Apr 28, 2014

Flipped classroom

A lot of educators moving towards a flipped classroom concept and a lot of sharing was done during the ICTLT 2014:

What, Why And How To Flip - ICTLT keynote 2014 
http://www.ictlt.com/_downloads/special_session_1.zip

The Video Revolution - Tilting The Classroom, Flipping The School 
http://www.ictlt.com/_downloads/pid_105.zip

Interactive Video-Based Discussion – Rethinking The Flipped Classroom
http://www.ictlt.com/_downloads/pid_287.zip

Empowering Flipped Classroom In Singapore Classrooms: An Integrated Solution To Create and Distribute Media Learning Resources 
http://www.ictlt.com/_downloads/pid_57.zip

Love this one from ICTLT too - using coursmology to create a safe environment for students to explore using games.
http://www.ictlt.com/_downloads/pid_316.zip
http://coursemology.org/

Would also love to explore the following on flipped classroom too...
http://flippingblgps.weebly.com/
http://flippedlearning.org/domain/36
http://www.educanon.com/
http://www.edpuzzle.com/
http://exitticket.org
Flipping Mother Tongue sharing
http://socrative.com/

animation -http://www.moovly.com/

http://www.arcademics.com/ - building games

so much to learn - will explore the above in the holidays.

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https://www.plickers.com/

Apr 27, 2014

Maths and Science simulations

Sharing by the ICT Mentor community for Maths and Science

Maths:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/ National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
https://www.mathdisk.com/ -create your own worksheets to visualize, interact with and explore the amazing world of mathematics.
https://www.mathway.com/  -  great tool for them to check their working and answers

http://www.geogebratube.org/user/profile/id/13731
- check out the interactive worksheets

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Maths games:
http://www.mathplayground.com/

http://www.hoodamath.com/mobile/games/highschool.html

Science:
https://phet.colorado.edu/ science simulations
http://chemcollective.org/vlabs
http://prezi.com/cqnze-pvzonf/physical-quantities/
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Physical-Quantities-and-their-Units-6243213/

Apr 21, 2014

Animation - tellagami


 
Learned about this app from the ICT mentor sharing - simple to use - just download the app onto your mobile and type in the text - it will be animated. You can share it on social media as well as sending the link via email or dropbox- https://tellagami.com/gami/GXCKVK/
Sharing by a teacher on how she used tellagami in her English class : http://ictwithmissc.weebly.com/tellagami.html - Definitely this can be applied to the other languages - Chinese, Malay, Tamil as well as there is the recording function other than the text input.
Just download the app from the play store for android or iTunes for iPhone.
You can use it for subjects such as Geography, History, Science as illustrated below.

 
This is a sharing by a teacher on youtube how she got her students to use tellagami to develop reading fluency. 
 



Example of using tellagami in Science: 

 
Example of using tellagami in History: 

 
Example of using tellagami in Geog project:
 

 
Interesting sharing by teachers from all over the world on technology and education using tellagami:
 

Apr 15, 2014

Quizlet

I was introduced to Quizlet http://quizlet.com/ by the ICT mentor community. It's a form of flash cards which is an effective memory-aid tools that can help students learn new material quickly as well as to reinforce concepts learned. Flashcards are perfect for memorising key facts quickly.
It's quite simple to create and is great to create flash cards. I have used it to create a set of flash cards to better understand the meaning of images used in political cartoons. I have also created two more quizlets on Geography - sec 1 Geography and water resources. The students can even click on the text and it will be read to them. You just have to input the word/image and its definition/meaning or the question and answer once and the whole study set of flash cards, test and games will be generated.

http://quizlet.com/_obxrv 
Flash cards - start by looking at the images and their meaning Choose the mode of study by scrolling down the menu at the bottom right hand corner. I love the scatter game and space race - try it out!
  • Learn and take the test
  • Scatter Game
  • speller Quiz
  • Test
  • Space Race

Created two more quizlets on Geography - sec 1 Geography

Water Resource


Sec 2 housing
https://sites.google.com/a/moe.edu.sg/sec-2-geog/contact-me/6-quizlet-on-housing

Sec 2 Flooding
https://sites.google.com/a/moe.edu.sg/sec-2-geog/floods/5-quizlet-on-floods

Sec 2 Transport
https://sites.google.com/a/moe.edu.sg/sec-2-geog/transport/5-quizlet-on-transport

Sec 3 Coast
https://sites.google.com/a/moe.edu.sg/sec3geog/coasts/06-quizlet-on-coastal-landforms

I will explore two apps shared in the ICT mentor NLC - http://versoapp.com/flip-your-thinking/ and http://www.socrative.com/


Update 2019:
Shared by Harley in SGLDC her list of flash cards using Quizlet for Chinese.
https://quizlet.com/li_huili

Update 2020
Punggol cove Chinese spelling using Quizlet
https://punggolcovepri.moe.edu.sg/for-parents/subject-downloads/mother-tongue-spelling-list/chinese/p5a-chinese-language-spelling-list