Top 10 Hi Tech Web Tools for Teachers

Imparting of quality education is what we expect out of our teachers, but is all of them able to do it with full expertise? A teacher plays a very important role in a child’s life. A teacher is the one who directs and explains to the students that how should they tackle a particular subject and situation. With the advent of technological advancements, a large number of educational web tools have come up that make it less challenging for the teachers to fulfill their responsibility of making the class innovative and interesting. Some of these amazing and high tech web tools are:

(i) Google drive - Google Drive consists of Google Docs, Sheets and Slides, an office suite that allows collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, forms, and much more. Students that effectively make use of Google drive for creating stunning presentations and for their project work especially. Google drive also offers 15 GB of free space to store lengthy files and documents.

(ii) Dropbox – Dropbox is a modern workspace designed to reduce busywork—so you can focus on the things that matter. It provides free space to store data and share with others.

(iii) Evernot e- It is another useful tool. It can be used to share notes and whole notebooks with classmates, coworkers, family, etc. One can take and attach pictures to a note. It also allows students to take and attach voice memos and audio to a note.

(iv) Twitter – It is a famous social media platform. One can exchange a lot of information here. Also, it allows you to create a PLN and connect effectively with educators of the world.

(v) Google Plus – It is a platform similar to twitter. It offers space for connecting with like minded teachers and educators. It also offers amazing services like Google Hangout, Communities, pages and many more.

(vi) Slideshare – It is one of the best educational platform where one can share slides, presentations etc.

(vii) Edshelf – It is another amazing tool that allows one to curate, organize and share web content.

(viii) Keynote – It is a highly efficient presentation software application developed as a part of the iWork productivity suite by Apple Inc.

(ix) Socrative – It is yet another easy to use and simple tool. It is used for creating formative assessments and getting result in the actual-time.

(x) Prezi - Prezi is a presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional slide making programs such as PowerPoint. Instead of slides, Prezi makes use of one large canvas that enables a person to pan and zoom to various parts of the canvas and focus on the ideas presented there.

By: Anuja Arora

Content: https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/12/the-31-educational-web-tools-every.html