Saturday, February 05, 2022

Catching up with Ed Tech developments

 When I was browsing my previous teaching notes, I couldn't believe that back in 2017, I was still teaching my MA students how to use the desktop app called Hot Potatoes to create interactive tasks (e.g.,matching, grouping, sequencing)! Today, we have all these web-based, user-friendly, apps for creating interactive tasks, such as Wordwall, LearningApps.org, Bookwidgets, Educaplay, Bitsboard, GoConqr, Classtools.net ...., not to mention those apps for creating learning paths that can contain built-in interactive tasks, such as Nearpod, Pear Deck, Quizizz Lesson, and Kahoot Lesson. 

Ed tech is developing at such a phenomenal speed!

Good news: Teaching gets more and more interesting and engaging. 

Bad news: There is no way I can catch up with all the latest developments. 

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