Education Technology Tools & Tips

During this period of remote learning, we are experimenting with a range of technology tools that would suit our subject needs. However, there are a few core tools that we depend on more than most. These have been invaluable across the school, with a range of different ages and by teachers with varying levels of confidence when using technology. One of these, undoubtedly, has been  Edpuzzle .  Edpuzzle a very powerful technology tool which can enable you to turn any video into a lesson and customise the learning experience for your students. Here’s a link to video demonstration -  https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gnL1DsRAQ0E Let me briefly highlight the features of Edpuzzle -  Reinforce accountability  - Check if students are watching your videos, how many times they're watching each section, and if they're understanding the content.  Using Edpuzzle, we can promote active learning by adding questions, notes and comments to videos. We can insert these at var...

It’s that time of the year when teachers across schools are slaving over formulating assessments, grading students, giving feedback, writing reports. The task can become quite overwhelming. To ease your anxiety a little bit  Google  has rolled out a new feature on  Google   classroom . Let me give you a sneak peek into this Beta feature (which fortunately is available to us on the GSuite package). You can now create and attach a rubric to an assignment as a guideline for students to refer back to when understanding their grades. When starting/posting an assignment,  rubrics  can be created and made available to students. These guidelines can be reused, as well as exported and imported. The rubric will then appear for the teacher during the grading process. Here’s a  video  to explain the process to you better. The rubric tool can be used to store evidence of your work as well as to speed up the process of grading and giving feedback. It’s time to ...