Tracking our Tools - Technology and Classroom Instruction that Works

We have started a new course this week, called Enhancing Learning Materials Through Technology.  What I am most excited about with this class (so far) is the textbook, Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works.  All of our previous classes have introduced a wide variety of tools and technologies that could be used to enhance the classroom experience, and to help students learn more.  This textbook has finally given us a good framework that can be used to organize the tools we have used.  Based on that material, I have created two spreadsheets that I intend to use through out the rest of this program.  The first is just a slight variation of one of the charts from the book.  It lists the 9 instructional strategies that can be enhanced with technology, and the types of software that are best able to do so.  I have added the specific recommendations that are presented in each chapter, so this spreadsheet is a one stop reference for the key ideas of the text: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/wolfmail.stritch.edu/ccc?key=0Auyl8fgWt9e5dEgtcGJEWmNiS3dodk9pWUNjbVJjR2c&hl=en&authkey=CLiw6bkH

However the text also gave me another idea.  One issue that I have been struggling with is how to keep track of all of the tools that we have used.  By using the seven categories of software identified in the text, I was able to go back through the lesson plans from the previous classes and group the tools into those categories where they will add the most value:  https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/wolfmail.stritch.edu/ccc?key=0Auyl8fgWt9e5dE5XNm50eEwwRWtrSHFkSXNFNE11YkE&hl=en&authkey=CM2gtfAI

This will be a reference that I keep growing as we go through the rest of the program.