Making a google form

In class today we are being taught how to make a google form. This is a great tool that can be used for many things. You can use it to make a survey, test, or other types of forms you may need. In my professional life I could use this as a get to know you tool at the beginning of a new class. You are able to use many different question types to choose from. There are a few to view the form, you can view it in edit form, as a spreadsheet, or as the answers that the taker has given. When delivering the survey, there are also a few ways to do it. You can email the link, embed it in a webpage or blog, or email the sheet. Click here to view my sample google form. After people have taken your survery you can view their answers by clicking on the form button. You can also view a live form of your survey as people are putting the answers in. You can also see a summary of the answers. This is the spreadsheet of the answers I received.

Free Online Presentation Tools

Today we learned about new tools that can be used to make our lives easier. We were taught about Issuu and  Prezi. Issuu is a great tool that you can use to view PDF files. You can view the files and scan through them very quickly and easy. Prezzi is an online tool to create presentations. This is a lot cooler than powerpoint. It has so many different features, plus it is stored right online and always handy. You can zoom in and out and move things around. I really enjoyed this one and will probably use it in the future. We created an account for this one so we can use it any time we want. While learning about it we created a sample prezi. This is my sample.

Sample on Prezi

Intel tools

Today we are going to talk about Intel online tools that are free. This can be a great use for teachers and their classroom. We also signed up for an account to use this as a teacher. This site has many great features.

Webquests

After looking at all five of the webquests I believe the best one is The World of Shakespeare. It has all the important parts of a webquest. It also has websites directly on it where the students can go directly there to get the information they need. Waves and Sound comes next. It has a lot of information and many questions would not need to be asked. It also gives websites to go to. Become an Anit-Earthquake designer is somewhere in the middle for me. It has a lot of information but the directions would be kind of confusingn.  Saving the Gorillas isn't a good one in my opinion. It has websites for students but it doesn't say how work should be broken up, and it's just not that good. The worst one in my opinion is Foreign Country Presentation. It is kind of wildly put together and doesn't give specific countries that should be looked at and doesn't provide sites for the students to go to.

Jeopardy Games

Jeopardy games can be used as a pre-test to see what kids know, or as a wrap up of something by using it aa review. Here is a link for an online template. It is very easy to use and doesn't take long to make. You are also able to edit the template, just make sure you remember your password! With this template however, it is only text based. You cannot add animation or videos. This game can also be made in powerpoint. This is a little more confusing, but works really well. In powerpoint you can make animations and use pictures. You can also make video questions by inserting a video or sound, which is really cool. These things seperate the web based template from powerpoint. You can do a lot more with powerpoint and make the game more interesting for the children. This can be used over and over for many different ideas. It is a great tool to know about and be able to use for your classroom. This jeopardy template is a great idea to use in place of flash cards or worksheets. This would also be great to use as a review for a test at home instead of a boring study guide that children may or may not look over. With it being a game children will be more likely to want to play it and they can learn as they are going through the game.

The NETS Standard that apply to this is:
2A: design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
 I chose this standard because I am creating a learning experience that incorpates digital tools that promote students in learning. This is adapted from a boring worksheet or flash cards that work the same way. This is a more creative way of learning and it's a lot more fun.