VOKI

Hello everybody! Today I will tell you about Voki.

A character in Voki

Voki is described as an educational tool that allows users to create their very own talking character. The characters can be customized to look like historical figures, animals, cartoons and even yourself. You can adjust the background, dress them to your will and of course most importantly you can give them voices. It is easy as it is fun! As I was trying to access the website my computer crashed. So, I tried to access it with my smartphone. I thought I would struggle but as it turns out, it was much easier to sign-up and create a character directly with my phone.




Here is the shortcut of the experience I had;

AUGMENTED REALITY APP

IKEA PLACE

IKEA place allows you to chose from the various selection of products and place it right in you living room to see how you like it. Apperantly, all the IKEA products are avaible in this app. You scan the room, browse the furniture selection, select the one you want and all is left is to find a right place for it. I believe this is just a simple demanstration of this technology. Using this kind of technologhy can turn an ordinary class into an engaging and intractive experience. It definitly will be an experience student won't forget any time soon.





Here you can find a more detailed video on how the app works:

BLACKBOARD: A MOBILE FIRST APPROACH TO LEARNING

Harness the power of Blackboard anytime, anywhere. Fully engage in your digital learning experience on your favorite mobile device. Learn with no limits.

A no-cost online learning environment that you can set up to match your personal teaching style, curricula, and student needs.Blackboard Learn's digital learning environment to provide you with a powerful experience – for free. CourseSites is a shared environment which is used by hundreds of thousands of users all over the world.

MOODLE: FREE, ONLINE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

World's most widly used open source learning platform

With moodle learning is now anytime, anywhere. Educators can create their own
private web site. Upload content, add gradable assignments and quizzes.They can easly create online courses that pocess various powerful and flexible tools. Moodle works in over 100 languages! Students can easly access their couses and check their progress and assagnments.

Here is the latest updates: https://
moodle.com/news/moodle-brings-
interactive-h5p-content-to-your
-mobile-devices/

They can also interact with their educators via mesages and notifications and get feedback, ask the questions that occupy their heads easily.

QUIZLET: LEARN WITH FLASHCARDS,GAMES & STUDY TOOLS

Studying for tests is hard enough; you shouldn't also need to figure out what to study!


Quizlet is a free website providing learning tools for students, including flashcards, study and game modes. It specially can be very useful for language students. Because, as we all know it language learning starts with your vocabulary. The more you enhance it, the better. Therefore, quizlet with it's quick and easy word flashcards should definitely be used in Language classrooms more.



Here is a link to a quizlet set I made for my 4th grade students: https://quizlet.com/_6h83ez?x=1jqt&i=20jz75

EDMODO

Hi everybody! Today, I will talk about edmodo and how it can be useful for teachers.

In edmodo, teachers create online classroom inviting students to join in. After students join the classroom using the common code given by the teacher, parents can track their childrens developments as well. Students can share their notes in a online platform where teachers can review them afar. This application most definitly makes reaching all the students much easier. As well as, making sure every student will be getting hard feedbacks.

KAHOOT: MAKE LEARNİNG AWSOME!

Kahoot, is a free game-based learning platform that makes learning fun, on any device and claims to be for all ages! You can create any quiz in seconds, play anywhere, anytime, alone or with friends.It was very easy to sign-up as a teacher. It didn't even take me 5 minutes! Once you sign-up the site gives you 3 options; one is for free and others come with a minimal charge. After you select the option that is suitable for you, you can create your quiz immeadiatly. You can also select points and duratians for every question. For each of the answers there is a geometric symbol and colour which surely will be very helpful for visual learners. Finally, the game-like quality kahoot pocesses, makes the students feel like they are indeed playing a game while learning.

Here is the link to a fun quiz I made about the tv show Friends as an example:
https://create.kahoot.it/share/ea1eb03c-2aaf-41be-b6c5-539b5167d293