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#7 Tool of Learning: Edmodo

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Click to the Website - https://www.edmodo.com/ Description of the tool Edmodo is an educational website that takes the ideas of a social network and refines them and makes it appropriate for a classroom. Using Edmodo, students and teachers can reach out to one another and connect by sharing ideas, problems, and helpful tips. A teacher can assign and grade work on Edmodo; students can get help from the entire class on Edmodo. It is a safe environment. There is no bullying or inappropriate content because the teacher can see everything that is posted on Edmodo. Also, parents can join the class to bring a level of transparency that is difficult to achieve without technology. All in all, Edmodo is a great companion to just about any class. Features of the tool Groups Groups are closed private networks and can be set up by teachers for classes, clubs, professional development groups, and other collaborative projects. For each group created, a six-digit code is gen

#6 Tool of Learning: PowerPoint

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Description of the tool PowerPoint is a slideshow presentation program that's part of the Microsoft Office suite of tools. PowerPoint makes it easy to create, collaborate, and present your ideas in dynamic, visually compelling ways. Features of the tool 1.      Adding Smart Art Don’t confuse SmartArt with the similarly named WordArt. Where WordArt just allows you to display text using a wide variety of different formats and effects, SmartArt is a comprehensive and flexible business diagram tool that greatly improves upon the ‘Diagram Gallery’ feature found in previous versions of Office. Click the insert SmartChart Graphic to choose from a selection of options. SmartArt can be used to create professional diagrams that include pictures and text or combinations of the two. An obvious use of SmartArt would be to create an organization chart but it can be used for many different kinds of diagrams and even to provide some variety of slides using text b

#5 Tool of Learning: Quizlet

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Click to the Website - http://quizlet.com/ Description of the tool Quizlet is a free website which enables teachers and students to create digital flashcards. That’s not where the magic stops, however. Quizlet can automatically generate interactive games and even tests of the material you enter into it. Five or ten minutes of typing (or pasting!) up front can yield literally hours’ worth of automatically-assessed activities inside and outside of the classroom, on computers, smartphones, tablets, and even pencil-and-paper printed exercises. Features of the tool Teacher Quick-start Guide: Quizlet Live Quizlet Live  is an engaging in-class game where students work in teams to correctly match terms and definitions. The first team to match all terms and definitions correctly in a row wins the game.  Quizlet Live is free to all teachers who have a Quizlet account. While upgraded  Quizlet Teachers  have access to additional Quizlet Live features and customization opti