21st Century Tools and Resources

1) Cube for Teachers puts thousands of educators in touch with one another. It uses the common ground of education and it allows educators to share resources and tools with one another. Educators can search, save, and share links for one another to view. This is a free online resource where educators can access plenty of resources in a variety of different subjects. http://www.cubeforteachers.com/

* There are so many wonderful tools, tips, resources, and documents at your finger tips with one search.

2) This is a tool and a resource:

http://digitalstorytellingclass.pbworks.com/f/Digital+Storytelling+A+Powerful.pdf

Digital storytelling is a great way to teach drama in an interactive way. It uses multimedia components to tell stories in a digital environment. We are continuously looking for new ways to integrate methods of technology into our work and drama is more challenging since it involves a lot of body and in-person physicality. Though there is the film and TV components for drama in education, typically drama classes do not involve a lot of technological aspects. This way drama class can!

3) Though this may seem like a simple resource/tool, it is exceptionally handy:

http://www.theatrefolk.com/podcast/google-drive-in-the-drama-classroom/

Google drive makes online learning a lot easier and forms a sense of online community. This is where educators can post their resources/lessons/powerpoints or worksheets/homework so that students and teachers have access to it at all times. There have been countless cases where students lose their instructions, lose their rubrics, or lose their final product and this way, they can submit it and create it online! 

4) PowToon is another resource that is great for student engagement and online learning. https://www.powtoon.com/index/

It is a free app that allows for the creation of animated videos/stories and/or presentations. This is great for both online use and in-classroom use. It is a fun and engaging way to deliver information to students and to watch them create and design their own content. They can finally ‘learn by doing’ through this app.This app can be used for a variety of different styles of learners and different aged learners. It also allows students to communicate with others, and/or colleagues. It is a fun and entertaining way to understand content and the app provides free templates and user-friendly videos on how to create animation videos.