Education 462

I chose Nearpod from Mr. Wang's assessment tools because I think it has a lot of beneficial ways in which students can learn. Nearpod has lots of both fun as well as engaging activities that keep students engaged in classroom lessons. Nearpod has plenty of opportunities for students to learn through activities such as polls, collaboration boards, game-based quizzes. Teachers also have opportunities to ask open-ended questions where students can work together or individually to draw out or write a response. Ease of Use Nearpod is a very easy tool to use as an educator because it gives the option to create a lesson inside the platform. From there a teacher can incorporate slides, videos, 3D models, and even VR field trips. A teacher can also work with premade templates, flip grid, draw it, and a class collaborative board. Nearpod has readily available access to all these different uses all while being simple to navigate through. Teachers can easily navigate through lessons in the lib...

  I chose Poll Everywhere from Mr. Wang's assessment tools because I think it is very effective in ways of checking up on students. Poll Everywhere is an app created specifically for teachers and students to ask and answer questions. Poll Everywhere has many great options that you can use while on the app for example multiple-choice, true or false, short answer, clickable image, and question and answer. This also allows for the number of choices, how many answers or questions you want to add as well. Ease of Use Poll Everywhere seems like it would be pretty easy once you get the hang of it but I did notice on the tutorial video that you have to log in online in order to make your polls for the app. This isn't a very extra process but it is different than simply being able to create immediately from the app itself. I do like the idea of students being able to pull it up immediately from the computer and answer the questions at hand. This could be a review, their general opinions...

 I chose Slack from Mr. Wang's communication tools because I think it provides a great opportunity to be in contact with both parents and students. Slack is an app that allows for easy access to communication through messages, group chats, or one-on-one chats. Slack offers many great amenities by having a resource that connects people in a terrific way by being both flexible and inclusive. Slack has message alerts similar to text messages, it is an app so it can be downloaded to any smart device as well.  Ease of Use Slack is a super simple tool to get the hang of anyone who has a modern smartphone that deals with texting, group chats, or works with channels can easily see the information being presented. One can open the channels one at a time as if they were a text message and shoot back replies. People can also share links, plan meetings, and have easy access to group communication. Each person has access to search to message an individual or find a given channel to join in...

 I chose Quizlet from Mr.Wang's files specifically in the more tools for teaching Docx under assessments. I really enjoy this tool because many teachers growing up would have me and my peers make lots of documents with it. I have found it to be a super easy yet effective tool for studying. Quizlet offers many great amenities such as fill in the blank, flashcards, visual study, easy review, promote collaboration and teamwork, lastly, it is an alternative way for studying. Students can make their own Quizlets along with sharing with others or even have the option to find one that is already made about their subject topic. Ease of Use Quizlet is a very efficient tool when talking about ease of use, it simply gives you options of what you want to pick for each card. These examples are can be either flashcards or fill-in-the-blank in which you simply type out the question and answer. From there you can continue to make the whole quiz, test, or review no matter the number of questions. A...

 The next tool I wanted to use was Microsoft teams from the T3PP Technologies for Resources Blogging Powerpoint. I wanted to use this tool because this is something new to me that my placement school occasionally uses. A few of the teachers are really high on it and have discussed how easy it makes their life.  Microsoft Teams is a great app for group collaboration, organization, real-time communications. This app does a great job of being very accessible to everyone involved.  Microsoft teams has options for emojis, group chats, even language options. The accessibility is very open to anyone you share with inside your team while also having a calendar option to mark important meetings or dates. The following link is a great tutorial  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6IUiamE3-U Ease of Use Microsoft teams give you a wide range of platforms on which one can access for example there are mobile options for both iPhone and Android, app options on the computer, or any des...

 I chose to use Youtube from Mr.Wang's files specifically in communication tools Docx. Youtube is a tool I believe this generation is very familiar with because many of my kindergarten students use it every day. I think Youtube could be very beneficial in many classes from both instructional videos to creating group presentations.   Youtube is a tool that can be used to group or organize videos together, watch or follow or certain channel which allows for liking and commenting. This tool also allows for creations so a teacher could be capable of creating lessons and uploading them for students to see. I think because this tool is so common it allows for very easy interactions as well as connections between teachers and students.  Here is a like that shows how to use Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0eM1_JVqHE Ease of Use Youtube has a very efficient ease of use ranging from the simplicity of finding videos, sharing links, finding resourceful information. Alon...