Educational Technology Blog - Content Provided by University of Michigan - Dearborn College of Education, Health, and Human Services (CEHHS) Students
Monday, October 16, 2017
Prezi
Prezi is an outlet used for presenting information. It was founded in Budapest, Hungary in 2009. The term 'Prezi' is Hungarian for the short term word 'presentation'. Prezi is similar to PowerPoint. While some users may argue that it is better than PowerPoint, some may not. Prezi is a technology tool that people all over the world use to create presentations to display information. It allows users to create more than one category of information in one presentation if they wish, and switch back and forth each category. This method of presentation may be helpful for those of us that are visual learners. With PowerPoint, information is simply displayed in slide format and must be published in order. With Prezi, one can jump back and forth between categories, rather than viewing the information in order. This is helpful if a presentation does not have to necessarily be in any certain order. One major benefit to the use of Prezi is that your presentation can flow with the style and tone of the conversation, rather than vice-versa. Prezi for basic use is free, but if one desires a more advanced version of Prezi, Prezi Plus (all features that come with basic, plus control of privacy, offline accessiblity, and your own branding) is $19/month.
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a free online learning center that is available to help students with their struggles in various subjects. From just simple addition math first graders to university level calculus. This is used to help students outside and outside of classes. They can use it outside of classes like a tutoring center however it is online and it is video based with lessons to help make sure that the students understand the lesson. Khan Academy can also be used when preparing for SAT, ACT and other national examinations. Khan Academy helps students understand how to get the right answer and if they get the wrong answer, how to fix it and what it is that they did wrong. It has quizzes/questions to help students take a mock test without pressured to get graded from a teacher or a parent. this will allow the student make mistakes to learn the right answer. It also helps teachers to help explain/having a reference for students to look back at. Khan Academy can be opened through a browser or download the app for free onto your Ipads or phones
Friday, October 13, 2017
Edutopia
Edutopia is a really nice blog website for educators, which was published
by the George Lucas Educational Foundation in 1991. It focuses on six core
learning strategies: project-based learning, social and emotional learning,
comprehensive assessment, teacher development, integrated studies, and
technology integration. Edutopia has Topics, Videos, and Community three
content. The Topic content has videos series for the six core learning
strategies. “Schools That Work” is my favorite series, which profiles
K-12 schools, districts, and programs that are improving the ways in which
students learn. This series focuses on evidence-based successes and uses how to
videos and tip lists to help develop educational leadership. The producer
interview teachers, students, principals, and administrators, and these
educators share their resources such as rubrics, lesson plans, assessments, and
training tools. The Video content shows latest videos and editor’s picks. In
the Community section, there are some blogs for educators to read, they also
have peer feedback. Peers can share their ideas about the topic in
the blog. Edutopia provides a lot of teaching sources for
educators. If you are looking for a nice education website to learn more about teaching, Edutopia is a nice choice, and it's FREE!
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
The Joy of language world wide
Hi native is an educational app which give you access to a live native speaker of the language you wish to learn. You will create a profile, pick a language you wish to learn, If you have any question you will be able to ask the native speaker and they will answer. This is a useful app on the go it can be downloaded on IOS and Android devices also access on computer.
Language learners who want to have their witting and pronunciation checked by native speakers this helps with language proficiency test like Korean proficiency test. Why not try it today!!!!!
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Study Guides and Stratergies
Study Guides and Strategies is an online learning series
that allows in and out of the classroom learning experiences. It is a public
service that has over 255 topics in 39 different languages that have been
thoroughly researched and published for accuracy. It can be freely accessed and
made into an independent study. It has different categories to choose from to
ensure that the users get the opportunity to pick what they need help. It is
also a learning tool that gives students advice on how to deal with things out
side of the classroom, such as things we face on a daily basis and real
experiences. It has a section for instructions on how to deal with time
management, stress, and problem solving. The website is designed to Inform
users that they are able to receive help from people that have dedicated their
lives on helping those that need it; they include study guides and printed
guides to make the learners experience easy and beneficial for future learning.
http://www.studygs.net/index.htm
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Busuu!!
If you are the type of person surrounded by people that speak multiple languages, all whilst you are stuck not being able to properly speak the first then this website( https://www.busuu.com/ )was made for you. It is a website that allows a person to learn a new language at the touch of their fingertips and on their on personal time. Many people do not have the privilege to learn a new language with such hectic and busy lives, this app and website allows a person to take any time they may have(driving to work,grabbing a coffee) to pick up on a language gradually and stress free. The app first allows the user to choose which language they would like to learn, then they get different grammar units to pick from which allows it to either be read or spoken to them. It also has several other features such as the vocabulary learner,online conversations, and even official certificates. The vocabulary learner allows and ensures that the user will never forget words they have picked up. Online conversations are practices that the user is provided with, it gives conversational skills by allowing the user to get used to the way natives speak with one another. At the end of the learning it rewards the user from beginner to advanced with a certificate stating that they have learned a new language.
Group Me
Group Me is an app that is quite similar to Remind 101. With this app, you can create multiple groups to communicate with. At an elementary level, this app would be useful for you as a teacher to communicate with your student's parents. If there is a class party coming up and you wanted to inform the parents, there is a calendar event selection where you can send the time and date with your group for an event.
At a middle or high school level, this could be used as a form of communication between you and your students. Something interesting you can do with this would be sending a poll to the group. If there was a class party coming up and you wanted to know what kind of food to get for the class, you could send a poll out with different options and get instant feedback from your students.
Someone could also use this app to communicate with their fellow teachers. Each grade level or specific subject could have their own group incase something needs to be communicated to all of them. All staff members being in a group could be a good resource as well if the school's principal needed to send a quick message to them.
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