The COVID-19 pandemic has led many teachers to incorporate technology into their virtual classrooms. Fortunately, there鈥檚 no shortage of digital resources available to educators. The EdTech sphere includes everything from anti-cheating to project collaboration software. Computer science teacher and 海角论坛 alum, Javy Martinez 鈥橫E 13 recommends the following:
鈥淚t鈥檚 the next best thing to having a live person proctor the exam,鈥 Martinez said. 鈥淚t disables you from going to any other tab. It disables copy/paste, and it disables clicking. So the minute that you click on any other tab, boom, you鈥檙e busted!鈥
Allows teachers to see which of their students are online during presentations. If a student leaves, the teacher will know.
Lets teachers upload documents and add places for student responses. Educators can also track student growth with this software.
Allows students to record, write, call in or make their own video response to a prompt.
A word-mapping software that allows users to collaborate on projects and branch off into different subjects.
Allows users to learn multiple computer languages and share with others. 鈥淭he ultimate group computer science website,鈥 Martinez said.
Virtual classroom Tiktok hashtags to follow
#historylesson
History is reportedly TikTok鈥檚 most popular education topic. Videos using the #historylesson hashtag have garnered more than 229 million views combined. These short clips have helped students understand complex historical subjects鈥攆rom the French Revolution to the women鈥檚 suffrage movement.
#literaturememes
The hashtag #literaturememes is a hub for memes about classic literature. Rather than assigning students to write about the 19th-century novel they鈥檝e just read, teachers can assign a meme response that they post to TikTok.
