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Student-Centered Digital Education Resources: PART 2 The Digital Education Part

Nerve-wracking for some, exciting for others, student-centered teaching techniques couples with digital education resources are the wave of the future. Today’s emergency services educators will either ride that wave, or get washed away.

PART 2

Who is going to be in YOUR classroom?

How you can use these resources: RescueDigest curates great research and resources during the development of our articles and educational programs. Since our mission is to “Help You Help Others” we present the best of these resources for you to explore, share and use in your own agency.

It’s important to remember that the digital resources below will not, by themselves, transform your classroom or your educational experience. However, used properly with student-centered education theory, these resources will help you enhance understanding, increase retention and improve performance for your students. For more ideas on how to use these resources in emergency services education, see the presentation at the bottom of this page or check out Student-Centered Education in the Digital Age: and the New England Center for Rescue & Emergency Medicine Workshops:– Educators Centerpiece Workshop.

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Start Here

Top 10 Reasons Educators Won’t go Digital

Mega-Mind Map Overview of Resources

EdTech Cheat Sheet | Visual.ly

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Tutoring and Teaching

Coursera

iTunes U Course Manager

TED-Ed | Lessons Worth Sharing

Udemy – Online Courses from the World’s Experts

Moodle.org: open-source community-based tools for learning

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Content Creation and Sharing

Visuals

Google Images

Welcome to Flickr – Photo Sharing

Picasa Web Albums

Interactive Combitube Image | Everyday EMS Tips

GOOD | MAKE YOUR OWN INFOGRAPHIC

Glogster EDU – 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students | Text, Images, Music and Video

Video

Upload your video – YouTube

Vimeo, Your Videos Belong Here

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ScreenCasting

Record Screencast And Create Slideshows With Narrations Using Ezvid | PowerPoint Presentation

6 Must Do Tips For A Quality Screencast | ScreencastingWizard.com

Make a Video. Amazing Animated Video Maker – GoAnimate.

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Live Remote Video Teaching

Free Skype internet calls and cheap calls to phones online – Skype

Google+ Hangouts: Six Practical Uses for Online Education by Jeremy Vest : Learning Solutions Magazine

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PowerPoint Alternatives

10 best PowerPoint alternatives for EMS educators (with links)

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PowerPoint Enhancements

Add Speaking Animated Characters To PowerPoint Slides With SitePal | PowerPoint Presentation

5 Best Applications For Adding Mind Maps To Your Presentations | PowerPoint Presentation

Blabberize.com – Got a picture? Blabberize it!

YawnBuster, Interactive Group Activities, Group Games, Enhancing Powerpoint Presentations, Instructor-Led Training Software, Enhancing PowerPoint Presentations

Animoto – Make & Share Beautiful Videos Online

FlashEff2 | 3000+ Flash effects, Flash animation, text effects

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Live Mind Mapping

MindMeister shortcuts and tricks | MindMeister Blog

Popplet — for Mind Mapping, Sharing and Presenting | Free Resources from the Net for EVERY Learner

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Live Student Polling

Text Message (SMS) Polls and Voting, Audience Response System | Poll Everywhere

Socrative | Student Response System | Audience Response Systems | Clicker | Clickers | Student Clickers | ARS | Mobile Clicker | Software Clicker

Celly

Wordwall | Make interactive activities for the classroom

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Out-Of-Class Collaboration

Google Docs Tour

Document Management Software | Manage Documents Online : Zoho Docs

TitanPad

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Real-Time, In-Class Collaboration

Do YOU have questions, comments or know of research or resources that we should include here? Let us know below.