These applications, varied from Microsoft applications to Neopod and Socrative, Kahoot, Wordle and Prezi all of which are beneficial in one way or another. However, the only applications I would use in my current teaching placement would be Microsoft.
The simple reason being, they are familiar to me and my students. All assignments are written in word and PowerPoint is usually the chosen application for presentations.However, recently, I did emphasise to my class that Prezi would be acceptable in a presentation assessment in which they were tasked with. Following my assessment of all 10 group presentations carried out, not one group used anything other than
When asked why they only chose to use PowerPoint, the reply was, we have only ever used PowerPoint, why change now?
If there was time to provide additional lectures and seminars in how to use the above mentioned applications. then maybe the students would adopt other versions of presenting and aiding their educational needs to benefit them and the teacher / learning experience. Sadly, however, there are no resources available to allow for this and therefore, students are more likely to continue to use the applications they are more familiar with.
If the likes of Neopod, Prezi etc are adopted at secondary schools, high schools and colleges, then maybe at university level, they may want to experiment in using additional applications designed to aid the learning experience. My previous blog titled Appropriate applications to support my teaching experience can be viewed by following the link Appropriate applications. Here you will find an evaluation of how advantageous or not these may be in my opinion.
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