A wealth of learning tools makes it easier for educators to address many challenges associated with virtual learning and help with bonding group of participants. Hundreds of digital education tools have been created with the purpose of giving autonomy to the student, improving the ad-ministration of academic processes, encouraging collaboration, and facilitating communication between teachers and learners. Each tool contains benefits and solutions for challenges faced by students and teachers, so you can make sure that learning is effective no matter where you are!
We will present some of the tools that you can use, and it is up to you to decide on what would be the most useful for the topic that you need to present.
Zoom
Zoom gained popularity during the pandemic for its versatility as a presentation tool and webinar platform while students learned online. Its security, live video class functionality and chat feature for social interaction make Zoom a useful distance learning tool. There are various Zoom options that you can use in your class (and many more):
Created for teaching and learning, Google Classroom is an all-in-one tool that makes learning flexible and accessible from anywhere in the world. Teachers save time when creating lesson plans, tracking student performance and using several creative tools to make course material more exciting. Currently, there is a free version of Google Classroom. However, a paid version is on its way with add-ons and easy integration with other educational tools.
Pear Deck
Pear Deck is a Google Slides add-on that helps teachers create engaging slides and support stu-dent interaction. Teachers can create presentations from scratch or add interactive questions to existing presentations. For example teachers can pick from four question types:
• Draggable questions with agree/disagree or thumbs up/down.
• Drawing questions with a free space or grid for students to draw in.
• Free response questions with short text, long text, or number capabilities.
• Multiple choice questions with response of yes/no, true/false, or A,B,C,D.
Pear Deck has amazing features including a dashboard that’s available on a phone or tablet, the ability to show or hide student responses, features that let you send personalized notes to individual students and fun audio files to add to presentations.
