Thursday, October 13, 2016

Glogster

Glogster is a good source to teach students. You can upload a picture and add text bubbles and teach an assignment. It allows you to get creative and makes the students more interested in what your teaching. I enjoyed making mine because it was a lot of fun and I got to make it look really cool.

Google Forms

Google forms is a good place for teachers. You can make tests on there and have the students take them and it grades them and gives you the results instantly. You have the options of making the questions short answer, extended response, drop down, and a few other choices. It gives you a lot of different options to make it look professional and good.

Screencast-o-matic

Screencast-o-matic is a good source to teach students. It's different than normal teaching because it's a lot like a podcast but they get to see a slide show during the podcast. You can make a slide show then you record yourself talking and teach the students with your slide show, You have the option to let them see you or just hear your voice. So this would be good to use in a flipped classroom.

Wordle

Wordle is a source where you type in a bunch of words or you can write a paper and copy and paste it and it turns your words into art basically. The words will turn into a collage and the words you use the most will appear bigger as the ones you use the least are smaller. I really enjoy using wordle and I believe that your students will enjoy it too.

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Zunal

You can use Zunal.com to make WebQuests. WebQuests are good to use in the classroom. You get to design them however you like and make it to be about anything. You can use them to teach your class a new topic in a different way than just writing on the board. I feel it will make them pay attention better because you can make it catch their attention. It helps you explain the steps to an assignment easier and helps you to make sure you get all the step down so that the students understand.

Gmail

Gmail is a good website to use to make an email account. It gives you a ton of storage space plus you have other good sources included into your gmail. In my opinion it is better to use gmail than yahoo. I used to use yahoo but once I started using gmail I don't want to use yahoo if I don't have to anymore. You can do pretty much anything on gmail. You can make blogs or upload pictures. You can customize it with you own pictures or it has pretty pictures for you to choose from. Gmail is awesome!

Google Slides

Google slides is a good source to create slide shows or presentations. You could use them to do lectures so that students can take notes. They allow a lot of editing to make your slides look professional.