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In one of our classes we had to explore some tools to use in our classroom!  This were the ones that we chose :   - Wordle  : This toy generates "word clouds" from a provided text. The cloud gives greater prominance to the most frequent word.  - Checkology : A key tool for students and teachers of journalism. It helps you differenciate between trustable sources from those who are fake. - Toontastic :  This is a story telling app. It motivates children to create characters and give their characters life!  - Rewordify : Excelent tool to understand text better. It adjust wichever you are reading to your language level.  - Easy note card : A tool to create flashcards with your students. It also provides games, quizzes, puzzles and printings.  - Alternatives for YouTube: SchoolTube and TeachersTubes are safe sharing video platforms.  Both are similar to YouTube but their aim is to be manipulated only by people in ...

How to apply the learning types in our classes using technology.  The first thing to do on our check list is aim a goal.  Let´s assume our goal will be for the students to write a day in the life of a successful person. What do we have to teach them? How can we make it memorable?  Our first step (following the learning types (find it on our blog)) is remembering .  We have to construct based on the students previous knowledge. Ask questions like "What is success?" "Who is successful?"  In this step you can use apps such as AnswerGarden  * Second step is understanding .   Depending on the students age, you can give them exercises to fill in the blanks. "All successful people (have) (haven´t) (are) (aren´t) ____________."  In this step you can use the app Hot Potatoes   *  Applying is our third step. We have worked a lot during our last classes so it´s time for an assigment. Advice someone who is not succ...

Flipgrid is a video platform that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.

You can try numerous Kahoots in your classroom to test your students or to fix knowledge through games! We have used this tool to make new games for children. This are our Kahoots: Beatles Quiz for children   How well do you know The Beatles? Test your knowledge of one of the world's greatest ever band. Survey: Tourism in Argentina Know more about Argentina´s attractions. Sports Jumble Find out what you know about sports & international sport events.

VoiceThread  is a collaborative online tool that incorporates voice to the plain text. Documents can be uploaded from different sources and can be convined to create one file. This new file or folder creates a dinamism between the sources because information is constantly changing. As teachers we can use this tool to held conversations about a topic with our students.

We have started a new MOOC !  It is called ICT in Primary Eduaction: Transforming children´s learning across the curriculum. On our first week, we learned about the definition of learning types.  1- Aquisition : Learning through the senses (Listening, reading, action). Link listening with knowledge. We use this type of learning in formal educations.  2- Discussion :  Build ideas by expressing them with answers and questions (online tutorials, students seminars). As teachers we can challenge our students to answer ours or its classmates questions.  3- Investigate : Learnning though guides the learner to explore, compare and critique what she/he is being thaught. (Online resourses to compare data, books. field trips) 4- Practice : Enables the learner to adapt their actions to the task goal. This is called "Learning by doing" ( Do practice based projects, digital tools like simulators or digital games)  5- Collaboration: This type of le...

What is an hipertext ? This is a very useful tool to find information. When we read something online and click on the blue word, we are making use of the hipertext. The user is an active reader because it interacts with the text. On the possitive side, one has the option of choosing the information the one needs. However, it is very likely to loose track of the main purpouse of the original search.   Transmedia narrative - Interactive games or movies   Lineal narrative - Several paths to read.   Visual narrative - Text is supported with an image.   Multimedia narrative - Get information though different sources (BBC) .   Audiovisual narrative - Text is supported by videos and images.