![]() It’s a versatile tool, and many of the options are free to students and teachers.Īs a veteran teacher, I know that when students are engaged, they love learning. For example, I have used the Voki Presenter option to teach elementary-aged students how to spell word family sounds. There are many other ways to use Voki in the classroom for instance, I’ve had students comment on politics or create advertisements for a product they were trying to promote. The avatar does the talking for them through the text-to-speech option. Though I didn’t realize this tool’s power at first, students who are often uncomfortable talking in class or who are physically unable to talk get the opportunity to engage in classroom discussions. Voki is also excellent for formative assessment. Students can comment on a topic important to them or simply share what they’ve learned. ![]() Certainly, the avatar design is what draws students in, but one of the most powerful aspects of this tool is that it gives students a platform for expressing themselves. Voki is a speaking avatar program that allows users to choose an avatar, make it unique by adding clothes and finding hairstyles and accessories, and add a voice through three methods: microphone, telephone, or a text-to-speech device. Leveling the class participation playing fieldĪnother creation tool I stumbled upon in its infancy and that I now use frequently with my students is Voki. (Note: If you have a memory of September 11 that you would like to contribute to my Flipgrid or continue a conversation with one of the people who posted to this grid, I would love for you to share it here.) Flipgrid offered my students an opportunity to have a dialogue with others through the affordances of connected learning. I shared this Flipgrid with my students, who not only watched but were able to create their own video response to posts that resonated with them. The interviewees used Flipgrid as a video tool to respond to a prompt about their own memories of September 11. ![]() To do that, I created a Flipgrid, which started with friends and grew beyond people I knew. I wanted them to hear firsthand what others had experienced. This year, as my ninth graders stepped into my classroom, I knew they were my first group of students who had no memory of the events of September 11, 2001. Flipgrid is one of the tools that I have leveraged in my classroom in order to engage students in conversations with people with whom they might not normally communicate. Though our world is huge, we can help our students engage in conversations that go beyond a 140-character tweet or an abbreviated post on social media. As a result, I have learned different methods for including video tools in my practice without the added stress and expense of purchasing cameras, tripods, and editing software. Since 2014, I have attended the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy at the University of Rhode Island and have had the good fortune of spending a week learning about best practices for using digital tools in the classroom alongside other K–16 educators. With more freedom to use mobile devices in the classroom and increased Internet access, video creation and collaboration has expanded beyond the traditional broadcasting or English language arts class. As a result of Web 2.0, digital tools are seemingly ubiquitous. Calculate the required disk space based on the given recording time.Using video production in the classroom is no longer the expensive, intimidating approach to student engagement that it was 20 years ago. Capacity calculation: Calculate the allowed recording time based on the given disk space. ![]() NVR Channel Management: Add or delete NVR channels.Device Maintenance: Restore device to default settings Import and export device configuration export diagnosis info Restart device.Batch upgrade: Upgrade devices using an upgrade file on the PC Upgrade devices via EZCloud.Channel Management: Configure the image, encoding, OSD, and audio (for IPC only) settings.Device Management: Search devices, Change device password and IP, Configure devices, update time and network settings. ![]() EZTools 2.0 (Device Configuration Tool) Software Version: R1122.2.3.2 Developer: UniviewĮZTools 2.0 is a tool for device management, channel management, device upgrade and maintenance, and HDD capacity calculations. ![]()
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