and each other outside of the classroom, since we only meet in person once a week. I like some of the options in VoiceThread for interactivity with presentations / PowerPoints... I can't wait to learn more about it / play more with it! It seems like a much more interactive option for that type of material than Jing. With Blackboard, there aren't really other options to consider, since that's the mandated LMS for my campus.
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