Thursday, November 19, 2015

Useful Technology for teachers

Pear Deck

  • make slideshows 
  • able to view progress of each student
  • NEED Google Drive to use
  • able to view students' response to each questions
  • not able to collaborate with other teachers
Google Docs
  • students are able to collaborate to work on a project or to write a paper
  • NEED google account
  • slides= powerpoint
  • sheets=excel
Class Dojo
  • for classroom management & engagement
  • to manage the students' behavior
  • App
  • can view it for whole class or individual student
  • messenger
  • parents can be updated and notified on how their child is doing in class
  • over 20 different languages
  • can see who (teachers) are using this website
  • parent can only see information about their children
FactMonster
  • interactive activities for different subjects
  • different homework resources
  • cannot choose grade level but can choose the subject area
  • in depth information about each state
InstaGrok
  • similar to Google
  • search engine
  • concept map about the topic
  • journal
  • quizzes
  • keeps a report of your history
PBS Kids
  • game- Super Market Mania
  • like a board game
  • choose gender
  • mini games within a game
  • for younger children
Flip Snack
  • Flip Snack classroom 
  • different versions (free, paid)
  • can link to social media
  • different resources all in one 
  • can be downloaded, edited, and shared


Thursday, November 5, 2015

PowToon, Thinglink, Meme

I used the three technologies, PowToon, Thinglink, and Meme, but I had the hardest time with Thinglink. I was not sure on how to create a Thinglink and how to navigate through. The assignment was to include an image, a video, and an article, but I did not know how to add all three into one Thinglink. I thought that PowToon was pretty interesting and fun because we got to create an animation for the topic and do a voice over, however, it was also quite complicated. The Meme was easy and fun to do but it was not too easy to create a Meme with only few words.

Thinglink

https://www.thinglink.com/video/719013081597870082

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/719012358743130114


Powtoon

https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/dcaiBQAlE2w/the-use-of-social-media/#/