EdPuzzle

EDpuzzle is a site that allows users to select a video and customize it by editing, cropping, recording audio, and adding questions to make an engaging presentation or lesson (Kupler, 2014). For example, you can use a video from YouTube and inserted questions in the video and students will need to answer those questions before continue watching it. It is undoubtedly that  

This is an EDpuzzle that I have created using a classic story “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” which I aim to use it for my Year 1 students (7 years old). Try to answer it!   

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My Kahoot

Kahoot is a free website that enables teachers to create a set of questions online. This set of questions can be asked in real-time, to an unlimited number of “players”, creating a social, fun and game-like learning environment in the classroom. So teachers, if you want to create a Kahoot! quiz go to https://create.kahoot.it/

As a primary school teacher, I feel that this website enables me to create an interesting and out-of the box way of assessing my students' understanding. I would use this website as an extension from a reading activity. For example, after conducting the reading activity, usually I give worksheets to my students to answer. With Kahoot, students will be using computers, laptops or their mobile devices with the internet connection to answer the comprehension questions. 

Before taking my quiz, you need to read the text that I based the questions from. So, here a print screen of the text. 

Click here to take the Kahoot quiz that I have created 

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Voki

Voki is a website created by Oddcast. It can be used as an educational tool that allows users to create their very own talking character. Voki characters can be customized to look like historical figures, cartoons, animals, and even yourself!

This is a Voki character that I have created. It is Count Dracula! Click here to go to my Voki character.

My Voki Character - Count Dracula.

When Dr. Marta wanted us to think how to use Voki in our classroom, I imagined using it in teaching my students "Guilliver's Travel" graphic novel which is in the Year 5 (11 years old) syllabus. 

A graphic novel that I teach my students. 

I will use Voki as an interesting ways to introduce all the characters in the graphic novel. Other than that, I can ask my students to create their own Voki based on the characters in the graphic novel after they have learnt it. My students will need to work in pairs and create the Voki characters. Their characters will explain a brief characteristics and story. This will be an interesting ways to assess my students' understanding of the graphic novel.

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