Internet is a fantastic place for all of us, we have used PCs and laptops as well, and both of them were used in the field of education very well. We prepared presentations on power point and also carried our laptops to give presentations and lectures in classroom with help of a projector.Now the age of smartphone has arrived, and the handsets can be iPhones, android based smartphones etc.
We also talked about lot of funny apps available, such as how to cheat sudoku. But apart from these, technology has a huge potential in the field of education. Now with these smartphones teachers can access there content anywhere in the world.The biggest advantage of smartphones is that we can remain connected with the help of social networking websites. Twitter is a part of a social networking chain of websites, now teachers are setting up there own personal learning networks and they share their resources, personal experiences and ideas.
But the app developers stress that there should be apps which should be easy to use, they say that if you are pushing more three buttons to reach to your goal, then that means you are typing. John McLear is the developer Classdroid, it is an app that allows teachers take pictures of students work, it also facilitates them to grade and then upload them to online blogs. David Mitchell, deputy head at Heathfield Primary school in Bolton, says: "I use Classdroid to upload all the content on our homework blog. You can upload 30 pieces of work to a blog in just seven minutes."
There are several maps which are being made for subjects such as English, Science and maths. There are education apps are also available for quizzes, games and questions.
Now we can access Wikipedia on our mobile phones with a new app which is called as Wikimobile Encyclopedia, so more than two million articles can now be accessed with a simple click. Now even the schools are also developing apps according to their requirement. Townfield Primart school in Birkenhead has developed the apps where teachers and parents can read, write the various subjects such as maths.
We also talked about lot of funny apps available, such as how to cheat sudoku. But apart from these, technology has a huge potential in the field of education. Now with these smartphones teachers can access there content anywhere in the world.The biggest advantage of smartphones is that we can remain connected with the help of social networking websites. Twitter is a part of a social networking chain of websites, now teachers are setting up there own personal learning networks and they share their resources, personal experiences and ideas.
But the app developers stress that there should be apps which should be easy to use, they say that if you are pushing more three buttons to reach to your goal, then that means you are typing. John McLear is the developer Classdroid, it is an app that allows teachers take pictures of students work, it also facilitates them to grade and then upload them to online blogs. David Mitchell, deputy head at Heathfield Primary school in Bolton, says: "I use Classdroid to upload all the content on our homework blog. You can upload 30 pieces of work to a blog in just seven minutes."
There are several maps which are being made for subjects such as English, Science and maths. There are education apps are also available for quizzes, games and questions.
Now we can access Wikipedia on our mobile phones with a new app which is called as Wikimobile Encyclopedia, so more than two million articles can now be accessed with a simple click. Now even the schools are also developing apps according to their requirement. Townfield Primart school in Birkenhead has developed the apps where teachers and parents can read, write the various subjects such as maths.
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