21st Century Skill in Focus: Collaboration and Technology in the Classroom by Teacher Academy

2017-01-23 08:36:20 UTC

No more social media bans! Adopting this, we already have our children immersed in the social media world outside the classroom, bringing social media to classrooms and giving them attention. Everything on your creativity, from live tutorials on Facebook to a survey on twitter, an animation on snapchat, maybe a laugh ... With the support of parents for primary school students, of course ...

Maria Rosaria Tafuro, Italy

tafymar — 2017-01-23 11:21:49 UTC

I think that technology facilitate enourmosly the process of teaching/learning, becouse it let teacher adapt the process of learning to the real pupil's needs .By using technology pupil can interact not only with teacher outside school, but also with other peers to get help, or to exchange information and idea.There a large amount of tools which can be in our daily teaching. they depends on what skill we want to develop; I generally use free whiteboards on line such as : realwhiteboard, lino, padlet to exchange informations, to publish, videos, picture,and so on..; I often use google forms or titan pad to stimulate writing creativity, and voicetread to make videos with audio comments; I sometimes use e-book like Joomag to write a book in collaboration with other students.

Lorena, RO

leoatomix — 2017-01-23 11:25:19 UTC

I use a large number of educational software:
-Google apps;
-Microsoft applications online;
-Mindmup online;
-Minmap online;
-Prezi .....

Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece

1canislupus22 — 2017-01-23 13:29:19 UTC

Students need to be able to think and work creatively in both digital and nondigital environments to develop unique and useful solutions

José Ramón-Spain

2017-01-23 14:02:01 UTC

I know many of the tools Bart is speaking aobut: popplet, padlet, tricider
I have used many of them with my students. and they like it. The most important reason to use them is that most of them are used in a collaborative way. I also use voicethread, learningapps, glogster..
The most important thing for teachers is that we have to take into account what tools are suitable for our students according to their age.

Simona, Italy

2017-01-23 14:25:58 UTC

I think technology can help us in teaching and our students in learning. It's accativating and fascinating....lots of students are "experts" in most of the technological tools and means much more than some teachers are...

Anita, Croatia

anita_simac — 2017-01-23 14:44:27 UTC

Technology is of the utmost importance and I agree that it provides many advantages. We use : padlet, tricider, prezi, kahoot...but I am always looking for more tools.

Isabel Graça, Portugal

isamg1 — 2017-01-23 15:36:03 UTC

Versatile spaces and technology enhances collaboration, but high level of collaboration comes first, before technology by itself. We already use Padlet, Socrative, Google Classroom, Preceden, for timelines, Tagul, for word clouds, Kahoot, social media private groups…

Nikoudis nikolaos/Gree

nikos_2803 — 2017-01-23 15:56:07 UTC

I think creativity belongs to all school.

Federica, Italy

FedeTagliafichi — 2017-01-23 16:42:17 UTC

my favourite tools to work collaborately are padlet, Tagul and I would like to try Edmodo in my classroom.
they are easy and very manageable by students and teachers.

Zdravka, Croatia

2017-01-23 17:08:13 UTC

Today, it is necessary to use the tools in the classroom. They help in learning, accelerating the flow of information and make lessons interesting. On the other side, students can also distract from the essential. I often use social networks in teaching.

Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy

soleemare_a — 2017-01-23 17:09:37 UTC

At school, I use Google for Education (Google Drive and Classrooms) and the school website to share documents and files with students and to collaborate with my colleagues. One possible weakness or con regards the nature of our collaboration, that is often equivalent to just “sending and displaying”. However, especially for the preparation of final exams and exams simulations, our digital collaboration becomes more about processing, analyzing and sharing. There are many pros of using technology tools: webtools foster the development of transversal competences such as collaborative problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity as well as the ‘learning to learn’ competence. “Learning to learn” means to develop a problem-solving attitude and the curiosity to learn, finally leading to lifelong learning.

Zvonimira, Croatia

2017-01-23 17:17:52 UTC

Today the technology is very important in teaching. Students quickly accepted work with the technologies, but not everyone is able to use them.

Dora, Greece

ntanouth — 2017-01-23 17:51:39 UTC

I agree with you dear colleagues. Educational technology has its plusses and minuses. It’s up to teachers, administrators, and district personnel to decide whether the good outweighs the bad.

Ana Pinheiro

aipinheiro — 2017-01-23 18:04:15 UTC

There are several tools that promote collaboration. The tool that I have used several times with students was the padlet. A tool that works great. I have tried others but for lack of time, I have not explored well.For sharing and collaboration in writing works we can use google doc, for example.

Ksenija from Serbia

2017-01-23 18:47:39 UTC

I agree that technology and various tools are important in teaching.
But, there are still students who are not able to use technology, so they need to be able to think and work creatively in both digital and nondigital environments in order to create meaningful and useful solutions.
My students and I usually use Power Point Presentations and sometimes Padlet and Linoit.

Diego, Croatia

2017-01-23 18:50:57 UTC

I also agree that Technology is very important nowdays in learning and students quickly accept to work with different technologies. I can add to that list Yammer as a social network and Wolfram Alpha as a reach tool to easy find different useful and relevant informations from all around the world and different research area.

Maria Grazia Giammorcaro

mariagrazia_caltanissetta — 2017-01-23 18:54:05 UTC

The design of a collaborative learning space begins with a dialogue between all stakeholders. Everyone, including teachers and students, are part of the conversation and the design experience from the start. With a focus on purpose, together they can create plans for a classroom that will invite active participation and inquiry.

Ankica, Croatia

ankica1403 — 2017-01-23 19:05:25 UTC

Technology is very useful, everything is at the reach of a hand. Collaboration is made easier. What we have to pay attention to is that we don't abuse it. It's just means to an end. And to add some tools that I use: QR codes in giving some assignments in group and pair work or One Drive when we are working on a project and I want everybody to be up-to-date and collaborate.

Arnaud Perrier, France

2017-01-23 19:53:21 UTC

I like Skype in the Classroom. It makes learning real and authentic and the learning is alive. We can take the students for an adventure without leaving the classroom. We can schedule and visit experts out in the field all around the world or play with another class to find out where they are. It's a fantastic way to learn, to discover, to share from a classroom, but feeling as we were miles away.

Mary Koleta- Greece

2017-01-23 20:01:05 UTC

The use of technology in the classroom certainly has numerous merits to offer; not only does it bring the real world into the classroom and equips learners with vital skills for their future lives but also enhances meaningful collaboration. However, there still remain many obstacles to be overcome (at least in Greek reality): access to wifi and up-to-date devices, flexible and suitable infrastructure to support the process, mediocre level of competence in ICT skills etc. I think that e-twinning projects can gradually introduce learners to the use of technology tools. We use mainly presentation tools, like storyjumber, emaze, prezi etc.

Dimitra, Brussels

2017-01-23 20:02:31 UTC

Technology is growing increasingly and is changing the world we live in and how we learn to live. In the classroom, it is transforming education into a more interactive and exciting experience for students today. In the past classrooms were a stale environment where teachers would just give the information while students tried to gather it. Today's learning environment tends to become more cooperative, as effort is made to share information and ideas.
I believe Technology will change radically teaching and learning by being a source of knowledge, a medium for transmitting content and an interactive resource supporting dialogue and creative exploration. There is a big variety of available tools we can use in our classroom today. From my experience I could add Thinglink, Powtoon, Emaze, Tricider, Padlet, Tacck, FlipSnack, Glogster, Prezi....

I know that technology is very useful and I would like to use it, but unfortunately my school has few lab, so it is very difficult to change way of teaching.

2017-01-23 20:12:46 UTC

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

damarant — 2017-01-23 21:11:30 UTC

I usually make use of Padlet walls, Google docs, Wikis and other tools. Technology is motivating but there is the drawback of pressure of time, as well.

Marián Reguera, Spain

2017-01-23 21:44:21 UTC

Technology is not the end, but the way to collaborate easier. I´ve used Padlet, but to be sure learners read others´ contribution, it´s a good idea to set a small comprehension questionnaire afterwards. As for Titanpad, I had planned to use in one of my projects, but I´ve just heard it´s going to disappear. Interactive tables are just something I´ve never seen in a classroom, just on TV.

Doina Andrei, Romania

2017-01-23 23:24:44 UTC

I agree with Bart. Google Drive, Wikispaces, Padlet, Tricider, Stickymoose, TitanPad, TodaysMeet, Popplet are very useful tools. Another great tool for collaboration is Edmodo. This multi-platform, device agnostic, kid-safe platform is perfect for active learning – share content, have a dialogue (in or out of the classroom), and even get parents involved! A rich set of features including collaboration-enabling functions like Learning Communities and Discussions have encouraged over 34 million teachers and students to adopt Edmodo, making it one of the most popular free education tools on the Web.

Helga, Croatia

hkraljik — 2017-01-24 06:02:37 UTC

It's easy to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the use of technology in your classroom if you have it at your disposal. I'm taking baby steps to encourage my students to itneract online for the purpose of learning and developing language skills and competencies.

Joan Ginard, Spain

joan_ginard — 2017-01-24 06:36:32 UTC

Technology? Ban it from classrooms!!

Some teachers seem to think that, I think the reason is the same why they are not comfortable in a classroom which is not teacher-centered. You are not longer in complete control.

Technology is like opening another door in a classroom. It is widening our space. Our students can do a lot of things, but maybe you do not like what all of them are doing. Well, every tool has a downsize, we must learn it can happen, but go on.

We will not be able to ban personal devices (not only phones) for much longer, and yes they can use it in the wrong way, but we, as teachers, must understand the enormous potential of this tools and use it

Daniela

danielamioarachisalita — 2017-01-24 08:13:10 UTC

Romania
It was digital requires the use of technologies in the process of education. The use of these tools is needed in order to develop the skills necessary to the 21st century.

Dora, T. Greece

2017-01-24 10:18:28 UTC

Yes, indeed technology promotes flexible and fascinating learning and encourages collabiration. Students work in groups to seek for information or to investigate the subject they study and feel comfortable to express themselves and to organise their learning.

Gabriela Sandru, Romania

gabrielasandru1 — 2017-01-24 10:25:46 UTC

I have already tried Padlet and Twinspace with my students so far. I am eager to try out some of the collaborative tool suggested here. Looking forward to that, actually!

Elena Chiş, Romania

lenuta_chis — 2017-01-24 12:20:01 UTC

Collaboration and Technology:

Technology can contribute to the promotion and development of partnership. Integrating technology into the learning activity is a prerequisite for cooperation, but offers significant advantages for collaboration.

Arguments for collaboration with technology:

• facilitate communication and collaboration

• there is a wide range of technological tools and free software (not involving expenditure from students and teachers)

• students communicate easier through technology

Cons collaboration with technology:

• does not facilitate direct communication

• Pupils communicate much less directly, face to face, so they can be deprived of the exercise of direct human relations

• students will lose the handwriting exercise

Other technologies:

drive.google.com/drive www.voki.com/ edu.glogster.com , www.kubbu.com www.purposegames.com/ www.classtools.net

Katarzyna Siwczak

2017-01-24 12:21:23 UTC

I use Google docs, Padlet, Stickymoose, AnswerGarden. However, in most cases, I use the tools in my eTwinning projects. Twin Space is a wonderful platform for collaboration. I have also started using Skype in the classroom – it works! Although the students use their own devices, we are able to have successful Skype sessions in this way. It’s the real environment for practicing English. I really value my participating in international projects as it enables me to learn a lot of new tools from my foreign partners. As for the minuses of using ICT tools, students’ handwriting styles are becoming more and more terrible!

Arianna, Italy

arix — 2017-01-24 12:28:57 UTC

I use Edmodo, Padlet, Popplet, Glogster, Emaze, Genial.ly. But I think that what is important is to choose the suitable technology for our aims.

Željka, Croatia

2017-01-24 13:08:17 UTC

Technology can be very helpful, but you must be able to use it in your lessons. Also, it is associated with much preparation and work.

Maria Ester, Italy

maria_ester — 2017-01-24 13:49:02 UTC

I think technology can give both advantages and disadvantages to education. We must considered also negative impact of it on teaching and learning.
Teacher who depend more on the ICT do not perform well as a teacher.
For example, they may not check through the details of the work that searched from the web.
Students feel lazy to attend the class if they can easily get the study material from the web.
While the lecturer having the lesson in front, they will not pay more attention to the lecturer, and when they work togheter they cannot pay attention to the cooperative work.
Furthermore, the students sitting in front of the computer or LIM for a long time may cause health problem such as stress and eyes strain.
For all the above reasons we have to be careful when using technology. I restrict it in my k8 class. I think that teachers above all need to adapt activity on healts' students.
Here a great example to plan/assess a cooperative activity by technology
http://illaboratoriodelle7.wixsite.com/home/valutare
sorry only in italian avaiable.

Maria Anna Casoria

goli291174 — 2017-01-24 14:53:51 UTC

New technologies give more flexible ways to collaborate and to be competitive.
I also use pool plaform like Socrative.

Ana, Portugal

sofiasalonso — 2017-01-24 15:30:27 UTC

Technology can facilitate collaboration and there are now many tools out there that we can use in our classrooms for such purpose.

Bart makes a good start with this overview of different educational technology tools and how they can be used in the classroom.

Of course versatile spaces and technology enhances collaboration, but high level of collaboration comes first before technology by itself.

I use several tools that promote collaboration like padlet and office 365.

I think It's not the technology that matters, it's how educators use it in the classroom that will make a difference in the world.

Paula, Romania

2017-01-24 16:02:00 UTC

None can deny anymore that being connected is essential nowadays and the collaboration through the new technologies is as important inside schools as outside schools. I liked very much the idea that working together students can become even more creative than they usually are. Nothing more true and relevant that sharing with others means learning from others, and communication needs skills and competences to be developed for our students.

Laura Pagnozzi,Italy

pagnozzi_laura — 2017-01-24 16:29:48 UTC

I find it really interesting technology for teaching and learning content and collaborations between patners, Edmodo use, Padlet.but often the students prefer colloqio in class, and less file sharing.
The softwere to provisions are so many, and can often be distracting to achieve the objectives

Ruben, Pt

ramc — 2017-01-24 16:30:46 UTC

Learning customization must be supported by intelligent content and widely available network technology (providing timely progress and performance data to guide decision making). Technologies should be used in collaboration and communication to solve real-world problems as well as creativity (authoring tools, game creation, modeling and execution).

Concetta, Italy

concetta_drago — 2017-01-24 16:32:30 UTC

Technology is a way to open the classroom towards outside and to facilitate collaboration with peers around the world. In the classroom technology allows students to interact with each others, to work on the same documents or tables and so on...

Simona S. Italy

2017-01-24 16:59:53 UTC

Technology is an important tool in teaching and learning process because in this way students can collaborate with their peers.

Giuseppina Serini, Italy

2017-01-24 17:09:12 UTC

I Padlet than I used with my classes this app to do work collaboratively and participated in my students, both for group work in both flipped classroom
- Timeli is a free app for the construction of the timeline.
- Mindblowing allows you to create beautiful mind maps that can contain photos, video and audio
-Popplet Intuitive and easy to use, is the simplest tool to capture and organize your ideas.

Vanesa, Croatia

2017-01-24 17:14:52 UTC

Technology provides many advantages in classroom

Maria del Mar, Spain

mardiaz7 — 2017-01-24 17:26:01 UTC

Technology has changed education. To be able to access such range of resources is wonderful and a gift. However, we don't always have the time to try new resource as we love to, that's why I Iike to experiment with a few, for example, I like Today's meet, pad-let, google docs, hangouts,... etc Every year as insrtuctors we are presented with new staff and I don't have time to use them all. My school district has been experimenting with new technology for years, and every year was a new thing. Finally this year my school district has a new digital platform and it seems we are going to stick with that. Also that new platform canvas, is also a work in progress and and it s a headache to do and redo your content based on new technology.

Josefina, Spain

jsfgspr — 2017-01-24 17:43:33 UTC

I've seen Bart's video on collaboration.https://youtu.be/acQSgeZNKlM and I've used most of the tools he presents for projects: Titanpad, Todaysmeet, Tricider, Popplet, Padlet, Genial.ly, Emaze, etc and aas he says the focus has always aimed at high level collaboration not on technology itself.

Stavroula Lada, Greece

pde4424 — 2017-01-24 18:30:23 UTC

Here is a list I have created with tools in categories, which I have used: https://www.smore.com/kepyf
I hope you find it useful.

Shukufa Najafova Azerbaijan

2017-01-24 18:48:50 UTC

We live in a developed period and technology changed so often. That is why we must try to learn more. I find pafdlet useful, but beside it there are twinspace, wiki google dot and so on. We need to be fast learner and can stepped with the high developed changes

Ana Ventura,

anavenmolina — 2017-01-24 18:58:51 UTC

I think that there are only pros using technology tools. I know many and I have get my students use many of them. I share this list with you.
https://list.ly/list/1Imp-mi-caja-de-herramientas

Dhurata,Albania

2017-01-24 19:23:00 UTC

Here is my link for

Collaboration and Technology in the Classroom

https://www.edmodo.com

Marina Gurina (Ukraine)

mariam_72 — 2017-01-24 20:20:46 UTC

Tecnology - this is the Future. For today, we use Padlet, Edmondo, Twinspace and so one...

Ivana, Slovakia

luptacikova_ivana — 2017-01-24 21:03:22 UTC

Change of space and bringing technology to the classroom has impact for education in the 21st century and give shift towards to innovation in education. There are many web tools for collaboration and I have experiences with google slides, padlet (I love it), I tried todaymeet,mindmap, sway. Here is a link where I found some inspiration about web tools: http://newtech.coe.uh.edu/

Marisa Badini

marisa_badini — 2017-01-24 21:33:41 UTC

In Primary school I find Padlet very easy and useful, but also Answergarden is a nice tool for brainstorming and collaborative works, not only with schoolmates but also with partner classes in eTwinning projects.
Storyjumper is agood tool for collaborative storytelling. I found lots of useful tools collaborating in eTwinning projects. Kahoot and Quizlet are nice to interact. From last year my grous are experimenting Scratch for different purposes: robotics and storytelling. I think we have to experiment new tools and offer our pupils different ones, as useful instruments lto reach a shared goal.

Carol (Italy)

carol_f — 2017-01-24 22:18:35 UTC

New technologies contribute to collaboration among student. Web-tools are an important part of this process. Fantastic web-tools: https://padlet.com, https://tackk.com

Ercília - Portugal

erciliacosta — 2017-01-24 22:39:36 UTC

Collaboration is certainly a competence of the 21st Century and it is important to know how to create the necessary environment that fosters and develops collaboration among students.For this, the design of the classroom is not indifferent; the way it is organized has a great impact. It has to be an organization with flexible spaces, versatile spaces and equipment that allow mobility and enable different forms of collaboration and interaction between students.The same can be said of technology that can be powerful in promoting and developing collaborative activities. Integrating technologies into learning activities is not a condition for collaboration, but it will certainly bring significant benefits to students. Using these technologies, students can collaborate at any time of the day and at any place.To do so, there are tools such as Google Docs, Wikis, Padlet, Tricider, Todays Meet, Popplet, Facebook, Zoho, Pidgin, Skype, Blogger, Videoconference, and others that facilitate collaborative work.The use of new technologies has the advantage of being a richer and more flexible way of collaboration. With the new technologies it is easy to "bring" people into the classroom, such as experts and other students, with recourse, for example to videoconferencing. It is important to realize that technology facilitates and enables collaboration, but using technology alone does not necessarily collaborative work. That is, technology should not be the focus of the lesson, the focus should be on collaboration and it is crucial in the room of the future, whether for students or for teachers.

Luís Veloso, Portugal

luisveloso — 2017-01-24 23:33:59 UTC

Amelia De Chiara, Italy

amelia_dechiara — 2017-01-25 00:56:13 UTC

Collaboration does not just happen, it needs to be learned!

We can provide our students with the environment and the scaffolding to help them become effective collaborators.

There are so many tools out there that can help us, as teachers or students, to collaborate in more effective or even entirely new ways. I use Google Drive, Easyclass, Padlet, TitanPad, Tricider.
My students also work on eTwinning Projects. Thanks to eTwinning, students learn to take a leading role in the organization and in developing partnership work, they develope sense of responsibility and belief in themselves. ETwinning has a particular role to play in helping difficult-to-reach pupils: it motivates children in ways that normal classroom can't. They feel important, they feel part of the community, they feel part of the school.

Lia from Italy

lia_molini — 2017-01-25 10:38:31 UTC

Digital tools can motivate students and teachers to work collaboratively and share information and ideas. I use these tools:
Google docs; padlet; madmagz; widbook; Edmodo; Blendspace; tackk

Laurence, Reunion, Fr

llevesque — 2017-01-25 13:27:58 UTC

For collaborative activities, I use google drive, etwinning, padlet, and the school's virtual learning space (cloud, mails, surveys, ...). I also use technology tools for my activities : QR codes, aurasma , nearpod (flipped classroom), plickers (MCQ or T/F for quick assessment), calameo for creating ebooks, and our virtual learning space (moodle for flipped classroom ; classroom diary; mails). I've never tried poplet, but I would like to!

HALE,TURKEY

2017-01-25 13:39:22 UTC

Technology is enrich the lessons in our school teachers and students like using new applications in lessons.
some of this;
surely etwinning platform
edmodo
padlet
emaze
magisto
moviemaker
code.org
kizoa
mindmap
aurasma...etc

Francesca

francesca_lombardi1973 — 2017-01-25 14:34:40 UTC

Using digital tools can help both students and teachers to collaborate, share ideas, stay organized, and more to get the most out of learning in a fun and effective way, but sometimes in my experience at school I notice with technology the lesson planning can become for a teacher at first time more labor intensive. It can be frustrating and it can be time-consuming sometime, but it can also open doors to new experiences, new ways of learning and collaborating, and new discoveries in the classroom. I usually use Animoto, Padlet, Learning Designer, Biteable, Adobe Spark and Edmondo.

Vasiliki Psaridou / Greece

psaridou — 2017-01-25 15:18:25 UTC

I try to use as many collaborative tools as possible in the class. However, in Greece students are not allowed to have their own mobile phones or padlets with them in class.
Here is a link that I find really helpful.

Kristina Kaučić, Croatia

2017-01-25 15:31:34 UTC

There are so many collaborative tools. I use Edmodo, Answergarden, Titanpad, padlet and most of all my students and I are keen on eTwinning projects.

Angela P.,Italy

2017-01-25 16:56:20 UTC

Technology tools can be an excellent incentive to encourage personalized learning, collaboration and
individual responsibility.ome of them are very useful: Tackk, Padlet,Edmondo...

Chiara S., Italia

kyarasar — 2017-01-25 16:58:32 UTC

I would like to introduce you to Glogster, an interactive multimedia poster where students can build their own poster with pictures, videos, text and other elements. It is creative and imaginative. I love it!
http://edu.glogster.com/?ref=com

Miriam Scafati, Italy

miriamscafatihpg23 — 2017-01-25 17:05:22 UTC

I use Fidenia, Google drive, Padlet. Technology tools are incentive to collaborate.

Moreno, Italy

moreno_concezzi — 2017-01-25 17:27:53 UTC

Padlet, Google Doc, Kahoot.

Cristina from Italy

prof_cau — 2017-01-25 17:33:11 UTC

I use Edmodo, Etwinning, google doc, office, padlet

francesca, Italy

2017-01-25 17:40:57 UTC

padlet, popplet, google docs and classroom

Matthias, Switzerland

mattgig — 2017-01-25 18:07:08 UTC

For simple collections, we use Padlet. For more complex types of collaboration OneNote is our tool of choice.

Maria,Italy

2017-01-25 18:07:11 UTC

Every day I try to use technology in the classroom , we can use Google doc, Lim , but we don't use tablets yet.

Rossella, Italy

rossella_esposito — 2017-01-25 18:15:24 UTC

I always use technology in my classroom, because I find that it's a very useful support to collaboration activities. My students like working in this way and we enjoy ouselves during the lessons. The most useful tool I use is Edmodo. Through it, I share materials with my students, give homework, correct their homework individually. My students usually use Padlet, for presentations of literature subjects, for eTwinning projects, etc. I'm working at three eTwinning projects with my students and we use regularly chat and videoconferences in the twinspace to communicate and to share ideas. My students use also Tricider, smartphones for taking photos or videos and sometimes when the computer and the interactive whiteboard don't work. I agree that technology it's important to extend the classroom and for the professional development of teachers.

Edit, Hungary

tothedit0610 — 2017-01-25 18:18:42 UTC

I use technology for presentation, collaboration with colleagues, students' collaboration and for administration, too. I have tried different tools like Google, Padlet, Tackk, Pinterest, SlideShare, Kahoot, Learningapps, Pearltrees, Voci.

Adriana Lefter, Romania

lefteradriana — 2017-01-25 19:19:37 UTC

I always use techology in my classroom. Now my students are 10/11 years old, but we start use techology from 8. I„m an eTwinning amdassador in my country and I work in many great international project with my studenst and the most important thing I put them to work together with students from the other part of the world on twinspace, they have alwais acount on it, they use padlet to presents eachother, they use voicethread to cooperate and to give feedback. We also use google docs in our project and we put together our ideas and we carete articles. Great opportunity offer to us the techonogy!

Behlül Akyol, Turkey

behlulakyol — 2017-01-25 19:55:15 UTC

I know Google Docs, Edmodo, kahoot and padlet. I use a padlet with my students. I used a padlet to ask questions, get feedback and discuss. I use a lot of tools in eTwinning project work. Collaboration tools are all very useful. But to use co-operative tools, it must be tablet, computer and internet. My students do not have these opportunities for economic reasons. 9-10 students participated in the cooperation while using the padlet. Sites like EBA and Morpa in my country support sending homework, learning at their own pace. Fatih project will set up interactive boards for the classes. Students will be given tablets. Collaborative learning with V-class practice will increase.

Zulmira, Portugal

zulmiramag — 2017-01-25 20:16:27 UTC

I use some app that I have learned in some courses, to keep myself updated and motivate my students. I use Padlet, Adobe Spark, Powtoon, Thinglink (still learning). I started an etwinning project where all students collaborate and learn through new technologies.

Rosy, Italy

rositone73 — 2017-01-25 21:11:17 UTC

Padlet, Edmondo .
It is impossible to teach and to capture students 'attention without new technologies nowdays

Grzegorz

2017-01-25 22:03:29 UTC

I try to use technology as often as possible. Match the tools and software to various topics in lekjcji. Skilful different tools on a sailboat makes the lessons are interesting and the students better assimilate knowledge.

Annamaria Egido, Italy

2017-01-26 07:04:26 UTC

For collaborative activities, I use Google drive, padlet.

Valeria Viola. Italy

valeria72 — 2017-01-26 09:49:34 UTC

I would like to recall the possible interaction between these tools and Edmodo

Anne Fischer, Berlin

2017-01-26 10:27:19 UTC

My classrooms are flexible and there are different areas for students to learn- desks, carpet, learning labs, pillows.

I would love to use google docs or one note but my school is still worried about data protection which makes it hard for me to use such platforms to learn which is frustrating.
I usually use web 2.0 tools such as padlet for students to collaborate.

Almudena Romero Spain

romero_almudena — 2017-01-26 11:22:17 UTC

I haven't used collaborative learning in my classroom. So I have never used this kind of tools... up to now.
All these new things are moving my teaching practice onward. I am now considering how to introduce padlet in my classroom activities.

Donato, Italy

donatopiccinino — 2017-01-26 15:02:05 UTC

Elisabetta Mauro, Italy

mauro_elisabet1 — 2017-01-26 16:15:01 UTC

I love Padlet, so easy to use, it's a wonderfully simple first step into the world of collaboration. Edmodo is useful too, but I have to confess I'm still trying to discover the best way to use it. Just one observation: it's not easy to teach collaboration, one must show it works, then maybe the students will give it a try.

Carmen Stanciu

carmenada69 — 2017-01-26 16:16:31 UTC

I and my students are beginners in using web2.0 tools...still we already explore some in our eTwinning projects-popplet, padlet,answergarden or Tagul word cloud.

Mihaela, Romania

ciuchi_mihaela — 2017-01-26 16:18:49 UTC

Because I like the technology we used many of the applications listed. In some cases we have sought help students to understand better.There is  the strength of collaborative tools, you can easily learn from anyone unless you have egos.

Maria Luisa, Turin, Italy

marcella_guglielmo — 2017-01-26 16:24:43 UTC

This video is really interesting because Bart presents a wide range of 2.0 web tools that are are useful and helpful to elaborate learning/teaching activities. But Bart makes us to reflect on the correct use of the technology, focusing the speech on the high-level collaboration of teachers and students. Collaboration is absolutely crucial in the classroom.

Sevastiani, Greece

anniroulia — 2017-01-26 16:30:30 UTC

I think that technology has a lot of pros but the tools should be used with care and maturity since children are involved. I used Padlet, Prezi for presentations and an app See Saw which allows parents, students and the teacher to communicate and collaborate.

gabriella, Italy

2017-01-26 17:16:53 UTC

I had found very interesting the use of padlet and also learning designer. in particular the second one could be used to make students reflect on the right balance of their activities

Giorgio, Italy

glampis — 2017-01-26 17:33:36 UTC

The new technology offers opportunities for collaborative work is a very interesting topic. I got to use a virtual reality mode (Edmondo) to stimulate my students to work collaboratively. It was inserted in a region of the world (similar to Second Life) of the panels exposing a topic and creating interactive panels that submit a quiz to those who read. The experience is like my students and I look forward to present it again.

Ioannis Velonakis, Greece

2017-01-26 17:41:50 UTC

Of course Information Technology usually provides easier and more fascinating ways collaborative learning, since it enables students and teachers collaborating in many ways and at any time all over the world. From the technology tools Bart presents we have used Google Docs for the co-creation of a Word document or a Presentation as well as the Paddlet for sharing ideas and brainstorming activities. We have also participated with my students to video conferences using Skype or Google Hangouts. All of these tools are quite flexible, free and easy to learn, providing many collaboration opportunities to our students. Their main disadvantage that they require a good high-speed network (either LAN or WI-FI), which is not always accessible in Greece. We have also used all the collaborative teaching and communication tools provided by Google, like Google +, Hangouts, Blogger, and we have also tested Google Goobric for students’ assessment. My students also love using the famous social networks like Facebook, Whatsapp and Viber, for creating discussion and collaboration groups for each teaching subject.

Serenella Silenzi, Italy

s_silenzi — 2017-01-26 17:42:31 UTC

Classrooms with views

ANTONIONORTHERN iTALY

2017-01-26 17:43:05 UTC

EACH TIMEi USE TECHNOLOGY MY STUDENTS SEEMTO BE MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN LESSONS EVEN IF THEY NEVER TRY TO DEEP CONTENT

Aleksandra, Croatia

abrmbota — 2017-01-26 19:43:32 UTC

Except a web 2.0 tools (some of them) for online presentations; Google Docs, eTwinning collaboration, I usually use GeoGebra in math teaching.

Salva, Spain

2017-01-26 19:43:48 UTC

My pupils have participated and collaborated in different etwinning projects during the last three years. The experience is very motivating for pupils and teachers but unfortunately we do not have many technological resources in my school because we don,t have economic resources. Therefore, although we are very enthusiastic, we are still far from these "classes of the future

Fausto, Italy

2017-01-26 19:48:49 UTC

Couldn't help smiling at the video, from 4:22 ca, to 4:50 ca. Students are visibly like clumsy giants on the horse, managing to put only the tips of their big shoes into the stirrups. Students are special at making movies and photos, they do not need to undergo a more and more increasing power of tech tools, they need to give sense to the tools.

Andrei, Romania

Andrei_ro — 2017-01-26 20:17:17 UTC

Many of the platforms presented are useful.
I discovered Padlet which I enjoy, Google Docs and eTwinning.

Gülhanım Dursun

2017-01-26 20:23:25 UTC

Iusually use web 2.0 tools in my class , student can make mind map, padlet, voki, team up etc

Marchilia Volini Kendall, Naples, Italy

marchilia — 2017-01-26 21:56:40 UTC

I love using technology for cooperation. My students are familiar with padlet, Google drive and etwinning. I believe etwinning is an incredibly powerful tool of cooperation because it literally opens the class to an international dimension.

Isabel Nunes, Portugal

2017-01-26 23:37:16 UTC

To encourage and ensure the success of the collaboration, is very useful the use of technologies to support collaborative activities. Having the environment organized with the tools will allow easy transition between styles of teaching and learning throughout the day.

The technology is a valuable tool for classes more effective: it is also a key component in the creation of a collaborative environment, allows the dynamic flow of information between the teacher and the students.To better incorporate a collaborative culture and make the most of the students through collaborative learning, technology is a key factor.

Of course, I acknowledge that the technological challenges may seem insurmountable'. In many schools, there are still many obstacles for Internet access and infrastructure are of little venture.

George Kyriakopoulos

gkyriakopoul197 — 2017-01-27 11:42:39 UTC

I've used most of the tools described and I am learning more and more every month.... i wish i could use them all effectively. PADLET, googledocs, tricider, blendspace, dotstorming, Zeemaps, Meetingwords, Clouds for sharing docs, Powtton, Voki, Symbaloo, Prezzi, Wordle ans so on....

Maria Calà, Italy

ilacrisere — 2017-01-27 11:47:59 UTC

I like the idea of using technology to cooperation because in my students, very good with all you know technology, they need to make sense of the instruments. The video is really interesting. Bart presents a wide range of Web 2.0 tools that are useful for the design of learning / teaching and makes us reflect on the correct use of technology, focusing the discussion on the highest level the cooperation of teachers and students. Collaboration is absolutely crucial in the classroom.

Isabelle Squillaci -Bari-Italy Integrating technology in education has its advantages and disadvantages; for exemple promotes independant learning in students or prepares students for the future..but also has negative views on technology. This year my pupils participate and collaborate in a etwinning project The experience is very motivating for pupils and teachers. They like to use TwinSpaces. Collaboration and Technology are crucial in the classroom .

squillaci_isabelle — 2017-01-27 15:36:08 UTC

Donatella, Italy

2017-01-27 17:24:10 UTC

I find some tools such as padlet and wikis very useful for students to share and collaborate. I have recently experimented e-twinning which is even more effective in this sense since students are more involved meeting foreign partners.

Angelina Alberico, Italy

angelina_alberico — 2017-01-27 18:51:28 UTC

There are many tools and among them padlet offer students the opportunity to share ideas and collaborate with students from other countries.

Caterina Italy

2017-01-27 19:41:46 UTC

I always use technology

Caterina Italy

2017-01-27 19:41:47 UTC

I always use technology in my classrooms. My favourite tools are padlet, kahoot, Voki, blabberize, storyboardthat

Iliyana, Bulgaria

2017-01-27 20:44:09 UTC

Thank you Stavroula Lada from Greece!

Betül Oluk-İstanbul/Turkey

olukbetul34 — 2017-01-27 21:52:37 UTC

There are some strenghts of using web tools like lack of technological equipment at school or at home because still I have students who do not have internet connection at their homes. I have an on-going project on e-twinning and this is a chance for a group of students to use web tools actively in collaboration but still we have problems in terms of providing necessary devices or tools to students so some of my collegues and I try to compansate this situation bringing our own devices to school.. I started to use some web tools or softwares like kahoot, edmodo, eba, padlet, quizlet, e-twinning etc but still I have some problems about constituting majority among students and using these tools effectively. When I consider the steps of the innovation majority modelling, my school barely arises to 2nd stage ( Enrich) at present. But I do not see the situation hopeless, with the colaboration of stakeholders( I need to convince them about the importance of technology individually)so we can develop our potentials.

Olga Martins, Portugal

olgacarvalhomartins — 2017-01-28 10:33:06 UTC

They were presented so many interesting tools.There are really so many Web 2.0 tools that offer to the students the opportunity to work collaboratively, to share ideas with so many other students. Using ETwinning, that it is really , effective allows students to work and involve with other foreign partner students. Collaboration is absolutely crucial in and out the classroom.

Athina, Greece

aginoudi — 2017-01-28 11:31:20 UTC

I use the eTwinning projects to motivate students to work in groups. The groups are both national and international, while a variety of collaboratively tools are also used.

Ana Prados, Spain

belanotinajero — 2017-01-28 14:38:14 UTC

I need to think well about what I want to achieve as a Spanish teacher and learn 2 or 3 tools.

Alessandro / Italy

2017-01-28 14:50:40 UTC

Anna Eckerlein, Germany

Frau_Kap — 2017-01-28 15:17:50 UTC

Technology used in collaborative settings makes it easier and more efficent it to work with each other. Additionally, I believe that it is much more motivating. I will try to use a wiki for an english project. I did already use mindmeister to get students work on a mind map together, but it turned out to be rather difficult for them. I think that there is also a difference in collaborative and non-collaborative technological tools and how they effect the collaboration.

Luigi Alterani, Italy

Italianteacher — 2017-01-28 16:10:02 UTC

I often use Facebook and Whatsapp to communicate with my students, Power Point, Movie Maker, Tack, Prezie, Adobe Spark for presentations,Calameo, ePubEditor to create eBook, TeamUp to form balanced class groups,Padlets, Google Doc, Dropbox to share documents.

Maria luisa Provezza,Italy

marialuisaprovezza0 — 2017-01-28 16:15:16 UTC

If your classroom is well-equipped. There’s no problem and technology can facilitate active learning and interaction; if not, then there is always something which doesn’t work and you lose time in order to adjust and repair and understand what then problem is. I use etwinning, Voiki, Twinspace, google doc and drive, padlet and Titanpad. As soon as I learn to use a new tool, I experiment it in my teaching experience.

Daniela Millini, Italy

teacherman — 2017-01-28 16:19:26 UTC

I really believe that technology and web2.0 app can help us in innovating our teaching and learning approches and practices. At the moment our school finally has a good wifi connection, and a good ( yet to be improved) hardware equipment. I also allow my students to bring their own devices and use them in classroom activities. They really enjoy it when we do it during classes, at school, but I still have some difficulties to get them use collaborative tools at home. In fact, many of them find all kinds of reasons (no connection? no pc - while they can do it just using their phone - the link didn't work ...the dog ate my mobile ;) ) to avoid any kind of home activity, no matter if they chose the topic of the activity themselves. And even if they should be "digital native" they often give me the impression the "label" does not fit them at all.
Except for chatting on Whatsap, they often seem very awkward in using the web, or even basic digital tools such as a word processor.

Clara Abegão, Portugal

2017-01-28 16:20:12 UTC

Teaching in and with the Internet and the use of web 2.0 tools achieves meaningful results when it is integrated into a structural context of changing the teaching-learning process, where teachers and students experience open communication processes, effective interpersonal and group participation. A positive aspect of the use of these tools is the acquisition of free programs (freeware) which facilitates the production of the materials.
I like and I try hard to use some of these tools in the educational context, but my favorites are those that can be used as collaborative work support, replacing the files .doc, or .pdf, allowing study groups to be held in cooperation with all students. I try to explain my students the potentialities of the use of web 2.0 tools, such as interaction and dynamic collaboration between them; the easy way to exchange of ideas, create applications and propose lines of work for certain objectives; it´s possible to view the entire history of modifications, allowing the teacher to evaluate the progress recorded. In conclusion: they can generate shared, collaborative knowledge structures that empower the creation of learning communities! eTwinning is a great exemple of that.

Ivana, Magliocco, Italy

marilena_magliocco — 2017-01-28 17:34:26 UTC

I think collaboration is very important in the learning process

Gabriele Ornaghi - Crema, Italy

gabriele_ornaghi88 — 2017-01-28 17:38:31 UTC

The technology can stimulate dialogue and collaboration. Fundamental remains the proper and not excessive use of technology.

Simona Costaru, Romania

2017-01-28 20:42:23 UTC

The technology is very useful in the teaching/ learning process but that kind of apps are a little bit more for the primary school students (the first class).

Katerinavelesiotou

2017-01-28 21:03:09 UTC

Using technology tools the collaboration is possible anytime and from any place.
Work is certain well organized and you can use many resources.
Technology provides also the facility of cooperating with other schools ,even abroad.
That enriches the learning and teaching process and build strong collaborations and friendships.
.But are there the technology tools and the school time for all that?

CHRISTOS, GREECE

christos_chachoudis — 2017-01-28 22:26:09 UTC

THE TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE HUGE STEPS TO THE FUTURE, COLLABORATION IS THE KEY TO INNOVATE ALL STUDENTS IN LEARNING PROCESS. USING TECHNOLOGY TOOLS IN TEACHING/ LEARNING PROCESS MAKES SCHOOL MORE FASCINATING, AND LEARNING BECOMES A JOURNEY.!!!!!!!!!!!

Alina Popa-Romania

popalina21 — 2017-01-28 22:33:47 UTC

Technology is useful to keep the line with modern outside world. it is a need for the next employees. Technology is a very useful way to share the knowlegdes to many learners ones. the main condition is to have at least a medium development in the school for using technology in the class. Hope in future! Maybe the cons is that the individual study to be lost , and sometimes we need more time to assimilate some knowledges, depending on student.

amael Kervarrec Colombia

amael_kervarrec1 — 2017-01-29 00:05:19 UTC

Technology helps very much to collaborate for ex I just back from a geology trip and my students have to collaborate to create an exam for each others they can do it whith distance
for this I use the LMS Canvas.instructure

Cristiana Ziraldo

2017-01-29 09:45:18 UTC

I would like to find out tools that help my students create a video together and then give each other feedback online. I found this interesting article http://www.creativebloq.com/design/online-collaboration-tools-912855

Arminda Pereira, Portugal

armindapereira1 — 2017-01-29 10:45:56 UTC

People in the 21st century live in a technology and media-driven environment, marked by various characteristics, including:

1) access to an abundance of information,

2) rapid changes in technology tools, and

3) the ability to collaborate and make individual contributions on an unprecedented scale.

Effective citizens and workers of the 21st century must be able to exhibit a range of functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media and technology.

The use of technology provides new opportunities of people working together and facilitate collaboration. Nowadays we have many tools that we can use in our classroom for such purpose. Is in the school that students must learn to work with technology. We must not forget that technology plays an important role, but it is not the main role in the learning experience.

I am the coordinator of the Moodle Platform of the School: http://eb23alfornelos.ccems.pt/

I am participating with my students in two initiatives of SeguraNet (Surfing in safety): The "Digital Leaders" and the 10th edition of the SeguraNet Challenges.
The "Digital Leaders" initiative is aimed at promoting behaviours for the safe use of the Internet and mobile devices. The 10th edition of the SeguraNet Challenges is intended for all public and private schools of basic education, aimed at promoting the educational community, the enlightened, critical and secure navigation of the Internet and mobile devices.

I joined eTwinning in 2014 and I have done some projects this year.My class is participating in the etwinning project: "Traveling around Europe in a postcard". We may not have the chance to travel all over Europe, but imagination can help us a lot in fulfilling our dream. This project aims to exchange postcards with students from other schools. Good thoughts and desires will also be sent. The postcards are written in English and in our mother tongue. The aim of this project is to learn more about European countries and languages, about their geography and to develop the ability to communicate in English.

In my school, I use Moodle for sharing all types of resources, goggle apps, Google Drive, Email, Facebook, Sway, Padlet, Socrative, Kahoot, social media private groups… for collaborating with students and other teachers. Social media networks, such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, as particularly useful spaces for teacher collaboration and professional learning. On Facebook I am enrolled in some groups of mathematics teachers that pretend to be a platform of sharing of educational resources for the Mathematics discipline of any degree of education (basic, secondary and superior) among math teachers.

These Free Applications can Enable a Tremendous Variety of Collaborative Teaching and Learning Interactions and Activities:

1. Twiddla (www.twiddla.com)

2. Google Drive (drive.google.com)

3. Bubbl.us (that’s it …Bubbl.us)

4. Edmodo (edmodo.com)

5. Yammer (yammer.com)

6. Skype (skype.com)

7. Vyew (vyew.com)

8. Wikispaces (wikispaces.com)

9. Facebook (facebook.com)

10. Google Hangouts (www.google.com/hangouts‎)

11. Cacoo (cacoo.com)

12. Titanpad (titanpad.com)

13. HaikuLearning (www.haikulearning.com)

14. Twitter (twitter.com)

15. Minecraft (minecraftedu.com)

16. Economics-games (economics-games.com)

17. World of Warcraft (wowinschool.pbworks.com)

18. Bounceapp (www.bounceapp.com)

19. Wiggio (wiggio.com)

20. SocialFolders.me (socialfolders.me)

In http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/05/20-excellent-free-tools-for-interactive-collaboration-experiences-in-the-classroom/

Keratso Greece

keratsog — 2017-01-29 11:11:42 UTC

Culture Is Key
One important point about all collaboration and communication tools is that they must have a company culture behind them. If you give all the technological tools on education to a teacher who doesn't have the culture of collaboration then you throw your money away. It doesn't work. Using a collaboration tool successfully has to be part of the teaching process of the person who is inside the classroom to inspire students and offer them the best he can.

Concetta Rapisarda Italy

2017-01-29 14:16:40 UTC

The technology facilitates learning. Collaboration between students is important to stimulate logical thinking and creativity. Unfortunately, not all classrooms are equipped with mobile spaces. I think that using the different applications and platforms to communicate, collaborate and write with the class and with the teachers, it is very useful and interesting.

Elisabetta Nepa

classedieli — 2017-01-29 14:31:13 UTC

Until last year I used many collaboratively tools: voicethread, learningapps, Glogster, Padlet, Socrative, Tagul, Kahoot ... this year I have small children and I have available technologies

Martyna, Poland

2017-01-29 14:48:47 UTC

Thanks, both from the video and comments I have learnt about useful tools.

Visnja, Serbia

2017-01-29 15:21:07 UTC

I really love eTwinning, because it gave me a whole new look at the world of education. I`ve been working on projects with many teachers from all around Europe, and learned so much. Technology in the classroom is very useful, but we have very little of it in our schools, and need not to worry to overuse it. Still, my students like it, and it improved their communication, ITC skills, and much more. Teachers should always bare in mind that it is the tool, and should not become the aim. I love Tricider, Titanpad, Learning apps, Smore....

Magdolna, Hungary

2017-01-29 17:30:49 UTC

Technology can enhance collaboration to a great extent. I often use Google Drive and Dropbox for sharing content. I try to exploit Twinspace with partners as much as possible (sharing materials, chatting, videoconferencing). We have Skype chats as well. I really love Padlet, Voki, Tagul and Learningapps. My students are fans of quizzes created on Kahoot or Quizalize. Quizlet and Edmodo offer great ways for flipping the classroom.

Mairead Ireland

2017-01-29 17:38:23 UTC

I appreciate how these collaborative tools could enhance the learning for students. I have used kahoot, and mindmaps app but am excited to try some of the tools mentioned. This is also my first time using padlet and am finding it a great collaborative way of sharing my views. It is also great to get others views from so many different countries.

Catello de Sinno, Italy

2017-01-29 18:15:28 UTC

I can only find pros of using technology tools in teaching-learning process. But the most important advantage of using technology is that it has the power to extend the classroom to connect students and teachers with outside experts and students from around the world. ETwinning platform and the Academy are evident examples of that.

Susana, Portugal

ssilva9 — 2017-01-29 18:23:34 UTC

I feel I´m still just in the beginning of using technology to promote collaboration between students. I use it in my classes to present an issue in a more dynamic and motivating way. I use it to connect to students and share with them recourses to their home study, by using tools as Google Drive and Google Sites. I think I don´t use in a collaboration perspective. I been trying to do some research and learn how to work with Edmondo, Padlet and a Portuguese project called Milage Learn+. So thanks for all the suggestion.

Maria Grazia Licandro Italy

mglicandro — 2017-01-29 18:53:03 UTC

I think the listing it presents Bart is quite complete. The use of technological tools in teaching is very profitable, because the production of digital products has always been a positive impact and motivating the pupils of any age. By contrast in my reality not all pupils have personal devices, the Internet and do not have email. That's why I organize small groups working together in their creations for a device group, it is still positive didactically.

Liliana Álvarez Blanco, España

2017-01-29 21:16:57 UTC

I think that the list is very interesting. I usually use "Symbaloo" to remember all of the application I discover. I love lino.it, padlet, smore, tack, thinglink ... and google drive, of course.

Antonietta, Italy

2017-01-29 22:18:01 UTC

A very interesting and quite complete list !

The use of technological tools in teaching is very helpful as digital products always have a positive impact on students and their motivation. Collaborative tools greatly help the teaching-learning process. Kahoot, Prezi, Adobe Spark are useful collaborative tools in my classes especially when working in small groups.

Sílvia, Portugal

sylviari1996 — 2017-01-30 00:24:12 UTC

I fully agree with what was said in the video. Technology helps but is not the focus for collaborative work.
In my classes I use moodle, kahoot, learningapps, quizziz, geogebra ...

Jan DC

jandecraemer — 2017-01-30 10:49:52 UTC

here is an interesting chart to use smartphones as collaborative tools in classes

Antónia Brandão, PT

dolores_brandao — 2017-01-30 15:27:17 UTC

Bart suggests a large list of tools to incentivize work team. I can say that with my colleagues we use Google Drive to produce, for example collaborative documents. It’s fantastic and very useful because we can be in different spaces and work together. I fight with some resistance from them, but, step by step, as they saw the advantages they accept this tools.

With students I use several of the tools that are pointed and some others, such as TitanPad (that is going to be shut down) to write collective histories, HSTRY (to make timelines) Mentimeter, Plickers; TwinSpace (because i’m a eTwinner), and, most of all, Moodle Platform. It may be strange but also students resist to use some of this tools. They say that I am original...a little strange because other teachers are not so close to technology

Michelina Mosca

didinomosca63 — 2017-01-30 15:50:53 UTC

Michelina Mosca

didinomosca63 — 2017-01-30 15:50:55 UTC

I try to use ICT like video, Fidenia for collaboration and etwinning too

Fulvia, Italy

2017-01-30 16:17:23 UTC

The web is full of free tools teachers and students can use to collaborate, create and share projects. These web apps are really user friendly, teachers could try to use them.

Anna Maria Tomaselli from Italy

annamaria_tomaselli5 — 2017-01-30 21:18:00 UTC

New tecnology encourages collaboration and connect students with other students from around the world. I heard that collaboration has to be the focus of the lesson. I realize that I have to treat my professional development. I have a lot to learn about new tecnology.

Joana, Spain

2017-01-30 22:09:10 UTC

I just can talk about the good points of technology. Although I can’t use a wide range of technology devices as much I would like, ( because our school and our students haven’t a lot of them) we occasionally use some ipads and mobile phones in class.

The most used applications are: bookcreator, imovie, facetime, kahoot, trello, hangouts, vivavideo and quick,....On one hand we use them to create vídeos, to play games and to share checklist of project’s asks. On the other hand, we use some applications to show and share our final outputs to another students from our or another school. All of them provide us very rich experiences!

Ana Fonseca, Portugal: We live in a digital world. No one doubts of that. So, Bart’s video is very important as we can easily understand that if we want to create a friendlier learning environment we have to incorporate collaborative work among students together with the use of new technologies. These will allow students to feel motivated and develop their own sense of learning. By using new technologies students can generate their own ideas, get feedback from other about their progress, and make suggestions on how to develop an idea. Some web 2.0 apps are presented in the video, and as an English teacher I already try to make my classes as interactive as possible, so besides Padlet, Facebook, Twitter or all Google Docs, I also use Kahoot, Socrative, Puppet Pals, Edmodo, GrammarBase,Pixton to create comic strips, Powton, Scratch and Taxgedo.

2017-01-30 22:09:23 UTC

José Luis, Spain.

2017-01-31 08:04:37 UTC

I use in class several tools, from blog: edublogs, edmodo, the mobile phone or the tabet in class. The results start being very bad at the beginning of the course until about the end of the second quarter are better and then quite acceptable. But if the following course does not continue, it is a little lost work, but I follow it for the good of my students.

salvatriceloiacono — 2017-01-31 09:43:53 UTC

New tecnology encourages collaboration and connect students with other students from around the world.

Marko Brajković, Croatia

2017-01-31 10:54:05 UTC

I see only good sides of using technology in the classroom. My students like to use LearningApps, Kahoot, Padlet, Vimeo... I like to use Blendspace, Wizer, Padlet...I'll try Slack next week to see how it works. I like tools with real-time messaging. Also, I would like to learn how to use tools for making digital books like Flippingbook.

Emanuela, Italy

2017-01-31 16:01:42 UTC

I think technologies are great opportunities in the teaching - learning process. Technologies gives to students the possibility to be active parts in the learning process and to interact with teachers and other students. But it’s necessary the intervention e the preparation of teachers.

Violeta, Lithuania

vilite77 — 2017-01-31 16:31:08 UTC

Technology enriches the lessons . Our school teachers and students like using new applications in lessons. this has more benefits than minuses. Still, there are many things to learn.

Oksana Nagorna, Ukraine

nagoksa — 2017-01-31 16:49:01 UTC

Today I can`t imagine having classes without using technologies, but most of our every day lessons take place in traditional classrooms without any devices, so we should have the most of what we have, sometimes it`s only teacher`s computer. But I try to use most of technologies (presented in the video) during the eTwinning club we have at school.

Marta Tarantino

martatarantino — 2017-01-31 20:03:14 UTC

Technology plays a fundamental role when it comes to design the learning environment that promotes collaboration. Web 2.0 applications are powerful instruments in developing collaboration activities in the classroom and outside. My students and I make a consistent use of different tools for multimedia presentation, brainstorming, word cloud generators, collaborative writing, etc. Our students are into technology, thus the use of technological tools in the classroom is an exciting opportunity.In addition, those magical apps foster creativity and offer all of our students the opportunity to play an active role in the classroom. Yet, we mustn't forget that our focus isn't the technology itself.

Melissa Esposito, Italy

melissa_esposito — 2017-01-31 21:50:48 UTC

Technology can be very poweful in promoting and developing collaboration activities, with some applications students can work together on one document, so students can collaborate with virtual Learning. For example there is wiki where students can share documents. I often use padlet to share ideas and resources.

Maria Rosaria Sabina

rosaria_sab — 2017-02-01 12:37:16 UTC

I believe that the technologies in teaching are the right push to the learning of one and all because it is easier for everyone to find the input channel for learning skills. The boys are ready; the teachers are not yet, at least not all the teachers

Inga, Latvia

elksne_inga — 2017-02-01 14:33:10 UTC

Web 2.0. tools are a great help for teachers. The only drawback - it takes a lot of time...

Alicia Serrano,Spain

2017-02-01 18:28:50 UTC

Alicia Serrano,Spain

2017-02-01 18:28:54 UTC

During this course, our nursery school has joined the e-twinning project. It is a great challenge for the team since we are few schools of the first cycle of children (0-3 years) participating in this great project.
As for the benefits all, since on the one hand the educational team serves us to enrich us in experiences, projects and knowledge that are shared between professionals belonging to different environments with some characteristics and their own. All this adds up and enriches us as professionals in education. As for the possibilities or benefits for our children, we start from those that are a result of the above, as it will have repercussions in them. They can also participate, especially the elderly, in activities with other children, comparing their work, carrying out joint activities ...
Given the real possibilities of our children in these early ages, we should not put barriers but know how to overcome them through the necessary adaptations.

Konstantina, Greece

2017-02-01 20:01:08 UTC

Technology is a powerful tool at teacher's hands. By using it in a right way can be very beneficial for students as they can collaborate with students from other countries, exchange ideas, create common projects and be acquainted with other classroom practices. The technology tools presented by Bart (Titan Pat, padlet, tricider, etc) can be sometimes boring for students as they lack the direct eye contact with their peers and the personal interaction.

Cristina, Spain

krisalpa — 2017-02-01 20:20:48 UTC

I agree with what Bart says in the video, technology offers new opportunities for people to work together. There are many tools we can use in our classrooms to facilitate collaboration, but teachers need to consider what tools are appropriate for our students according to their age. In Preprimary and Primary we use tools like Quiver, Glogster, Padlet, Storyjumper or Prezzi. ETwinning Projects are a great opportunity to use digital tools in a collaborative way

Maria, Greece

maria_agglika — 2017-02-02 14:58:06 UTC

Flexible web solutions that encourage collaboration is what engages students and promote creativity. ETwinning is what I mostly use and my students definitely enjoy!

Magdalena M, Spain

2017-02-02 17:59:39 UTC

I’ve been using kahoot for about two years. At the beginning, I prepared the kahoots but now I ask them to prepare one after a collaborative project and it helps them enhance and expand their knowledge.

Rosa/ Italy

2017-02-02 19:12:51 UTC

Clara Vitorino, Portugal

2017-02-02 19:46:15 UTC

Techology is very important in the concept of collaborations. Digital tools also. However, in my school, to think in a realistic way, technology must be mixed with non digital media. Classrooms are equiped mostly with one computer, conexion often fails so teachers must be creative. For instance in a quizz game do make a summary of the contents, we used a ppt to show the questions and answers, but just in case we made paper cards to be read aloud. It was very funny and maybe students appreciated the fact that the activity wasn't enterily virtual.

Gianluca, Italy

Gianluca_Marano — 2017-02-02 23:07:28 UTC

In recent years the technology has spread very quickly showing animations, visualizations, simulations, virtual reality and interactive communication.
The easy access to information technology and digital communication have also changed the speed and method of learning; the boys still before arriving at school have already interacted with these new technologies and this has changed their way of learning.

Bartolomeo Corbo - Italy

bartolomeo_corbo — 2017-02-03 20:10:41 UTC

I often use ICT and tools in my lessons and I ask to my students to use them. We often use Padlet, a powerful tool for brainstorming or to share tells or stories; we use Tagul, a tool for words cloud; some of my students use Adobe Spark or Prezi for presentation. We take part in some eTwinning project and we have to use many tools to communicate with other countries: editing video, photo, etc. as Animoto, Powtoon ... Unfortunately not all the students have internet connection and device. And at school it is not always possible to connect to web for the student's device. And this is surely a cons.

Cecilia D., Italy

lettere_cd — 2017-02-04 07:58:39 UTC

I find very useful mindmapping tools, not only for students with special needs. A problem with some online tools is that they require a registration with email address, and students aged 11-14 sometimes don't have it.

Luciano

2017-02-04 08:17:14 UTC

Technology tools can make it very easy to collaborate.
In the other hand if the digital devices and network infrastructure are not
working always well you could have a negative impact on the activity.
Another thing to avoid is the use of too much digital tools because it could
be disorienting.

M. Elif Dönertaş, Turkey

e_yavas7 — 2017-02-04 10:14:28 UTC

I use padlet, popplet, imovie, kahoot, prezzi in my classes and I always try to learn new ones and use them too. But I believe the first thing that matters with online collaboration tools is, both the teachers and the students to became capable of using them. If teachers start using them in their own work then they may become more comfortable with the usage of these tools in their classrooms. The same thing goes for the students also. They should know the limitations and the capabilities of the tools they are using. And also they should be aware of user rights and right way to behave in such an environment.

Emiliana, Italy

emiliana_rufo — 2017-02-04 18:44:46 UTC

Web tools can be very useful to integrate technologies in the classroom, they are free and very easy to use. Here is a map I've created with tools I use to make my lessons interactive and to let my students create digital products in collaborative activities:

Samanta, Italy

samac1217 — 2017-02-04 22:18:15 UTC

I think technology tools could create a collaborative environment. In my school use big pad. It's an interesting support.

María, Spain

isasama10 — 2017-02-04 22:42:35 UTC

I am very impressed to see how many collaborative tools teachers use nowadays. I prom ise I will try the most popular ones in this list. The only one I can recommend is Twinspaces in eTwinning. You will not regret using it because it´s excellent for international cooperative work.

rosa calvino

rosacalvino8 — 2017-02-05 09:22:25 UTC

As citizens of the world, students in today's classrooms seek global contexts for learning. Opportunities for networked and international collaborations are bringing both the world to classrooms and classrooms to the world. With a focus on international standards of instruction, globally-minded programs inspire students to be curious through investigation and reflective in analysis of thought. These pathways lead to the development of cultural literacy by allowing students to examine issues of global significance through interconnected sharing of experience and exchange of ideas. Collaborative learning spaces empower students to work with each other and with students in classrooms of the world to assume multiple perspectives, explore alternative solutions, and thoughtfully solve problems.

Adina, Romania

avacovici — 2017-02-05 13:48:02 UTC

Web 2.0 tools are easy to use, loved by students and efficient

Chiara C. Itatly

2017-02-05 14:27:52 UTC

Technology can develop a collaborative and motivating enviroment. Students can develop transversal competences and try to solve challenging problems
.

simone, italy

2017-02-05 14:46:13 UTC

-google documents
-wiki
-padlet
-tricider
-sticky note
-todays meet
-popplet
etwinning
thinglink

take note

Nehir ÇABUKER

nehircabuker — 2017-02-05 16:08:02 UTC

I actually use :
titanpad
tricider
utellstory
prezi
slide.ly
voki
powtoon etc.

Elvia, Italy

2017-02-05 16:14:41 UTC

In my opinion, the pros are that there are a wide range of applications you can use, for collaboration and sharing ideas, materials, projects.., on the other hand, you have so many opportunities that you risk do not be focused on the goal anymore, to try to know all the new applications you can find on the internet.

Maria Antonietta,Italy. I teach in the Primary school ..This year, we han't got a multimedia classroom .Only one dayof the week, 8 children bring their P.C..In the week, I try to use the only computer we have, to deepen and consolidate the topics addressed .The programs are: Paint, Word, maps, word-cloud, the eTwinning platform (this is fabulous) and sites with readings for children .The pupils are very interested.I am participating in on-line course on digital libraries.I haven't finished this, it seems to me a little difficult to put into practice in daily life.I will try

mariaantonietta_caravelli — 2017-02-05 17:00:56 UTC

Judit Xaus, Catalonia

juditxaus — 2017-02-06 13:20:29 UTC

Technology worths it!
We use:
kahoot
plickers
google drive
google classroom
google docs
glogster
google sites
AR apps as chromville

Anabela Fernandes, Dulce Freire, Isabel Cruz e Vítor Silva - Portugal

vitorsilva00 — 2017-02-07 10:16:39 UTC

We agreed with Bart. Regarding furniture, ours is old and whenever we change the layout of the tables and chairs at the beginning of the lesson in the end you have to put them as they were, as we already mentioned in this MOC, which leads to some loss of time. With regard to the use of technology for collaborative work we are beginning to use the Moodle platform where we create specific disciplines for each class. Here we include tutorials of some applications that the students can use, proposals of activities, for example, using the Powtoon and we have created a Padlet where students can share their work / ideas / conclusions. What we can verify is that we get the attention of the students they feel motivated. The use of these tools makes the shy students more confident and allows them to develop the ability to communicate.

Maite Fresnillo, Spain

symbaloo2 — 2017-02-07 10:47:51 UTC

One tool I consider useful is google drive and a majority of our students are already used to it. Anyway, from Padlet to any other online tool, students can cooperate because a majority of them offer the possibility of sharing or, if it isn´t like this, we can create accounts in them and share with all the students so they can work in the same activity.

Natasa Todosijevic, Serbia

2017-02-07 12:49:52 UTC

I agree ...technology is so usefull for collaboration in the classroom , but I have to take the pupils to ICT classroom to use it. I like e Twinning and participate in some interesting projects and the kids are very motivated .

zuhal Ozbay, Turkey

zuhalozbay1912 — 2017-02-07 13:00:46 UTC

We use:
kahoot
plickers
google drive
google classroom
google docs
glogster
google sites

Alessandra Savona, Italy

aluccia_sav — 2017-02-07 15:05:57 UTC

I make my students collaborate with each other with or without technology. The group work I organize for them make sure they all take a role, have a chance to participate, to have a say... But I also make use of techonological tools, like Edmodo, my virtual classroom, eTwinning, for the projects with other schools, kahoot, when I want them to create a quiz (more than creating one myself).

Šárka, CR

sarka_opatova — 2017-02-07 15:09:13 UTC

I have seen the digital interactive table for the first time.
For final product- I use:
glogster - interactive posters, we have paid it:)
joomag - online magazine
genially - but the collaborative mode does not work at the same time= SS canot use it at the same time
Power Point
Facebook - SS with each other
padlet - to give instructions and share results, for feedback
Zeemaps - for teams
I want to use more.

Lareta Žubrinić, Croatia

lareta_zubrinic — 2017-02-07 17:10:08 UTC

Well, I don't have new furniture but that is less important when I have technology! It makes my work (and life) so much easier! Working and collaborating with my colleagues I use google docs, Edmodo, padlet, sway, tricader, Titanpad, linoit, PP, etc.. Thanks to etwinning I learned a lot about web 2.O tool and how to use them in my work.

Maria Grazia Valenti Italy

mgvalenti — 2017-02-07 23:00:52 UTC

Technology is important both to collaborate with partners in eTwinning project , my colleagues and to collaborate in the classroom. thanks to etwinning I have been learning a lot of tools, such as Padlet, Animoto, PosterMyWall, Magisto, Powtoon, piZap, Thinglink, Kahoot, google drive, Prezi, Slide Shere, Scratch...

Marília Bação- Portugal

mariliabacao — 2017-02-08 11:45:15 UTC

Well, I use Kahoot, Moodle with quizzes and delivery assessments, padlet, activetextbook. My classrooms are traditional ones and so is the furniture

Laura Serban, Romania

2017-02-09 10:01:30 UTC

Etwinning was the first platform where I have been learning about tools and online collaboration. I have used Kahoot, Moodle, padlet and other tools. But I think it is really important to think about collaboration and goals for learning first, and then choose the right tools.

Atanasija, Croatia

2017-02-09 19:42:18 UTC

Using ICT in classroom nowdays is a must. Children are coming to school as a 6 years old Internet "experts". We need to show them how to use digital tools for their growth as an resposible individuals. I use Kahoots, Qiuzbean, Animoto, Tagul, StoryCubes,ToonDoo, Prezi.

Adriana, Romania

adritoderic — 2017-02-10 12:37:48 UTC

Our classes do not permit a maximum collaboration between students.We need to improve that..

Rossella, Italy

rossellabattafarano — 2017-02-10 16:29:52 UTC

Our classrooms were not builded for collaboration between students, we have also the problem of lack of technological instruments.

Evi Kousidou, Greece

ekousidou — 2017-02-10 23:04:29 UTC

For collaboration we use
Google docs
Padlet
Titanpad
Prezi
Facebook groups
School's blog
Twinspace

Adina, Romania

2017-02-11 11:36:55 UTC

In order to use this modern tools in clasroom, theachers should know them first and work with them. I use Google + &Whatsapp to collaborate with students and their parents. Also I use the Smart Board which improved the quality of my lessons.

Antonio Marinello, Italy

2017-02-11 12:26:45 UTC

I think that technology is essential in the collaboration as such. Tools I have learned in different courses and I used with colleagues (including eTwinning projects) are: Titanpad, Google docs, Edmodo and some visual organizers

Margarita M., Spain

2017-02-11 13:33:59 UTC

I think the main pro of using the technology tools is there are a lot of applications we can use, for collaboration, communication, sharing ideas, materials, projects, etc and the main con of using the technology tools is we have not enough technology on our school to use all these apps as much as we would like to do.

Tools I use with my students and with other colleagues especially eTwinninners are:

Google Drive, Prezi, Genially, Easily, Padlet, Popplet, Thinglink, Twinspace, Zeemaps.

Cristina Antal - Romania

2017-02-11 14:43:04 UTC

Using technology is easier to develop the 21st century skills through all the tools that can be used There are lot of pros but one con I believe: the social behavior and the face to face comunication using the "unwrite" ways od comunication, gesture, posture, body language. For this we need alternative to technology.

Elena B, Italy

teacherEB — 2017-02-11 16:15:24 UTC

Collaboration tools offer only advantages, from the sharing activity at home ( Google Drive) to presentation tools like Padlet, Taack, Thinkling etc... E-Twinning is a precious resource for opening the classroom to other foreign students in a protected space.

Brigitta Koncz - Romania

2017-02-11 19:17:08 UTC

I think that the moment technology is introduced in the process of learning and the students are given the possibility to use it, the lessons take another dimension. I mostly use a Facebook group with my students and it works perfectly well. Sometimes the lessons seem to take place at 9 in the evening with a simple picture shared or a message. Everybody is there in a moment, reacting, commenting, using English in real life situations, which is not always the case in the classroom :)

Alicia, Spain

alma_negra7 — 2017-02-13 16:06:42 UTC

Nowadays technology is becoming an indsipensable part oof the classroom, using differents tools, materials, applications... making possible a work enviroment based on collaboration and learning.

Anna Bonaccia, Italy

annabo_b — 2017-02-13 18:35:44 UTC

Our classrooms are often so stayed and old fashioned, learners sit in rows of old fashioned desks. What type of learning impression does our learning space evoke? I’m convinced that the learners' ability and skill to become a self directed learner and to solve problems in collaborative manner is strongly influenced by the classroom design, but I cannot imagine when this will realise in our school..........!

Bianca Giangrande, Italy

giangrande_bianca — 2017-02-13 19:36:12 UTC

I use many tools, Animoto, Prezi, Magistro, ....
Collection's links tools:

Carlo, Italy

2017-02-14 10:17:02 UTC

We must use the technology tools but we must focus on contents.

Monica, Italy

MonicaP — 2017-02-14 21:30:21 UTC

I use a lot of tools. Last year I take a course for the new teacher ("neoassunti") and I create this symbaloo

Elisabetta, Italy

2017-02-15 20:42:27 UTC

The young people are much better than adults in the use of technology, and very often use it inappropriately. The introduction of technology at school as a tool for learning is twofold: pupils work in a stimulating, creative and collaborative (even far) way, and let them see the real potential of the tool they are using in a correct way.

I absolutely share the idea that new apps and ICT is vital for a 21st century school. I also think that teachers way of teaching is old-fashioned and we need to constantly update our daily classes methodology to make them more motivating for our students. That's why a course like Future Classroom Scenario must be welcomed at any time of a teacher career. I first started with new tools and innovative technology with Etwinning new technology using Facebook, Youtube, Padlet , Wetransfer, Gmail. The students started to be more interactive and happy about school and learning English! However I also feel it is not always enough so ....Thank you for having designed this course!

tizianapanaro — 2017-02-16 05:21:02 UTC

Rosana, Spain

2017-02-16 17:54:20 UTC

Technology offers new opportunities, because it has easy access and makes possible the collaboration and participation from different points.
The tools that I use are basically google drive, Padlet and Prezzi.
Finally, I would like to say that the platform of etwinning provides the opportunity to share projects and resources around the world

Raquel Fernandez, Spain

raquelfernandez — 2017-02-17 13:13:27 UTC

Technology gives the opportunity to improve communication and collaboration. Nowadays, there are many tools that help us to be more effective in collaborative terms. I use platforms, such as padlet, symbaloo, prezi, blogs, forum, etc to collaborate with other teachers.

Barbara, Italy

2017-02-17 15:18:40 UTC

Technology is nowadays a part of students' life. They communicate, work and use it for a lot of usual applications. It must be also a part of teaching and learning. It must be embedded in teaching and learning. Collaboration is a vital part of life since ever. Collaboration and technologies are necessary skill for lifelong learning.

2017-02-17 16:55:18 UTC

Mirela, Romania

scomi78 — 2017-02-17 18:45:48 UTC

It is important to use technology in classroom because students learn easily using all those tools. I use smart notebook at lessons, dotstorming, padlet, etc.

Raffaella

2017-02-18 14:49:13 UTC

Raffaella,Italy

2017-02-18 14:49:14 UTC

Gabriella, Italy

gabriellacolucci3 — 2017-02-19 10:17:23 UTC

Currently it is unthinkable to live without the technology, and this also happens in the classroom. The primary school children use tablets, smart phones, video games ... but they do it in an unconscious way. The purpose of the school is to develop useful skills to appropriately use technology and tools to provide useful research and growth.
Our children use WathsApp at home with parents to exchange information, but at school is currently impossible for reasons of control on the internet browsing and for their safety.

Livia,Italia

2017-02-19 14:10:49 UTC

I agree, collaboration is essential to grow, Technology helps in a decisive way.

Lucia from Catania- Italy

2017-02-19 22:09:34 UTC

Technology puts the world in your hands.
I really believe that all the modern teaching devises help teachers in their activity in class. Pupils are open minded and they are interested when they can develop their compentecies by the means of smart and new tools.

ANTONINA PUSATERI (ITALY9

antonellapusateri — 2017-02-21 14:47:51 UTC

You can no longer think of doing school without prevedre entry, in our classrooms, technology. This is part of life in toto of the boys and now also that of us adults. The school can not remain that scenario separating real life from that of learning situations, because all spaces and environments favor learning and new technologies, even give us a big hand in promoting the teaching and learning process , both with non-disabled students, but even more, or with difficult pupils with special educational needs

Stefania Altieri (Italy)

stefaniaaltieri73 — 2017-02-21 17:45:59 UTC

Collaboration and technology

Laura (Spain)

laurariescocan — 2017-02-22 17:07:20 UTC

I think we are in a controversial moment in education. On one hand we need our schools be provided with effective technological supply, e.g. a good internet conexion... But on the other hand there are schools that have good ICT tools, like computers, Digital Boards... and are misused, because some teachers are still reluctant or non confident enough to exploit them with their students.

Miguel Ángel Frías, Spain

2017-02-23 18:03:08 UTC

The use of technology is obviously fundamental. For this, the collaboration in the use and knowledge of its functions is also necessary. I use, the functions of gmail, social networks, padlock, symbaloo, geogebra, aurasma, evernote, animoto, prezi, pixton, hot potatoes, exe learning, scratch, ..

Cristina muntean

cristinahelena2108 — 2017-02-23 19:19:59 UTC

Roberta Condomitti - Italy

condomittir — 2017-02-24 19:58:51 UTC

Think

Emotion

Collaborate

Help

No distance

Observe

Learn

Operate

Guide

Yards

HASAN TURGAY ÖZÇELİK

mavimavi2316 — 2017-12-14 16:21:17 UTC

Cloud Based Learning: data, tools, software is all online and can be reached and modified from different device