2017 Teacher's Day with Technology
As technology intrude your classroom, the very atmosphere
of teaching become more dynamic. The
concept of education should be combined with technology. It would be the
ultimate aim of technology or there is no use for invention.
Students will
be happier, more curious to see how the teachers are using new technology to
cater educational they need. This novel vogue step of teacher will motivate
students to use and propagate new technology.
Teachers are motivated to create engaging lesson plans, assessment
mechanism, and positive learning environment. The boom in new technology will
prove to be tools for teachers
PLANBOARD
planboardapp.com
Planboard can be used to create lesson planning. It comes with Individual
blocks for what you’re doing on each day during each class period. You can use
each cell and create a rich, dynamic lesson plan. The bulleted lists, add
horizontal lines to break up sections, and format the text size and color to
make task of a teacher much easy to find the information you need. You can add
links to outside resources, embed videos, or attach files. This facility offers
you an added edge in teaching.
This software or app called Planboard keeps track of your progress;
it offers a record of which standards still need to be covered.
SLACK- slack.com
Slack is a mass messaging platform, it is much efficient and
user-friendly than any email service. Slack has channels for messaging; they are
like separate chat rooms for different conversations. We can decide channel to
be public or private, it is flexible for all kind of communication needs. SLACK
is more than just messaging; you can also attach files and side discussions
about these files within the larger conversation.
ZipGrade
Only teacher knows how much time they spend in evaluating papers.
The ZipGrade- helps teachers to check assignments. It helps teacher to give grade
instantly by scanning them with the camera on their smart phone. All they need
to do is to match the squares on the grading sheet with the squares on the app.
Paper.li
Every day a teachers deals with different topic through a wide
variety of examples. In standard lecture model often students get boared with
in 15 minutes. Paper.li is designed around the idea that students will consume
information in enticing manner. Much time the content of the lecture becomes a
news letter and mesmerize students for the knowledge they have gained.
Edmodo
It is an online social media platform for the classroom. Teachers will
create accounts and then invite students. This platform is to engage in
discussions, announcements. It creates a collaborative environment for students.
It is a great tool for those who want a social media type environment without
all of the concerns associated with those platforms. It maintains privacy and
freedom at same place.
Google Cardboard
It is a dream come true technological innovation of virtual reality
in the classroom. The cost of Virtual Reality technology using in classroom is simply
too high. Google
has come up with a very cost
effective virtual reality goggles made from cardboard that with potential
to bring VR into all classes.
Social Media
A teacher needs to talk about social media and its advantages.
Introduce students the concept of responsible digital citizenship. The various
Pinterest Board can help us on this counter. They can be easily found by the
name - Social media etiquette and netiquette lesson plan resources.
Creative group
A private group of all students is a potential and dynamic tool of
teaching learning. Tell every student to have their facebook profile. The
valuable discussions can be taken to Facebook
Blog
Blogging is a fun activity student of all ages. Explain what a blog,
tell them to express on blog and share it with their friends. Slowly they will
learn to do research and create a text which is free from plagiarism. Those way
students will use this platform to excel in their expression.
Tweeter
Twitter is a new social smart and crisp media for students. Twitter
app can be downloaded and managed from Smartphone. Twitter discussion during
class. Student can do online research in 15 minutes. They will be in a positing
in posting the results in no time.
Podcast or video channel
A teacher can use YouTube as a platform to publish educational videos
or podcasts. A teacher can search YouTube for relevant content and play it
during class. It becomes a ready material for a teacher. It makes teaching
experience more exciting and students can learn from his audio visual aid in
teaching.
Flickr photography
Flickr is a platform; it offers you a space where you can upload
photos of your class, activities, field visits and many more. It becomes your
online record to share it with everyone. Students of Mass Communication can use
it as Photography portfolio.
Teaching learning is a process, where student along with teacher
participate. The ever growing technology which is bringing the world closer,
has intruded our personal and private life. There is no point in fighting with
the point that how students can will operate a mobile phone during lecture.
Today’s on-the-go student generation is very techno-savvy we cannot detach them
their much loved technology. We can use the technology as a teaching aid to
make them understand for professional subjects. The conventional subjects like
maths and languages go with conventional way. The new technology empower
teacher to achive the ultimate purpose of teaching and makes him free from all
the tedious paper work which otherwise they may perform.
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