Leading Platforms, Applications, and Devices for Reversed Education
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In today's digital age, technology is playing an increasingly important role in education. Here are some tools and resources that can help educators create more interactive and engaging learning environments.
Playposit and EdPuzzle: Interactive Video Learning
Playposit and EdPuzzle are two popular tools that allow educators to embed questions and notes within videos. This makes learning more interactive and engaging for students, as they can pause, reflect, and respond to questions while watching videos. Dan Jones, an 8th-grade social studies teacher, recommends both platforms for their ability to post videos, embed questions, and provide immediate data.
Learning Management Systems: blink.it and Canvas
Learning management systems like blink.it and Canvas are essential for organising and delivering course content. blink.it is valued for its intuitive interface, support for blended learning, customizable course design, and interactive elements that foster collaboration. Canvas offers a free learning management system for educators and students, where teachers can create entire courses filled with text, embedded videos, assessments, and other content.
Video Recording and Editing: Screencast-O-Matic, Screencastify, and Final Cut Pro
Screencast-O-Matic is a user-friendly website for video recording, with an easy-to-manage studio and accessible features for users. Screencastify is a screen recorder that allows users to capture audio, include voiceover, or record webcam, with recordings easily shared through Google Drive. For more advanced video development, Final Cut Pro offers a range of features but requires a significant learning curve.
Content Creation: Genially and mmhmm.app
Genially is a content-making tool with thousands of templates for presentations, games, and escape rooms, easy to use and popular among students. mmhmm.app is a video-production program that allows users to adjust the size and transparency of their head on the screen, and works well with a greenscreen.
Audio Quality Improvement: Samson GoMic and Headphones
Samson GoMic is a portable mic recommended by Andrew Swan for improving audio quality in videos. Headphones are considered the most important learning tool for students outside their chromebook, allowing them to focus in a busy or loud environment.
Remote Learning and Video Recordings: Green Screen and Mirroring360 Pro
A green screen is recommended by Moore as a non-essential piece of kit for minimizing distractions during remote learning and video recordings. Mirroring360 Pro helps increase student engagement by allowing screen sharing from multiple devices and enabling interactive teaching from anywhere in the classroom.
Flipped Classroom: Perusall and Desmos
Perusall is a program developed by Eric Mazur at Harvard University, allowing students to engage both synchronously and asynchronously with a piece of reading and comment right on the document. Desmos is a tool used by Peter Santoro in math classes, offering a graphing calculator with multiple functions and activities for various math topics.
Building a Framework with Google Slides and External Webcam
Matthew Moore recommends building a framework for all technology in a course using Google Slides. He also suggests using an inexpensive external webcam for improved focus and better microphone quality during video recordings.
In conclusion, incorporating technology into classrooms can greatly enhance the learning experience for students. By using a combination of these tools and resources, educators can create more interactive, engaging, and effective learning environments.
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