
Emerging Trends:
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Tech Gallery
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Content Creation: Canva
A graphic design platform used to create posters, slides, infographics, and videos.
Classroom Integration: Students design visual aid Deaf culture infographics and edit expressive signing videos in class on Canva.
Supporting Resources:
- Changing Attitudes Toward Demonstrating Learning (CoSN DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION: 2024 HURDLES • ACCELERATORS • TECH ENABLERS)
- Learners as Creators (CoSN DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION: 2020 HURDLES + ACCELERATORS) -
Video Use: Edpuzzle
A video tool that allows teachers to embed questions into videos for formative assessment.
Classroom Integration: Students watch a signed ASL story with comprehension questions embedded throughout the video.
Supporting Resources:
- Analytics & Adaptive Technologies (CoSN DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION: 2020 Tech Enablers)
- Personalized Learning (CoSN DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION: 2020 HURDLES + ACCELERATORS) -
Gamification: Blooket
A game-based learning tool that uses multiple game modes for quiz content to reinforce concepts.
Classroom Integration: Students play vocabulary review games using ASL signs, gloss, and Deaf culture trivia.
Supporting Resources:
- Gamification and Game-Based Learning (Digital Games in Education: The Design of Games-Based Learning Environments)
- Student Engagement as a Motivation Accelerator (What Do Video Games Have to Do with Project-Based Learning?) -
Gamification: Gimkit
An interactive learning platform where students answer questions to progress in competitive games.
Classroom Integration: Students co-create a quiz using 'KitCollab' to review ASL sentence structure and classifiers.
Supporting Resources:
- Student Agency (CoSN DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION: 2024 HURDLES • ACCELERATORS • TECH ENABLERS)
- Digital Collaboration Platforms (CoSN DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION: 2020 HURDLES + ACCELERATORS) -
ASL Receptive Practice: ASL.ms
A fingerspelling practice site that generates random words for receptive ASL practice.
Classroom Integration: Daily warm-ups where students decode fingerspelled words to improve speed and fluency.
Supporting Resources:
- Microlearning & Mastery Learning Models(CoSN Driving K-12 Innovation: 2020 Hurdles and Accelerators)
- Mobile and Anytime/Anywhere Learning (CoSN DRIVING K-12 INNOVATION: 2020 Tech Enablers)