In that blog
post, I will continue to introduce some applications or softwares that can be
used in classrooms creatively.
Class dojo, is a communication application for the
class. It brings together teachers, parents and students who use it to share
photos, videos and messages throughout the school day.
About it: https://www.classdojo.com/tr-tr/about/
By giving badges to your
students you can encourage and improve their behavior. In ClassDojo, your
students become cute monsters. Therefore, you can draw the attention of the
students with the rosettes and all the attentions of the students instantly
with the avatars of the students. ClassDojo is a free application
and has a Turkish language option. You can get the ClassDojo Teacher app for
your Smartphone or a Smartboard or a computer with an internet connection.
Edpuzzle, is an application where you can edit
videos using any video available on the internet, add your own voice, add voice
notes, add questions for your students and check the answers given by the
students, and check if you are watching the video you have created. You can
upload videos that are in your computer or mobile device as well as you can
create videos by adding videos from sources such as Youtube and Khan Academy.
How to use it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGK5qAe4Dck
Socrative, is a free web 2.0 tool that you can take
an online test as a group, within the classroom or at your own discretion, with
instant feedback on questions you prepare, you can do a questionnaire, do an
online test, and share your results instantly.
More about socrative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlnI1f-Q1JM
If you wish, you can take the
output of the tests you have prepared via Socrative and offer your students the
opportunity to solve them in class. Tests can be organized as true-false,
multiple-choice, and short-answer. Also, the application can be used in two
different ways: Socratic Student and Socrative Teacher. It can be used on both
Android and IOS platforms as well as on any Internet browser.
Showbie; with Showbie,
you can create your virtual classroom and quiz your students who are included
in your classroom, give homework, check the homework or provide feedback.
Students can respond to your assignments by drawing with a pen or writing from
the keyboard. You can lock the event when you have finished your homework or
quiz time, preventing you from making changes to the past event. You can send
content to any class, you can also send a student within the class.
An example for its usage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHVnsnekHVI
Quizlet; if you want your students to practice the concepts
they learn, you can use Ouizlet. You can prepare flash cards for your opponent.
Your students will also be able to use these flash cards on their tablet
computers and refresh their knowledge. When they select the space race mode,
the activity becomes a competition, and from the scores on the side, the
student can see their own ranking.
All of these applications can be used in
classrooms according to needs of classroom environment and topics. You can also
see class examples of some applications in your area via İnternet sources.
