Session 2 Insights

Original mind map created in MindMup.com by María José Miranda

Analysis into Virtual learning tools

By María José Miranda Guevara 

English and Preschool Teacher

Saturday, March 9th, 2019

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       On session two I discovered 3 different tools, freedly, quizzes in google form and google form graphics. What really amazed me was the act that I did not know any of those , so for me it was an interesting experience. During the lesson we explored those tools and give them a purpose in the educational environment. The first one we analyzed was freely which is a virtual tool where people can follow specific groups of pages that matches with their interests. Quizzes in google forms is a virtual space provided by google where people can create quizzes or forms and share them with their target people. Finally, google forms graphic was attacher with quizzes in google forms. It analyzes the quizzes ,the forms, and provides the quiz creator with specific data and information that includes the results and feedback. 

      In the case of Freedly for me the most amazing aspect is that it filters my favorite pages, information and even articles in one specific place. There is so much information that I believe anyone can find something that matches with their corresponding interests. In the part of education , I don't believe it has such a strong part on virtual learning for the communication between teachers and students, but I feel it can provide enough information to people to develop themselves at home in a specific area. Also it can be a great tool to show our students how to use it for them to see it as a source of information or research during projects development or analysis. In addition, it can provide us teacher with new ideas and free materials to develop our lessons. 

      My insight of quizzes made in google form is that this is my favorite tool since last session. It provides people the possibility of creating a professional quiz or form without hurting the environment and with easy access. There anyone can change the fonts, add images, write about different subjects and attach different information. In the part of education I feel this is the most useful tool from all the tools I used in session 1. It gave the possibility to create and personalize my own online quiz and give the link to different people for them to do it. I can use it in my classroom, during my master's degree research or even as an extra class to asses the students development and progress. 

      The last one, google forms graphics, was connected with the quizzes. There, it generates the results from the quizzes into a more complex analysis. You can see in which specific questions your students struggled more, what areas you need to improve during your lessons, what students need extra help compared to the others and more. If we are seeing a specific topic during our lessons it is important to use this kind of tool in order to see our students development in specific areas. Also, it is easier for us to keep track of their progress, strengths and weaknesses. And the most important aspect, all of this can be used for free. In addition you can decide if you want to share the information with other people, your students or simply keep it to yourself. 

      To conclude, I feel all this tools help the teacher make their jobs easer and faster. It gives us the possibility of having different automatic platform that fill us with specific information of our interests. Freedly provides specific information and articles that can be used for any purpose. Google quizzes gives the possibility of evaluation and assessment in a more eco-friendly environment which is connected with google form graphics and give us the specific information we need in order to analyze all the results.