EDF 204 Meggie Crouch by meggie crouch

THE EDU BLOGGER

meggie131003 — 2024-09-22 23:26:05 UTC

The Edu Blogger has very helpful pictures and captions to explain how Google Slides work! She also has several ideas on how to manipulate Google Slides to make fun activities for your students. I learnt that Google Slides has live captions that you can enable. This would be great for students who are deaf, hard of hearing, or ELL learners.

SLIDES GO

meggie131003 — 2024-09-22 23:28:53 UTC

Slides go creates stunning Google Slides templates. They have plenty of free templates as well as some you pay for. I have used slides go in the past and I love it. It can really liven up a presentation. I plan on using these templates in all my future presentations!

PHET SIMULATIONS

meggie131003 — 2024-09-22 23:41:08 UTC

PhET simulations creates simulations for Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, and Biology. I have seen them used in my clinical placements and the students love using them. I learnt on the website that you can filter by grade level. I plan on using these frequently in my classroom for many topics!

GIZMOS

meggie131003 — 2024-09-23 00:08:03 UTC

Similarly to PhET simulations, Gizmos provides simulations for students to utilize in class. I prefer the graphics of gizmos more. A few gizmos are free. I would use these for my labs for my biology classes.

TECH AND LEARNING

meggie131003 — 2024-09-23 00:51:32 UTC

This website provides a great introductory to Nearpod. I learnt that Nearpod works for students who are even Zoom. That is so helpful for students who may be sick and miss school often. I plan on using Nearpod in my classroom to make sure students are on the program they are supposed to be on

https://nearpod.com/blog/nearpod-in-the-classroom/

meggie131003 — 2024-09-23 01:32:12 UTC

Nearpod is great for presenting in classrooms. I learnt that Nearpod has interactive activities. I also found out Nearpod can do formative assessments and grade them immediately. I would use Nearpod to grade my formative assessments so i can give them quick feedback.

Travelnitch

meggie131003 — 2024-09-23 16:20:02 UTC

Travelnitch is a website that provides virtual tours of landmarks, museums, National parks, and different biomes. I learnt that not every child has the ability to travel to the places we talk about in class. I would use this website in my classroom when talking about different biomes in my ecology unit. The virtual tour would be helpful show the difference in biomes.

EDUTOPIA

meggie131003 — 2024-09-23 16:35:59 UTC

This website highlights several resources that use AR to help students engage in the classroom. I learnt that AR helps increase student participation. A resource I would use from this website is COspacesEDU. They have good graphics with several resources for all subjects and grade levels. I would use this resource for AR dissections.

BOOK WIDGETS

meggie131003 — 2024-09-23 17:36:43 UTC

Book Widgets has several ways to implement a QR code in the classroom. One of the ways I liked is to put a QR code on your door that students must scan when they come into the classroom. This speeds up having to take attendance. I would definitely use this in my high school classroom.

QR.IO

meggie131003 — 2024-09-23 20:01:00 UTC

Qr.io allows you to create custom QR codes. I would use this website to create QR codes to my google classroom, to YouTube videos, etc. I think QR helps speed up transitions because students don't have to find the link or manually type it in.

WORDART

meggie131003 — 2024-09-24 00:17:53 UTC

word art is a website that creates word clouds. I think this is a helpful way to visualize the importance of their vocab. I would use this in my classroom and let students take the time to research any words they were unfamiliar with and ask me if they needed help!

CLASSPOINT.IO

meggie131003 — 2024-09-24 00:27:57 UTC

https://www.classpoint.io/blog/engaging-word-cloud-activitiesClasspoint.io is a website that allows students to submit a word into the word cloud. This is a great activity for student engagement. I would use this to create icebreakers on the first day of school. This could help alleviate some of the first day jitters because all the words submitted are anonymous.