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...

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...

What is Game Based Learning ? Part 1 Date:15th Sep 2020/Tuesday  This blog post is also inspired from my online course with #ISTE about game based learning . We will look into game mechanics and game dynamics, explore how brain activity is affected through games, understand the difference gamification and game based learning, define the purpose of game based learning, and make a case for introducing games in all levels. So lets begin by exploring what is game based learning? game based learning occurs when the students/learners reach or meet their learning objectives by playing a game, by being part of a game. For example students play a board based game in class, and learn the topic or concept through the game, students engage in immersive learning experience like learning math through mine craft, or building a city architecture in mine craft,  practice literacy skills in Reading Eggs, learn mapping skills in an interactive mapping skill activity online and so on. Gamificatio...

Designing Learning Experiences Online Part 3 Date: 14th Sep 2020/Monday This is my 3rd blog post in a series of posts about designing learning experiences online inspired from my course "Designing learning experiences online" with #ISTE. This post will put together all the content in the 3 blogs. We will summarize in the end the steps needed for designing effective and meaningful learning experiences online.  So we will look into designing content online that reduces cognitive load, and explore ways in which we could leverage text and multimedia in meaningful ways. We have already discussed in detail Meyers 12 Multimedia design principles. So what is cognitive load? cognitive load is the effort being used by the working memory. Working memory is the short term memory and long term memory is the place where data is permanently stored for infinite time period. Graphic design is the visual content to communicate messages. We know from research that our working memory can only...