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Screencast and Instagram

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          ╰☆☆ 𝕊𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 ☆☆╮ Using Screencast O matic was very simple and easy to use. The features were very basic that anyone could them.     I chose to teach students how to do a simple search in school database for books that they are searching. If you want to edit the video you would need to upgrade to a paid version, but I didn’t feel the need to edit. Using screencast would be great for me to showcase web page and how to use them or I could even have students create their own screen cast. Student could create a screencast on different countries and their traditions and present their screencast to other students. Students could create how to tutorial using screencast and so much more! I was able to upload my screencast to my Youtube account very easily. The link to the Youtube video is below.            ╰☆☆ 𝕀𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕞 ☆☆╮ Below are my two Instagram post. The first i...

Infographics

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Diana Laufenberg states, “Infographics work in the classroom because they grab students and allow an entry point to learning” and “allows us to focus on the information that’s important” (Schulten, 2010). I thought about this and realized that even myself as an educator would rather read an infographic of information rather than an entire article on data. Infographic are visually appealing while still depicting the important information. Therefore, letting student create them would be a wonderful learning experience. Infogram                                       Pros o    The layout was easy to use and provided animation features. o    The infographic could be widened if needed. o    There were free templates to use. o    You can embed videos from YouTube Cons o    Provided Few free images/icons which makes it less vi...