Need for Technology in the Classroom
Hello,
The word technology and using it in the classroom stressed me out a lot at first too. The first time I was introduced to a computer was my first year in college so I was not born with devices and computers. Now that we have students in the I-generation that were born and raised with technology I knew I needed to bring it into my classroom to engage my learners and make learning fun. I started to use a tool called Flipgrid. This was a way students could engage in the topic of the week and seeing each other. It made the classroom "real" and it put a face to a name. I really enjoy this took and it has made my students more engaged. It was easy to use and now my students have fun while learning.
Jennifer
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- October 26, 2018
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Hi Jennifer, I just joined flipgrid. How do you use this neat content in your class?
Barri
Good Morning,
I use flipgrid for my Classroom Assessment Techniques. Go to flipgrid and type in code: v6vb10m and you can see an example of my CAR and my student’s response.
Jennifer O’Connor
Jennifer,
Thank you for sharing. I will take a look at that example. I am always looking for ways to include more technology in my asynchronous classroom or my presentations.
Mirta
Greetings Jennifer!
Enjoying your points here! There are a lot of innovating technologies out there. Did you try Dragon Naturally Speaking software for your asynchronous online teaching before? I use it all the time. Let me know what you think on this one?
Lee Demuth
On Sep 7, 2019, at 7:32 AM, Lee Demuth via Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching <8206b5c7-5863-4bfd-a505-574c0ad57a72.18@gcu.igloodigitalworkplace.com> wrote:
I use technology a lot in my courses and some of the courses require Digital Presentations. I also was not born with a mouse in hand and grew into it mostly out of curiosity and then wholeheartedly understanding the potential.
I have used ZOOM for class meetings once a week and this also brings the element on connectedness to the online classroom. Students see me and I see them and we discuss assignments due during the week and other things related to that week. It is nice because I learn more about the student, and they, me. I also record the meetings and CC it with a transcript for those who are unable to attend the meetings.
Another thing I often due is at the end of the course, I do a Virtual Pot Luck and I use Padlet. So we all post our favorite dish with the directions on how to make it and a picture of it. They like it and we all gain something to add to our recipe box.
For the digital presentations, I give them options and most of the time they use Prezi, which honestly I abhor; however they will often use SMORE which I use for my weekly Topic Overviews.
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