Flocabulary is a fun Web 2.0 site for education that I've mentioned a few times on my blog. This is a great site for introducing or reviewing a subject/concept. The way this works is through innovative animated videos (or as Flocabulary puts it "Educational Hip-Hop"), that helps students learn through visual and auditory means. Also, Flocabulary has over 700 videos, interactive activities, and online assessments.
Also, there are some great features that make Flocabulary perfect for the classroom. For example, the lyrics of each song are displayed below the video and are interactive filled w/ words that are hot-linked to explore in more detail. The lyrics can also be downloaded or printed out. Best of all, are the lessons that are included w/ each video to help students reinforce their learning on each topic.
I highly recommend checking out Flocabulary by clicking
here!!!
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*Starting Jan. 26 through Feb. 29, Flocabulary will announce our special winter
trial promotion, which will offer schools 60 days to try out Flocabulary
for free.
Mysimpleshow is an excellent site for educators and students to make videos/presentations. This is done through a easy-to-use interface where a user selects a template and then creates a script for their project/story. The mysimpleshow engine does the rest and creates a beautiful looking video. This is great for creating explainer videos to introduce a topic, assess student understating, and even for blended/flipped learning.
