10 Technology alternatives to traditional homework assignments.

1. I Can’t Wait to Do My Homework! Monday, February 21, 2011

2. Jeff Lay Osage County Interlocal Cooperative Hominy, OK

10. TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO TRANSFORM HOMEWORK

11. #1 TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Give a printed handout or quiz and turn it in the next day.

12. #1TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use an online quiz generator to administer the assignment online.

13. Online Quiz Generators http://testmoz.com/ http://challenge.zoho.com/login.do http://thatquiz.org Google Docs

14. #2TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Write vocabulary words and definitions in journal.

15. #2TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use a comic strip creation site to create a comic using vocabulary terms in context.

16. Comic Strip Creation http://chogger.com/ http://www.creaza.com/ http://www.pixton.com/schools/overview http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

17. #3TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Book report or essay about a famous American.

18. #3TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use a FLIP camera to record a music video about book or famous American.

20. #4TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Work 25 math problems on page 145.

21. #4TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use screen recording site or software to demonstrate how to work problems.

22. Screen Recording http://screencast-o-matic.com/ SMART Recorder Promethean Screen Recorder

24. #5TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT After a field trip, write a report/journal entry about the experience.

25. #5TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use a digital storytelling site to create a video with photos/video from a field trip.

26. Digital Stories http://animoto.com/education http://photopeach.com/ http://www.stupeflix.com/ http://www.masher.com/ http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/public_home http://www.creaza.com/

28. #6TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Create a poster about a particular topic/process.

29. #6TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use Glogster to create an online poster about a particular topic/process.

31. #7TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Have a class discussion over a particular topic.

32. #7TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use a threaded discussion site to conduct an online class discussion.

33. Discussion Sites http://todaysmeet.com/ http://titanpad.com/ http://www.coveritlive.com/ http://www.chatzy.com/ http://www.edmodo.com/ Moodle Wikis Blogs

34. #8TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Survey other students/adults to collect data for analysis or class discussion.

35. #8TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use an online bulletin board/survey site to collect data.

36. Surveys http://www.surveymonkey.com/ http://www.kwiksurveys.com/ http://flisti.com/ http://polldaddy.com/

37. #9TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Draw a graph/chart to represent collected data.

38. #9TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Use an online chart creator to represent collected data.

39. Charts/Graphs http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/22-useful-chart-graph-diagram-generators/ http://www.chartle.net/

40. #10TRADITIONAL ASSIGNMENT Complete an introductory survey to get to know students on the first day of class.

41. #10TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVE Have students create an avatar to introduce themselves to the class.

42. Avatars http://www.voki.com/Voki_for_education.php

43. Teacher/Student Blogs Blogs can be the central point where all assignments/projects are posted.