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Tuesday 18 December 2018

04:05

5 Ways to Explore Skype in the Classroom

Skype is a Microsoft product primarily designed for videoconferencing. Meanwhile, in recent years and due to the unprecedented wave of technology-driven education, Skype has been deployed as a distant learning tool for cross-cultural interactions among students and teachers across the globe.

Skype in the Classroom is an online community that enables thousands of teachers to inspire the next generation of global citizens through transformative learning.


How to Create Skype Activities

Skype Activities give educators like you the opportunity to share your expert knowledge with classrooms around the world in real time.

Below are 5 possible ways teachers can explore Skype for classroom engagement with their students: 
 
Skype Lesson

Skype Lessons are a specific lesson about a particular subject given by an expert on the subject matter. It is normally given in a presentation format with the speaker talking into the camera and also possibly using screen share and taking Q&As.
 
 

Mystery Skype

Mystery Skype is an educational game that connects two classrooms who are somewhere in the world. Teachers will know where (and who) they’re calling but students will not. The goal of Mystery Skype is to locate the other class geographically. Students must ask Yes/No formatted questions.
 
 

Inviting a Guest Speaker

Guest Speakers (Microsoft Experts) give Skype sessions for classrooms without the need to set up a Skype Lesson page. Teachers can request sessions with Guest Speakers via their profiles if they think their background and experiences will work for the subjects they are teaching. This is a great option for those with more limited availability as there tend to be fewer requests made of Guest speakers than for Skype lessons.
 
 

Virtual Field Trip

Virtual Field Trips are when experts 'out in the field' take students on an experience that is specific to their location e.g.tour guides, explorers, marine biologists, zoologists and scientists
 
 
 

Skype Collaboration

Teachers create Global Projects everyday in the Microsoft Educator Community!
Skype Collaborations are projects or Skype Lessons created by teachers to connect their classroom with another classroom around the world. Skype Collaborations can make learning global EVERYDAY for students and empower them to take action in ways that are meaningful to them.

Setting your availability for Skype Activities

To participate in Skype Activities like Mystery Skype or create a Skype Collaboration you need to set up your availability for other teachers to be able to contact you.


Related Post: Microsoft Assistance for Dyslexic Students


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03:00

Google Tools Masterclass 2.0 for Educators: 10 Packages that are Included


Google tool masterclass for Nigerian teachers


The Google Tools Masterclass 2.0 is the second batch of our Google tools training for Nigerian educators under the TeacherTeachTech campaign, in our drive to 'technologize' Africa.
We have always believe that embracing digital literacy is one thing African educators need to run at par with their global counterparts. We miss out so much when we still remain skeptical and resistant towards technological awareness in our educational and business handling.
Of course, one key reason why many are said to be resisting technology here in Africa is the cost of deploying it, which apparently, are on the higher side.
But then, a lot of us are yet to know that there are lots of low-cost but quality tools out there that can guarantee us a digitized experience in our teaching and learning processes.
Google stands out in providing such cost-effective solutions to schools. That's why this training is coming up. Every participant has so much to gain being part of this training.

This training is a video course, meaning you can be part of it from anywhere in Nigeria.

 Keyword
Knowledge is Power. Whatever you spend in acquiring a skill set for personal development, is a lifetime investment. Make every sacrifice to get a skill for life!
This is 21st century; you need to stand out as a tech-savvy professional, if you must be relevant in this age.

The Key Points
There are lot of Google tools that aid education & business promotion and advancement. Meanwhile, our key points in this masterclass is on 4 major Google tools:

1. Google Mail

2. Google Drive

3. Google Forms

4. Google Hangout
Learning Outcomes
The Google Tools Masterclass 2.0 is a pure practical class meant to profit educational brands.
By being part of this masterclass, you'll master the following for educational  profit:

 1. ***How to open a Google Mail Account: This may sound funny, but the truth is that there are lot of persons out there who don't really know how to open an email account. Eventually, opening a Google mail account is the basic requirement for accessing and profiting from every other Google tool

 2. ***Email Signature for product & event promotion and professional engagement with clients
3. ***Google Drive for cloud storage: Every of your school important documents as well as students and staff data can be permanently secured in the cloud to be accessible from anywhere in the world.

4. ***Google Drive for file sharing and privacy statement
5. ***Google Forms for database collection,(for students, staff parent)
6. ***Google Forms for auto-gradable customized worksheet for user-friendliness...
7. ***Google Forms for Classroom Polls and Surveys
8. ***Google Hangout for videoconferencing with parents, staff and students
9. ***Google Hangout for Distant Learning...
10. ***Google Hangout for chatting.
Course Duration
2 Weeks (Videos sent to your registered Gmail Account)
Course Fee
#2500 only (a 50% cut from the original fee!)
How to Register:
FILL THIS FORM & MAKE YOUR PAYMENT!
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Friday 14 December 2018

00:24

Special Teachers’ Training: 30-Day Teacher-Blogger Masterclass

Teacher-blogger masterclass: a video e-course


Blogging is one of the digital contents that teachers can leverage to create a lifetime wealth while also building a strong brand visibility for themselves.

As part of our effort to drive the digital literacy consciousness among African teachers, we launch the 30-day Teacher-blogger masterclass, a video e-course targeted at producing expert teacher bloggers using the Blogger platform.

This particular batch of the course is open to Nigerian teachers only. We are coming up with another batch, which would be much more extensive.

The masterclass will comprise 15 video e-courses, 6 digital downloads, bi-weekly assessments and extras for those who score 80% and above in the final assessment.

Video e-courses:

1.      How to create your first blogger blog
2.      How to make your first blog post in blogger
3.      Working on Basic settings in blogger blog
4.      Understanding how other settings work in blogger
5.      How to use the Layout tab in blogger blog
6.      How to attach images in a post in blogger blog
7.      How to attach videos in a post in blogger blog
8.      How to attach hyperlink in a hypertext format in blogger blog
9.      How to create navigation pages in blogger blog
10.   How to create static pages in blogger blog
11.   How to create blog posts under navigation pages in blogger
12.   How to embed affiliate banner in blogger blog
13.   How to edit a post in blogger blog
14.   How to import and save an external template for blogger blog
15.   How to change an existing blogger template with an imported template

PowerPoint Downloads:

1.      3 Outstanding qualities of a successful teacher-blogger (patience, persistence, personality)
2.      4 Major ways to monetize your blog
3.      5 Major Reasons Why Teachers Should go into Blogging
4.      6 Blogging Niches best for Teachers
5.      7 Reasons why Blogger should be chosen over Wordpress for Newbie Bloggers
6.      Understanding different domain extensions when choosing a custom domain for your blog

Extra (only for those who scored at least 80% in the assessment)

1.      Free eBook: One Content; Triple Cash
2.      Special video on how to map custom domain to blogger blog
3.      Digital Certificate
4.      Free blog promotion for 3 months

Register here now...

 For more enquiries, contact us:

ü      Email: chimaeducator@gmail.com
ü      Whatsapp: +2349086176094

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Sunday 9 December 2018

23:08

List of Top 7 Free Cloud Storage for Schools

List of cloud storage tools


There are a number of free cloud storage options available these days. These cloud storage are easy to use and provide free storage space up to 50GB. These storage solutions can serve great purposes for schools. Being a cloud storage system, each of these tools can be used by schools to secure their important data and documents permanently and for future use. Here we bring the list of the best free cloud storage, let’s dive deep to know more about these cloud storage solutions.

1. Google Drive

Google Drive
Google Drive is a product of Google incorporated and comes free for every user of the Google Mail account. Google drive remains the best among this list and comes with a staggering 15 GB free cloud storage, which is even upgradable.
The Google Drive offline services help its users to view all the files and photos that are saved online even when they have a bad network service. Scanning documents have now become much easier by just taking a snap of the document and the rest is done by the drive like storing them in PDF form. Google free cloud storage is considered the best which is integrated with all other Google services.
Recommended Post: List of 9 Powerful Google Tools for Education and Business

2. Media Fire

Media Fire
Media Fire is easy to use and one of the best free cloud storage used for storing documents and photos online. The initial free storage that media fire provides is 10GB but their incredible feature is that the free storage can be increased up to 50 GB. This cloud storage has many features which has made handling of files easier.
Media fire has made possible uploading multiple files at once from any browser which is a unique feature and makes it different from the others. Organizing files in the file manager of Media Fire have become easier. Searching for something that gives a perfect personal document features? The Media Fire is here to ease your search as it helps the users in sending documents with a specialized and free one time link which enables the recipients to share it further.

3. Mega

Megasync
The Mega cloud storage is a great storage space which is much similar to the dropbox storage but the difference between the two is the amount of the space that both the cloud storage provides. 50GB of free space is available for the Mega cloud storage users. Mega cloud storage helps users to download multiple files in the zip file and uploading files through the mobile app is also possible.
The unbeatable storage of 50GB has made it among one of the popular free cloud storage available and has attracted a large number of users towards Mega cloud storage. The users who are searching for an excellent backup file option should definitely sign up Mega cloud storage as it only provides with the best storage but also with the many security features.

4. Dropbox

Dropblox
This is one of the powerful and latest free cloud storage compared to all other cloud storages because of its great back up features. Any type of small and large powerpoint presentations, photos, videos or maybe even other large CAD files can be safely kept in the Dropbox. Dropbox provides the users with easy sync features that help to access the files and documents to the Dropbox from any device.
Dropbox free storage provides users with many features that are extremely helpful. One of the helpful features is that a user can protect all the files and documents in a lost device by clearing the documents from the device with the remote wipe feature that it provides. Dropbox free storage offers a good storage space (2GB) that is free but in case of users are in need of more space, there are many plans that can help them to get the desired storage of their choice.

5. pCloud

pCloud
pCloud is one of the best free cloud storage options that provides 2TB storage and its unlimited remote upload traffic feature makes it unique. It offers 10GB of free storage space to its basic accounts. Resizing pictures on the go without the help of software has now become much easier with my.pCloud, which provides with a wide range of resizing options for its users.
The archive features the pCloud offers is amazing as files can be archived with the create archive option that it provides. The pCloud drive has an option that helps the users automatically lock the crypto folders each and every time they log off from the device.

6. OneDrive

OneDrive
OneDrive is a product of Microsoft. Just sign up with Microsoft and you have it.  It earlier provided 15GB of free space to the users but has now reduced to 10GB. It can be accessed from any device at any point of time but is pre-installed in windows. This cloud storage is considered to be the second most wanted storage among businessman after the Dropbox storage cloud.
The main disadvantage of outlook was the user frustration of saving attachments from emails because of the number of steps that involved but it has now become easier for the businesses to choose email attachments and save it directly in folders. Now it has also become easier to create excel surveys and save it in OneDrive.

7. iCloud

Apple iCloud
The Apple iCloud is the best free cloud storage for Apple users. Initially, it provides the users with 5GB of free storage. All documents and files can be stored safely and it is easy to use. The users of Apple iCloud can share photos and videos with ease with their family members. Organizing files and folders has become easy with Apple iCloud. Apple iCloud helps in sending messages and automatically and saves them. Even the users can start conversations from the exact point that they have stopped earlier.

With these cloud storage tools, every school can both convert and secure important data and documents.

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