PIXTON Pixton is a comic creation site (as well as Android and iOS app) where creators can both make and share their comic strips. It's simple to navigate. After teachers establish a classroom site, they receive codes to distribute to students. Students can join by entering the code or teachers can manually add students to their class page. After students create an avatar (in comic form, of course!), they follow the step-by-step comic creator to begin their graphic stories. Teachers can make a specific assignment, or let students create freely. Options include the number of panels and the layout of a page. Visual icons help students add artwork, backgrounds, and text bubbles to comics (students don't draw their own stuff here but pick from a bank of fun images). A handy link to video tu...
Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share, and discover new interests by posting (known as ‘pinning’ on Pinterest) images or videos to their own or others’ boards (i.e. a collection of ‘pins,’ usually with a common theme) and browsing what other users have pinned. Using a visual orientation, the social network is very much focused on the concept of a person’s lifestyle, allowing you to share your tastes and interests with others and discovering those of likeminded people. The social network’s goal is to “connect everyone in the world through the ‘things’ they find interesting.” Users can either upload images from their computer or pin things they find on the web using the Pinterest bookmarklet. Here is my Pinterest Pin. I also used Piktochart to prepare my Pinterest Pin.
Socrative What is it? It is an easy to use test / quiz / collaboration site. In their own words: “Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.” Use is for: quick fact-based quizzes Exit quizzes Longer answer, open ended question Pre-testing How do you use it? You need to sign up first. After that you will see the main screen. Scroll down to “Manage Quizzes” and create your first quiz. It can be multiple choice or you can let students can enter answers themselves. Socrative is great for instant feedback and works really well for quick knowledge checks at the end of class. It is easy to set up and never fails to impress the students. I like Socrative, because I can do many things while teaching, fo...
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