Hello blog readers,
Here are some technological tools that teachers and students can use to support the learning process.
Videolicious : https://videolicious.com/
This is an app that I saw students using during my first teaching placement this past year. I know it’s available for Apple, and I’m not sure about Android. The app allows students to create videos in which they can film each other/themselves, narrate or include music while a photo or artwork is shown. I haven’t used it, but believe it is fairly simple to use. In reading about the app, I think that the free version limits videos to 60 seconds and 10 shots, so it can encourage students to include only the most important information in their videos.
Suggestions for use:
- Instead of presenting in front of the class, students can demonstrate their knowledge or oral communication skills by recording themselves speaking ahead of time, and even put pictures related to what they’re presenting instead of simply recording a video of themselves standing and talking.
- Create a documentary or news segment to present information.
- Book reports/chapter summaries (students can include pictures they have drawn while speaking about what happened in a chapter)
- Weekly new segments about what is happening in the school, created by different groups of students
- Presenting/explaining a piece of art they have created
Storybird : https://storybird.com/
This is a website and an app for Apple and Android. It allows students to select a piece of art, and write stories or poetry, piecing the two together so students can create writing pieces that look great. When I learned about this app during a PD day at Brock, I tried creating “found poetry,” which would be great for junior students. I was able to select a piece of art, was given a bunch of words, and could arrange any of the words on top of the art to create a piece of poetry. I haven’t tried the story writing mode, but Storybird is a creative way for students to put together a polished-looking piece of writing and share their work with one another. I believe as a teacher you would create an account, then create a “classroom” with the number of students in your class, then give each student their login which Storybird generates within your classroom, then their work can be shared with classmates after creating a piece of writing.
Online-Stopwatch : http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
This website is pretty self-explanatory, and I’m sure a bunch of you have used it already. It’s a great classroom management tool that visually displays the amount of time students have left to complete a task. It can be used to encourage students to use their time effectively when working in groups. It’s a good way to keep students on track during noisy group work time without trying to announce things like “You have 2 minutes left!” and not having everyone hear.
Explain Everything :
Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00ZeszvjP4
This is an app for Apple that I have not seen in action, but it looks like it could be a good teaching tool. I believe that you can create slides, images, videos, draw, add pictures, and write on your presentation to create lessons. This looks like it would be a good tool to use in a flipped classroom, or just to create extra lessons/tutorials/instructional material for students.
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