Edpuzzle was first introduced to me at a technology professional development during one of my school's PLC meetings. Edpuzzle is a wonderful tool that can be used both for instruction and formative assessments. This tool can be used as instruction because if you are trying to teach students a new concept you can either create an instructional video or you can search through multiple sources for one that meets your needs. You can then assign the video for students to watch, and actually this tool even links along with your's and your students' google classroom accounts.
However, the truly wonderful part about this technology tool is that you are able to formatively assess students as they watch the video. While the video is playing you can create multiple choice, true/false, or open ended questions for students to answer as they watch the video. Your questions can either be an extension of what students are already learning about or even a question to see if they were paying attention to the video. Another thing I love about this tool is that you can set it so that students cannot skip at anytime during the video. This requires all students to watch the enitire video and answer all questions. Since Edpuzzle links with google classroom accounts, you can clearly view what percentage of students have completed the video and questions. Also, you can look at individual student's results and progress. As you can see in the image below, it is very easy to view student and class progress from your end. As you can see, from reasoning above, Edpuzzle is simply a wonderful tool, and can be used in a large array of ways.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was enough time in every class period to observe every student as they complete a problem? Wouldn't it be great if there was enough time to sit and listen to every student's thought process? With the technology application called ShowMe, all of this is possible. ShowMe allows students or teachers to record both their writing and voice. In Math I would love to sit with every student to watch them solve a problem or listen to their thought process, but there is simply not enough time in the class periods. Therefore, I use the technology tool to have my students record themselves as they go through the solving of a given Math problem. This allows me to clearly see if each student is grasping the concept at hand, and if not I can clearly pinpoint where their thought process may be incorrect. Also, since their work is recorded using this tool, I can view the students' work during the time that works best for my schedule, and I have plenty of time to watch as many student's work as I would like to.
Not only is ShowMe an excellent tool for student use, but for teacher use as well. Teachers can record their voice and writing as they explain a concept for students. This video created by the teacher could be watched for a flipped classroom activity, individual activity, or for students to watch when a substitute is present. ShowMe has been very useful for me in my classroom, and my students seem to enjoy making the ShowMe videos as well. |
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