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Teachers’ Guide

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EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES TO PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE

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Chapter 3 – Software tools
3.9 Online tools / platforms to be used by teachers to create fun classes
Besides the tools and the methodologies that can be used by the teachers, there is the funny part of teaching and learning. Teachers can use innovative tools to attract students' interest and transform the learning process into a playground.
  • Make beliefs Comix
    Enhancing writing and creative literacy skills is an important support to many aspects of learning. Digital comics offer a way to experiment and utilize these skills in a way that removes constraints caused by psychological barriers to production in L2 learners and minimize stress connected to productive skills as this instrument allows them to express contents confidently through the comic characters.
    A digital comic utilizes the included clipart and images to support a learner’s story and allows a professional result that a learner can feel proud of displaying.
  • TOONDOO
    Toondoo uses a Flash player in a browser. The website also includes other tools that can be used with the comic generation tool, these include make a Toonbook, make a Character, digitally edit a user imported image, add user generated image. There is also a large repository of user created cartoons and other users can comment on created cartoons. Completed cartoons can also be embedded on other websites.
    The tool is available on the website and has many features and tools.
  • Cacoo
    Create flowcharts and diagrams online with real time collaboration. This a very useful tool in a wide variety of academic disciplines, and being able to collaboratively edit them makes Cacoo a powerful application. Here’s a link to learn about and access to the free Academic plan: https://cacoo.com/lang/en/academic.
  • Economics Games
    Here we have a purpose-built multiplayer game for the classroom. Economics-games.com is a free educational games site for teaching microeconomics, industrial organization and game theory. “Choose the game you want to run, enter the number of players and that’s it: You just have to communicate their logins to your students and have them connect to the site with their phones, tablets or laptops. You can then observe and debrief the game through your interface.”
Online Resources
  • MAKE BELIEFS COMIXThis is the official website of the Make beliefs Comix
  • TOONDOOO This is the official website of the TOONDOO
  • Cacoo This is the official website of the Cacoo
  • ECONOMICS-GAMESThis is the official websiteof the Economics Games

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