Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Tech Play 3

When does a picture go beyond a thousand words? When there are interactive aspects to it such as images, videos, links, and more. Students can easily add interactive aspects to images they have created, as well as to maps, photographs, and other types of visual images. With the free account, students can choose icons to represent the interactive aspect. To register free as an educator, go to https://www.thinglink.com/register?student=0&teacher=1 or to register as a student, go tohttps://www.thinglink.com/register?teacher=0&student=1.
I believe this is an awesome creativity tool because ThingLink is an interactive media platform that empowers students to create more engaging content by adding rich media links to photos and videos. Out of all the tools I reviewed I believe I like the thinglink the most because it helps students develop 21st century skills, enrich their enthusiasm for learning, and engage like never before.
Booktrack Classroom  http://booktrackclassroom.com/
Have you ever thought about the soundtrack of the text you are reading? Do you have students who struggle with reading and need ways to make text more compelling? Booktrack allows you and your students to create soundtracks to text, public domain texts, or your students’ own stories. There are free sound clips including public domain songs, ambient sounds, and sound effects. Completely web-based and very easy to use, this has to be heard to be believed. To get started, teachers can create an account and add their students or have each student create an account. Click here to begin – http://booktrackclassroom.com/.
This tool is wonderful for any teacher that teaches English. I believe this is a great tool to use for both students and teachers because it helps assist those students who aren’t very well at reading. The students will be able to listen to the books online and the teacher is able to keep track of what the students have read.
Zaption allows you to take videos from passive tools to interactive ones where you can add links, questions, surveys, and so much more. There are even reports to see progress. To sign up for a free account on Zaption, go to https://www.zaption.com/signup and choose the basic free account. That account will have more than enough to get you and your students started with the tool.
I think this might be a good tool for teachers to use because it allows you to make surveys and questions. The teachers can make questions for a test and then have students get online and take the test instead of doing paper formatted test.
Piktochart is a free, web-based tool that allows students to create infographics. Students can use their own images, visuals from the web, or icons from the tool. By tying together images, text, charts, and other visuals, students can make information come to life. To create a free account, go to https://magic.piktochart.com/users/sign_up.
This would be a great tool for students to use because they can create wonder presentations or blogs. They can use Piktochart to bring dry reports to life and make it fun, it can also be place in slide show format to help spread your information
2. I believe the thinglink creativity tool can help support learning because it allows students use their own creativity to create masterpieces. The TPACK model is Effective technology integration for pedagogy around specific subject matter requires developing sensitivity to the dynamic, transactional relationship between these components of knowledge situated in unique contexts and I believe the Thinglink tool falls into place with the guidelines of the TPACK model. Individual teachers, grade-level, school-specific factors, demographics, culture, and other factors ensure that every situation is unique, and no single combination of content, technology, and pedagogy will apply for every teacher, every course, or every view of teaching.
3. Thinglink uses tools such as images, videos, links, and more. Students can easily add interactive aspects to images they have created, as well as to maps, photographs, and other types of visual images. ThingLink is an interactive media platform that empowers publishers, educators, brands, and bloggers to create more engaging content by adding rich media.
4. It is important to start with a clear definition of what we mean by creativity, as there are two completely different types. The first is technical creativity, where people create new theories, technologies or ideas. This is the type of creativity we discuss here. The second is artistic creativity, which is more born of skill, technique and self-expression.

Creativity is an essential change management tool for effective teachers. Creativity is more important than ever, considering today's accelerating rate of change in businesses, schools, and students everyday lives. In fact, it's an essential change management tool for effective teachers.

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