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The app seemed really promising and I was excited to try it out. So, I tried downloading it on my iPad, but it turned out that I will have to update my software first.

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From assignments to collaboration, Showbie helps you bring your classroom together in one simple, easy to use app.

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Lesson Plan.  Creating Learning Apps with Class 3b

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Lesson Plan.  Creating Learning Apps with Class 3b

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By Learning Designer

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I have not tried flipping my classroom yet. Of course, I have flipped it partially - students get their tasks and I instruct them during the lessons.

To be honest, the strategy scares me a bit... What if most students do nothing before they come to school? I will not be able to discipline them as I sometimes do in my lessons.

What will the parents´reaction be like? What if it ´s just doing things vice versa or the other way round? 3 + 2 = 5, but 2 + 3 = 5 too

If I want to start (and I would like to try:), I should first prepare the parents and students alike.

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I have used tablets to introduce new material to students, ta practise the material and to take tests.

Students have also created their own learning apps on tablets.

They work at their own pace implementing the learning styles that are most suitable for them.

When taking tests, students are allowed to have more than one try. This way slower students build up more self-confidence and reach the goals they have set for themselves.

I would really like to personalize my teaching even more but it is sometimes difficult, as the students´ skills and experience is extremely different, so sometimes I have to prepare one lesson for ten different levels of students.

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My students have extremely different learning styles. However, it has been very hard to consider all of them. I, being very visual, verbal and social myself, probably tend to integrate these elements into my lesson plans more than others. So far, I have not made use of any tools or devices helping to find out my students´ learning styles but I was happy to learn that there is an app called ePace! I was really disappointed to find out it cost a lot :

What I can do (and have done and definitely will do) is to explore my students, talk to them and make my classes as diverse as possible.

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Learning Styles: Charts and Learning Videos

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Discover what way you learn best with this fantastic "Learning Styles" chart! Do you learn through visual, musical/auditory, verbal, physical/kinesthetic, logical/mathematical, social, solitary, or a combination?

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In my opinion there are some things that a teacher should proceed from:

- everybody´contribution should be assessed objectively

- the means of formative assessment should/could be made use of

- self-evaluation should be applied

- peer-assessment is sometimes a good idea

- Timelapse app sounds like a good tool to assess a student´s contribution

- rules of assessment should be agreed first

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How to keep the students focused during collaborative projects? How to ensure all sudents contribute to the project? (pros and cons)

In a class there is always one (sometimes more) student who is trying to do as little as possible. There are probably many reasons: some students are very reserved and shy, some of them might have low self-esteem. some of them may not find the topic interesting enough to make an effort.

In my opinion there are certain things that help:

- distribute tasks evenly and equally

- consider students´personalities and talents

- set a time limit to a task

- make the individual tasks interdependent

- remember - it is not an easy task!

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Students´ opinions about group work are different. Some children love it - it´s informal, enables communication, reduces responsibility and is more fun. The students who tend to think of themselves as group leaders and the more ambitious ones who are trying to achieve best results, sometimes hate it. I have found it really hard to form groups where everybody is happy. My experience shows that the most efficient groups:

- are small

- consist of boys and girls

- consist of students who are in good terms

Also, TeamUp is an excellent tool. Whenever I feel confused or at loss, I trust TeamUp

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Parental involvement has not been an issue at our school. Almost all our students (ca 98 %) have smartpones or tablets and many of them also have Internet connection. So, at the beginning of this schoolyear when we first made use of BYOD-technique, parents actually welcomed it. Their children had the phones with them anyway, so why not use them for something meaningful! After some time children got tired of using small-screened phones so they pressurized their parents to get something bigger:) It was then, I think, that we got some protests from our parents, like , "Is it really necessary?", "Do we really have to?", "Does he/se have to get everything he/she wants?", but the negative feelings were short-lived. Our school bought 30 tablets to be used in classrooms and both children and parents calmed down. At the moment our students are still allowed to bring their own devices if they feel more comfortable this way, but teachers are also ready to provide school tablets if needed.

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You need to answer all the questions right to win!

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Healthy breakfast by team 2. by Ave Soodla

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TOUCH this image to discover its story. Image tagging powered by ThingLink

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Healthy breakfast by team 3. by Ave Soodla

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Healthy breakfast by team 1 by Ave Soodla

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...has been really diverse. I have created "talking heads" with ChatterKids

(https://www.thinglink.com/) , which is an app for IPhones and IPads, also different

Thinglink collages in https://www.thinglink.com/

which is a great environment/app. I use quizlet app and the corresponding web

environment - http://www.quizlet,com - daily and I also use many photo processing tools (Pic Collage, Instacollage, Photogrid, SnapShow) and the Tellagami app to record audio.

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Find all the months and seasons in the grid!

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I would like to compose a list of simple learning apps with my third-grade students.

We started the activity during a previous European Schoolnet Academy course that I participated in and the students were really eager to experiment with different layouts and templates in learningapps.org. By now the nine-year-olds have created 76 different apps but they are all private. I am going to try to find a way to make them public for everybody to use and enjoy. The children will also try out new layouts and we will arrange the apps into folders and create our own public Learning Apps page. We will share it with other schools and our eTwinning project partners.

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I have come across the concept of Learning Scenarios earlier

and I think that it provides a good framework for project-based

learning. Composing a Learning Scenario enables and quarantees

a thorough preparatory period that is important for any successful project.

It is also a great means for making rearrangements during the project.

I have used a Learning Scenario concept while designing my Learning Stories in

previous ESA courses "Games in Schools" and "Future Classroom Scenarios".

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No mobile devices in your classroom? No worries! You can enjoy Nearpod from any web browser :) Create, engage, and assess your students in every lesson!

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I watched the video introduction about Edmodo environment and thought that it is worth trying. I am not sure, but it seems to bear some resemblance with Socrative and Schoology and also Nearpod.

I filled in a long form to verify me as a teacher but up to this moment I have not received the confirmation yet.

It took some time to get the confirmation but by now I am a dedicated user of the environment,

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Ave Soodla/Pärnu Old Town School/Estonia

Hi!

My school, Pärnu Old Town School (Pärnu Vanalinna Põhikool) is housed in a historical building which was built in 1902.  Thus, it has been functioning as an educational institution for more than a hundred years .

Pärnu Old Town School is an scool of prolonged and time-proof traditions. It has its own anthem and the honorary badge, it publishes the annual collection of students´ creative works and issues a newspaper. The motto of the school is "the school of different opportunities."

In 2015 498 students learn and 63 teachers work at Pärnu Old

Town School. I have worked at the school for 11 years now and it still feels as if I had just entered the building for the first time:)

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What classroom challanges I already face when using tablets?

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What classroom challanges I already face when using tablets?

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At my school we have 30 tablets for students (and teachers) to use and we have experienced and handled quite a few problems. We were donated the tablets (but we still had to pay the insurance and freight) and I think we had not planned how to use the tablets before we actually received them.

By now we have "survived" the following issues:

- fear (both teachers´ and students´)

- limited number of apps and environments to be used

- students downloading material that they were not supposed to

- problems with space and recharging the tablets

We are still struggling with some problems right now.

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What whole-school challenges I already face or anticipate to face when using tablets?

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What whole-school challenges I already face or anticipate to face when using tablets?

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The challenges I have already faced, are:

- the tablets are too few (just 30), many teachers book the devices really early, so the only chance to make use of iPads and tablets is to involve the BYOD-strategy (bring your own device). It works, but it is also a bit messy and confusing, neither is it very secure.

- we have been forced to draw up plans and charts about who, when and how uses the new technology. Also, rules for students had to be established. Now every student writes down the number of the tablet used and signs an agreement. It takes up extra time and it is something we didn´t quite see happening when we started to use tablets at our school.

- the work load for both school secretary and ICT coordinator have increased very much.

- buying tablets brought along other expenses - a recharging station had to be purchased, also the equipment for carrying the devices.

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Why do I want to use tablets in my teaching?

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Why do I want to use tablets in my teaching?

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In the modern world we are unable to operate without ICT. It would be excellent if a teacher and the students could have unlimited access to computers and the Internet. However, there is just one computer class at our school. The easiest way to open the world up for my students is by making use of tablets. They are portable, easy to use and don´t need much space. As teachers, we should really try to adjust to the changes in society and to meet the demands of new and flexible way of learning and teaching.