Use of ICT in Learning and Teaching

Formative Assessment, Effective Feedback and EDTech Tools - Part 2 Date: 31st May 2022 Welcome to the second blog post exploring the various edtech tools that can be used to create innovative formative assessments online. The previous post explored formative assessments and the importance of feedback. This post will share various tools and how these can be used to create assessments online. Also we will be looking at how to give feedback using these tools online. Let begin by explore each tool individually: Some of the tools that I explored included WordArt, Yacapaga, Vocaro,WeVideo, Formative , Seesaw, Socrative, NearPod & Quizalize. Each of these has a different set of features that makes it different from the other. My review of each would be based on the following features: Ease of use - interface (login/logoff) Accessibility Availability on multiple devices (mobiles, desktops, laptops)  Interactivity Feedback features Data Analysis Graphics Simple to challenging tasks...

Formative Assessment, Effective Feedback and EDTech Tools - Part 1 Date: 27th May 2022/Friday Welcome to another interesting new blog post about formative assessments in schools, followed by effective feedback and the role of edtech tools in creating innovative formative assessments. We will begin by refreshing and exploring a little more about formative assessments. Then we will discuss effective ways of giving feedback to students. This will be followed by exploring a few edtech that are freely available that can be used to create innovative and personalized formative assessments. So what are formative assessments? why are they important? how are they different from summative assessments? when should we take formative assessments? what should the teachers do after formative assessments? Formative assessments are basically ongoing and taken at regular intervals during the school year. These can be taken once the unit is completed or even in the midst to checking for understanding. The...

Using Flippity in the Classroom Date:27th March 2022/Sunday Welcome to my new blog post exploring Flippity. This blog post will share features ,  examples of Flippity and how this tool can be used by teachers in the classroom to  create interesting, interactive, meaningful learning experiences. Let's begin by exploring  what Flippity is. Flippity is an online tool , a series of web apps that can be used to create  interactive learning activities. Flippity turns data on a google Sheet into an online quiz show,  flash cards, memory games, word searches etc. This is a free tool, you do not need to create a login , just click on the demo to explore the activity and then click on the  instruction word to follow instructions to edit the template and create their own activity. Why Flippity? It is easy to use the tool. It is easy to integrate the tool with G SUITE of  education.  There are already built in templates that teachers and even s...