Technologies for teaching, learning and research
Availability: Free web application Comparable: Camtasia Studio, Expression Encoder, ScreenFlow, BB FlashBack Pro Screencast-O-Matic is a web application that allows a user to make simple, quick recordings of their computer’s screen without installing software. Users can narrate the video using a microphone or use a webcam to narrate while showing a video of the host. The … Read more
Socrative is a live polling service that allows the administrator to build surveys, quizzes, and questionnaires that can be responded to by anyone with a computing device and the administrator’s ID. The poll can be displayed with live results for all the participants to digest. At the conclusion of the poll, the administrator is given a variety of methods to gather and evaluate the data. The software is web-based, and a free account is available.
Availability: Free web application Comparable: Sway Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool for presenting ideas on a virtual canvas. The product employs a zooming user interface (ZUI), which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media, and allows users to display and navigate through information within a 2.5D or parallax 3D space on the Z-axis. The idea behind Prezi is a paradigm shift from … Read more