Yanlie Milian
Stuck on how to make a lesson fun and entertaining? Or even making a boring powerpoint to an awesome presentation? These technology tools will transform your professional life into exciting ride!
This is another one of the amazing tools that Google gives us. Classroom by Google is where teachers can make a online classroom of sorts, and add their students. By doing this, you give students an opportunity to do their classwork from anywhere they are at. Thus, limiting the percentage of missed or lost work because of handing in work on paper or not having the space or opportunity to do it. This tool can be reached from any technology tool (computers, phones, tablets, etc). I would recommend teachers in middles grades and up to use this tool, it would be a lot of help for you and your students! :)
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Unlike Google Classroom, ClassDojo can be used for lower grades. This app enables the teacher to create a classroom culture where students, parents, and teachers are all working together to keep communication and share all the fun classroom moments. Many parents and teachers love this app, and students love how positive it is and it encourages them to try harder. Have your students learn in comfortable environment, learn more here!
Quiver is an app for iOS devises that will turn an old boring lecture, to a fun learning experience. Here, you will be given some coloring paper, from which you will create a lecture involving said coloring paper. From there, the results are amazing! Your students will be left in awe and will want to do more, not realizing that they are actually learning. If you want that for your students, then this is the app for you! Find out more!
Kahoot! is a game where you can create your own quiz and connect the entire class. Turn those boring presentations and lectures into ones that will last! You can use it in many ways, pop quiz, reflection questions, etc. The power is in your hands! You try it!
Having trouble organizing your ideas? Popplet can help you with that! This iOS app can help both teachers and professionals equally. It can go from helping teachers create mind maps so students can connect with the lesson, to helping professionals generate ideas and plan projects, even brainstorm! Popplet's design makes it easy for you put all your thoughts together with out making a mess of things, Find out more about this amazing tool.
Tired of having to write down everything in paper? Well, Evernote is the app for you! You can type, even draw, do tables, color code and everything! Evernote is also accessible from any device everywhere you go. Thus, if you are doing homework, you forgot your notebook and cannot access you notes? With Evernote you have essay access right on the palm of your hand. It keeps everything organized for you so there is no losing you notes. I love using it, and recommend you to use it too. It will make your life so much easier!
GoNoodle is a game based website that teachers can use with their classroom. It is very easy to use and students will have so much fun with it, this way you can get them to focus on something fun while also learning and using that endless energy that children have. Also, it builds up team work and gives them an opportunity to unleash their imagination, and also grow an surprise! Want to know what? Check it out!
Haiku Deck is a presentation tool you can use to impress everyone. If you are tired of PowerPoint, you can use Haiku Deck, it is very easy to use and has plenty of templates you can use to match the theme of your presentation. You'll love the graphics it uses and you can also create your own from scratch. Check it out!
As a teacher collecting what students know it very important and at times a very complicated task. Plickers is the app for teachers! This tool will help you collect information from your whole class at once without having too much distraction, like phones. It is very easy to use and will make collecting information a smooth ride!
BrainPOP is where students go to have fun learning. This website has many games that are interacting and will keep your students' attentions. It has many different subject areas that can correspond with your curriculum. This will make you the fun teacher, and you students will be having fun and learn without even realizing it.
