ICT IN EDUCATION

Podcasting

Media files made available on the web to the public for download to a variety of digital hardware products ranging from personal computers to portable household devices (MP3 players, cellphones etc)
I.Podcasttools
1.Audacity- audio editing application. Recording and editing sounds
Audacity.sourceforge.net(music editing software)
2.Podbean-easy/powerfulpodcasting
3.Podomatic–video/audiopodcast, receive online calls
II. Surveys, Polls & Quizzes
1.Addpoll- easiest survey/poll tool on web.
2.Answergarden-online brainstorming tool
3.Fluid surveys-online survey software and form tools
4.Mysurveylab-professional online surveys
III.Photos&imageediting
1. Cacoo- A free online diagram tool. Draw flow chart, mind maps etc.
2.Pencil-Animation/drawingsoftware
3. Photopeach- online stories using photos
IV.Testing&Assessment
1. Class marker – professional web based testing service
2. Hot potatoes- interactive quiz generator. Interactive multiple choice, short answer, jumbled sentences, matching/ordering &gap filled exercises for www.
3.iQuizmaker-easy customizable quiz makers for I-pods
V.PDFtools (Portable Document Format)
1.AdobeReaderXI
2.DoroPDFwriter
3.Nitropedium
VIMusicdownloadertools
1.Freesound
www.freesounds.com300000 natural and artificial sounds available.
2.ArchiveAudioandMP3Library
3.Audiofarm( best& easiest way to found music)
4.iTunes-formusic
Types
a.Audio broadcasting solely of audio recordings
b.Enhanced podcasts multimedia formats combining audio recordings with images c.Videopodcasts(Vodcasts) video recordings
Blogging
• Web+ log ® blog
• log means historical narratives

• Log book in digital type ® blog

• Blog can be operated by the individual

Microblogging

Write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters)

twitter
tumbler
mysay
irat
emyday
emotioner

Newsgroup
online discussion forums especially designed for a specific subject
Usenet
Online plat form in which newsgroups can be built.

Wikis (What I know is)
A web application which allows people to add, modify or
delete content in a collaboration with others. Wikis are
webpages that allows readers to effect corrections, additions
& deletions. Any layman can handle wiki pages using simple
tags. Wiki is a type of content management system. It differ
from blog. Content is created without any defined owner or
leader
a. Wikipedia
An ever expanding free online encyclopedia which has130 lakhs articles in 266 languages
b. Wiki Dictionary (Wikitionary)
A free online multi language dictionary containing definitions, pronunciation, model quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations.
c.Wiki books
A collection of books on various subjects
d.Wiki Quotes
A collection of proverbs, puzzles, movies, texts, themes, legal dictionary, quotes, folklore etc.
e.Wiki species
Database on flora & flora
f. Wiki News
A free news centre
g. Meta wiki
A forum for co-ordination of wiki initiatives
h. Wiki commons
A common pool resource of wiki files
g.Wiki University
The wiki centre of learning
Moodle (Module Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) www.moodle.org
A free software e-learning platform also known as a Learning Management System or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Developed by Martin Dougiamas, Australia
Features of Moodle
Assignment submission
Discussion forum
Files download
Yahoo(Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle)
Yahoo–source of truth/wisdom.
Developed by JerryYang &David Filo. Founded on 1994 January.
Headquarters- SunnyVale in California.
Google
Nickname-Backrub
Pages 1 2 3 4 5 estimate importance of every site by checking by its back links.
Developed by Larry Page & Sergy Brim.
Founded on1998 January.
Motto of Google- ‘Don’t be evil’.
Head quarters-Google plex, Mountain view, California
Noogler- New employees of Google
Googol–search engine.
When it was typed accidentally misspelled as Google
Googol-one followed by 100 zeros.
Operating system of Google-Android
Versions-Cupcake, Donut, Echlair, Kitkat, Gingerbread, JellyBean, Froyo, Honeycomb, Icecream, sandwitch, Lolipop, Marshmallow.
Google support Net neutrality
Net neutrality is the principle that internet users should be in control of what content they view and what application they use in internet.
ICT Enabled Education In Kerala , IT made as compulsory subject in high school curriculumin2003.
FOSS- Free and Open Source Software used by IT@School

Edusat-VICTERS Channel
VICTERS is the only complete educational channel of the State which telecast programmes of educational value, general awareness programmes and content on general interest and is fast becoming the most sought channel by students, parents, teachers and general public.
India's first broadband network on EDUSAT for schools VICTERS (Versatile ICT Enabled Resource for Students) inaugurated by A P J Abdul Kalam, the Former President of India on 28th July, 2005 in Thiruvananthapuram has revolutionized classrooms through interactive IT based technology. The scheme which is being executed by IT @ School Project of Government of Kerala, is mainly intended to meet the demand for an Interactive Satellite based Distance Education system for the country.
VICTERS offers interactive virtual classrooms that enable the school students as well as the teachers to directly communicate with the subject experts and educationists. It
also ensures the dissemination of high quality education to the students and teachers from the original source.
VICTERS has two modes of operation–
Interactive mode
Non interactive mode.
Interactive mode of VICTERS is used for video conferencing and other such educational training purposes. Being India's broadband first interactive network for school, the interactive mode is equipped with 116 Satellite Interactive Terminals (SITs).
The main users of the facility under Thiruvananthapuram Hub are IT@School Project, Directorate of Collegiate Education, Directorate of Technical Education, CDAC, SSA, Directorate of IT Lakshwadeep & CIMR. The new studio present at SCERT building, Poojappura.
The non interactive mode of VICTERS is the complete educational channel, first of its kind in the country, which was officially inaugurated by Former Chief Minister of Kerala Shri. V.S Achuthananthan on 3rd August 2006. The channel which is telecast for 17 hours a day from 6 AM to 11 PM, is unique in the sense that it caters to students & teachers on a need based manner, and programs are aired on demand, sensitive to school curriculum and even timetable.
Software used in school level
Kalzium
Kgeography
Kstars
Geo Gebra (software for maths)
Dr.Geo
KIG Chemical
G periodic
Rasmol
Sunclock
Marble
Audacity
Kino
GIMP
Biology resource (software) Blood transfusion through animation. USB microscope used for mass education instead of single person observation (eg: Amoeba)
English, Malayalam &Hindi subjects blogs present.
Kavym sukhe –malayalam blog
Vidyarangam- ,,
English forum-English blog
Social science
Marble-software Virtual view of globe
Rotate in all direction
Geotag- Latitude and longitude of the place is present
Kalzium -
for studying periodic tables
eg: Nitrogen –overview, picture, atom model, chemical bond, energy spectrum etc
PhET
For Physics eg: How the electrons flow through animation.
Wicket –Physics software
G-compris
For pre primary to higher level. Through games, puzzles students identify the parts of computers in lower classes. Animations also used.
Cyber crimes
All actions that employ modern information and communication technologies such as computers, mobile phones& internet that are detrimental to people and communities in any way can be considered cyber crimes.
Different types of cyber crimes
1.Individuals
2.Property
3.Organisation
Against individuals
1.E-mail harassment
2.Cyberstalking
3.Pornography
4.Cracking
5.Phishing/identifytheft
6.Online cheating
Against property
1.Credit card fraud
2.Skimmer used in the ATM for stealing money
3.Intellectual property crimes
Against organization
1.Hacking
2.Virus attack
3.Denialof service
4.e-mailbombing
5.Salami attack
Cracking
Cracking is illegally entering a computer or a network and using or destroying its database.
Hacking
Hacking is about examining software applications & operating systems in depth and modifying them to improve their performance.
Phishing
Phishing is extracting information on passwords, credit card related information and other secured data by misguiding individuals through malicious actions
Cybersquatting
It is the action of creating and displaying unauthorised websites posting them as official or authentic.
Pornography
Pornography is the display and spreading of obscene information and pictures.
Section of Law
43 of IT Act 2000 -Damage to computer
66(A) of IT Act 2008- Sending offensive or false message through communication service
66(B) of IT Act 2008- Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device
66(C) of IT Act 2008- Identify theft/ misuse of digital signature
66(D) of IT Act 2008- Cheating of personation by using computer resource.
66(E) of IT Act 2008- Violation of privacy
67 of IT Act 2008- Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
67 (A)of IT Act 2008- Publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit in electronic form.
67(B) of IT Act 2008- Browsing, downloading, publishing or transmitting of materials depicting children in sexually explicit in the electronic form.

Peck and Wilson- Technology Integrated with teaching
Jonassen, Peck, and Wilson's (1999) Learning With Technology is about how teachers can use new educational technologies to create meaningful learning environments. Students

constructing knowledge with technology, as opposed to merely obtaining information from computers. The goal of education at all levels is to engage students in meaningful learning.

Learning by doing, learning by exploring, learning by reflecting, learning by constructing, and learning by visualizing with technology. Different Internet technologies -- chat, email,

bulletin boards -- can be used to create powerful new tele-learning communities.

Teaching with technologies places schooling, curriculum, and technology within a larger socio-cultural context in which technological transformations that have occurred in

modern society. The role of technology in shaping new socio-cultural contexts and the implications of these contexts for learning and teaching in the twenty-first century. Learning

with technology is focused on the learner and the construction of meaningful knowledge with technology.

Introducing the challenge of teaching with technology in today ís ever-changing society. Society has moved from a print-dependant, industrial age to a postmodern era deeply

influenced by electronic media. Learning With Technology is focused on the learner and the construction of meaningful knowledge with technology.

Technology refers to the designs and environments that engage learners (by Jonassen, Peck and Wilson 1999). The focus of both constructivism and technology are on the creation of

learning environments. The integration of technology in the classroom, highlighting the connection between constructivism and technology. The focus is on the constructivist view of

learning as an active process of constructing rather than acquiring knowledge, and instruction as a process that supports construction rather than communicating knowledge.

Technologies, primarily computers, help build knowledge bases, which will “engage the learners more and result in more meaningful and transferable knowledge. Learners

function as designers using the technology as tool for analyzing the world. Accessing information, interpreting and organizing their personal knowledge and representing what they

know to others” (Jonassen, 1994). Technological tools such as spreadsheets, databases, expert systems, video conferencing and others can be used by students to analyze subject

matter, develop representative mental models, and then transcribe them into knowledge bases.

Within the shift in focus from objectivist to the constructivist context domain, technology can play an integral part in the learning environment. The richness of the technology

permits us to provide a richer and more exciting (entertaining) learning environment. Our concern is the new understandings and new capabilities that are possible through the use of

technology. By integrating technology with constructivist methods, such as problem based learning and project based learning, learners are more responsible for and active in the

learning process. Constructivism offers flexibility to teachers to individualize learning for each student while using technology tools to augment cognitive and meta cognitive

processes.