“Teaching in the Internet age
means we must teach tomorrow’s skills today.” – Jennifer Fleming
Over the past few decades,
influence of technology upon children and education has been immense. Education
was once equated with money, but things have changed. Great education for your
children is no more a dream. It’s affordable. Even average families can afford
a mobile phone in which applications can be downloaded.
While there are a lot of
applications available at the app store, choosing the right one for your child
can change the way they look at the process of learning. Educational apps are making things easier for
children to understand. Books are often found to be tiring and boring for
children while replacing them with colourful pages and moving animations can
make learning fun to the core (EdSys,2017).
Online applications that can be used for learning :
1. Clever
What it is: Clever streamlines the process of logging into
educational apps by letting students log into all of their tools with a single
set of credentials (instead of dozens).
Who would love it: K–12 teachers and students, although students cannot
access it unless their school registers with Clever. It connects applications
with the Student Information Systems (SIS) already in place for schools and
districts.
Why it’s good: Clever saves time in the classroom. The company claims
that the average teacher spends 15 minutes logging in students for every 50
minutes in the computer lab.
2. StudyBlue
What it is: StudyBlue is a popular online studying platform. It
boasts a gigantic library of user-created flashcards and study guides.
Who would love it: Middle school and high school students.
Why it's good: The site’s nearly seven million users store and share
class materials, flashcards, and practice quizzes. The free version of
StudyBlue gives you access to suggested flashcards within particular interest
sets, whereas the paid version gives you access to all of the decks in the
library (more than 275 million of them).
REFERENCES :
EDSYS. (2017). 12
Benefits of Using Apps in Education. Retrieved from EDSYS:
http://www.edsys.in/12-benefits-of-using-apps-in-education/
Staff, N. (2015). The
32 Most Innovative Online Educational Tools to Use in 2015. Retrieved from
Noodle Staff:
https://www.noodle.com/articles/32-innovative-online-tools-to-use-in-2015
