Polleverywhere: The Fastest Way of Geting Your Students' Responses

Poll Everywhere is a polling based website that allows teachers to ask several question and have students response in just a short period of time. The tool replaces polling hardware with web technology. Responses can give their response through works texting, web, or Twitter. Its simplicity and flexibility are earning rave reviews. Take a look at this video below on how to use the tool.

What does it do?

Making a poll: Teachers can choose types of question poll.

 

Integrating to other apps: This tool might be used to end your presentation, so learners can participate in giving reflection/feedback and even assessment of the lesson.

Flexible access: To give response, students can do it anywhere around the world. As long as they put the correct code or number.

 

What are the benefits to your teaching?

Assessments: The tool can be an effective way for teachers to give assessments, this will certainly give students new experience in class participation. 

Reflection: Most reflection activity are done in paper, this tool can be an alternative to give students chance of giving a direct way of reflecting as well as getting a live responses for teachers.

Mobile device: Since this tool allows respondents to give their answer anywhere. It might also be a way of integrating mobile phones to classroom activity. However, teachers must consider few things before implementing this kind of idea. 
 

What are the limitations?

Pricing: Although they allow users to have limited responses (40). It still acceptable for teachers who have smaller classroom size. However,  if you are up to larger class or audience for you response, you can simply check out the pricing table offered by the site.

Triptico: Creating Engaging Interactive Learning

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Triptico is a tool that provides bunch number of options to create an engaging interactive activities. It can be access through tripticoplus.com.  Teachers will benefit abundantly from this tool since it provides several activities which are free and help bringing creativity to  classroom as well as engaging students.

 

What does it do?




There are several interactive tabs that you can choose to bring new experiences of learning to your classroom. As you can see there are five different categories of selection:

quizzes, selectors, timers, tools and legacy resources. Each section of quizzes, selectors, timers, and tools has interactive apps that you can use and adapt to your class. Take a look at this video below for instruction on how to create triptico account and how one of its feature Find Ten works.

 

What are the benefits for your classroom?

Simple: Triptico is easy to use, it requires no specific training for teachers to use. The features of this tool can be adapted according to classroom needs. It has sharing options so teachers can reuse materials thus enables advance preparation.




Engaging: Resources available in Triptico are interactive therefore it can promote collaborative group work in your classroom. This tool can facilitate visual and kinesthetic learners, especially when using whiteboard interactive.




Motivating: Triptico enables students to learn in a fun way since it provides game-like activities. Its competitiveness can give fresh air to classroom.










What are the limitations?

 

Online connection: This tool needs online connection to run therefore it may restrict teachers' use in internet limited area.

Upgrade: You need the upgraded version to access all of its feature. If you use the free version, you still have limited access to its features.

 
 

Voki: Personalised Speaking Avatar

If you like the idea of using technology in classroom to boost students' motivation, using a tool called Voki might be a good idea. Voki is a fun and engaging web application that allows users to create their own talking avatar and customized them by adding voices and other features. Take a look at this video below to know more about Voki.

 

How do we start?

To start using Voki, you can directly to voki.com and create your own character along with its voice. To edit and save your avatar you need to login or make an account using your email address.

 

What does it do?

When you go to Voki.com without logging in, you can make your avatar. However, you will need to logged in once you want to save your project. So, it is better for you to sign up for Voki before making your avatar.

 

Customize your character:  You can easily change your head and features of your face as well as clothing, and accessories. 

Give it a voice: You can record yourself, type a text and let the tool convert it into speech or upload your own recording files.

You can easily customized the color of your avatar.

 

What are the benefits for your classroom?

Authenticity: Voki enhances students' speaking ability while promoting communication between learners with real audiences. 

Engaging: Engage your students in creative expressions by using technology in a fun way. 

Motivating: It is also makes classroom activity interesting but it does not replace teacher and student communication.  

Autonomy:  Voki allows students to explore on their own using their creativity to make avatars and then collaborate and share the creation with their friends.

Shy students: This tool provides opportunity for shy learners to perform oral task in a less pressured way without feeling intimidated.

Drilling: Students can repeat and practice pronunciation with their avatar at their own time and space 

Sharing: Incorporate your avatar into a variety of topics, activities in the classroom, web page or blog.

What are the limitations?

Text limitations : Text limitations restrict from giving in-depth response.  

Accents : The accents provided by the tools are not always native-like accents.

Variety : The experience that Voki provide does not change much, teachers might need to provide additional tasks.