Web Tool Review #3
How it works
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Educational Use
WhatsApp can be used for educational purposes in a variety of ways.
- Collaborative learning: Students can create learning and study groups for review of core content subject areas [See Group Chat feature [Link].
- Project-based learning: Students can readily send their graphic, text, video, and/or audio selections for inclusion in designated group project.
- Active Learning: Allows students to actively follow trends and communicate with external subject matter expert(s) for deeper, meaningful learning via WhatsApp Trending videos (See http://dai.ly/x2h9rz0)
| Tool Assessment | |
| Criteria | Rating |
| Readability | 2/3 |
| Standards | 2/3 |
| Formative | 2/3 |
| Project-based | 2/3 |
| Collaboration | 2/3 |
| Mult. Subjects | 2/3 |
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Web Tool Review #2
CREATE INTERACT SHARE
Web Tool: ThingLink - https://www.thinglink.com/
A tagging tool which creates interactive images and videos for the web, social media platforms, and educational channels. ThingLink allows individuals to upload, link, and import a variety of source materials. Students can develop 21st century skills through the process of creating, communicating, collaborating, and sharing with one another by making their select images come alive with added video, text, images, music, and other forms of annotations.
ThingLink-in-ACTION
(Hover cursor over images)
| Current Affairs - Oscar Night | Historical Figure - Amelia Earhart |
| Tool Assessment | |
| Criteria | Rating |
| Readability | 3/3 |
| Standards | 2/3 |
| Formative | 3/3 |
| Project-based | 3/3 |
| Collaboration | 3/3 |
| Mult. Subjects | 3/3 |
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There are four available pricing plans https://www.thinglink.com/upgrade
- Basic - FREE
- Professional – $20/month (billed annually);
- Premium – $125/month (billed annually);
- Corporate – Custom (Contact ThingLink directly)
- Education – $35.00/year (Discount on Premium price)
There multiple ways for students to use ThingLink for collaborative and project-based learning activities:
- Susan Oxnevad (2015) makes the Civil Rights era memorable and engaging via her ThingLink collaborative project - http://thinglinkblog.com/2015/07/20/create-a-collaborative-student-project/
- Susan Stephenson (2013) shows how to make group presentations dynamic - http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/issue_86_2013/articles/make_presentations_pop_with_thinglink.html
Web Tool Review #1
Web Tool: Piktochart - https://piktochart.com/
This is an infographic and presentation tool, which allows individuals to create infographics. What are infographics? They are visual presentations of information, which seek to express targeted messages, engage viewers, and enhance reading comprehension (Adams, 2011). Piktochart provide users with ready-to-use templates and a drag and drop editor, so that they can easily create high quality infographics. Users do not have to be a seasoned graphic designer to create professional-looking infographics. Piktochart also offer feature options where users can transform their infographic into a slide presentation, poster, or report based on their specific personal, educational, or commercial needs. Piktochart has both free and premium pricing options: FREE lifetime account; Individual PRO, $39.99 (1 Year); and Classroom PRO, $120.00 (4 months, 30 accounts).
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Learning Standards
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This tool can be used to meet all ISTE standards.
Since Piktochart involves the gathering, selection, and filtering of information for complex messaging via visual presentations, students often employ the above skills set during the infographic design, development, and creation process.
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Formative Assessment
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How can students demonstrate what they have learned? Students can create a Piktochart as a visual assessment of a learning objective or a summary of a project they completed.
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Project Creation
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There are a variety of educational projects, which students can do using Piktochart (Miller, 2016).
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Collaboration
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Student collaboration is easy with Piktochart via the design, development, and decision-making process. Specifically, students can collective decide which design template to use, navigate the drag and drop editor, and democratically decide the content information they will filter into their infographic.
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Integrated Curriculum
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Piktochart can be used to demonstrate an integrated curriculum via a theme-based approach (Catapano, 2016; Loepp, n.d.). Specifically, a teacher or student can select a specific theme template and then use the drag and drop editor to show connections, relationships, or unifying concepts between core content areas.
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| Tool Assessment | |
| Criteria | Rating |
| Readability | 3/3 |
| Standards | 3/3 |
| Formative | 3/3 |
| Project-based | 3/3 |
| Collaboration | 3/3 |
| Mult. Subjects | 3/3 |
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References
Adams, D. (2011, March 25). What are infographics and why are they important? Retrieved from http://www.instantshift.com/2011/03/25/what-are-infographics-and-why-are-they-important/
Catapano, J. (2016). Approaches to successful cross – curriculum integration. Retrieved from http://www.teachhub.com/approaches-successful-cross-curriculum-integration
Loepp. F. L. (n.d.) Models of curriculum integration. Journal of Technology Studies, 25(2). Retrieved from https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JOTS/Summer-Fall-1999/Loepp.html
Miller, M. (2016). 20 ways to create classroom pizzazz with Piktochart. Retrieved from http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/12/08/20-ways-to-create-classroom-pizzazz-with-piktochart/
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