This document outlines various ICT tools that facilitate collaboration and resource sharing in educational settings. It emphasizes the importance of understanding modern learners' preferences for collaborative and mobile learning environments, and introduces tools like SurveyMonkey, TodaysMeet, and Padlet for enhancing classroom interaction. Additionally, it discusses tools for creating presentations and infographics, such as Buncee and Piktochart, to support creative expression among students.
This document outlines various ICT tools that facilitate collaboration and resource sharing in educational settings. It emphasizes the importance of understanding modern learners' preferences for collaborative and mobile learning environments, and introduces tools like SurveyMonkey, TodaysMeet, and Padlet for enhancing classroom interaction. Additionally, it discusses tools for creating presentations and infographics, such as Buncee and Piktochart, to support creative expression among students.
This document outlines various ICT tools that facilitate collaboration and resource sharing in educational settings. It emphasizes the importance of understanding modern learners' preferences for collaborative and mobile learning environments, and introduces tools like SurveyMonkey, TodaysMeet, and Padlet for enhancing classroom interaction. Additionally, it discusses tools for creating presentations and infographics, such as Buncee and Piktochart, to support creative expression among students.
This document outlines various ICT tools that facilitate collaboration and resource sharing in educational settings. It emphasizes the importance of understanding modern learners' preferences for collaborative and mobile learning environments, and introduces tools like SurveyMonkey, TodaysMeet, and Padlet for enhancing classroom interaction. Additionally, it discusses tools for creating presentations and infographics, such as Buncee and Piktochart, to support creative expression among students.
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Lesson 6
Features and Uses of ICT
Tools for Collaboration and Sharing Resources Learning Objectives
1. Identified and explored collaborative tools or
applications that can be integrated in instructions.
2. Built a platform or an online account that can be
used for a collaborative work. A. Features and Uses of ICT Tools for Collaboration and Sharing Resources
The learners of this generation are a new kind of breed and it
is important that teachers understand how to deal with them. They seem to thrive in collaborative learning. They like to connect to the social networking site, creating and producing something are what they prefer to do rather than become consumers of information inside the classroom. They like to be mobile either physically or virtually as they traverse from point to point or site to site. Apparently they seem to be investing in huge amount of their time in the digital social environment although they can be more self-directed in choosing what they want to learn, how they want to learn and when they want to learn. Today's technology offers so many options for educators and students that deciding on where to begin can be overwhelming. To get started, think about one new approach that could be the catalyst for positive change in your classroom. In looking at your learning environment, what could benefit your students the most? One area that I immediately thought I could improve upon was classroom collaboration. Depending on the type of questions or discussion format you want your classroom collaboration to focus on, there are many tools available that can help. 1. SurveyMonkey
is a good way to ask a variety of questions, find out what students are thinking, use it for a quick formative assessment, and many other possibilities. I have used it to find out how students prepared for tests, what areas they need help with, and even for voting for club officers and planning trips. You have the results quickly and can provide feedback instantly, to plan your next steps in class. It can be a different way to find out about your students and their needs. 2. TodaysMeet is a backchannel tool that can be used in or out of class, as a way for students to contribute to a discussion or ask questions. It can also be used to provide "office hours" online, for students to ask questions beyond the school day. There are many possible uses for this tool, and setting it up is easy. 3. GoSoapBox is a response tool that can be used to ask a variety of questions without students having to create accounts. Students simply need an "event code" provided by the teacher to access the activities available, GoSoapBox can be used for polls, discussion questions, quizzes and more, and provides a fast way to assess students or to simply learn more about them and their thoughts. 4. Recap is a video response tool, where students can respond to a prompt and all responses are compiled into a "daily reel" for teachers to view and provide feedback. Students can respond from anywhere and feel comfortable in sharing their thoughts using this tool. These are just four of the many options-sometimes it just takes a bit of research, Asking the students for new ways to use the tools you have already been using in class can also be helpful. Communication Through Collaboration 5. Blogging Through blogging, teachers can provide support for students and help them to gain confidence in writing and speaking. We have used Kidblog to complete many writing tasks and creative writing assignments. 6. Wikispaces A Wiki has worked really well in our classes for having students collaborate on a topic, create a discussion page, and set it up to inform on a topic, to list just a few examples. We created a wiki on Spanish art and also created our own travel agency. 7. Padlet Padlet is a "virtual wall" which promotes collaboration, communication, creativity and more because of its versatility. Students can write a response to a discussion question, add resources for a collaborative class project, work in small groups, use it for brainstorming or connect with other students and classrooms throughout the world. 8. Using digital tools in this way is great because the discussions don't have to end when class does. These tools provide ways to get students talking and share their ideas, so that classroom collaboration can even be taken home. Creating presentation and Telling a story
9. Buncee is a web based tool that can be used for creating presentations, interactive lessons and more, with many options for including different characters, fonts, animations, video and more. 10. Piktochart is a tool for creating infographics, social media flyers, engaging presentations and more. Students have created menus, self- descriptions, movie and tv advertisements, recipe presentations and much more. 11. Visme is a "drag and drop" tool that is easy to use for creating infographics, reports, different presentations and more. It has a library full of images, charts and more, making it easy for users to create exactly what they need. Thanks! 🥺😊
