This document provides 30 ideas for using information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. It lists websites and tools for activities like blogging, submitting homework online, creating games and quizzes, setting up wikis and forums, podcasting, using presentation software creatively, creating websites, and converting or sharing multimedia content. The document aims to inspire educators to incorporate different technologies into their teaching over the course of 30 minutes by exploring the many free and open-source options available online.

1. 30 ICT ideas in
30 minutes
Andrew Field
Head of ICT, Neale-Wade Community College

2. Background

3. Twitter
1
www.Twitter.com

4. Use an open-source blog
2
www.Wordpress.org + www.neale-wade.net/blog

5. Upload homework to Moodle
3
www.Moodle.org + www.nwvle.net

6. Submit work via Moodle
4
www.Moodle.org + www.nwvle.net

7. Generate a starter / plenary game
5
www.ContentGenerator.net

8. Track a learning game: SCORM
6
www.Moodle.org + ContentGenerator.net

9. Setup a wiki
7
www.Wikispaces.com + Moodle or other VLEs

10. ‘Podcasting’ / Audacity
8
www.audacity.sourceforge.net

11. Change PowerPoint
• As few words
• Relevant images
9
Microsoft PowerPoint

12. prezi.com
1
Prezi.com

13. Google Apps
1
www.google.com/a + www.neale-wade.net

14. Bubbl.us
1
www.bubbl.us

15. Random student selector
1
www.Classtools.net

16. Create a website just in PowerPoint
14
Microsoft PowerPoint

17. Flickr
1
www.Flickr.com

18. G-mail
1
www.gmail.com
http://www.neale-wade.net

19. Posterous
1
www.posterous.com

20. Wordle.net
1
www.Wordle.net

21. Animoto
1
www.Animoto.com

22. Random activity generator
20
http://www.newtools.org/showtxt.php?docid=737

23. Acrobat.com – Adobe’s apps
21
www.Acrobat.com

24. Buzzword – Flash wordprocessor
22
http://buzzword.acrobat.com

25. iSpring - .ppt to Flash
23
http:// www.ispringsolutions.com/

26. JingProject.com
24
http://www.jingproject.com

27. Voki – talking heads
25
http://www.voki.com

28. GoAnimate - cartoons
26
http://www.goanimate.com/

29. FlashMeeting
27
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net

30. Media conversion
28
http://mediaconverter.org/

31. Photosynth.net
29
http://photosynth.net/

32. EffectiveICT.co.uk
30
www.effectiveict.co.uk + www.effectiveict.co.uk/forum/