EdTech Tutorial List
This term you are expected to select and complete at least three educational technology tutorials. You can work collaboratively on these but you will need to each present your evidence on your own learning portfolio.
For each tutorial, you should reflect on the technology and its application to teaching and learning, present evidence of your learning in the form of multimedia artefacts that you created as part of the tutorial (where applicable). Evidence of learning may be in the form of screenshots, finished works or works in progress, photographs, video, text, personal reflections, lists of resources, etc. This will result in at least three blog posts categorized with in the Free Inquiry section of your website.
If you would like to engage with a tutorial beyond this list, please reach out to me to discuss.
If you find a non-working or incorrect link below, please let me know.
Audio and Video Editing
- Screencasting (video recording your computer screen combined with audio)
- Introduction to Podcasting with Audacity
- Video Editing with iMovie and Microsoft ClipChamp
- Virtual Reality & Creating 360 Tours
- Interactive Videos on a WordPress Blog with H5P
- Record your Zoom Meetings to Create Videos (great for making presentations)
- Create a Teacher Introduction Video
- Digital Storytelling
General Image Creation and Editing
- An Introduction to Image Editing with GIMP
- Introduction to Inkscape
- Design and Layout with Canva
- Introduction to Infographics with Canva
- Introduction to Smartphone Photography
- Image Editing with Photopea
- Graphic editing with Procreate (iPadOS and iOS only)
- Photoshop for Beginners Introduction (Students can access Adobe Creative tools in the MAC D211 computer lab)
Productivity
- Data Analysis with Excel
- Personal Websites with WordPress
- Generative AI for Educators
- Generative AI for Student Research
Synchronous Classes, Meetings, and Connections
Interactive Classroom Technologies
- Using Google Forms for data collection, student info, anonymous feedback, and quizzes
- Getting Started with Mentimeter
- Getting started with Kahoot
- Introduction to Padlet
- Creating QR Codes in the Classroom
Creating Teaching and Learning Materials
- Death by PowerPoint -or- Persuasive Presentations?
- Creating Microsoft PowerPoint Resources
- Getting started with Google Classroom
- Making Technology-Based Lessons Accessible: A Guide for Teachers
- Introduction to Sketchnoting: Doodle Your Way to Better Grades
- Creating Academic Posters with Canva
- Creating & Teaching Active Learning Workshops
- Interactive, Nonlinear Stories, and Guided Interviews with Twine
Makerspace
- Introduction to 3D Design and Print with TinkerCad
- Introduction to 3D Design With Fusion 360
- Programmable Electronics with Arduino
- Using Minecraft in Education
Simulations and Manipulatives
- Using the PhET Interactive Simulations (simulations for physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, and mathematics)
- Scratch Programming for Educators
- Desmos Graphing and Math Exploration Calculator

