This document discusses different types of educational technology tools or "eTools" that can help educators. It separates eTools into three categories: preparation tools to help plan courses, presentation tools to engage learners, and productivity tools for course maintenance. Several specific eTools are provided as examples for each category, such as Google Alerts, Prezi, and Dropbox. The document concludes by listing additional resources for finding new educational technology tools.

1. Michelle Post, Ph.D.

2.  What are eTools
 Types of eTools
Preparation
Presentation
Productivity
 Other eTools
 Resources
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3.  An eTool is any computer, software, or web
application that is intended to make a task
easier.
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4. For this presentation I have broken the types of
eTools into three primary areas.
 Preparation – eTools to help today’s educators
easily and efficiently prepare for his/her courses.
 Presentation – eTools to help today’s educators
to present his/her content or add to the course
content to engage the adult learner.
 Productivity – eTools to help today’s educators
become more productive in the maintenance of
his/her course.
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5. 1. Google Alerts – Data/Research
2. Blogs – Data/Research
3. RSS Feeds – Data/Research
4. Twitter – Data/Research
5. Social Bookmarking – Data/Research
6. Similar Web / Similar Sites – Data/Research
7. Youtube.com/Edu – Data/Research
8. Ted Talks / Ted Ed – Data/Research
9. DeeperWeb – Data/Research
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6. 1. Documentary Heaven – Free Documentary
Videos
2. Knovio – Free Online Video Creation
3. Slideshare – Free Presentations
4. Prezi – Free Online Presentation
5. Voicethread – Collaboration Tool
6. Wordle – Visualization Tool for Words
7. Mind Mapping – Visualization Tool for Concepts
8. Animoto – Videos From Images
9. Camstudio – Video Creator
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7. 1. PaperRater – Grammar, Plagiarism & More
Checker
2. Dropbox – Cloud Storage
3. Downloader Helper – Download Videos From
Web
4. Zotero – Research Organization Tool
5. Wiki Spaces – Free Collaboration Website
6. APA Resources – Dr. Post’s APA Resources
7. Search Engines – Single Place for 26 Search
Engines
8. ViewPure - Watching YouTube Cleanly
9. Free Tech Videos - Online Tech Tools
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8.  Glogster – Create Posters
 Feedly – RSS Reader
 Evernote – Remember Everything
 Jing – Screen Capture Tool
 Audacity – Recording Audio
 Voki – Speaking Avatars
 And the list is endless, you just have to play.
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9.  Top Tools for 2015
 Top 100 Education Blogs
 Free Tech 4 Teachers Favorite Resources
 Super Book of Web Tools for Educators
 Bloomin Aps
 Makeuseof
 Google for Teachers
 Beyond Google
 Making Videos on the Web
 Center for Learning & Performance Technologies
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