BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION EVERY TEACHER AND STUDENT SHOULD TRY

BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION EVERY TEACHER AND STUDENT SHOULD TRY .Easy and simple  to use .

           Here ARE 4 of them:

 1    Markup:

Teachers it is time to go paperless in your classroom. Use Markup app for iPad. This application will enable you use your iPad to mark students exams. The use of iPads in classrooms is increasing, so the time will come when every student has a tablet, and this is the time when classrooms will go paperless. You can easily assign exams or tests via iPads, students will submit their exams to your email, then you start marking them using this Markup application for iPad. Imagine the trouble a teacher goes through to mark exam papers, some classrooms have more than 50 students, which means a teacher has to mark over 500 exam papers per classroom. I think teachers need to simplify their job by using this type of technology.

  2 ArchMount:

Teachers and students can use this ArchMount in the classroom to present data and projects with their iPads. Since tablets are small in size, it can be challenging to use them as presentation tools in your classroom. However, this ArchMount will hold your iPad or tablet at a raised level so that every student in your classroom can see data being presented. Classrooms without advanced digital interactive boards can use iPads as interactive display tools; also students can use this ArchMount to share research projects with fellow students in the classroom. It is portable and easy to carry, so it can fit in your school bag

    3  Fidelity Bluetooth Speaker:

Students you can use this high quality Fidelity Bluetooth Speaker to listen to audio lessons on your cell phone. It is basically designed to deliver high quality sound for your iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices.  Teachers can record podcasts or lectures which can be downloaded from a classroom blog by students using cell phones, with this high quality Bluetooth speaker, students can easily listen to audio lessons during their free time at home. It is a simple technology which can be used for educational purposes 

.    4  HALO ZERO LED MESSENGER BAG

To some extent, this is not an educational technology, but for student’s safety, I think, it is worth to be listed here. This glowing messenger bag will keep students who cycle to school safe. It illuminates at night which will keep you safe on the road while riding your bike from school. 

The videomaker ‘’Animoto ‘’

 

Hello everyone.

 During this course we have been dealing with lot’s of new programs.We had a presentation which was organized week after week .For this presentation we were supposed to use three media elements which some of us managed to do in such a good way.One of these media element some of us used were different apps or links provided for videos like:kinemaster ,the power director, animoto videomaker and many others.

I must say that the use of videos in class is very useful and serves to a simple purpose, that of teaching ,teaching effectively and riorously in such innovative ways.One of the apps used by us for videomaking is ‘’Animoto ‘’videomaker. It was quite a beautiful and easy program to be used and to make videos with ,which serves to our teaching purposes as well.

But what is this program?Animoto's video creator allows you to make beautiful videos within minutes. Simply pick a design, upload photos and add music. Animoto offers different price and video service plans to suit your needs. Animoto makes it easy to create professional videos on your computer and mobile device.

I tried various times making videos with it for teaching purposes and the result was quite pleasant and I got a lot of positive feedback ,that was great.

Hope you will find it useful too .

This is a link where you  can see a video about Animoto .Take a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYH8Vr4U420

Thank you.

Why is it hard to use technology in Albanian schools .

Why is it hard to use technology in Albanian schools .

Though we live in the  21st century Albanian schools in general have not embrace developments  in technology that much . Why so ? Here are some reasons :

1-Many teachers argue that technology cause more harm than good. Because of the fact that many of the modern technologies are very passive, they do not provide children with the quality and quantity of crucial emotional, social, cognitive, or physical experiences they require when they are young.

2-Educators confront a number of challenges when using  technology in the classroom.

3-Teachers must understand the computer applications more completely to use the computer for learning. There is a challenge of how to prepare prospective teachers and in service teachers for teaching and learning with technology. Most professional development programs have not provided teachers with the knowledge or experience to begin to use computer technology in their classroom. Technology implementation is not simply putting computers in every classroom or linking every classroom to the Internet.

4-A lack of funding touches every level of education and makes it particularly difficult to provide technology infrastructures and tools, sufficient support staff, and professional development opportunities. Many computers and software programs in the classrooms are outdated. Schools have limited computers, Internet access, software and support to offer each classroom. Internet connections may be limited to certain designated computers.

Hope you enjoyed it .