Session 13: Easy tools for connecting classmates and online quizzes

In the last session, it is emotional for us as this amazing course about elearning is ending. I learned the effect and essence of implementing elearning in a classroom. It is not as easy as just giving an iPad to the student, but teachers have to prepare well and have good command of the tools that they are going to use in the lesson.

I think most of you are familiar with this Google Forms. It is mentioned before in this blog before and many of the users have very creative of it. Here is an example of a survey made with Google Forms. The aim of the survey is to know more about my classmates’ leisure activities. With this tool, teachers can make similar survey for our students too. For example, It could be useful in peer-assessment when we are doing our post-writing tasks or even an online quiz for students to do at home. I have already tried to make online quizzes for my class and I also made instructions and workshops for my fellow colleagues to do the same. Please feel free to scroll down and take a look at the instructions if you are interested. 

Google Forms as a survey

Instructions for making an online quiz:

The other tool that we looked at today is the ‘formative’ online tool. This is an online interactive tool for teachers to create online interactive worksheets in a short time. Teachers can simply upload a file of .doc or .pdf and then add questions to wherever they like. Here is an example of a primary 2 worksheet. I believe this provides an easy way for new comers of using elearning in the classroom. By using this tool, elearning doesn’t seem as difficult as it sounds. Please feel free to explore my example. 

Session 12: A effective tool for lesson presentation

In this session, we reviewed another useful tool. I feel this particular tool is very feasible to use in my lessons. This tool is called 'Nearpod'. It is a presentation tool for a different devices at the same time.

With this online tool on your hand, you can forget the PowerPoint or the Keynote that you are still using at school. This 'Nearpod' provides you an easy way to show teaching materials to facilitate your teaching. Lessons can be conducted in your pace with students with their own devices. 

As some of the readers of this blog know, I am lucky to have a number of iPads to use in my school and teachers are free to use them during lessons. With this tool 'Nearpod', I believe my lessons could be more lively with more activities.

Please feel free to check the one I created for the coming P.2 lessons.