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I think that in this course we tried to improve our digital teaching and I can say that it improved a lot. Before the pandemic and this whole distance learning started, I had no idea how to even listen and react to a distance learning classroom. I had some troubles with it last year but this year with...
During these 4 weeks, we read and discussed four different chapters about online education and distance learning. All of these topics and subjects have a great role in online education. Basically, we discussed the place of technology in online education, creating a sense of existence, fake engagement, and the importance of the flipped learning approach in online education. In...
Virtual reality (VR) is the use of computer technology to create a simulated environment and education has just adopted virtual reality for teaching and learning situations. It is able to present complex data in an accessible way to students which is bot fun and easy to learn. Plus these students can interact with the objects in that environment in order to...
Hot Potatoes is a tool that developed in 1998 for creating quizzes. It includes different kinds of tests like Multiple choice and Short answer questions (JQuiz) Matching exercises (JMatch) Ordering exercises (JCross) Gap filling exercises (JCloze) Teachers can create quizzes using these tools but I must say that this application is a little bit outdated and there are a...
An infographic is a representation of information in a graphic format designed to make the data easily understandable at a glance. People use infographics to quickly communicate a message, to simplify the presentation of large amounts of data, to see data patterns and relationships, and to monitor changes in variables over time. A well-designed infographic can help you simplify a...
In this Vidcast I talked about Individualistic and Collectivistic Cultures and how they effect the language development of a child. Direk link to Youtube. ...
Moodle is an online learning platform and it is based on social constructivist pedagogy. It is a free platform and it is fairly easy to use. Because with the help of Moodle information is easy to share as well as accessing the learning materials. I also like the fact that Moodle supports the social interaction between students, they should...
Pixton is a cartoon creation tool that lets people create comics about anything. It is very easy to use and that's why you can let your students create their own comics. And also it does have a Pixton for school site. It lets you create a classroom with your students and share the comics you crated. However, it is not free...
Padlet is a website that allows us to create a blog that you can use to display information on any topic. You can add images, videos and you can return later to edit it. It is great for visualizing the content so the students won't get distracted and their attention would always be on the board with you. You...
Powtoon is an animation website that can allow us to create animated slideshows for our students with pre-created objects, images and videos. It is web based so there is no need for any installation. It is easy to use and the end product is always exciting. I think integrating this website to any classroom is possible and the use of...
In this application, teachers can create quizzes quickly and efficiently. On top of that with the help of this application teachers can observe their student's learning process. And the ability to copy another teacher's quizzes can really help out a community, for example in a little town where there are 3 schools and 6 English teachers, with the help...
