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Lesson 1 Understanding of Concepts, Principles, and Theories of ICT Systems As They Apply To Teaching-Learning
Lesson 1 Understanding of Concepts, Principles, and Theories of ICT Systems As They Apply To Teaching-Learning
A digital tool with whose help you can easily make presentations
on your iPad, iPhone, and on the web. The tool works online and
offers a huge database of stock photos with which you can
create image-based slides. Haiku Deck makes it easy to create
presentations on the go and literally carry them in your pocket.
Haiku Deck can be also integrated into Google Classroom which
has been very popular lately. See a quick video of how Haiku
Deck makes presentations fun and easy:
3. Scratch
•for students primarily between 8 and 16
years old
Although mainly purposed for students, Scratch can be used by people
of all ages. This digital tool lets students create engaging projects like
games, animations, interactive art, stories and more. If your students
have an interest in making programs, Scratch is definitely one of the
digital tools for classroom you have to introduce them to. This program
would give the little ones a brilliant start to make them think in an
innovative and creative way. If you wonder how to help them start,
here is a video tutorial “Make Your First Program” with Scratch:
4. Animoto
•suitable for students of all ages
•suitable for teachers
Why make students write a story when they can draw it for a change?
Digital tools for classroom like Pixton boost the children’s visual thinking
and creativity while it engages them to the fullest. This tool allows little
and big students to make comics and storyboards. This activity can be
both educational and fun. If you are an educator, you can try Pixton for
free before introducing it to your kids. A perfect tool to boost the
students’ imagination! See how it works:
6. BoomWriter
•suitable for students of all ages
A great digital tool for collaborative writing. BoomWriter is suitable for
children of all ages but especially for the little ones who are still
reluctant to write. BoomWriter encourages students to write a story
together by voting for each person’s version of the story. To get an
idea of the process, check out this great explainer video and spark the
interest of your students to writing.
7. Explain Everything
•suitable for educators and upper-class students
Explain Everything is all about interaction in a virtual environment. This
digital tool allows students and teachers to collaborate on an interactive
whiteboard thus encouraging group activities. This software can also be
integrated with Schoolwork, Dropbox, Evernote, GDrive, OneDrive and
more useful apps. With the drag-and-drop options, Explain Everything is
super easy and intuitive to work with. See how you can get started and
how collaboration works via the following video:
8. Educreations
•suitable for educators and upper-class students
As an interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool, Educreations is an
alternative to Explain Everything. Educreations allow you to explain any
kind of concept in an interactive digital environment which means you
can teach and learn from anywhere. The app allows you to approach
each student individually by replaying their work and allowing them to
learn at their own pace. Here is a video which compares
Educreations to Explain Everything which we believe you will find useful:
9. Glogster
•suitable for students of all ages
•suitable for teachers
Glogster is one of the amazing digital tools for classroom which helps
children learn by using visual content. This app allows you to create
multimedia posters by combining text information, photos, and videos.
The creations are called glogs and stored in a special library called
Glogpedia. Containing over 40 thousand different glogs on various
subjects and topics, this tool can become one of your most trusted
tools for teaching children effectively. Learn more in the video below.
10. Flipsnack
•suitable for students and educators
Another interesting tool that will help you boost the engagement level of
your class is Flipsnack. This is an app for creating digital flipbooks. This digital
tool can be used by teachers for educational purposes and by students for
presenting projects in class in a really interesting way. The tool works
with .PDFs and .JPGs. All you have to do is upload your images, write your
information and present it to the world. See a quick tutorial of how it works:
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