It's an undeniable fact that technology changes every second and keeping up with it is getting harder and harder, but there are certain tools making every teachers' lives easier. Here are some of my favorites!
Blogger: Blogger is an online diary that can be used as a tool for online portfolios, self-evaluation, progress reports or writing exercises. It's possible to upload photos and videos on blog posts which make it pretty effective and more fun. The audience settings can be either private for the student and the teacher or public. This is in my list, because I believe that online portfolios are easier to save and share. Also, keeping a diary is undeniably beneficial for your students from all age and level. On one hand it is easier for students to keep record of their improvement, on the other hand it is easier for teacher to give a feedback.
Doodle: It's a great tool for easy scheduling and great time saver if you or your students need to arrange an event that is appropriate for everybody's schedule. Try it once and it will be one of your favorites!
Dropbox: It's an online sharing tool. One can upload any documents including photos, homeworks, sound files and share it online without much of an effort. This is pretty useful when you need to share files with your students and you need more than 25 MB space.
Facebook: Facebook is great for networking. One can share almost everything online and connect with almost everybody with the help of Facebook. However, it is possible to find similar tools for educational purposes if you have ethical concerns or your students are too young to have a Facebook account.
Glogster: It's a social tool allowing one to create interactive posters. You can create and share your posters or your students can create of their own. It's easy and fun! The tool is definitely great for project assignments.
These five tools are from the first part of my list. More will be coming soon :)
If you have any favorite educational tool, please share with us!
Love,
Ayca
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