Evaluation of Nik's Blog on Classroom App

A Brief Introduction of Memrise Memrise is a tool for English learning. It is a platform that features a combination of different memory techniques and entertainment elements to achieve the effect of learning while having fun. It offers more than 150 courses in 25 languages. Advantages V S  Disadvantages l Advantages 1.  All the words and phrases are useful in daily communication or specific situations. 2.  Unlike some apps or websites that help learners memorize expressions by repetition, this website introduces videos and natural human voices to bulid  multi-sensory memory and arouse learners' interests. 3.  AI can serve as your partner to make dialogues under a certain topic.  ( Its questions and answers can be translated into learners ’   first language and it can also helps learners translate sentences in their mother tongue into English  ) l Disadvantages 1.  Lack of proficiency tests   causes incorrect estimating of the user s ’ a...

An Introduction to the Group Collaborative Task Our group chose the first question “How does technology scaffold autonomous learning strategies?”   to answer. Each of us takes a role separately since we have four people in our group. The tool we choose for brainstorming is Tricider website and the tool for writing this essay is Stormboard website. Our Experience in Applying Tricider and Stormboard Figure 1 shows what we brainstorm in our minds. The advantages of Tricider are that it provides a platform that allows people in different places to share, comment on and vote for ideas for free. The page is clear to exhibit group members ’   ideas and favor for specific views. Then we use Stormboard for organizing ideas. At first, the first drafter proposed that she could paste information from Tricider website to Stormboard so that group members can have a better view of all ideas. When she typed on Stormboard page and asked for agreement from others, they answered her also by typi...

An Introduction to Educaplay Educaplay is a n educational games maker that enhances your audience’s motivation by transforming your content into engaging learning games in just seconds.   To get a feel for the effect of this tool, I chose the game crossword puzzle from the options it offers. The game is generally given a rectangular table. The table is divided into a number of squares of the same size, which form a number of intersecting rows and columns of varying lengths. Students fill in the rows and columns with letters to form the correct word according to the information given in the question, with only one letter in each square. A Customised Game To get an idea of the experience of using this game, I chose 8 words based on common stationery vocabulary for primary school students and composed the game shown below. Points are awarded for spelling a word correctly and deducted for spelling it incorrectly. The game can be played by more than one player at the same time, and a le...