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https://www.clickview.co.uk
Access by College username and password |
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For storing digital assets captured on the move and storing them somewhere you can access them, from desktop, laptop etc. Personal and business (for work) versions, although personal can be useful for work purposes |
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Collaboration |
Padlet is best described as an online notice board that can be used by students and teachers to post notes on a common page. | go to Padlet | |
FLIP GRID |
Flipgrid is a social learning platform that allows teachers to ask a question, then the students respond in a video. Students are then able to respond to one another, creating a “web” of discussion. … The students were using whiteboards to complete the work, then recording themselves on Flipgrid. | https://flipgrid.com/
Free account available. |
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Quiz |
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go to Kahoot | |
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Allows teachers to create and manage quizzes related to the topics they’re teaching. The questions can be posed in a number of formats. Usable on PC, smartphone or tablet. | go to Quizlet | |
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Augmented Reality adds a new feature to this evolutionary appendage totally re imagining the role of the camera on your phone when used in an app as a new remote control for the world connecting you | Download App on your Smart phone | |
Images |
Can be used to create learning resources that are based on a single image with additional learning details available by hotspots. The hotspots are embedded in the image and may be in the form of text, images or hyperlinks to other online resources, including Youtube videos. Sample here. | go to ThingLink | |
Audio |
Audacity is a free tool, installed on all College PCs, that allows you to create and edit sound files. It is easy to record from scratch, but can also take and edit audio files you record on your mobile phone.
Sound files can be used in many learning situations:
There is a support course on NWRC Moodle for Audacity. |
For download to home computer go to here.
Check with IT Helpdesk if you can’t find it on your work PC. Contact the TEL Team if you need training. |
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Feedback/quiz |
Mentimeter is very useful to get views from students and present these views in class, perhaps as an aid to discussion. Students may complete the Mentimeter exercise before, during or after in class. REsponses can be presented live by the teacher, in various forms, including a word cloud, simple numbers of responses, graphs and many more.
Click here to see a sample of Mentimeter’s possibilities. Each set of questions has a unique code, which the teacher gives to their students. Students use //menti.com to give their answers. Teacher uses http://www.mentimeter.com to create questions and to display responses in class. |
go to Mentimeter | |
Collate and share weblinks |
Peartrees is a tool that allows users to create an online collection of web-based resource links, in graphic form, and allows the collection to be shared with ‘friends’ through social networks.
Accessible via PC or mobile device. Can be embedded into Moodle, Sharepoint etc. |
go to Pearltrees | |
Image content |
Create slideshows using your digital photos. You can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. Add special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions. | go to PhotoStory | |
Mindmapping |
Simple mind- mapping tool, often used as iOS app | go to Poplet | |
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What it does: allows you to voiceover for a presentation, using audio, video or both.What is uses: could be a PowerPoint, pdf or Google Doc.
Technology needed: a webcam, mic, headset. Why use it: it makes a presentation or document more engaging, especially when accessed outside class time. Also, present.me is very good for adding additional information to an electronic learning resource, using voice and image that is familiar to the student. Download from: http://presentme.com More guidance from Youtube, here |
go to Present.Me | |
Study Aid |
StudyStack is an online flashcard generator which can be used as a study method to help memorise information. | go to StudyStack | |
Content |
TES members can download and share user-generated resources free of charge for all curriculum areas. Patrons need to register. | go to Tes Resources | |
Collaborate |
Form teams based on skills and interests, record teams’ progress. Can store teams, randomly generate and have picture for each student. | go to TeamUp | |
Planning |
Trello is a free tool for managing projects. It is available from its website, also as a mobile app.
For help on using Trello check this video on Youtube |
go to Trello | |
Assessment |
Turnitin is a web-based service used primarily to check assignments to gauge the possibility that some of the work submitted has been plagiarized.
All College staff are entitled to get a Turnitin account, email martin.peoples@nwrc.ac.uk |
go to Turnitin | |
Video |
A screencast is a video that is created from recording the mouse movements and keystrokes you do on a computer, along with any voice recording you do to narrate your on-screen activities. The video produced can be used for a number of purposes, including:
There are a number of screencasting tools, Screencastomatic is one, another is Jing |
go to screencastomatic |
