The document discusses three free online tools - Google Docs, Pearltrees, and Scoop.it - that can be incorporated into Blackboard sites to support student interaction, knowledge building, collaboration, and creativity. Google Docs allows users to create, upload, share and access documents from anywhere. Pearltrees allows users to collect, organize, discover and share knowledge and information from the web. Scoop.it enables users to create online magazines containing images and links to websites. All three tools can be integrated into the classroom for activities like polls and surveys, presentations, knowledge maps, scavenger hunts, and curating media for projects.

1. Stephanie Dixon, Instructional
Specialist, EBRPSS
sdixon@ebrschools.org
BAYOUBUG
Friday, June 1, 2012
Flip Your Blackboard Site and Excite Learning
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One important feature of online course management is student interaction. Incorporating online resources
into your Blackboard site can support knowledge building, collaboration, and creativity. Add pizzazz to your
course using these free, terrific tools.
Google Docs Classroom Integration
https://docs.google.com/
Polls and surveys
Sharing documents
Create, upload and share
Presentations
documents. Access files from Data sharing using spreadsheets
anywhere.
http://youtu.be/OBh8bMC
7XEU
Pearltrees Classroom Integration
http://www.pearltrees.com/ Share websites
Build knowledge maps
Collect, organize, discover Create scavenger hunts and directed browsing
and share knowledge, ideas, Connect ideas with media
and information from the
web.
http://youtu.be/YBy6jnm
ht3U
Scoop.It Classroom Integration
http://www.scoop.it/ WebQuests
Media gathering for projects
Create online magazines Interactive lectures
containing images and links Share content and approved resources for
to websites. assignments and projects
http://www.scoop.it/pricing/
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