I think it is very fortuitous that I happened to find Keith Stanger's website on Filamentality this week. His website not only does a great job of providing an introduction (or, in this case, summary & wrap up) of what Filamentality is, it also provides descriptions and examples of each of the five Filamentality types. I think that Keith's website would be good to use to introduce teachers to what Filamentality is. (The only downside to Keith's page is that it has been 2 years since he has updated it... so, as is inevitable, many of the links are no longer active.)
If you don't feel that Filamentality is quite the right fit for you (or for your teachers), here is a list of resources of other similar products (click on " IV. Use the Web to Create Materials and Publish Work," the Filamentality-type stuff is in section "A. Create online teaching materials."
This site also offers some alternatives to Filamentality (and a description of them). Scroll about 2/3's of the way through the page to the section called "Some Examples of Free Online Authoring Tools" to find where the five examples are described. It is nice to know there are so many fairly straightforward ways for TLs and teachers to create materials online. Do any of these particularly appeal to you?
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I like Mr. Stanger’s site on Filamentality and think this would be a great tool to use to teach others about the features and uses of this resource. However, since it is a little out-of-date as you say, I would go through this with a fine-tooth comb and look for any link that was no longer working before using this for any kind of training.
Of the “Free Online Authoring Tools” I like Zoomerang and Discovery the best. I would like the ability to create interactive questionnaires through Zoomerang and develop surveys for students and be able to store the questionnaires and results for future use. I also like that Discovery allows you to create both interactive and non-interactive exercises (worksheets, crossword puzzles, etc.). I also like the idea of creating a custom classroom account so that I can archive a lot of my lessons and materials for future use.
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