1. Activity 2.4

3. 1. Google Drive
 Key Benefits
 Work can be accessed from
any portal
 Work can be easily shared
 Interactive with peers
 Variety of software available
 Teachers can monitor
progress
 Authenticity easily proven
through history
 Suggested use
 I use this with whole class
activities and group work,
i.e. learners brainstorm
collectively (usually I put the
document on the Smart-
board and learners all work
on it at once).
 Learners complete projects
in groups (eliminates the
issue of all the material one
persons device)
 Learners complete
individual assessments i.e.
writing portfolios and the
teacher can assess the
authenticity, monitor
progress and provide
feedback with ease

5. 2. Dropbox
 Key Benefits
 Simple use, easy to
upload and share
links
 Accessible anywhere
on any appropriate
device
 Cloud storage
 Suggested use
 Sharing documents
that are too big to
email to learners
 Storing files

7. 3. Youtube
 Key Benefits
 Excellent research
tool
 Great for visual
learners
 Easy platform to
share learners work
 Excellent storage
platform for visual
texts
 Huge variety of
information avaliable
 Suggested use
 Sharing/storing class
productions
 Researching
 Delivering information
to learners as a
teaching tool
 Great home-learning
tasks
 Great for lesson
starters

9. 4. Wikispaces
 Key Benefits
 Simplistic layout
 Easily accessible
 Great for researching
teaching ideas
 Multiple users at once
 Easily edited
 Suggested use
 Great for establishing
revision platforms for
NCEA topics online
 Excellent for creating
interactive activities for
juniors – especially
when working with fixed
texts.
 Can build a variety of
different learning
activities
 Topics can be
specialised and easily
separated.

11. 5. Prezi
 Key Benefits
 Easy to build
 Easy to share
 Available anywhere
appropriate
 Learners can access
from home for
revision
 Different platform to
deliver information
 Suggested use
 Supporting the
delivery of information
in lessons
 Learners create
Prezi’s to allow
differentiation and
choices of platforms
used.
 Accessible from
home for learners to
revise information.

13. 6. Google
 Key Benefits
 Searching in a multitude
of platforms
 Encourages learners
not to rely on Wikipedia
 Easy access to a variety
of different platforms
such as email, calendar,
scholar, Youtube,
Images, translator,
pages etc
 Suggested use
 Seniors constantly
searching topics and
terminology
 Learners use Blogger
instead of a exercise
book
 Learners expand
searching skills with
Scholar
 Class calendars created
and shared
 Exchange learners use
translator daily
 Websites created in
pages for topics

15. 7. Microsoft Office
 Key Benefits
 A variety of well
established software
 Work is easily shared
between teacher and
peers
 Suggested use
 Learners create
presentations relevant
to task
 Classwork completed
on word – and easily
shared (especially to
learners who are
absent)
 Outlook as a primary
use of communication (I
email everything to
learners and print very
little)

17. 8. Slideshare
 Key Benefits
 Cloud storage of
Power points
 Great searching tool
for resources
 Suggested use
 Researching for
teaching
tools/information
 Sharing Power Points
with peers.

19. 9. Facebook
 Key Benefits
 Sharing ideas
 Communicating with
learners and peers
 Simplistic use/design
and information can
be attached with ease
 Suggested use
 Class pages with
NCEA subjects to
support the sharing of
research (i.e.
Youtube), home-
learning etc.
 Learners can
communicate with
teachers after hours
(+/_!)

21. 10. Twitter
 Key Benefits
 Professional
development
 Interacting with
colleagues world wide
 Suggested use
 Sharing ideas with
colleagues
 Researching
information
 Following unfolding
events
 Following evolving
big ideas