LESSON 2

Mobile Technology for

Teachers
 Smart Ways to use Smart phones and
Tablets in Class
Smart phones and tablets offer endless
possibilities for higher engagement, enhancement
of student understanding and extension of
learning beyond the classroom. It also provides
an easy way for teachers to “facilitate and inspire
student learning and creativity”
 Smart Ways to use Smart phones and
Tablets in Class

I. Use to create videos

1. Filmora Go 6. KineMaster
2. Magisto Video Editor 7. Videoshop
3. Splice Video Editor and
8. iMovie (iOS only)
Maker 9. YouCut
4. VivaVideo 10. Adobe Premiere Rush
5. Power Director
 Smart Ways to use Smart phones and
Tablets in Class

II. Use of smartphones as an e-book

III. Use of smartphones to access the Internet
IV. Use of smartphones to communicate/collaborate
V. Use of Smartphones as QR code scanner
VI. Use of smartphones as a portal to virtual
classroom
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

1. AppCrawler – AppCrawler uses a new method

to combine advanced data mining and statistical
modelling technologies to provide users with the
most relevant and trusted recommendations for
searching and discovering apps.
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

2. Apps Gone Free – This is a great iPad app

that allows you to search for authored,
handpicked recommendations. Apps Gone Free
offers expert-picked top-ranked apps, for free
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

3. Google Text-to-Speech - Google Text-to-speech powers

applications to read the text on your screen aloud.

4. Easy Text Speech - automatically speaks the Clipboard,

Shared Links and Web Pages. Copy text from any Android
application or web browser and hear it instantly spoken back to
you.
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

5. Voice Dream Reader – This is an accessible reading

tool for mobile and tablet devices. With advanced text-to-
speech and a highly configurable screen layout, it can be
tailored to suit every reading style from completely
auditory to completely visual, plus synchronized
combination of both.
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

6. Educreations – Educreations is a unique interactive whiteboard

and screen casting tool that’s simple, powerful, and fun to use.
Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you
explain any concept. Teachers can create short instructional videos
and share them instantly with students, or ask students to show what
they know and help friends learn something new.
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

7. Explain EDU – Explain EDU is a version of our whiteboard for iPad

and iPhone where creations are saved locally on the device. It does not
include dedicated cloud storage or online collaboration.

8. Haiku Deck – Whether you’re pitching an idea, teaching a lesson,

telling a story, or igniting a movement, use Haiku Deck to create beautiful
presentations that wow your audience.
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

9. Grafio 4 Diagram Maker – Grafio is not a tool for

professionals only. Its low learning curve allows everyone to
convey their ideas visually and with ease. Hundreds of
thousands use Grafio worldwide, due to its simplicity and
affordability.

10. Notability- powerful, yet wonderfully simple note-taking

and PDF annotation.
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

11. Popplet – Popplet is the simplest tool to capture and

organize your ideas. With Popplet you can quickly jot down
your ideas and sort them visually.

12. Showbie- app for assignments and feedback

13. Stop Motion Studio – lets you create beautiful animated

movies
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

14. ClassDojo- a beautiful, safe, and simple communication app for

teachers, parents, and students.

15. Microsoft Math Solver -draw or scan math problems to get

steps, videos, practice problems and more.

16. Seesaw Class – is a student-driven digital portfolio.

 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

17. Schoology-Manage your classroom, create and

submit assignments, participate in interactive
discussions, perform assessments, and collaborate with
your peers.
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

18. iTunes U-iTunes U provides everything the needs of the

teachers and students to bring the classroom together on iOS
devices-like other application it will also build lessons with
apps and your own instructional materials, accept submission
and grade assignments, and provide feedback of students”
submission
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

19. Edmodo – it gives teachers the tools to share engaging

lessons like other online classroom (schoology, keep
parents updated, and build a vibrant classroom community.

20. Google Slides Create- edit and collaborate with others

on presentations from your Android phone or tablet.
 Technology Tools for Teachers
- Educational Apps

21. Mind Map & Concept Map Maker – It provides

mind mapping and concept mapping that will unleash the
power of your ideas.

22. E-book Reader & Free ePub Books manage and can
open all the eBooks on your phone.
 Assessment Tool
- primarily designed to help educators to identify the strengths
and weaknesses of Learners’ literacy and numeracy skills. This
will help educators develop programs for learners that match
their needs and strengthen their literacy and numeracy skills.
The Assessment Tool will also allow learners to track their
progress over time and enable educators and organizations to
report on the progress made by groups of learners.
 Formative Assessment Tool

Formative assessment tools can be a part of

every teacher’s toolbox. They needn’t be
complicated or time-consuming. There are,
however, a few things that are crucial to their
effectiveness.
 Formative Assessment Tool

Great formative assessment should have the

following facts:
It should be goal-oriented. It is derived from what
we do every day. It is directed at guiding students
towards performing well. It should be specific,
observable, and measurable.
 Formative Assessment Tool

It must focus on higher-order thinking skills. We’re not talking

about just the nuts and bolts. We want to know if they are applying,
analyzing, evaluating, and creating.

It should hold students accountable for individual performance.

Group assessment is useful in itself. Also, pinpointing the exact
needs of the individual will give you direction to steer your
instruction. This sets the students up for success.
 Formative Assessment Tool

It should be seamless. Don’t change your routine to fit the

test. Some formative assessments have a steep learning
curve. Others are easy to grasp even with the most limited
experience. You might need to build your formative
assessment into your lesson. Some of it can be improvised,
and some will need to be planned.
Gaming in Education

Benefits of gaming in education (https://tinyurl.com/y9kmvekc)

1. Gaming improves digital literacy and technical skills-through

gaming, players are getting accustomed with the technology. Thus,
students who enjoy gaming are unfazed to learn new technologies,
and will be able to find solutions to any problems.
.
Gaming in Education

Benefits of gaming in education (https://tinyurl.com/y9kmvekc)

2. Gaming improves problem-solving, critical thinking skills, and

creativity- you cannot go to the next level if you will not make smart
decisions. To advance in a game, you must be able to resort to logic,
strategic-thinking, and quick problem-solving. The sooner you react
with a smart solution, the better you position yourself in the game .
Gaming in Education

Benefits of gaming in education (https://tinyurl.com/y9kmvekc)

3. Gaming improves attention and memory capacity- based on several

researches, game-based learning and educational video games allow players to
concentrate easily and focus in a way that is almost impossible in a traditional
class environment.
Gaming in Education

Benefits of gaming in education (https://tinyurl.com/y9kmvekc)

4. Gaming develop soft skills- based on research gaming is a social activity that
promotes soft skills such as communication, team collaboration, and leadership.
Many educational and non-educational games are centered on team building,
thus stimulating students to play together. In multiplayer games, players must
work together to achieve the objectives of the games, thus it will lead them to
develop close relationships to each other
 Tools for Creating
Educational Games
1. Make It-Create and share educational games, quizzes, activities and
stories (for Android users)
2. Minecraft: Education (https://education.minecraft.net/) A game-based
learning platform that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-
solving in an immersive digital environment.
3. Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu/) - With Scratch, you can program your
own interactive stories, games, and animations.
 Tools for Creating
Educational Games
4. Puzzlemaker (http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/)Puzzlemaker
is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and
print customized word search, crisscross, math puzzles, and more using
your own word lists.

5. PurposeGames – (https://www.purposegames.com/) Lets you create and

play games. Students, teachers and rock stars alike all come here to create
and learn.
 Tools for Creating
Educational Games
6. Gamestar Mechanic (http://gamestarmechanic.com/) uses fun, game-
based quests and courses to help you learn game design and make your own
video games!

7. JeopardyLabs (https://jeopardylabs.com/) Allows you to create a

customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make
can be played online from anywhere in the world.
Tools for Creating
Educational Games
8. ProProfs (http://www.proprofs.com/games/) Create or play exciting
online puzzles and mind games. You can also share it on social networks.

9. Sploder-(http://www.sploder.com/) Makes it super easy for you to make

your own free games online. Make your own arcade games, platformer
games, spaceship shooters, or space adventure games.
 Tools for Creating
Educational Games
10. Triventy (http://www.triventy.com/) is a game-based learning platform
that enables you to author, run and host quizzes and surveys in your
classroom. Your students will participate in the quiz using their
smartphones without any prior installation while you run on a large screen,
just like you would run a presentation.

11. Gimkit-(https://www.gimkit.com/) is a classroom game-show platform

where students compete by answering questions on their electronic devices..
 Tools for Creating
Educational Games
12. Quizalize (https://www.quizalize.com/) is a classroom quiz-game website
where you can create quizzes with multiple- or two-choice question sets or
single-word responses presented as word scrambles.

13. Kahoot! (https://kahoot.com/) A game-like student-response tool that

can spark competitive fun.
 Tools for Creating
Educational Games
14. Super Teacher Tools (https://www.superteachertools.us/) is a website
where you can create Jeopardy-style review game, Multiplayer Rocket
Review Game, Speed Match, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire game.

15. Microsoft PowerPoint – can create a jeopardy game, Q & A games, and
many more. This is an alternative tool for creating an offline game.
Serious Thinking

Task 1:

1. Make a QR code that plays your voice.

A. Record your voice using your smartphone.

B. Upload the file to Google Drive.

C. Copy the shareable link.

D. Paste in the QR code generator.

E. Save or download the generated QR code.

Serious Thinking

. Creating an online class

a. Visit https://classroom.google.com/

b. Log in using your Google Account.

c. Click the plus sign icon to create a class.

D. Follow instructions.

E. You can also take a picture of the QR code below for detailed
instructions.
Serious Thinking
. Creating Jeopardy Game using Microsoft