While many teachers would love to have clickers available in class to quickly gather student response for polls and quizzes, such a system can cost a fortune. While you might be able to setup mobile apps for this purpose, however, there will always be students who might not have mobile devices or not the ones …
Smart Boards (or SMART Boards) are interactive boards which come with software that allows presenting interactive class lectures with touchscreen support. You can present your content, including PowerPoint slides with on-screen annotations and write or erase content from the board using your hands, pen and various objects. Let’s take a look at an overview of …
Slatebox is an online collaboration and drawing tool which delivers a simple mechanism for drawing, collaborating and sharing content. Slatebox can be used not only for making mind maps and other types of visualizations by individuals but you can also use it in a classroom, in collaboration with colleagues or save visualizations offline for use with …
Many tech companies nowadays are aiming for a more futuristic approach towards the use of technology. Be it the Myo gadget which makes you look like Jean Grey with telekinetic powers or Microsoft’s Holo Lens which is likely to give Google Glasses a run for its money. Another recent product that seems to aim for something out …
Class lectures can be extremely boring. It’s not only students who find it hard to concentrate during lengthy class lectures but even teachers might find it hard to control uninterested students busy texting on their mobile phones or playing candy crush; and then there are those who simply enjoy lucid dreaming! PearDeck is an excellent …
If you are a teacher, then you know perfectly well how students, especially younger ones, need a system to help you more effectively manage your class. Aside from course overviews, classroom rules and interactive class presentations, you can also have a hall pass system.
Nothing is as exciting for parents and children alike than the opening of a new school year. This is especially true for those children who are going to a new school. To make this even more meaningful for parents who want nothing but the best for their children, teachers and school administrators conduct a classroom …
When you are a teacher wanting to get the attention of your students in a fun and exciting way, you would want to try anything. Children and teenagers are attracted to something that they can relate with–which is something fun, engaging and informative all at the same time. There are many education-themed templates that you …
It’s been known and studied that children learn better when they are able to participate and have interactions with lessons in class. The more activities they are encouraged and attracted to join in, the better they are at absorbing what is being taught. Who wants to sit in a boring classroom anyway? Microsoft has come …
Using Power Point Presentations for classroom, a teacher can create effective lesson plan that can help students in gaining a better learning experience. Rather than using traditional boards and chalks for explaining, this technology enables the tutor to use multimedia visualizations, coloring a clear picture in front of students. This communicative teaching acts as an efficacious tool to achieve …
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