Educational Technologies Blog
The
iPad is a tablet style computer that can connect to the Internet
through wifi or a cellular type connection. I have chosen the iPad as a
mobile learning technology because I use the iMac at work, I have an
iPhone and I also have an iPad Mini. With these devices you are able to
use iCloud so you can access items from one device to the other. If
you have pictures on your iPhone you can get them on your iPad using
iCloud. I also have a Samsung Galaxy tablet and use Windows 8 on my
home laptop. I am still trying to get used the Windows 8 because I find
it somewhat confusing. Therefore, my choice for mobile learning is the
iPad. With that being said, I have chosen two websites that I would
integrate into my classroom that I believe could enhance adult learning.
“Socrative
is a smart student response system that empowers teachers by engaging
their classrooms with a series of educational exercises and games.” I
chose this site because it is an interactive way for teachers to quiz
students and for students to get immediate results. Socrative allows
teachers to design their own quizzes or to import quizzes from other
locations. Students then join the class by entering the teacher’s
classroom number and the students use their smart phone or tablet in
order to take the quiz. The results are tallied and appear on the
teacher site as an excel file. Socrative also includes a game called
Space Race. Teams of students compete against each other as they answer
questions to see who can complete the race first. Another feature on
the site is called exit tickets. This is a way to check your student’s
grasp of the subject matter that you worked on throughout the class.
Each day the teacher can set up a scheduled exit ticket, for example, to
be available the last 5 minutes of class. Before the students leave
they fill out a ticket on their mobile device that answers, “Today I
learned… and Tomorrow, I need….” The responses from the students are
again put together in a report for the teacher’s review. I think this
is an excellent way to get quick feedback from your students and really
find out what they are taking away from class each day. It is also a
good way for the students to relay what they may be struggling with and
what items they need help with or maybe just further
explanation. As an educator, I would use this entire site. I
think every feature could be useful and I love the idea of group work
playing Space Race.
“Educreations
is a global community where anyone can teach what they know and learn
what they don't.” I love this website! I think this is the neatest
idea and what a fun way to teach and to learn!! Teachers can create
lessons and their students can play them on their Mac or PC or on the
Educreation App on their iPad. I think this is a wonderful idea for
distance learning. Teachers are able to record their lectures as well
as use the whiteboard.
I
think the best part about this site is that if educators use it for
their students, the students can go back at anytime and replay the
lesson. I know everyone has probably had a class where they were taking
notes and trying to follow the lecture and either forgot to write
something down or wrote something down and don’t remember what it means
or why it was relevant. Through this website, all those types of
problems could be solved. In addition, there are lessons on the site on a
variety of subjects for students to browse.
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