Laila's ICT blog

If you are looking to create creative and visually pleasing content, then  Genially is for you! Not only is Genially a valuable resource for educators, but marketers and designers can benefit from the platform as well! With its intuitive interface and extensive library of templates, Genially makes it easy to design engaging presentations, infographics, and interactive experiences. The platform's emphasis on creativity and interactivity enables users to captivate their audience and convey information effectively. What stands out in its platform is its wide range of templates, covering various content types and design styles. Users can create a presentation, poster, or interactive image with professionally designed templates that can be easily customized to suit their needs. Additionally, Genially provides extensive integration options, which means you can upload videos, audio files, and interactive elements seamlessly into your creations. How fascinating! Not only that, the platfor...

Ever wondered how teaching students would be like out of the confines of a traditional classroom? Today I will be shedding light on Nearpod , which is an educational platform that offers a wide variety of interactive features that enhance classroom engagement and student learning. Nearpod's interface is user-friendly and the platform has versatile content creation tools and real-time assessment capabilities, so this means can use Nearpod almost anywhere and anytime, inside or outside the classroom using Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) approach. With it's user-friendly interface, anyone in the educational context can use it including students, teachers and administrators as well. Teachers like us can makes use of the pre-made lessons and resources, making it convenient and saves time and effort (given that teachers have a ton of workload to deal with everyday). In addition to that, Nearpod's live session feature allows educators to facilitate synchronous learning ex...

Imagine having a team meeting with your colleagues, each one in their own place, brainstorming on an online interactive whiteboard. How convenient! You can do this in Conceptboard , a platform that offers collaborative online whiteboarding, empowering teams to ideate, brainstorm, and collaborate in real-time regardless of their location. What’s fascinating about this platform is that it facilitates collaboration among team members, making it an efficient tool for remote teams, educators, and creative professionals alike. Whether you’re a professional in online collaboration tools or just a newbie, Conceptboard allows you and your colleagues to easily navigate with its special features. This includes freehand drawing, note taking and many others, enabling teams to brainstorm ideas, organize thoughts, and provide feedback efficiently. Moreover, Conceptboard's real-time collaboration functionality allows all team members can contribute simultaneously, fostering a dynamic and interacti...

 Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today we will be reviewing an AI-driven platform that I found quite fascinating and potentially useful for teachers and educators. This platform is called Eduaide .Ai and is an AI-driven platform that helps educators create lesson plans, teaching resources, and assessments. Once you get to the website, you'll find that you can make an account using your email or you can simply use your Google account to sign in. Bear in mind that Eduaide offers various features depending on the plan you use, as the free plan offers limited features and the Eduaide.Ai Pro offers unlimited access to all resources and tools at $5.99/month. What I found particularly fascinating is that this software uses large language models such as Gagne's (1965) Nine Events of Instruction to assist in lesson planning and instructional design. What's more is that it provides over 100 resource types and learning objects to choose from, making your lesson plans fun and ...

 Hello everyone! Welcome again to my blog. Today we will be reviewing a 'Learning English' website which I thought could be quite useful for English learners as well ELT teachers. This website is called Simple English Videos and from its name, it provides 'simple English videos' to help language learners. You can find the link to the website here . Once you get to the website, you can find several sections you can choose from. Once you click on 'videos' it takes you to another page where you can find videos for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels that you can choose from: Or, you can simply scroll down and choose from some popular videos like 'everyday English' or even 'business English' if you are learning English for business purposes: In addition to videos, the website also offers courses for those who prefer to read in detail. However, they also provide fun videos for various topics to make learning fun and easy. Limitations Whilst the...

 Troptico: A useful teaching game tool for teachers Hello everyone! Today I will be reviewing an interactive tool teachers can use in their classrooms, which is Triptico. It is a wonderful website for creating interactive language resource which you can adapt and create activities related to your lessons in many different ways.  Before you can get start with creating classroom activities using Triptico, you will first need to create an account. You can do this either by clicking on the 'Try Triptico Now' red button on the front page or click on the the white button that says 'create account' which is on the far right corner of the front page. Once you do that, you will have to keep in mind that Triptico is not for free and so you will have to subscribe monthly so that you will be able to use the website on a constant basis. Once you're done with creating an account, you can find the Triptico home page where you can start creating interactive learning activities whic...