Web 2.0 Tools and Applications for Athletic Administration/Educators
Various digital tools and applications have become essential for athletic administrators and educators to manage their responsibilities efficiently. Social networking platforms like Facebook enable people to connect and share multimedia content.
Web 2.0 Tools and Applications for Athletic Administration/Educators
Web Tools for Organization
Evernote: Evernote is perfect for making quick notes during an interview or a lecture, drafting texts, storing books, or saving articles. Like OneNote, it automatically synchronizes all of the notes you take, so if you need to refer to that piece of writing you made during a lecture you can pull out any device with Evernote on it and find the draft there.
Google Docs: Google Docs is great for distant learning and remote work, allowing to share documents with multiple people. You can choose if the document is public or private and whether you want the viewer to be able to edit it. The very special feature of Google Docs is that it lets a number of users edit a document simultaneously, which is good for collaborative brainstorming.
Trello: Trello is arguably one of the best organizational tools for work. It suits specialists of all areas including (but not limited to) creativity, science, or finance. The program is designed to allow you to visualize and effortlessly track your ideas. It lays them out in an aesthetically pleasing and intuitively understandable card-based form. You can add notes, files, and highlights. Your progress can be tracked when you move its location from one block to another: “In progress,” “To be reviewed,” or “Done.”
Microsoft OneNote: This tool has a cloud system of data sharing that allows you to synchronize notes across all your devices as you type. The most notable feature is the option of importing emails and texts into your notes without having to copy and paste them. You also can import and export notes and images in different formats to suit your needs.
Apps for Coaches
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GameChanger: GameChanger started with baseball, softball and basketball, and has expanded into football. It lets coaches manage their roster, schedule practices and games, and more. It also lets a scorekeeper record important plays, events and stats through a simple, intuitive interface. GameChanger knows how to take inputs and generate statistics, which it can compile automatically over a season. Over 200,000 sports teams use GameChanger to improve their record keeping.
StatRow:StatRow is perfect for a coach looking to build anticipation, enthusiasm and interaction with their team. Users can track scores, upload videos and pictures, and write brief messages, adding a social network aspect to following a team. StatRow then uses advertising on its free app to give back to the communities that use it, donating a portion of that advertising income to schools and youth sports organizations. So if you’re looking to build an audience for your squad, get them and their families more involved in games and practices, and help out teams, schools and organizations like yourself, StatRow is a perfect choice.
Hudl:Hudl focuses on one of the most important components to athletic success: video. Without analyzing live game tape, it’s hard to know what to do to improve in crucial situations, both on the field and off of it. Hudl makes it easier for coaches to view their teams games, practices, and the games of their opponents. Video can be captured and uploaded on your phone through the app, which also facilitates note taking and analysis and other data. It’s also a useful tool for athletes to post and share their footage with friends, scouts and teammates.
MaxPreps:MaxPreps is a professional-grade communications tool designed to help promote your team. MaxPreps is a level playing field where every team in the nation shares schedules, results, rosters, and detailed player stats. Using MaxPreps is free, easy, and useful. We invite you to join us and the thousands of other coaches who use MaxPreps as a part of their team's tradition.
Web Tools for Coaches
CaptainU: CaptainU provides a platform for athletes, parents, youth coaches, team managers, college coaches, and tournament directors to communicate, build relationships and help its customers achieve success.
Front Rush: Front Rush Fundraising is a crowdfunding platform that's designed specifically for coaches and athletic departments. Our dedication to ease of use and intelligent design is simplifying the fundraising process for our customers.
FieldLevel: FieldLevel is the athletic network where coaches and athletes connect to discover, create, and pursue opportunities at the next level.
Organizational Apps
ClassDojo: Great communication facilitates great organization. And there may be no better communication tool out there for teachers to streamline communication to students and parents than ClassDojo. The app gives teachers the ability to emphasize positive feedback with students, and allows for private messages with parents.
Be Focused: Have you heard of the pomodoro technique to boost productivity? It’s a time management method that mandates that you work intensely on a project for 25-minute intervals, then take a short break. It takes a special kind of brain to be able to grade assignments for hours on end until completion. But for normal people, Be Focused is a way to organize your valuable time using the pomodoro technique so that you get more done and feel less stress.
IFTTT: Don’t worry about pronouncing it; it’s an pseudo acronym for “If This Then That” and it’s a powerful tool for organizing both your classroom your life in general. IFTTT lets you automate functions without having to manually do them (don’t worry, no coding required!).
Asana: Asana is the gold standard for task management tools, and the organizational benefits for teachers are almost endless. Keep track of student progress on major projects, collaborate with other teachers and colleagues on lesson plans, or just organize all of your to-do list items in one place.:
Connection Apps
GroupMe:GroupMe is a free group messaging app that gives you a private chat room for your small group. Coordinate with your peers, and keep in touch throughout an event.
Google +:The Google+ app lets you connect and network on the go. Automatically back up your pictures, video chat directly from your phone, talk about the stuff you’re interested in with Communities, create events, and more. Plan get-togethers with Events. Discover places with reviews and photos.
Facebook Messenger:Facebook Messenger is an app for mobile conversations. Start a group chat, name your group, and add a photo so everyone can get back to it easily. Have video calls. Send a map of any location for a meeting spot. With a built-in camera, Messenger lets you snap and shoot moments as they happen. You can even add drawings or text.
Remind:Remind is a communication platform that helps every student succeed. Whether you're in the classroom, at home, or anywhere in between, Remind makes it easy to stay connected to your school community. * Communicate in real time—on any device.
Connection Web Tool
Twitter:Twitter is a 'microblogging' system that allows you to send and receive short posts called tweets. Tweets can be up to 140 characters long and can include links to relevant websites and resources. Twitter users follow other users. If you follow someone you can see their tweets in your twitter 'timeline'.
Edmodo: Edmodo is an educational tool that connects teachers and students, and is assimilated into a social network. In this one, teachers can create online collaborative groups, administer and provide educational materials, measure student performance, and communicate with parents, among other functions.
Facebook:is a web tool that allows people to connect with other people all online. It also allows you to share pictures, videos, and other media.
