LEGENDARY EDUCATION

Moodle can be invaluable in structuring and sharing your course materials with learners, and also in monitoring and assessing progress. There’s an assumption from learners (and their parents) that learning will be available online - your Moodle site can be accessed via PC, tablet or other mobile device via a web-browser or there’s a free mobile app for your phone which can give you structured access to the learning that you need at any time.       Benefits for the educators; With Moodle’s rich resource toolkit, files and links to websites can be shared with learners easily. Pages of learning content – combining text, images and embedded video - can also be quickly created within a course. Group students into year or class groups to automatically provide access to the appropriate learning materials. You can even control when specific course content becomes available to learners. Edit 24/7 via a browser to update and add to course content for learners to a...

Meet Socrative by mastery connect. Your tool for fun and effective formative assessment. Socrative enables you to engage and assess students on any device and operating system during class. All the activities visualize student answers in real-time and provide detailed reports for afterward. Directly from your teacher dashboard, you can launch all types of assessments: start a quiz, do a quick question or polling activity, play a fun space race game or doing out of the door exit ticket.  Quick questions are perfect for no-prep activities. As students respond, the teacher can see in real-time what the students are thinking, have a discussion of the result or ask more quick questions. It is your choice. You can create your own assessments or share assessments with your colleagues and other Socrative users around the world. If you like you can tag it with a common core or state standard. As students take the quiz you'll see their graded responses populate your live results tab...

Many of us know how augmented reality (AR) works thanks to mobile games like Pokémon Go and social media apps like Snapchat. But the magic of AR doesn’t end there. Augmented reality is successfully used in other fields, including education. Augmented reality in education will soon affect the conventional learning process. AR has the potential to change the location and timing of studying, to introduce new and additional ways and methods. Capabilities of Augmented Reality technology may make classes more engaging and information more apprehendable. Educators know that the learning process should be all about creativity and interaction. While teachers do not necessarily need to recruit all students into science, their goal is to get them interested in a subject. That's where AR could come in handy. Using augmented reality in the classroom can turn an ordinary class into an engaging experience. AR technology provides virtual examples and adds gaming elements to support textbook...

Pixton is a website that allows teachers and students to construct their own comic strips. There are a variety of comic strip layouts, numerous character and background choices, and a ton of creative options  This is a great learner-centered tool that allows students to construct their own knowledge and display it in a way that is meaningful to them by allowing them to create comics representing their concepts and ideas. Pixton is accessible through any web browser and can be accessed on phones, tablets, and computers. Pixton offers a free app for smartphone or tablet use. The website does not specify if there is a preferred browser to use. For teachers, there are a ton of resources. You are able to create your own assignments or borrow from pre-existing ones. There are a variety of layouts to suit your instructional needs including timelines, mind maps, and storyboards. Pixton also allows for a lot of creativity. You can upload your own images for the background, you als...

Introducing a whole new concept in educational technology: a 'standalone' Virtual Reality headset complete with a unique student-friendly interface, gesture controls, embedded educational resources, and simple-to-use teacher controls. ClassVR is a groundbreaking new technology designed to help raise engagement and increase knowledge retention for students of all ages. Speaking skills – and in turn writing skills – show a marked improvement in students who have had the opportunity to explore a virtual environment. The immersive, sensory nature of VR improves the quality of students’ language; the immediacy of the experience is particularly beneficial for those students who struggle to think of what to write. Creating a context for learning is crucial for deepening understanding. Learning about the phases of the moon from a textbook works just fine for some students – but the added contextual information they can access when they are placed on the surface of the moo...

Powtoon is a world-leading visual communication platform that enables anyone — from novice to pro — to create professional-looking, engaging videos and presentations in 20 minutes or less. Powtoon Connect makes it even easier to make videos by letting you add mobile media directly to the Powtoon Studio, and view and share your completed videos with your audience — straight from your phone. More than 20 million people, including 96% of Fortune 500 companies, use Powtoon to increase employee engagement, customer delight, and business results with explainer videos, promotional videos, social ads, internal communications, training materials, and more. PowToon has the potential to be a powerful animated presentation tool. Whether teacher- or student-created presentations are the plan, the slide-based format allows presenters some control over how they present their information. Turn writing instruction on its head by teaching students to create expository or persuasive videos. Live...

Seesaw empowers students of any age to create, reflect, collaborate and share. It allows for family members to use the Seesaw app to keep up to date with their child’s learning, and easily communicate between school and home. Seesaw is a student-driven digital portfolio that inspires your students to do their best work and saves you time. Seesaw used in 200,000 classrooms. Seesaw's creative tools encourage student engagement. Students express themselves, reflect on their and create a portfolio they are proud to show others. With Seesaw r ather than using worksheets for activities like science labeling, you can create real-life examples and students can label their very own photos! It’s far more engaging and connects real-life situations to their learning experiences. Seesaw helps you see and hear what each student knows so you can better understand their progress. You can give more differentiated support through comments and feedback.

Voki is a great website that allows you to create speaking avatars. Voki has also expanded their brand to make the learning experience, even more, engaging with Voki Classroom , Voki Presenter , and Voki Teach . While these options are amazing in their own right, the free version of Voki can be utilized in many fun ways to help engage your students. With Voki you can make each character your own! You can customize the body, background, clothing, and accessories of your Voki. The possibilities are endless! Give your Voki a voice! Once you’ve created your Voki, you can make it speak with your own spoken voice! To create a talking Voki: 1. Select a character from the Voki Library 2. Select the record option and speak into your microphone 3. Export, share and/or present your talking character! Educational Benefits: - Increased student retention, engagement, and comprehension - Great for developing student speaking skills & abilities - A great way for students to...

There are a lot of great technology tools out there for teachers that can make it easier to connect with other educators, get ideas for classroom activities, and find inspiration. Pinterest is a social media platform which people use to search, save and learn different things through visual images. It can be anything from designs in fashions, wedding decor, events, architecture and furniture, recipes, tips to good health, or education.                          Check out some of these great ideas on how teachers can use Pinterest. Get inspiration for decorating your classroom . Organize your ideas . Get ideas for an inspired bulletin board . Follow interesting boards . Get fun ideas for new projects . Learn how to get crafty . Swap lesson plans . Locate amazing images for your lessons .  Use pinning as part of a lesson . Make group work visual .  Ha...

Edmodo is an application that focuses on communicating with students, parents and other teachers. You can create a class community, assign homework to your students and stay in touch with them, and inform their parents. The assignments you give to the students are stored regularly. You can give direct feedback to students. The application is easily accessible from the phone, tablet, and computer. You can also explore other lessons outside the school. We used this application last year for our Writing class and Introduction to Education class. It was a very useful app. I recommend this app. Way to use Edmodo; Utilize the Edmodo quiz builder or poll feature to assess students’ learning during or after a unit of study. Place students in small groups and have them post their work to their group for peer review and feedback. Enable students to tap into individualism and build self-esteem by sharing their writing projects with each other in Edmodo. Encourage students ...

Hello everyone. I am here with a new application for you. Kahoot! is a game-based learning and trivia platform. Instead of using a worksheet at the end of a lesson for assessment, consider using Kahoot! It’s a fun and effective way to measure which concepts your students understand fully — and which might need reinforcement.  With this app, you can create quizzes for your students. This app makes learning both easy and fun. You can prepare a quiz at any time. You can find a quiz on any topic. You can give your students homework through this application. Students may be more willing to do homework and work with this application. I recommend you to try the application. I recorded a short video of Kahoot .

Hello everyone. I will introduce an application for you. The application name is Quizlet. Quizlet is a free course study application. You can use this app from your phone or computer. It is the easiest way to study what you have learned. You can create your own cards and work sets, or you can work on another set. It helps you memorize new words, learn pronunciations and improve yourself. With the Learn mode, you can prepare for your exams. You can work with write, pair, and test modes. Last year we used the Quizlet app for our Reading class. It helped me to memorize new words.  I recorded a video of Quizlet. I recommend you try the Quizlet app. I hope you enjoy the application.