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Showing posts with label Web tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Web tools. Show all posts
Avatars
This is an embedded Voki avatar, using embed.ly for the purpose:
Ed Puzzle
Below you can see a couple of EdPuzzle activities, which allow your students to watch a video and respond to some questions outside of the classroom. Almost any video can be used, as EdPuzzle allows access to YouTube, Khan Academy, TedTalks, NatGeo and many other video libraries.
Collecting resources in one place
There are two main tools for creating little, easy-to-access databases of resources that you can share with students or other teachers. One is Blendspace, which you can see in action here.
The other, whose design and editing menus I like more, is Pearltrees, which I've embedded below. Pearltrees works in the same way, and has better design-related capabilities. However, it cannot be embedded by HTML into other pages and blogs.
Presentations, by robertabas
The other, whose design and editing menus I like more, is Pearltrees, which I've embedded below. Pearltrees works in the same way, and has better design-related capabilities. However, it cannot be embedded by HTML into other pages and blogs.
Presentations, by robertabas
Presentation tools online
There are a lot of available web services for creating presentations. Everyone seems to know about Google Slides, an example of which I have here, and which is an online version of Microsoft Powerpoint, which is faster, smoother and more exciting.
Fewer people seem to have heard of Spark Adobe, which I tested here, and Canva, both of which provide you with plenty of free images to choose from. Spark Adobe also has transition and sound effects.
Below is a presentation sample made using Canva:
Travel presentation (sample)
BONUS! A way of doing mind-maps, which can also be used for presentations of sorts, is Mindomo, seen below:
Make your own mind maps with Mindomo.
Fewer people seem to have heard of Spark Adobe, which I tested here, and Canva, both of which provide you with plenty of free images to choose from. Spark Adobe also has transition and sound effects.
Below is a presentation sample made using Canva:
Travel presentation (sample)
BONUS! A way of doing mind-maps, which can also be used for presentations of sorts, is Mindomo, seen below:
Make your own mind maps with Mindomo.
Why should teachers have websites?
The first, visceral reaction of teachers when it comes to websites tends to be, "What for? I don't have a business!"
But websites are not just for businesses and advertising (though that doesn't hurt). They can also be used as teaching tools, such as this one. Let's look at a couple of ideas for using websites in the classroom:
1. Putting up your video- and sound-based lessons in an easy-to-access location. You can then teach those lessons from anywhere with an internet connection. (If you don't like sharing, then you can restrict the searchability of your website through the settings).
2. Allowing your students direct access to exercises, tests, or self-study materials that you have chosen for them.
3. Setting up paperless lessons, be it discussion questions, images you want to use in your lessons, or activity instructions.
4. Providing your students with a platform for posting homework and sharing it with the rest of the class.
5. Giving an example to students of how easy and useful it can be to have a website, so they can create their own lesson-related pages.
And below you can see how to make a website of your own!
But websites are not just for businesses and advertising (though that doesn't hurt). They can also be used as teaching tools, such as this one. Let's look at a couple of ideas for using websites in the classroom:
1. Putting up your video- and sound-based lessons in an easy-to-access location. You can then teach those lessons from anywhere with an internet connection. (If you don't like sharing, then you can restrict the searchability of your website through the settings).
2. Allowing your students direct access to exercises, tests, or self-study materials that you have chosen for them.
3. Setting up paperless lessons, be it discussion questions, images you want to use in your lessons, or activity instructions.
4. Providing your students with a platform for posting homework and sharing it with the rest of the class.
5. Giving an example to students of how easy and useful it can be to have a website, so they can create their own lesson-related pages.
And below you can see how to make a website of your own!
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