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How to Use Voki

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  Creating Your Avatar     Click here to see the main page of Voki. Click ''Log In'' and then select '' Don't have an account?   Sign Up Here''. Write your name, surname, email and age then select your occupation. After creating your account, click ''CREATE'', then ''CREATE NEW''.  You will now see the layout. In this page, you can decide your avatar's appearance among various animals, famous persons or characters,   decide your avatar's clothes and accessories,  background,  details and text-to-voice box to make your avatar talk.  Congratulations, you have created your avatar!  Let's hear what Julie thinks about Voki!

Reviews of Learning Tools III

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 For this episode, please click here  or scan the QR code tosee the Sutori timeline I created.

VR and AR

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     Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are concepts that are about creating or enhancing worlds. VR, which is concerned with creating worlds, has been around for more than fifty years. At the beginning there was with View-Master that allowed you to look at pictures that were edited to look like 3D. Now we have VR headsets such as Oculus Rift allowing you to be in virtual worlds. AR, however, is concerned with enhancing the experience. Head-Up Display features on cars and the mobile game Pokémon Go are great examples for understanding how AR keeps touch with the reality whereas VR creates a new one. These technologies would be very beneficial for education especially in elementary level as they learn with plays and, including other levels, experience. 

Trello Board: Web 2.0 Tools for Teaching

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     Similar to this blog, Trello can be a medium to share various content. Click here  or scan the QR code to see the Trello board I have created previously that includes my opinions and tutorial links about some of the tools that were also mentioned in this blog. 

How to Use Pear Deck

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Creating Your First Interactive Slide                 Click here and you will see the main page of Pear Deck. Click green ‘’Teacher Login’’ button and connect it with your Google account.       Upon connecting, click red ‘’Create a Lesson’’ button to create your first slide. You will be directed to Google Slides with a new slide open.       Do as the instruction below shows, this will be the first page you will see when you create a slide.       After adding, click on ‘’Add-ons’’ again and select Pear Deck add-on. You will see the sidebar from where you will be adding interactive features such as texts, multiple choice questions, websites,  drawing feature or draggable circles or an audio.      After you create your slide, click green ''Start Lesson'' button and you will see two options. Select ''Instructor-Paced Activity'' if you are in the class with your students, select Student Paced Activity if this will be an assignment. Assuming that you have s

How To Use Edmodo

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Creating Your Class and First Post             Click here and you will see the main page of Edmodo. Click yellow ‘’Sign Up’’ box and you will be directed to another page where you choose between a student, teacher or a parent account. Click Teacher Account and select your location from the page that will open. After writing down email and deciding your password, you are ready to go!                 After successfully creating your account you will see ‘’Create a Class’’ box on the main page. Click on it, then decide the name, describe your class, select a grade and finally select the subject. Class created!        Now you can either add students right away or explore its features, we will explore first.      Now you can create a post or an assignment. To create a post, click ‘’Start a discussion, share class materials etc.’’.      If you want to learn further, you can check this watchlist where you will be taught how to create quizzes, assignments or manage

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