E-LEARNING TOOLS FOR VAMK

 

1        Prezi

 

Prezi is a presentation tools used as an alternative to slide presentation program such as Power point.

Unlike slides, which literally box you in, Prezi gives you a limitless zoomable canvas and the ability to show relationships between the big picture and fine details. The added depth and context makes your message more likely to resonate, motivate, and get remembered, whether itÕs your bread-and-butter sales pitch, a classroom lecture, or a TED Talk to the worldÕs foremost thinkers.

 

1.1       Who has access to Prezi

Both teachers and students have access to a free Educational version by using their school email.

1.2       Basic operations in Prezi

1.3       Creating your first prezi

1.4       Basic operations in Prezi

1.5       Manipulating and Editing Content

1.6       Frames

1.7       Animation in Prezi

1.8       Converting your PowerPoint to Prezi

1.9       Creating or upgrading your account to Prezi Educational Account Ð pdf file

1.10    Knowledge base about Prezi

 

 

2        Screencast-O-Matic

It is an app used to create a video file, share on YouTube, or even uploading to a custom website

 

2.1       Who has access to SCREENCAST-O-MATIC

 

Both teachers and students.

 

2.2       Getting Started

2.3       Uploading and Saving to Video

2.4      More Tutorial

 

 

3        Flipgrid

Fligrid is a video collaboration and discussion portal. Teachers create grids of short discussion-style questions that students respond to through recorded videos. Flipgrid boosts community and social presence in face-to-face, hybrid, and online classrooms. It helps to give students a voice.

 

3.1       Who has access to Flipgrid?

Both teachers and students.

3.2       How to Create grid and add Question in Flipgrid

3.3       How to introduce yourself to a course or a program using Flipgrid

 

4        Flinga

Flinga platform combines different mobile devices to function as a tool for collaborative knowledge construction. Flinga allows students to participate either individually or simultaneously to conversations or questions asked by the teacher. With Flinga it is possible to collect studentsÕ comments, questions and answers quickly and easily for all to see. The entire classroom can simultaneously participate in collaborative working in a new, easy and a fun way.

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4.1       Who has access to it

Both teachers and students.

 

 

5        Spiderscribe (Mindmap)

SpiderScribe is an online mind mapping and brainstorming tool. It lets you organize your ideas by connecting notes, files, calendar events, etc. in free-form maps. You can collaborate and share those maps online!

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5.1       Who has access to it

Both teachers and students.

 

6        Kahoot Game

Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn Ð any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages!

6.1       Who has access to it

Both teachers and students.

 

6.2       How it works

 

 

 

7        Realtimeboard

RealtimeBoard is a regular office whiteboard enhanced for a better online experience. There are three things that we like to point out about it:

 

Each board is endless, so you can add hundreds of files and objects without losing productivity. It's all about being able to see the big picture!

It's available in your browser, and everything is stored online.

You can invite your entire team and collaborate in real time.

 

It's used by small teams and big companies for product design, education, brainstorming, project management and thousands of other use cases.

 

To learn more about RealtimeBoard, watch the explainer video above and browse through the knowledge base. Feel free to sign up for a free account if you haven't done this already!

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7.1       Who has access to it

Both teachers and students.

7.2       Getting started

 

8        Free Pictures and Images

Here is a collection of free pictures and images for your project both free and commercial.

They use the Creative Commons Zero licence.

This means the person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission

 

8.1       Pixabay

8.2       Unsplash

  

9        Blogging Sites

Most popular of them are:

9.1       WordPress

9.2       Blogger

9.3       Tumblr