The Adele and Dale Young Education Technology Center (the YETC) will be holding 1-2 hour face-to-face mini-workshops or mentoring sessions throughout the school year. These will be advertised through campus email and on campus digital displays. Please RSVP to Nathan.Smith@usu.edu for the face-to-face workshops. Seating is limited. Mentoring session are walk-in help on particular topics.
For those who cannot attend the face-to-face mini-workshops or mentoring sessions, we are sharing equivalent online tutorials here for each of them. Often, rather than "recreating the wheel", we'll link out to online, free resources and YouTube tutorials. We hope you find these helpful and useful - as well as leading you to new resource discoveries on the internet. The online workshops are listed below in alphabetical order.
For those who cannot attend the face-to-face mini-workshops or mentoring sessions, we are sharing equivalent online tutorials here for each of them. Often, rather than "recreating the wheel", we'll link out to online, free resources and YouTube tutorials. We hope you find these helpful and useful - as well as leading you to new resource discoveries on the internet. The online workshops are listed below in alphabetical order.
Adobe Spark - Transform your ideas into visual stories with Spark Post (template based social media graphics ), Spark Page (web stories), and Spark Video (animated videos).
Audacity - Learn to work with this free, multitrack audio editor for podcasts, PowerPoint, and more!
Canva - Easily create beautiful posters, brochures, flyers, cards, and more on this freemium website
Create a Standalone Video Presentation Using PowerPoint - Most people don't know you can create professional looking videos using PowerPoint
Edutopia - George Lucas Foundation's Effort to Move Education Into the 21st Century
Formative Assessment Tools - Use tools such as Kahoot! & Formative to assess students
Free & Inexpensive eBooks and AudioBooks - Learn to access millions of wonderful book related resources online!
Google Calendar - Learn Google's free scheduling and management application
Google Drive - Store all your files in the cloud
Google Docs - Google's word processing application
Google Hangouts - communicate face to face from anywhere in the world
Google Keep - Learn Google's note taking and list making application
Google Maps - Learn Google's awesome map tool
Google Photos - Free unlimited space in the cloud for all your photos and videos
Google Sites - Create your own website or web page with the easy to use, free tool from Google.
H5P - H5P empowers everyone to create rich and interactive web experiences more efficiently - all you need is a web browser and a web site with an H5P plugin.
iMovie for Macintosh - Create, edit, and publish videos using iMovie
LastPass - Online account and password security
LucidPress - Easily create lesson plans and more using Lucidpress' desktop publishing web tool!
Padlet - Create a digital post-it board to gather information in the classroom
Polling Applications - Create simple polls that allow you to gather direct student feedback
PowerPoint - Basic Training from GCFLearnFree.org
QR Codes - Creating and using quick response codes in education
Screencasting - Record and narrate what you're doing on your computer screen
Skype - Video chat with almost anyone from almost anywhere
Snapseed - Photo editing from your mobile device
Weebly - Create your own website with this drag-n-drop easy webtool, and publish your site (Freemium)
Word - Basic Training from GCFLearnFree.org
YouTube - Download videos, extract the clips you need for your lessons with these free tools!