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wordle Is a website that combines vocabulary for all types of clouds in both Thai and Thai languages

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HOME - wordle Is a website that combines vocabulary for all types of clouds in both Thai and Thai languages

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Wordle is a wizard. "word cloud" from text as typed by the user The prominence of the cloud depends on the words that appear frequently in the original text. which can customize the characters according to the desired style, such as fonts, layout styles and font color Images created through Wordle can be used in...

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#346 Create a Wordcloud with your students using Mentimeter

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We first introduced Mentimeter many posts ago and covered how to use it with a slide based question. In this video we show how Mentimeter can be used to create a slick looking word cloud with your students. This is really easy to set up and use and produces a great visual to share with your students.

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Ideas for Using QR Codes in the classroom

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Hi, I'm Christina Gruppetta currently teaching a year 3 class in Gzira Primary- St Clare College. Our school caters for diverse students and multiple foreigners. I have an interactive whiteboard in the classroom and three computers located at the back of the class.

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Web 2.0 supports the idea of active and creative learners.

The focus is on the process and not the product.

It is collaborative and encourages peer-to peer interactions.

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To guide the students on their learning path.

To encourage and support the students

To plan the learning process

To set goals

To choose and provide the necessary tools

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1. Learning Conversations
2. Creating Presentations collaboratively
3. Making comparisons
4. Creating Problems, puzzles, quizzes
5. Virtual Tour

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Videos:

Youtube

Teachertube

Vimeo

Sharing and collaboration:

Google Docs

Google Forms

Wordpress

Edublogs

Wikispaces

Linoit

Padlet

VLE

Moodle

Udutu

Etwinning Twinspace

Mindmapping

Bubbl.us

Mindomo

Freemind

Mindmeister

Recording video

Camtasia

creencat-o-matic

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1. Word of the day: teacher displays a word and students have to use it in a sentence.
2. What did you learn today about *specific topic*. This could serve as a summary of a lesson.
3. My favourite part of the story/character. After a story-telling/ reading lesson students write about their favourite part/character etc...
4. Writing a composition: example my favourite food. Students can attach pictures/recipes/write sentences etc...
5. New words: students pick a word from a book which they did not understand, look it up in the dictionary and write it down on the wall with the meaning next to it. They could also attach a picture/gif etc.. This allows students to learn more words.
6. To research a topic & brainstorm ideas : Example underwater creatures: students can include videos, pictures, information etc...  then write sentences about it.
7. After an outing students can write about their experience/ attach photos/ drawings etc. This could be shared with other students at school/during assembly or kept as a class memory.
8. Display a problem to the students. They have to find solutions and write them down. Then give feedback/critisism on other solutions and choose the best one/few.
9. Summary of lessons for students. They could then do some research about the topic and attach videos/games/ links/ worksheets etc about it which other students can then work out/read/play etc...

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My Example

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How can it be used in the classroom?

To get to know each other

To share their experiences

To recall prior knowledge

To answer tricky questions

To carry out class surveys

To start a debate

To prompt discussion - ice-breaker

To check for understanding

To vote for the next project/essay title

To summarise lesson in one word- One Word Splash (word cloud)

To assess students' confidence in a topic - scaled questions

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Ways to use AnswerGarden to promote Learning

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Ways to use AnswerGarden to promote Learning

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to summarise a lesson: Example: What did we learn about today? - these could then be attached on ilearn/ given as a QR code or printed out for them to study- or to keep as a learning journal

to extend a lesson: Example:What would you like to know more about this topic?

to recall what we did in the previous lesson: Example: What did we cover during maths yesterday?

to extract ideas about a topic during sentence writing: Example: Can you describe your favourite food?

to name as many nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs etc... as we can

to work out a problem-sum

to describe a character/story/ animal using just one word

to spell out difficult words - instant feedback is given

After an outing- describe the experience in one word/ what did you learn about? what was the most interesting thing you saw/learned?

to get to know more about each other: example: favourite colour/food, hobbies, pets, siblings, birthdays, fears - especially at the beginning of the year

to organise data into bar charts/pie charts etc during data handling lessons. e.g. what is your favourite colour? and then fill in a bar graph about it

to recall rules/instructions. Example: What should my project include? - pictures/ word limit/ pages/ language to be used etc...then share with students in order to use it as a guide while doing their project.

Can use it as a whole class/ in groups: then each group leader shares the ideas of his/her group with the rest of the class

to get feedback about your teaching from the students: example write one good teaching trait, what do you want more of during lessons?

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https://ilearn.edu.mt/malta/discussion/index.phtml?int_discussionid=18626

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https://todaysmeet.com/
https://www.simpleapps.eu/simplemind/index.html
http://www.wordle.net/
answergarden.ch

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- To find vocabulary lists
- Scavenger Hunt - QR Codes with assigned tasks
- Positive reinforcements - Scan a QR-Code with sayings: Well Done! Keep it up etc
- At Libraries

Scannable book reviews

Lists of reading suggestions

Book lists

Biographies

- Ask children to create  hands-on interactive posters with QR-Codes to record their voice
-QR Codes leading to particular lessons (example phonics lesson)
- Audio QR codes- recording students: singing/playing instrument etc..
-Advertise upcoming school events/ classroom tasks etc..
-Send home reminders through QR Codes

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Ready-Made games!

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To capture and organise ideas in the form of a web diagram.

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Topic:Animals and their young

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More Ideas- How to use QR-Codes in the classroom

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More Ideas- How to use QR-Codes in the classroom

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Qr+Codes Teaching Resources | Teachers Pay Teachers

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Ethos, Pathos, and Logos QR Codes Worksheet → This is a great hands-on activity for students reviewing or just learning for the first time about ethos, pathos, and logos. Students can work individually, with partners, or in small groups.

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Research any topic with an interactive concept map, that you can customize and share.

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Research any topic with an interactive concept map, that you can customize and share

Innovative Features

instaGrok's innovative features make learning much more fun and effective.

Key Facts show important facts about the topic (with links to the original content page).

Interactive visual interface allows the user to quickly grasp important concepts, key facts and relationships.

Integrated journals allow easy note-taking or writing of research reports.

Plans and Pricing

instaGrok for iPad

All of the instaGrok functionality you have come to know and love, plus the interactivity of the touch interface.

Download from iTunes →

instaGrok for Android

We're very excited to announce that instaGrok is now available as a mobile app for the Android tablets.

Download from Google Play →

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Research any topic with an interactive concept map, that you can customize and share instaGrok's innovative features make learning much more fun and effective. Key Facts show important facts about the topic (with links to the original content page). Interactive visual interface allows the user to quickly grasp important concepts, key facts and relationships.

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http://www.qrstuff.com/
the-qrcode-generator.com
qrcode.kaywa.com

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A game-based learning platform
Classroom Uses:

To assess students' understanding

To get detailed reports

To conclude a lesson

Time-filler

Warm-up

To assess previous knowledge of a topic

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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Mentimeter and Kahoot! uses - Course Discussion

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Mentimeter and Kahoot! uses - Course Discussion

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https://ilearn.edu.mt/malta/discussion/index.phtml?post_keeper_id=f5b2cf46937eb5ab102634eee9f58171#contribution456668

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Criteria 1: Meaningful learning
Criteria 2: Easy to use
Criteria 3: Generalisable
Criteria 4: Learner Control
Criteria 5: A finished product

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A digital 'scribble space' for

brainstorming

feedback

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AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic brainstorm tool for online brainstorming, real time audience participation and classroom feedback.

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ThingLink: Create unique experiences with interactive images, videos & 360° media

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Easily create interactive and immersive visual experiences for online communication and learning. Start a free trial!

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lino is an online web sticky note service that can be used to post memos, to-do lists, ideas, and photos anywhere on an online web canvas. lino is a completely free service that runs on all popular web browsers.

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To create fun and interactive presentations:

polls

surveys

multiple choice questions

brainstorming activities

word clouds

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Have you ever had students create digital products and you couldn't think of a way to display them, so that all of them could be accessible at the click of the mouse? Well, not only will this free tool give you a way to do that it will also give you a cool eye-catching way to display their work and create other ways for interacting with your students and for them to collaborate with each other.

In Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers blog on the use of Padlet in the classroom, he discusses three ways to use Padlet. Some of you may know Padlet by its previous name "Wallwisher". In Three Good Ways To Use Padlet In The Classroom, Richard explains how to use this awesome free website to create interactive KWL charts, do group research, and showcase your students work. I will also share some ways that I have used Padlet in my class.

Thinking about when I make KWL charts in class, we usually run out of space, I have horrible handwriting so we can't read it the next day, I spell something wrong, or maybe I'm the only person interacting with the chart. Through the use of Padlet, everyone who has the link can collaborate at one time, space is unlimited, and it includes spell check! As the teacher you can customize the page to look the way you want it to with cool backgrounds , titles, pictures and etc. You can even upload files, add images, videos, slide shows and a whole array of things. Padlet offers ways to allow for anonymous post, for those students who have great ideas but are too shy to share. While the KWL chart to the right is neat, I wonder if the teacher would of had more space would there had been more for What They Learned? Padlet might be a solution to that problem and as far as what you can include on paper, Padlet goes far beyond. The teacher could have had the students insert pictures of ladybugs or articles for where they found interesting information on ladybugs.

Because Padlet is a collaborative resource, any number of people could add information at anytime. Richard discussed ways to use it for group research, the students do not have to wait for the other to finish to add their information, because as we all know, sometimes we forget the good stuff when we have to rely on remembering it. Thinking about Jessica from DiscoveryEd, this too would be a good resource in a 1:1 environment.

Padlet is also a good resource to showcase student work, this can be sent to anyone who has Internet access, other students are able to see the work of their classmates and make comments if necessary. This brings me to an idea that came across my mind. Since the shift to technology has taken place there should also be digital bulletin boards throughout schools to post things such as Padlet presentation, SMART notebooks that students create, PowerPoint Presentations, Prezis, and etc. Standard bulletin boards still have a place in schools but digital ones would have a different impact on how students work is presented, especially when it is something that was created on a computer.

Some ways that I have used Padlet in my class are to pose "Ticket Out the Door" (formative assessment) questions to my students. It would be something really quick, I would have the Padlet displayed on the SMART board so that everyone could see what was taking place, especially for people who were observing or doing walk-through's, the students would respond from their laptops and when finished go into transition. This was a cool way to close out a lesson and give the students time to reflect. Another way that Padlet could be used is for vocabulary words, looking at word walls for the EOG and those common test taking words, you could give the students an EOG word of the week or day and have them do something pertaining to that word everyday throughout the week, from using it in a sentence, explaining how they used the word, or a number of other things using Padlet. The best thing of all is that it is paperless, so there aren't any small sheets of paper to keep up with and you as the teacher can give feedback right there on the wall.

I'm interesting in seeing ways that you think you may use Padlet in your class, could you see this being a tool that would be easy for your students to use? Are there any other sites that you have come across that are similar to Padlet?

If you would like to learn more about Padlet, here is a tutorial. There isn't one on Lynda.com yet, so hopefully this will suffice.

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Have you ever had students create digital products and you couldn't think of a way to display them, so that all of them could be accessible at the click of the mouse? Well, not only will this free tool give you a way to do that it will also give you a cool eye-catching way...