Seesaw: The Learning Journal provides opportunities for students -- and teachers -- to really think outside the box. Students can show their work and thought processes in real time by submitting a video of themselves working through a math problem, snapping a picture of a paragraph they wrote, recording themselves reading a poem, or uploading a file to demonstrate their learning. Encourage kids to submit a series of images along with notes that tell the story that connects them. Or let kids collaborate with each other using peer-to-peer feedback to offer suggestions on writing content, scientific hypotheses, or creative ideas.
Teachers at all grade levels and across all content areas can use Seesaw to keep digital portfolios of student work, including commenting on student submissions. You can communicate with families easily and share student work with them, or push out assignments to students to individualize instruction. You can also choose work to share with a broader audience via a blog.
Using Pixton, students can create engaging and detailed comics for any subject area. There is a plethora of backgrounds, characters, and props and the site maintains an excellent help feature. This is a fabulous tool to use for retelling stories, changing endings to stories, and sharing research with others (think Power Point or Prezi, but more engaging). An added bonus for users of Google for Education is that Pixton supports single sign-in. Cons: Price. Hopefully, they will come up will a better, meaning more reasonable, pricing scheme. The only other downfalls are that it does take a little bit of time to get the hang of creating the comics and students will need to be supervised closely or they will spend more time creating the comic due to the vast options available than they will be putting together their ideas for the comic.
Accessible learning materials – anytime, anywhere. Augmented reality has the potential to replace paper textbooks, physical models, posters, printed manuals. It offers portable and less expensive learning materials. As a result, education becomes more accessible and mobile.
No special equipment is required. Unlike VR, augmented reality doesn’t require any expensive hardware. Because 73% of all teens currently own a smartphone, AR technologies are immediately available for use for the majority of the target audience.
Higher student engagement and interest. Interactive, gamified AR learning can have a significant positive impact on students. It keeps them engaged throughout the lesson and makes learning fun and effortless.
Improved collaboration capabilities. Augmented reality apps offer vast opportunities to diversify and shake up boring classes. Interactive lessons, where all students are involved in the learning process at the same time, help improve teamwork skills.
A faster and more effective learning process. AR in education helps students achieve better results through visualization and full immersion in the subject matter. A picture is worth a thousand words, right? So, instead of reading theory about something, students can see it with their own eyes, in action.
Practical learning. Apart from schooling, professional training can also benefit greatly from the use of AR. For example, accurate reproduction of in-field conditions can help master the practical skills required for a certain job.
Safe and efficient workplace training. Imagine being able to practice in heart surgery or operating a space shuttle without putting other people in danger or risking millions of dollars in damage if something goes wrong. It is possible with AR.
Universally applicable to any level of education and training. Be it learning games for kindergarten or on-the-job training, AR isn’t limited to only one use case or field of application.
Ensuring students are engaged, motivated and challenged throughout their school career is a key priority for teachers. See how virtual and augmented reality can unlock potential, giving students new ways to experience learning and even create their own media.
DRIVING ENGAGEMENT
Technological tools to inspire a generation who have never known life without smartphones can be hard to come by. Virtual and Augmented Reality are a fantastic example of technologies with untold possibility in the years ahead; what better way to inspire and engage your students? The buzz and enthusiasm in a classroom when the VR headsets come out is hard to beat – and the learning potential is immense.
DEVELOPING EMPATHY
One of the less frequently considered benefits of VR in the classroom is the unparalleled opportunity it gives your students to truly inhabit the perspectives of others. Imagine the understanding and emotional experience a student could gain from standing in the trenches during World War 1, or the insight into life in other cultures.
CREATING AND EXPLORING
ClassVR allows your students to do so much more than passively consume virtual and augmented reality experiences. Keen to get students using a 360 camera to capture their own 360 images and videos? Our simple portal makes it easy for teachers to upload student-created content; just drag and drop to share with the whole class. Look out for upcoming features that empower students to build their own 3D virtual worlds – the only limit is their imagination!
Hello everyone, today ı am going to talk about Voki. This application is funny for students. Users can create characters to resemble living people, animals and cartoons. Record voices via microphone or telephone, or upload them in an audio file. Completed characters can be shared via social media. STUDENTS WILL ENJOY FOLLOWİNG TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES:
Vocabulary Rundown This is a great activity for language arts, English or foreign-language classes. Ask students to design characters. Let them be very creative, as character design isn’t important for this exercise. Have students make a list of some vocabulary words they need to practice that week. Ask them to use one of the three audio input methods to record the five words and their definitions. Then have kids quiz themselves by pausing the animation right before the character states the definition.
Fictional Characters Come to Life
Begin this public speaking exercise by having students design their interpretations of famous characters from literature. Then ask them to use one of the three audio input methods to record their favorite monologue by any one character from a book they’ve read. Give students time to use their animations to help them remember their monologues. Have them present their animations to the class, followed by them reciting their monologues without the help of the animation.
Historical Figures
Want to spice up social studies or history class? Have students create (or select, depending on your account) historical figures to use for brief reports. Have students identify a significant moment from the life of the figure, and then ask them to type up a first-person narrative account for their characters to recite. Next, have them use one of the three audio input methods to record audio for their scripts. Encourage students to present their animated reports to the class.
This is my Voki Character. If you want to watch my character click here!
As technology’s role in society as a whole continues to evolve, a flexible Learning Management System is critical to meeting the needs of today’s modern learner. Moodle provides a central learning hub to connect eLearning tools and simplify the teaching and learning process.
With its functionality and plugin capabilities, Moodle offers an engaging and effective eLearning experience for students of all ages. Moodle allows for unique learning methods such as gamification, competency-based education, mobile learning, accessible gradebooks, interactive online classrooms, and much more.
Additionally, due to its inherent flexibility and easy-to-use interface, Moodle can be used to reach a wide range of needs. In fact, many learners that are introduced to Moodle in primary, secondary, and higher education find themselves using Moodle again later in life when they enter the workforce, which we’ll explore in the next section. That said, Moodle has the added benefit of providing easy adaption for both instructors and learners who may have experienced the platform elsewhere previously.
Utilize the Edmodo quiz builder or poll feature to assess students’ learning during or after a unit of study.
2. Role Playing
Help students understand key historical and literacy events by reenacting them through role playing activities in Edmodo.
3.Peer Reviews & Critiques
Place students in small groups and have them post their work to their group for peer review and feedback.
4. Writing Projects
Enable students to tap into individualism and build self-esteem by sharing their writing projects with each other in Edmodo.
5. Build Digital Citizenship Skills
Enforce online etiquette guidelines for students when using Edmodo to help them build digital citizenship skills.
6. Foreign Language Practice
Encourage students to practice their language skills, as well as spelling and grammar, through conversations in Edmodo.
7. Book Clubs
Organize a book group in Edmodo to encourage students to read and discuss novels with each other.
8. Professional Development Workshops
Set up an Edmodo group for your next PD workshop to enable teachers within your school to discuss ideas and share content before, during and after the workshop.
9. Cultural Exchange Projects
Give students the opportunity to learn about other world cultures by connecting your classroom with classrooms around the globe via an Edmodo group.
10. Sub-Hub
Use Edmodo to communicate with your students when you’re out of the classroom, or provide updates to students who are absent from class.
11. Backchannel Discussions
Inspire real-time discussions and extend learning beyond the classroom walls by hosting a backchannel in Edmodo.
12. Science Probes
Promote discussions and bring more interaction to your science class by engaging your students with science probes in Edmodo.
13. Mobile Learning
Integrate the Edmodo mobile app into classroom curriculum to make learning interactive anytime, anywhere.
14. Planning Committees
If you’re planning a school play, the annual fundraiser or next year’s curriculum, create an Edmodo group to help committee members collaborate.
15. Gamification
Use Edmodo Badges to help motivate Students to push their learning and increase their practice time on new topics. Badges let Students show off their accomplishments.
16. Project Based Learning
Facilitate project based learning in your classroom by leveraging Edmodo’s small-group feature.
17. Differentiated Instruction
Deliver differentiated content in your classroom through the use of small groups and shared folders.
18. Professional Learning
Join an Edmodo Community to connect with other educators around the globe and share resources, exchange ideas or get advice.
19. School Clubs
If you’re part of a school club or sports team, create an Edmodo group to coordinate meets, practices and games, as well as post results.
20. Alumni Groups
After the school year ends, keep in touch with students and help them stay connected with each other by creating an Edmodo Alumni group.
Hello everyone, last year, an application that our teacher used in class and we saw efficiency. I will use it for my students in the future. With this application, homework control is very easy and students and teachers can stay in touch. Now I will show you the classrooms of our university that we used last year. watch the video and you can use it.
Using this app you can make great posters and attract students in the course. students do not respect something that does not interest them, so we must be a creative teacher and attract attention. I just made a poster introducing my blog so you can do much better work.
Educational benefits of Glogster:
Addresses written, speaking, and listening
skills
Fosters visual literacy skills
Uses an engaging, expressive format
Provides creative and artistic learning
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Blackboard is fairly intuitive and simple to use. There may however be times when you could do with a little help. Listed below are a number of guides that cover most aspects of Blackboard that you are likely to use.
GETTING STARTED WITH BLACKBOARD
General information about how to get started with your use of Blackboard.
STUDENT SUPPORT FOR BLACKBOARD
This web page describes how to get help and support with Blackboard.
HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND PRİNT INFORMATION FROM BLACKBOARD
You may wish to download and print material that has been placed onto your Blackboard course.
HOW TO CONFİGURE YOUR BLACKBOARD NOTİFİCATİONS
Blackboard can notify you by email when certain things happen on your course. This guide explains how to set up extra Notifications witBlackboard.
HOW TO SET UP YOUR BLACKBOARD AVATAR
You may upload an “avatar” of yourself to blackboard
. It could be a photograph or illustration. The avatar will appear in the “Global Navigation” box at the top right of the Blackboard screen, beside your discussion board, blog, and wiki posts amongst others.
HOW TO MARK AN ITEM OF CONTENT AS “REVIEWED”
You may see a button besıde some content items labelled. “Mark Rewieved”, this guide explains how to use such a button.
HOW TO ENROL MANUALLY ONTO A BLACKBOARD COURSE
Although you should be automatically enrolled on most of your Blackboard courses, occasionally you may have to enrol onto a course manually.
If you’ve been using Pinterest for a while, skip to number two—if you’re new to the platform, start here.
The most obvious way to use Pinterest as a teacher is to search for ideas and inspiration. Pinterest allows members to create their own boards for various topics and then “pin” images they like from websites or other Pinterest boards; kind of like a virtual corkboard.
If you need ideas for new art or fun ways to decorate and organize your classroom, start here. If you need tips for making subjects like math or science more interesting and accessible to your students, Pinterest is a great place to start too.
2. Use It for Visual Sharing
Pinterest is an excellent tool for sharing visual content. You can share your ideas and classroom hacks with other teachers or show students examples of what their projects should look like once completed. It’s especially useful for teaching creative subjects like arts and crafts, music or photography, but can be used for displaying or finding examples of science projects and math activities too.
3. Showcase Student Work
Pinterest is a great platform for showcasing student work. Share final projects here if you want to let parents see what their kids have been working on in class. Better yet, highlight student achievements so they can track their own progress over the course of the school year.
In fact, research shows that using online portfolios to showcase student work can increase student motivation and achievement. Online portfolios may also help students take more ownership over their work.
Create a class board and add students as collaborators or have each student create their own Pinterest board where they share photos of their work to peers, friends, and family.
4. Provide Feedback
If students are already using Pinterest to showcase their work, this platform can also be an excellent place to provide personalised feedback. With Pinterest, you can leave comments and can also create “secret boards,” which are only visible to users you have added. This allows you to share student work and your feedback with a select audience.
5. Find Ideas From Unique Educators
Use Pinterst to find teachers who are trying things that those in your local network are not. For teachers who want to push the boundaries, and step out of the box, this is the place to find your online network of like-minded educators.
6. Organize Resources and Studies
One of the great things about Pinterest is that it automatically links back to where you got an image from. This is an easy way organize learning resources or relevant studies. For example, if you’re researching a particular topic, and need an easy way to organize the information you’re gathering (without copy and pasting every link), create a new board.
7. Encourage Students to Create Inspiration Boards
Instead of assigning a collage, have students create them as boards instead. They can pin images or quotes, just like they normally would. Use this as a way to help students get to know one another.
They can also use their classroom boards to collect educational resources they find helpful, classroom decorations they want to make, or even topics they’re interested in learning more about. You can then discuss their Pinterest boards in the classroom and identify common themes that can be incorporated into their lessons.
8. Use Pinterest to Facilitate Peer Review
Another way to use Pinterest in the classroom is as a tool for peer review. Asking students to review and critique other students’ work can be hugely beneficial, as research shows that students often learn more from people at their own level of learning.
Peer-review can also help students develop the skills needed to work with constructive feedback. Not to mention, reviewing someone else’s work can help students improve their own work in the future.
9. Create Recommended Reading Lists
Pinterest can also be used to create your own recommended reading lists for different age groups and share them easily with students and parents. Better yet, have students curate their own reading lists that their peers can use when they’re looking for something new to read.
10. Use Pinterest for Group Projects
If you’re working on a group project, you can use collaborative boards that enable multiple users to pin ideas and resources in one place. This can be useful during the brainstorming process, but also makes it easy to keep track of all relevant information, like videos, images, and articles within the group.
Are you already using Pinterest in your lesson planning and teaching? If so, leave a comment to let us know about your favorite ways to use it and how it’s made your job easier.
