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Creating Learning Materials

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Creating Learning Materials There are many online tools that teachers and educators can choose to create and enhancing their teaching materials. Technology is here to stay and teachers need to take advantage of the opportunities it brings along. In this post, I have explored a few tools which I will like to share with you. I made an interactive image with ThinkLink, two lesson materials with Office Mix and H5P. Ride with me☺. Amazing Places to Visit in Ghana with ThingLink ThingLink is an application used for adding value to images and video presentations. With ThingLink, stories can be told by adding notes multimedia contents including pictures, videos and other multimedia. It is fairly easy to use and is suitable for many purposes. In education and classrooms in general, both teachers and students stand to benefit from enormous opportunities ThinkLink offers for digital storytelling on any device. Read More . ThingLink was used in the picture below to add tourist places in the

Google Educational Apps

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Google Educational Apps Applications and Devices Google has many created apps for educational purposes. Google has countless possibilities to support learning. Google does not only provide apps but devices like Chromebooks and Tablets to support teaching and learning. Here is a list of apps that support learning from the Google Education website. Some of these apps have special features which are available on the Mobile devices providing new opportunities for learning and teaching to happen. Why Google Educational App? Devices A compiled list of 20 benefits of Google Educational Apps from the google educational website. Use Google Docs to collaborate with other teachers when planning lessons Record staff meeting for notes Create a repository for lessons on google drive Improve students ability to work collaboratively in one document whiles giving them feedback Create the opportunity students to review the works of their peers Share and publish

Photo diary, A must have

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Having fun while studying. Last Problem-based Learning Case. We worked hard and had lots of fun. The LET degree is exposing me to the limitless opportunities in technology-enhanced learning. There are many software and hardware to support teaching and learning. I am exploring my creative abilities😊 Document Camera enhances teaching and learning. A great tool for teachers and schools. Creativity at its best @ the University of Oulu. Origami decoration. Thinking of what I can do. #diy, #fiyπŸ’­πŸ˜Š 

Exploring Microsoft Mix

A lesson on counting in Twi.

Autumn & L2

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Autumn is beautiful. I love it. Collaborative spaces in L2. It's amazing to have a lecture room designed to support collaborative lessons. It's lovely to study in L2

BEING GHANAIAN

Personal Learning Environment

Personal Learning Environment [ View the story "Personal Learning Environment" on Storify ] My Personal Learning Environment

Content Curation

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EContent  describes Content Curation is the act of identifying, collecting, and presenting digital content that surrounds specific theme subject matter.   The  content that can be curated includes text and audio and video files, graphics, animations, and images. The curator blog has published a lot of content curation tools that make content curation easy. Read more . After content curation what happens next? Letting people see your work. How? Through social media, websites, blog, etc. In this post, I explore the blogging option. Let's begin.  There are many platforms for blogging. These include Medium, WordPress, Wix, and Blogger. Some of these platforms are free but come with limited support or option. A blog can be created in a few minutes after signing up. I have tried a number of these platforms and I have decided to use Blogger by Google because it currently supports the structure of how I want my blog to look like. All you need is a google account.     One th

Survival Finnish Class from Villa Victor

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Having fun together with some friends at the Canadian Restaurant. # Sharing a mealπŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹ Survival Finnish Class from Villa Victor @ International Market in August @ Koitelin with guys from Villa Victor. Time to eat some grilled  Makara πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹.