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Conceived as a manager of knowledge and its fields of learning.
It fosters collective intelligence among the university community, promoting research and innovation.
Leads learning fields through transdisciplinary and translocational relationships to educate within the context.
Masters, adopts, and applies knowledge appropriation and generation techniques in practice.
Promotes students' self-management of learning through reflection and continuous training.
Master a second language and use analytical processes to project improvement strategies.
Manages accompaniment strategies and acts as an observer for the respect of existing forms of intellectual property.
It is an acting and ethical being that educates for the exercise of freedom and civility.
Carries out administrative management transparently and actively participates in institutional processes.
Makes appropriate use of the University's resources, with a focus on institutional innovation.
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JUSTIFICATION AND R&D
RESOURCES AND INSTRUMENTS
EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES
1. JAMBOARD
Functionality – Description: It consists of a 55-inch touch-screen whiteboard with 4K resolution, designed to complement the types of tools needed to explain a specific topic, facilitating the process by working on a touch screen, although it can also be used from computers. Jamboard has all the necessary tools, including sticky notes, templates, as well as advanced features like handwriting and shape recognition. Each generated document can be saved in the Google cloud for later access, either to resume what is being done or for viewing.
Minimum Requirements: Have a Google account and internet access.
2. EDUCANDY
Functionality – Description: Educandy is a website that lets you create engaging activities in minutes by signing up for a free account and start creating various educational games such as word searches, crossword puzzles, hangman, anagrams, memory games, and multiple-choice quizzes.
Minimum Requirements: Have a web browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Opera) available and sign up using a Google, Facebook, or email account. There are also paid subscriptions separated into student and teacher categories.
3. APPYET
Functionality – Description: With AppYet, anyone can create a professional Android app. No programming knowledge is required—it only takes a few minutes to create your first app. All you need to provide are links to the RSS/Atom feed or website, which are automatically converted into stunning, 100% native Android apps. You’re free to publish or sell apps on Google Play and many other Android marketplaces.
Minimum Requirements: Registration with an email address is required for its use, and if you want more items, it is necessary to pay to obtain additional benefits.
4. BOOKWIDGETS
Functionality – Description: BookWidgets is a tool that lets you create small apps with educational activities that can be completed online. The activities include crossword puzzles, word searches, quizzes, and surveys, among many others. It’s an invaluable resource for students and teachers.
Minimum Requirements: It is an online platform that can be accessed by linking with a Google, Office, or SmartSchool account. It is also integrated within Microsoft Teams applications.
5. QUIZALIZE
Functionality – Description: Quizalize is a quiz game platform where students earn points for correct answers; they also receive instant feedback and a total score at the end of each quiz.
Minimum Requirements: Just go to the page, create an account using either Google or your institutional email, and start creating quizzes for our students.
6. DRAW CHAT
Functionality – Description: Online tool that does not require registration. It is an online board or whiteboard, chat room, and real-time voice and video. Each whiteboard has a unique link and only this is needed to enter. You can add images, PDF documents, among others, modify them and write over them, or make drawings.
Minimum Requirements: Cell phone, tablet, computer, or other device with internet access.
7. AUMENTATY
Functionality – Description: It is software that allows you to create your own augmented reality (AR) project. It currently runs on Windows, is free, and is easily downloadable. Without needing to know how to program, you can generate AR scenes using 3D files with or without animation, photos, videos, texts, links, or even geolocation routes. Once the AR scene is created and published, you can view the result using the Scope app.
Minimum Requirements: Its use requires the installation of the application and the download of the mobile app to view the animations. To access, it is necessary to register with an email address.
8. SPARKOL
Functionality – Description: The Sparkol application is the #1 whiteboard animation software creator. It designs storytelling tools, such as VideoScribe and StoryPix, to help businesses, charities, and educators tell stories with staying power and in a more dynamic way.
Minimum Requirements: You just need to install it and then register with an email. In the free version, it will have a watermark with the application name.
Links: Go to the website
9. EDPUZZLE
Functionality – Description: Edpuzzle is a free application that simply and intuitively allows you to create assessment quizzes through videos or audio notes, or even perform a video dubbing to answer each question. You can select a wide variety of videos from different platforms, edit them, or select the desired fragment.
Minimum Requirements: Web browser, internet connection, and registration on the page to access the service.
10. CLASSROOMSCREEN
Functionality – Description: It offers an online, no-registration-required interactive whiteboard with various tools such as drawing, text boxes, work symbols, a traffic light, a timer, a QR code, lucky draws, and a clock, allowing it to be adapted to different classroom activities.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection and a web browser available on any device.
11. QUIZIZZ
Functionality – Description: It is a tool that will allow teachers to evaluate topics from their classes through online gaming. It enables the creation of interactive multiplayer quizzes that students can answer individually or in groups.
Minimum Requirements: Account registration with Google, Microsoft, or email and an internet connection.
12. KANBAN TOOL
Functionality – Description: The Kanban board is a visual tool that offers a perfect overview of the actual status of work, organizing tasks into dynamic columns to improve productivity and project flow.
Minimum Requirements: User registration on the platform and an updated web browser with an internet connection.
13. EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
Functionality – Description: EXPLAIN EVERYTHING is an application that allows you to generate an interactive online whiteboard for meetings, explanatory classes, and the creation of interactive video tutorials.
Minimum Requirements: Internet access, web browser, or app download on mobile devices/tablets.
14. PADLET
Functionality – Description: Padlet is a digital platform that allows users to create collaborative boards where participants can add images, links, documents, videos, and text notes in real time.
Minimum Requirements: Free account registration with email, Google, or Microsoft account.
15. METAVERSE
Functionality – Description: It is a tool that invites you to break parameters and move into modernity by easily creating interactive experiences and augmented reality games.
Minimum Requirements: Access to a web browser for the creation studio and a mobile device to test the created experiences.
16. SOCRATIVE
Functionality – Description: Application to manage student participation in the classroom in real time using quick quizzes, open-ended questions, and evaluative spaceship games.
Minimum Requirements: Teacher registration to create classrooms and a classroom code for immediate student login.
17. EDMODO
Functionality – Description: Edmodo is a free technological, social, and educational platform that enables communication between students and teachers in a closed, secure, social network-style environment.
Minimum Requirements: Create a teacher or student profile using email or an associated social media account.
18. MENTIMETER
Functionality – Description: Mentimeter is a web application for interacting with and engaging an audience through word clouds, live voting, and quizzes integrated into presentations.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection, creator registration, and mobile devices with a browser for voters.
19. NEARPOD
Functionality – Description: It is a web/app tool that allows you to create interactive presentations in a convenient, attractive, and guided way, including surveys, drawings, and virtual reality.
Minimum Requirements: Prior educator registration and lesson code to share with students.
20. UPWAVE
Functionality – Description: Platform designed to organize project and research content or resources using visual cards and collaborative boards.
Minimum Requirements: User registration with email account or social login.
21. AZURE DEVOPS
Functionality – Description: Hosted on-premises or cloud-based collaborative software development tools for managing software repositories, testing, and planning.
Minimum Requirements: Active Microsoft account or work/school account.
22. QUIZ
Functionality – Description: Comprehensive solution for all types of assessments (creating and scheduling exams, tests, assignments) ensuring accessibility and security in digital evaluations.
Minimum Requirements: Institutional or user registration and a stable internet connection.
23. FLIPGRID
Functionality – Description: Platform to ask questions in a closed team via a link, where participants respond by sharing short recorded videos.
Minimum Requirements: Microsoft or Google account and camera/microphone enabled on the device.
24. LEARNFORFREE.ES
Functionality – Description: A platform that brings together and organizes more than 2200 free courses, tutorials and educational guides that you can take freely online.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection and a web browser.
25. WIKI (MICROSOFT TEAMS)
Functionality – Description: Intelligent text editor for editing, deleting, and publishing in one place, facilitating collaborative document creation in work teams.
Minimum Requirements: Have access to Microsoft Teams with an active account.
26. QUIZLET
Functionality – Description: Tool to create flashcards with educational content and access interactive and inclusive study modes.
Minimum Requirements: User registration with email or social media account.
27. INVISION
Functionality – Description: Platform for creating boards, interactive prototypes and collaborative design tools for visual work teams.
Minimum Requirements: Prior account registration and a modern web browser are required.
28. MURAL
Functionality – Description: Tool for creating and sharing collaborative murals incorporating text, graphic elements, diagrams, presentations and videos.
Minimum Requirements: Account registration and internet connection.
29. ADAM.AI
Functionality – Description: Intelligent content management platform for meetings that organizes minutes, assigned tasks, and decisions made in one place.
Minimum Requirements: Register using your corporate or personal email address and a web browser.
30. TRELLO
Functionality – Description: Application for tracking and controlling different projects and/or activities based on the Kanban method using boards, lists and cards.
Minimum Requirements: Register with an Atlassian, Google, or Microsoft account.
31. KAHOOT
Functionality – Description: Kahoot is a tool that allows the creation of assessment quizzes in a dynamic way, using various educational resources offered by the application. Kahoot develops assessment formats (quizzes) in a trivia game style, with predetermined scores and time limits that can be configured when creating each quiz.
Minimum Requirements: You must first register on the Kahoot website and use the free version. You can register with your institutional email, Gmail, or social media accounts.
32. POWER BI
Functionality – Description: Platform to generate visual presentations and reports based on fixed or dynamic data using interactive panels and dashboards.
Minimum Requirements: Microsoft corporate or educational account and download of Power BI Desktop for creating complex reports.
1. ZOOM
Functionality – Description: Zoom has become one of the leading video conferencing software applications. It allows you to interact virtually with your colleagues when in-person meetings are not possible.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection.
Links: Go to the website
2. GOOGLE MEET
Functionality – Description: Google Meet is Google's video conferencing application for web browsers and mobile devices. It can be used for academic, professional, or other purposes. Meeting codes are unique passwords created for each video call. This is a secure method, as only users with the code will have access to the meetings. Additionally, Google Meet allows you to record sessions and share them with people who couldn't attend, and it also allows you to share presentations directly.
Minimum Requirements: 1. Have a Google account (Gmail). 2. Have internet access and a computer, mobile device, or tablet. 3. If accessing from a mobile device or tablet, you need to download the application from the Play Store. 4. No download is required if accessing from a computer.
Links: Go to the website
3. COLLABORATORE SPACE
Functionality – Description: It's a tool for video calls, meetings, and online classes with the option to interact with presentations and display a whiteboard on screen to make classes more interactive. It also has ample storage for files, documents, and other materials within meeting groups.
Minimum Requirements: The minimum requirements are low, so the program can be installed and run on any computer. It also has a mobile app, but the desktop application is recommended for its ease of use and superior performance. An account is required to access all the service's features. There is a free (basic) version and a paid version with a 90-day free trial (professional version).
4. SKYPE
Functionality – Description: Skype is software that lets you communicate with the people who matter most in your personal and professional life. It's designed for both one-on-one and group conversations.
Minimum Requirements: The minimum requirements are low, so the program can be installed and run on any computer. It also has a mobile app, but the desktop application is recommended for its ease of use and improved performance. An account is required to use all the tools the service offers.
Links: Go to the website
1. CITES THIS FOR ME
Functionality – Description: Cite This For Me is a tool designed to help students quickly and easily prepare their entire bibliography or reference list. APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, Vancouver, and thousands of other citation styles are all supported.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection.
Links: Go to the website
2. PLAGIARISM
Functionality – Description: This plagiarism detection software offers in-depth and comprehensive control. With its deep search feature, you gain additional levels of plagiarism detection and more detailed results. The platform has a premium version that removes ads and allows you to check 25,000 words instead of the 1,000 words offered by the free version.
Minimum Requirements: No installation is required; all you need is an internet connection and access to the website.
3. EASYBID
Functionality – Description: The EasyBib app provides students and teachers with a tool that allows them to create properly formatted MLA, APA, and Chicago style citations. Users can create, organize, and manage cited works simply by scanning a book's barcode or entering the title, author, or ISBN.
Minimum Requirements: To use it, you need to register with an email address, and if you want more features, you need to pay and get more benefits.
Links: Go to the website
4. SMALL SEO TOOLS
Functionality – Description: Small SEO Tools offers the best free plagiarism detector you can find online today. It's fast and free to use. Text verification is limited to 1000 words, so if your text is longer, you'll need to divide it and check it in sections. You can upload your document from various sources: Dropbox, Google Drive, your computer, or a web link.
Minimum Requirements: The tool can be accessed online without the need to register on the page.
1. DAUM EQUATION EDITOR
Functionality – Description: It is an application that we can install in Chrome, with which math teachers can create formulas with one click, create formulas with the TeX input editor, change the size and design of the formula, save images of the created formulas, among other functions such as generating LaTeX from a graphical environment.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection and having the Chrome browser installed.
Links: Go to the website
2. DESMOS
Functionality – Description: Desmos is a free teaching and graphing tool for mathematics available on the web, as well as on iOS and Android. In addition to graphing equations, there are classroom activities available to help students learn about a variety of mathematical concepts. For example, students can learn to transform periodic functions by trying to slide marbles through points on a graph. Or they can input their own equation and see what kind of graph appears; sliders allow students to adjust the values and see what happens. Users can also click directly on the graph to find the coordinates of the points of intersection, maxima, and minima.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection, web browser or smartphone.
Links: Go to the website
3. SHOES
Functionality – Description: Mobile application that simulates a robust scientific calculator.
Minimum Requirements: Android smartphone.
Links: Go to the website
4. SPSS
Functionality – Description: The IBM SPSS® software platform offers advanced statistical analysis, a vast library of machine learning algorithms, text analysis, open-source extensibility, big data integration, and continuous deployment across applications. Its ease of use, flexibility, and scalability make IBM SPSS accessible to users of all skill levels and collaborative projects of all sizes and complexity, helping you and your organization discover new opportunities, improve efficiency, and minimize risk.
Minimum Requirements: – Windows 7 or later operating system, or macOS Sierra 10.12 or later. – 1.6 GHz or faster processor. – 4 GB of RAM or more. – 4 GB of free hard drive space. – 1024×768 or higher screen resolution.
Links: Go to the website
5. MINITAB
Functionality – Description: Minitab is the most widely used software for teaching statistics in over 4,000 higher education institutions worldwide. Leveraging its intuitive interface and free teaching resources, instructors can help students of all levels learn statistics and data analysis.
Minimum Requirements: Minitab 20.3 Desktop (Windows only) Operating System: Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 RAM*: 64-bit systems: 4 GB of memory or more (recommended) Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon™ Dual Core, with SSE2 technology Hard Disk Space: 2 GB (minimum) of available free space Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher Connectivity: An internet connection is required to activate the trial and single-user licenses Browser: A web browser is required for Minitab Help. Chrome or Chromium Edge is recommended. Additional software required with the application will be installed: Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables for Visual Studio 2019 *Memory recommendations depend on data size. Minitab Web Connectivity: Internet connection Supported browsers: Chrome, Chromium Edge, or Safari.
Links: Go to the website
6. GeoGebra
Functionality – Description: GeoGebra is mathematics software for all educational levels. It dynamically integrates geometry, algebra, statistics, and calculus into graphical, analytical, and spreadsheet-based organizational tools. With its free and easy-to-use interface, GeoGebra fosters a vibrant and growing community. Millions of enthusiasts worldwide adopt and share GeoGebra designs and applications. It energizes learning by harmonizing the experimental and the conceptual, creating a didactic and disciplinary framework that spans mathematics, science, engineering, and technology (STEM).
Minimum Requirements: – Java 1.4.2 – Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista – Mac OS X 10.3 or later – Linux.
Links: Go to the website
1. BIODIGITAL 3D
Functionality – Description: Bio-Digital 3D: This is a 3D imaging tool for the human body. Useful for biology courses or university health programs.
Minimum Requirements: 1. You can sign in with your Google account or link it directly from the tool. 2. You don't need to link your email address; simply add the extension and click "go to site" to use it. 3. You can register, but it's not required.
Links: Go to the website
2. SCORES PEDIATRICS
Functionality – Description: An app that compiles over 70 pediatric scoring systems. These include the Apgar score (with 5-minute alert), the Silverman score, the Capurro method, and the new Ballard score for determining gestational age. It also includes scales for assessing pain, respiratory patterns, coma, ulcer risk, and more.
Minimum Requirements: To use SCORES PEDIATRIA you need an Android or iOS device, where it is installed through the GOOGLE PLAY STORE application, and without any type of subscription and without payment you can access all of its tools.
1. ELSA MARA ACCOUNTANT
Functionality – Description: The online repository also has a YouTube channel, which allows access to various tools and relevant information for accountants, on trends, news, the appearance of sanctions, as well as the development of virtual courses and guide texts.
Minimum Requirements: Internet access.
Links: Go to the website
2. WE THE ACCOUNTANTS
Functionality – Description: Nosotros los Contadores is a community for sharing knowledge and experiences of accounting students and graduates, for professional growth and development.
Minimum Requirements: Internet access.
Links: Go to the website
3. ACCOUNTING1.COM
Functionality – Description: Effective for teaching and learning accounting in an easy, practical, and engaging way, both in face-to-face courses and online classes. The diverse teaching materials, both physical and digital, have been developed considering the different learning styles of students, whether visual, auditory, or kinesthetic.
Minimum Requirements: Have a Google account and internet access.
Links: Go to the website
1. SYMBALOO
Functionality – Description: Symbaloo is a web platform dedicated to providing the necessary tools to maximize the effectiveness of teaching and enhance the learning experience through technology and interactive tools. Its purpose is to deliver information in an organized manner, whenever and to whomever the creator chooses. It can be used to share activities and lesson plans in a concrete or flexible way.
Minimum Requirements: Simply create an account; if you want more benefits, you have to pay.
Links: Go to the website
2. GOOGLE DRIVE
Functionality – Description: Google Drive is a free data storage service provided by Google with at least 15 GB of storage. It functions like a Windows Office suite but online, allowing you to create folders to save documents in different formats, and to produce and modify documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) online collaboratively with other people.
Minimum Requirements: 1. Have a Google account (Gmail) 2. Have internet access and a computer, mobile device, or tablet 3. If accessing from a mobile device or tablet, it is necessary to download the application from the Play Store 4. No download is required if accessing from a computer.
Links: Go to the website
3. DROPBOX
Functionality – Description: Dropbox is a cross-platform cloud-based file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox. The service allows users to store and synchronize files online and across computers, and to share files and folders with other users, as well as with tablets and mobile devices.
Minimum Requirements: – 1 GB of hard drive space. – 2 GB of RAM. – Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10 without S mode. – The latest version of the Dropbox app for Windows (without S mode). – An NTFS-formatted hard drive.
Links: Go to the website
1. TEXT2MINDMAP
Functionality – Description: It is a free web tool designed to create simple concept maps from text lists.
Minimum Requirements: Have internet access.
2. YOUCUT
Functionality – Description: It's one of the best video and music editors, with most of its tools free. It allows you to combine videos, photos, audio recordings, music, and more. It's easy to use, designed so that anyone can be an editor.
Minimum Requirements: The application is available for both Android phones and PCs; you just need to have the application installed and you're good to go.
Links: Go to the website
3. VYOND
Functionality – Description: It provides various tools for creating animated videos on any theme the user chooses. Its multiple functions allow users to select the duration, dialogue, scenes, and characters to include in the video. It also offers the ability to edit the background and modify transitions. Upon completion, the video can be downloaded or shared via platforms like YouTube.
Minimum Requirements: To use it, you only need to register with an email and be verified later. In the free version, there will be a watermark with the application's name, and if we want to remove it, we must pay $49.
4. CLIPCHAMP
Functionality – Description: Clipchamp is a comprehensive online platform that allows you to convert, compress, and burn video files. For content creators who regularly publish videos on various media hosting platforms, this service reduces video file size without any noticeable loss of quality. And as we all know, smaller files load faster and are easier to share than large files that could take hours to upload.
Minimum Requirements: One advantage of Clipchamp is that it runs in the browser and does all the recording online, but its videos are processed locally on the computer, which means there is no need to install any software.
5. Animator
Functionality – Description: Animaker is a website that offers a tool for creating animated videos and sharing them on platforms like YouTube and social media. The free version allows you to create videos up to two minutes long. Animaker lets you create 2D animated videos with characters chosen from a catalog, or you can create videos with infographics or typography.
Minimum Requirements: Animaker has a free version to create and view videos of up to 2 minutes. This version does not allow you to download the animation, but you can upload it to YouTube or save the link where the video was saved.
6. MOOVLY
Functionality – Description: It is a multimedia platform that allows users to create engaging content, making it affordable, intuitive, and simple.
Minimum Requirements: Create an account and have an internet connection.
7. POWTOON
Functionality – Description: Powtoon is an online educational tool for creating animations and all kinds of video presentations. The platform features a very intuitive English interface that allows you to create custom animated presentations and videos with high-quality results.
Minimum Requirements: The minimum requirements for this application are a web browser such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Opera, and registration via a Google account, Facebook, or email address. Separate paid subscriptions are also available for students and teachers.
8. THINGLINK
Functionality – Description: It's an interactive application that allows you to create more engaging content by adding links to videos, music and audio in general, web pages, photos, and text, enriching the graphic material presented. Teachers and students can interact around the content uploaded to the platform.
Minimum Requirements: This technological tool can be used by registering via email.
9. OBS STUDIO
Functionality – Description: Free software that allows recording and live streaming. You can record directly from your computer's camera and microphone. You can incorporate images, scenes, text, audio, and PowerPoint presentations. It's free to download and offers free access to all its features.
Minimum Requirements: Compatible with the latest Windows 7 SP1 and Linux GPU compatible with OpenGL 3.2 and X Window System.
Links: Go to the website
1. SLIDE
Functionality – Description: It is an online tool that allows you to download different styles of PowerPoint templates completely free of charge and without the need for a subscription.
Minimum Requirements: To use SLIDESGO.COM, you only need internet access, as you do not need any type of subscription to download the different templates.
2. GENIAL.LY
Functionality – Description: Genial.ly is an incredible tool for anyone intending to share knowledge. This web application allows you to create and design presentations, resumes, infographics, video presentations, and any other type of resource you can imagine in an animated and interactive way, enabling action through each of the presented slides via buttons, animations, images, and countless other resources.
Minimum Requirements: The minimum requirements for this application are a web browser such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Opera, and registration via a Google account, Facebook, or email address. Separate paid subscriptions are also available for students and teachers.
3. EASEL.LY
Functionality – Description: Easel.ly is a web tool for anyone wanting to promote resources. This web application allows the creation and design of infographics, presentations, illustrations, portfolios, and any other type of digital resource. This tool fosters a stronger connection between students and teachers, as it allows students to clearly understand the teacher's intended meaning.
Minimum Requirements: The minimum requirements for this application are a web browser such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Opera, and registration via a Google account, Facebook, or email address. There are also separate paid subscriptions available for business, teachers, students, and non-profit organizations.
4. PREZI
Functionality – Description: It is a web service for editing presentations based on a novel and attractive concept that consists of creating a diagram with the concepts and images that will make up the presentation, and then configuring a visual script, in which a camera will zoom in on each item of interest.
Minimum Requirements: If you want to work with a free license, you must click on the “Continue with public presentations” button.
5. CANVA
Functionality – Description: Canva is a truly spectacular tool for designing and creating all kinds of web content. With Canva, we can easily create posters, infographics, documents, business cards, Facebook covers, graphics, and more. Canva's designs are elegant and professional, reminiscent of a vintage style. In addition to Canva's templates and designs, we can upload images, add text, and rearrange the elements within the templates. It's a fantastic tool for developing both our students' and our own creativity.
Minimum Requirements: Approximately 80% of the content in this tool is free. For users who wish to fully enjoy its benefits, there are very affordable Premium membership options. To register, you only need an active email account and to fill out the basic initial registration information, or link your account using Gmail or Facebook.
6. BUNCEE
Functionality – Description: It's a strategy that facilitates the creation of engaging digital content, primarily based on the use of multimedia tools of all kinds, from YouTube and Vimeo videos to animated characters, text, icons, and audio. Furthermore, it allows for the rapid creation of content, but the possibilities are much broader, especially when it comes to academic work or designing resources to enhance classroom instruction.
Minimum Requirements: It's an app that offers a 30-day free trial, during which you can create as much content as you like. A Gmail account is required to complete the free trial registration process.
7. PEAR DECK
Functionality – Description: Pear Deck is an authoring tool that allows us to create online presentations and share them by accessing our Google account and providing a code for students to connect using any mobile or desktop device.
Minimum Requirements: Instructor: To create and present slides with Pear Deck, you'll need to sign in with a Microsoft Office 365 or Google account and obtain the Pear Deck for PowerPoint Online Add-in or Google Slides Add-on. You can use a personal or organization-based account. Student: You can require students/participants to join your sessions with an email address or to join anonymously.
8. CALAMEO
Functionality – Description: It's a program that instantly creates interactive web publications and is very easy to use. It allows you to integrate multimedia elements such as videos, sound clips, and interactive animations into your publications. Registration and use are free; however, if you require more advanced options, Calameo offers different subscription plans.
Minimum Requirements: Have a genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8 license. Be registered to an email account to access the program.
Links: Go to the website
1. CREATELY
Functionality – Description: Customize using colors, add images and links to external pages. Try it free! Quickly create data-rich concept maps using editable templates. Organizational charts.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection.
Links: Go to the website
2. BUBBL.US
Functionality – Description: Bubbls is a visual thinking tool for structuring information, helping you to better understand, remember, and generate new ideas.
Minimum Requirements: It can be used on any computer or mobile phone. It has both a free and a paid version.
Links: Go to the website
3. GOCONQR
Functionality – Description: GoConqr is an application designed to improve the way you study. It allows you to take notes, create mind maps, make presentations of notes, or take self-assessment quizzes, among other options.
Minimum Requirements: To use GoConqr, you only need an internet connection; it doesn't require installation, it's free to use, but you can access a subscription that increases storage, among other things.
4. DRAW.IO
Functionality – Description: It is a free diagram creation and editing tool that allows integration with various platforms, works in a wide range of browsers, and allows the creation of diagrams, including templates for various types such as UML diagrams, network diagrams, flowcharts, engineering and electronics diagrams, concept maps, Venn diagrams, and also allows the creation of custom diagram and image collections.
Minimum Requirements: The creation and editing tool can be accessed online without registration on the page; access is completely free.
5. LUCIDCHART
Functionality – Description: Lucidchart is a web-based diagramming tool that allows users to collaborate and work together in real time, creating flowcharts, organizational charts, website schematics, UML layouts, mind maps, software prototypes, and many other types of diagrams.
Minimum Requirements: This online tool can be used by registering your email address, where the first 7 days of use will be a free trial, afterwards it can be used but some components and number of diagrams will have an additional monetary cost.
6. COCOA
Functionality – Description: Cacoo is an online tool that allows users to collaboratively create a variety of graphic organizers, such as mind maps, wireframes, UML diagrams, and network diagrams, among others. This tool offers both a free and a commercial license; the latter provides additional features compared to the free version and costs $6 per month.
Minimum Requirements: It can be used on any computer through your browser, whether Chrome, Firefox, or others. It has a free version which can be accessed by registering with a personal email, Gmail, Twitter, or other options. With the free option, we can create a maximum of 6 diagrams, but we can save them as a PNG file, delete the current graphic, and create a new one.
7. CMAP TOOLS
Functionality – Description: CmapTools is the most complete and versatile tool for creating concept maps, mind maps, spider diagrams, timelines, schedules, flowcharts, cause-and-effect diagrams, comparison matrices, and more. It serves to graphically represent information and ideas in order to clarify thoughts, reinforce understanding of a topic, and for other purposes.
Minimum Requirements: It is a desktop tool, meaning you will have to download and install the software to use it; it is a program with low requirements due to the simplicity of its interface.
8. MINDOMO
Functionality – Description: It is software for creating collaborative mind maps; users can create, view, and share them, allowing them to work simultaneously with another person.
Minimum Requirements: Register on the official Mindomo website to share and create mind maps. If you require more tools, you can purchase the premium plan, keeping in mind that this is a paid service.
9. MINDMEISTER
Functionality – Description: MindMeister is an online mind and concept map creation tool that allows you to: create, edit, add images and YouTube videos, and present (up to three) free mind maps; store your work online and access it from anywhere at any time; and also have the option to create mind maps collaboratively in real time with other people who join the work group.
Minimum Requirements: It's an online tool. You'll need to register; you can link your Gmail or Facebook account. Keep in mind that to take advantage of the free version, you can only save three maps at a time. To create new maps, you'll need to delete the existing ones.
1. I LOVE PDF
Functionality – Description: Within this online tool you will find several tools that will help you organize, optimize, convert, edit, and secure documents in PDF format, without the need for a website subscription.
Minimum Requirements: To use ILOVEPDF, you only need internet access, as it does not require any type of subscription.
2. DLSCRIB
Functionality – Description: It is an online tool that allows you to download documents from SCRIBD in PDF format completely free of charge and without the need for a subscription.
Minimum Requirements: To use DLSCRIB.COM you only need internet access, as it does not require any type of subscription.
3. FLIPSNACK
Functionality – Description: Flipsnack is a very easy-to-use tool. You don't need any technical skills. Opt for fast PDF conversion and turn your PDF into an online notebook at top speed. You'll get a professional, interactive catalog with page-turning effects. Achieve a realistic 3D feel with the notebook's animation effect. Flipsnack is the best PDF viewer because it meets all your needs.
Minimum Requirements: Start with a free trial which includes plenty of templates that will help you easily create a magazine or convert your PDFs into virtual magazines without much effort.
4. DYNATRACE
Functionality – Description: They use intelligent software to simplify the complexity of the enterprise cloud and accelerate digital transformation. With artificial intelligence and complete automation, they improve application performance automatically by highlighting device faults, diagnosing problems, and guiding the user through the correct self-repair process.
Minimum Requirements: It offers a 15-day free trial. A dedicated host is required for Dynatrace Managed installation. This host must not run other CPU- or memory-intensive services that open the ports used by Dynatrace Managed. Additionally, a 64-bit Linux distribution, a static IP address, and properly configured firewall settings are required.
5. CAMSCANNER
Functionality – Description: It's an application that allows you to scan documents from your PC or Android device; it works similarly to capturing images on any device. You can share the file as a PDF, Word document, JPG, or image.
Minimum Requirements: You need an Android operating system and internet access to download the application.
Links: Go to the website
6. ADOBE ACROBAT
Functionality – Description: It's software that allows you to view, create, share, sign, and comment on PDF files. It can be downloaded for free from its homepage or through the Play Store. It offers various features for modifying the document you want to edit.
Minimum Requirements: Have a Windows operating system and internet access.
Links: Go to the website
7. ANYDESK
Functionality – Description: AnyDesk is one of the best remote desktop applications you can find. These types of applications allow you to control your computer from another device, which could be another computer where you also have the application installed, or even a mobile phone.
Minimum Requirements: Internet connection.
Links: Go to the website
8. OPENPROJ
Functionality – Description: Open-source project management software with a comprehensive feature set. It enables the management of multiple projects, team collaboration, and communication throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Minimum Requirements: OpenProject has a free version and offers a free trial. The paid version of OpenProject is available starting at US$0.01/month.
1. GOOGLE FORMS
Functionality – Description: It is a tool used to conduct online surveys; it can also be used to assess topics covered in class. This application collects all types of requested information. Additionally, when a Google Form is created, it can be linked to a Google Sheet where all responses will be sent. Otherwise, people will be able to see the responses in the summary of answers.
Minimum Requirements: 1. Have a Google account (Gmail). 2. Have internet access and a computer, mobile device, or tablet. 3. If accessing from a mobile device or tablet, you need to download the application from the Play Store. 4. No download is required if accessing from a computer.
2. POLLY
Functionality – Description: Polly is a Microsoft tool that can be linked to Microsoft Teams. It allows you to conduct quick polls and surveys with participants in the teams or channels to which the application is added. The results can be viewed from the Microsoft Teams team to which the Polly application is added. This tool simplifies the management of scheduling, voting options, question types, anonymity levels, and results visibility directly from the Microsoft Teams interface.
Minimum Requirements: Owning a team in Microsoft Teams, having the privileges to add applications and organize activities for guests or students.
3. SURVICATE
Functionality – Description: It's a comprehensive software for conducting surveys to gather user feedback on a product or service. It allows you to activate targeted surveys based on visits to various sections of a website. Forms can be sent via email.
Minimum Requirements: Have internet access and once on the website register with email.
Links: Go to the website
4. SURVEY MONKEY
Functionality – Description: It is an application that allows us to create online surveys and obtain information on all kinds of topics; it has pre-made templates, but also gives the option to create a new one which can be designed according to the user's own needs.
Minimum Requirements: Have internet access and register with email.
Links: Go to the website
1. JOGNOG
Functionality – Description: It's a platform that allows you to create classes or develop quizzes on different areas of knowledge using English. It also connects to Microsoft Teams and allows you to keep track of individual students. It encourages participation with virtual currency and allows you to share classes using a specific code generated by the teacher.
Minimum Requirements: This technological tool can be used with email and by creating an account on the JogNog platform.
2. DUOLINGO
Functionality – Description: It's a free platform designed for language learning. Its methodology is entirely practical, and some exercises are repetitive to help students master the vocabulary. Progress is tracked graphically, indicating mastery of the different lessons.
Minimum Requirements: To use it on our PC, we need a Windows program; to use the tool on our mobile device, it must be Android.
Links: Go to the website
3. BABBEL
Functionality – Description: It's a language learning platform; registration is free, but access to the full lesson content requires a fee. This tool offers interactive classes, grammar courses, and vocabulary resources for both beginners and more advanced learners.
Minimum Requirements: You need a Windows 7 operating system; a web browser with the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. For mobile platforms, you need the App Store and Play Store.
Links: Go to the website
4. WORDREFERENCE
Functionality – Description: It's an online translation dictionary for language pairs. You can use it simply by visiting the website without registering, but registering grants access to other features such as forums where you can participate and find more information about vocabulary and grammar.
Minimum Requirements: Have a Windows operating system and internet access.
Links: Go to the website
5. GRAMMARLY
Functionality – Description: It's an English proofreader that checks for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. It's easy to use, provides real-time corrections, and offers clear explanations. Once registered, users can customize their style, tone, and language to suit the context.
Minimum Requirements: You need a Windows operating system. It's recommended to install the extension in Chrome so you can use it when writing emails and messages in Gmail, Outlook, and on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Links: Go to the website
1. ONENOTE
Functionality – Description: It is a freeware licensed program developed by Microsoft to facilitate note-taking, information gathering, and multi-user collaboration.
Minimum Requirements: Microsoft account and internet connection.
2. MICROSOFT FLOW
Functionality – Description: It allows you to create automated workflows between your favorite apps and services to get notifications, sync files, collect data, and much more.
Minimum Requirements: You need an email address to subscribe, and a payment method.
3. NOTES U
Functionality – Description: It's an app with various options and features, such as a calendar, the ability to add subjects, a document scanner that can download documents as Word or PDF files, a class schedule, the ability to record absences, and more. It's easy to use and free to download; plus, it can be used from your computer or your Android device.
Minimum Requirements: You need to have the Google Play or Play Store platform installed to download the application. Internet access is also required.
Links: Go to the website
4. EVERNOTE
Functionality – Description: This tool helps you keep track of and organize your schedules, tasks, and projects. It allows you to create notes, project plans, calendars, and planners of various types, and handles the insertion of images, videos, and files. It also includes a tagging system to make finding information much easier.
Minimum Requirements: The minimum requirements for this application are registration through a Gmail or email account; it is very lightweight and loads quickly, and it has a desktop application, making it very flexible for all types of users.
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- Ministry of National Education. University Network for Education with Technology (redunete).(2020). Recommendations to promote quality in educational practices mediated by digital technologies. Bogotá: Ministry of National Education.
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