Written: By Marvellous Adejumo
As discussed in the previous post, the integration of EdTech into all educational institutions in Africa from the elementary, secondary to tertiary level will promote authentic, personalized and collaborative learning which in turn will build youths’ interest and ability to solve real-world challenges. As a learner, if you have concerns about how you can effectively and easily make use of technology to enhance your learning, you need not worry because here are 5 EdTech hacks you can use to make learning with technology easy, stress free and fun.
Learning with technology is made much easier with the use of Quizlet. It’s a free web and mobile education tool with 30 million users monthly from 130 countries. It’s widely accepted for learning because it help learners study through interactive tools and games making learning fun. There are millions of study sets, flashcards and games on Quizlet that you can use to learn various topic of interest through a quiz-like experience.
With the integration of technology in education, majority of your assignments and projects will be submitted and forwarded in form of document. As a result, Google Voice Typing will be of immeasurable benefit if you don’t like typing or aren’t sure about certain spellings because it is a free dictation tool for Google Docs and Google Slides which can be used with Google Chrome Browser. After your assignment has been drafted and corrected, you can easily select your preferred language and then speak clearly at a normal volume and pace for your device to type. Yes! It’s that simple and it saves you a whole lot of time and stress, just speak clearly and you have your device typing your work for you.
If you aren’t a design guru and you find it difficult to create eye-popping designs for assignments and presentations, Canva which is an easy-to-use graphic design app is the solution to creating highly aesthetically-pleasing designs. You can use it to create charts & graphs, infographics, magazines & portfolios, photo collages, venn diagrams, covers for books, blogs, projects and portfolios, reports and other essential designs for your assignments, projects and presentation by simply choosing appropriate template that matches the design you want to create.
Collaboration and interaction among learners which are major benefits of Edtech can easily be achieved through Google Docs. It allows you and your colleagues to work together on the same document, and also receive real time feedback. You just need to save all your documents and files on Google Drive and connect to Google Docs through their Gmail after which you and your colleagues will be able to collaboratively write and edit, brainstorm, and give feedbacks.
When writing essays and article becomes worrisome for you as a result of too many deadlines, spelling and grammar hitches, you can make use of essay writing services. You can hire an online essay writer that will provide plagiarism-free essay through writing services and in instances where you’re willing to write for yourself but need help with spelling and grammar, you can employ the help of online proofreaders like Grammarly to help edit your work.
These five EdTech hacks are here to help you when learning with technology. Learning will be more fun, interactive, creative and less time consuming when you make use of these hacks. Access, explore, use and enjoy them as you learn.
Did you find this helpful? Have you used any of these tools before? Share with us below.
