This document provides an overview of various digital tools that can be used in a 21st century library and classroom settings, including infographics tools like Tagxedo and Piktochart; video tools like Animoto; layered reality tools using QR codes and Aurasma; and audio tools like Blabberize, Voki, and Vocaroo. Each tool is accompanied by one or two examples of curriculum connections, such as using infographics for persuasive writing, research citations, and earth science; creating videos about English literature, family life, and world history; and incorporating audio tools into lessons on English, foreign language, and physics.
7. Infographics
Curriculum Connections
2. Research Citations
SOL Writing 9.8
The student will use print, electronic databases, online resources, and other media to access
information to create a research product including crediting the sources of quoted,
paraphrased, and summarized ideas, citing sources of information using a standard method
of documentation such as that of the Modern Language Association (MLA) or the American
Psychological Association (APA), and defining the meaning and consequences of plagiarism
and follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.
11. Video Tools
Curriculum Connections
1. English
SOL 11.4
The student will read,
comprehend, and analyze
relationships among American
literature, history, and culture.https://animoto.com/play/UbNtH0XS91np79mUzsB7oA
12. Video Tools
Curriculum Connections
2. Family Life
9.1
The student will understand the human growth and
development cycle. Information about developmental levels
throughout the life cycle - prenatal, infant, toddler, pre-
kindergarten, school-age, adolescent, young adult, middle-
age, and elderly-is related to the complexity of childrearing
and to the need for maturity before parenthood.
13. Video Tools
Curriculum Connections
3. World History
WHI.5
The student will demonstrate knowledge
of ancient Greece in terms of its impact on
Western civilization by characterizing life in
Athens during the Golden Age of Pericles.
15. Layered Reality
Curriculum Connections
1. ALGEBRA I
STANDARD A.2
The student will perform operations on
polynomials, including adding, subtracting,
multiplying, and dividing polynomials.
http://www.classtools.net/QR/index.php
17. Layered Reality
Curriculum Connections
2. Biology
BIO.6
The student will investigate and understand bases for modern
classification systems. Key concepts include structural similarities among
organisms; fossil record interpretation; comparison of developmental
stages in different organisms; examination of biochemical similarities and
differences among organisms; and systems of classification that are
adaptable to new scientific discoveries.
18. Layered Reality
Curriculum Connections
3. English
SOL 9.3
The student will apply knowledge of
word origins, derivations, and figurative
language to extend vocabulary
development in authentic texts.
*Identify literary and classical allusions
and figurative language in text.
Chocolate was her Achilles heel.
21. Audio Tools
Curriculum Connections
1. English
10.4
The student will read, comprehend, and analyze
literary texts of different cultures and eras.
http://blabberize.com/view/id/1309837
23. Audio Tools
Curriculum Connections
3. Physics
PH.3
The student will investigate and demonstrate an understanding of
the nature of science, scientific reasoning, and logic. Key concepts
include evaluation of evidence for scientific theories.
25. Audio Tools
2. Foreign Language/French FI.1
The student will exchange simple spoken
& written information in French.
Vocaroo
http://vocaroo.com/
Curriculum Connections
Bookshelf by David Orban (CC By 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/grc7uQ
Small group work at FIT by Susan Sermontea (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/gVzDN8
The Ultimate Visual Guide to Citing Sources in MLA Format [Infographic]. Retrieved August 3, 2015 from http://goo.gl/ma3rVn
The Solar System [Infographic] Retrieved August 4,, 2015 from http://michaelbabwahsingh.com/fullsolarsystem/
Editing Titan Terror by WCN 24/7 (CC BY-NC 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/2pIr7d
Four generations by Eric Danley (CC BY 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/VyNSHO
Temple of Aphaia by Dennis Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/3GyXKy
Buried Treasure by Paul (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/zuD8Et
Jewel Bug by Gbohne (CC BY-SA 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/4ERJWH
Local limestone fossil by Paul Grand (CC BY-SA 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/PFmyno
Achilles by Natasha Vora (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/SgrvOl
The Way to School by Nicola Jones (CC By-ND 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/X3vFsH
Julius Caesar by Ed Uthman (CC BY-SA 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/Bg9wef
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. Bye bye train by Bernat Casero (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) retrieved from https://goo.gl/obrrpd