My colleagues and I are very fortunate to be the first generation that had technology integrated into our classroom. However, there is a time and place for everything. Online courses have not been around for too long, and we can see that they are not as productive as we would hope for. However online courses might be able to become friendlier. On the podcast, they discussed several alternatives to engage students more in an online setting.
The Piktochart itself was so simple to make. I can see myself using this in my professional career in both math and physics. The first use that comes to mind is online posters for the students to look at before the subject is taught. For example, for Classical Mechanics (a chapter in Physics that studies motion), perhaps have animations of cars driving faster than other cars, or different weights falling. I could also incorporate some text in the form of bullet points, next to the images to stimulate their thinking. It would be great for my students to look at for 5 minutes the night before the lesson. Just to give them some basic ideas on what we’ll be talking about. I strongly recommend to all of my colleagues to try this application because it is super user-friendly. Just make sure to use Google Chrome since Internet Explorer is not compatible with the website.
