Nowadays there are many online services which allow students to access help for educational purposes. Educational online services are used to help students with their learning; the internet offers a variety of different educational online services which give children the help that they need in order to find learning easier. The internet uses programmes such as: Youtube, BBC Bitesize, MyMaths, SAM learning, VLE system, Blogging, Online forums and online exams to help with educational online services.
Videos- Youtube
It is common that many teachers play their students clips of videos from sites such as ‘Youtube’. Back in the day teachers would play video clips or movies that they wanted to show students through old TV’s and use video players because this was the only way of showing the children clips etc. However, technology has dramatically improved since and nowadays teachers would use DVD players or the interactive whiteboard to show students scenes from a movie or any other educational clips that need to be shown. Youtube is a very good video site because you can virtually watch anything you need on there; this can be anything from a movie clip to a song that could help you remember something. Youtube now offers a special version of the programme for schools to help educate, engage and inspire children to learn more.
It is common that many teachers play their students clips of videos from sites such as ‘Youtube’. Back in the day teachers would play video clips or movies that they wanted to show students through old TV’s and use video players because this was the only way of showing the children clips etc. However, technology has dramatically improved since and nowadays teachers would use DVD players or the interactive whiteboard to show students scenes from a movie or any other educational clips that need to be shown. Youtube is a very good video site because you can virtually watch anything you need on there; this can be anything from a movie clip to a song that could help you remember something. Youtube now offers a special version of the programme for schools to help educate, engage and inspire children to learn more.
Advantages
- Youtube can be accessed anywhere as long as you have access to the internet.
- Youtube can be accessed anywhere as long as you have access to the internet.
- You can download Youtube as an App on to an Iphone, Ipod etc.
- You can watch nearly any clip you’re looking for.
- People can rate the video and give their opinion.
Disadvantages
- Disturbing images can come up when you’re watching something on Youtube, some viewers may find these offensive.
-Sometimes the school doesn’t allow students to access to Youtube so it can be difficult when trying to look for something if the site is blocked.
-Sometimes technology can mess up and it can stop teachers watching clips that they want to students if they said ‘content is unable to play’.
-It is common that they projectors play up and stop people from seeing anything that are being projected on the board.
Personal Experience
My personal experience of using video sites such as Youtube has been positive. I would often be shown clips on Youtube by teachers that would help me understand things better; it was also through a song on Youtube where I learnt about the greenhouse effect. However, it is annoying that I can’t access Youtube at school because I need to use it frequently. A video site called ‘IMDB’ is also very useful for when I’m doing my film studies work because it allows me to watch certain clips from films that I need.
BBC Bitesize/MyMaths/ SAM learning
BBC Bitesize, MyMaths and SAM learning are al examples of educational online services. BBC Bitesize is one of the most popular ways for online revision; it has become very successful over the years. Children from as young as KS1 can use Bitesize to help them with something they’re finding difficult or for revision purposes. BBC Bitesize offers a Scottish version as they have a different syllabus to children learning in the England. Bitesize is for all ages up to GCSE years, they also offer higher sections for people who are more advanced at a certain subject. The higher tier section gives more detailed information than people who are doing foundation. MyMaths is another educational online service. MyMaths is a site where each school has their own username and password that they enter and it helps students who are struggling with maths. Online homework tasks can also be set through MyMaths; there is a choice to do the higher tier or foundation tier. SAM learning is another educational online service which gets students to compete with others to see who can get the highest score in a task which they have been set. SAM learning makes you enter a centre ID, for example, SGCCS (St Gregory’s Catholic Comprehensive School), a username which is your DOB followed by your initials and your password is the same as your username, this helps SAM learning identify who you are.
-You can always access these sites at school.
-They’re very easy to use and full of things that will help you with your learning.
-They cover information for people as young as the age of 6 to people as old as 16-17.
-Lots of helpful facts and figures that will help people learn.
-You can always access these sites as long as you have wifi connection around you.
Disadvantages
-Sometimes very complex words are used therefore children find it hard to understand what something means.
-Some students don’t know their usernames or passwords for sites such as MyMaths. -SAM learning often crashes therefore students are not able to always go on that site.
Personal Experainces
I often use educational online services to help me with revision. I would use BBC Bitesize a lot to revise for subjects such as science and geography. Also educational online services such as MyMaths was very helpful for me because it would show me clearly how to work something out if I didn’t understand it. I used to frequently get MyMaths set for homework and it was very quick and easy to access. SAM learning also helped me maily with my spanish because there would be a passage of text in spanish and I would have to fill in the missing words, this helped me remember specific keywords. I enjoyed using all these sites because they were easy to access from home and school and they’re simple and effective to use in order to help me with revision etc.
Blogging/ Online Forums
Examples of online forum sites are websites such as Wiki Answers, Yahoo answers, ask.com and there are many more. Examples of educational online blogging sites are; edublogawards, blogger, http://mywebspace.quinnipiac.edu/PHastings/bac.htm, http://classblogmeister.com/ and there are also many more. Educational Blogging is blogging by students, teachers, administrators and anyone else that focus’s on educational needs. Educational online forums are used for people to discuss and share their ideas or to answer questions that other members of the public may have about certain subjects.
Advantages
-It helps people collect information or answer questions that need to be answered.
-It’s a way of finding out something you want to know easier if other peeople have the answer.
-It’s a good way to meet new people and dicuss what your interested in or if you need help on the same subject.
Disadvantages
-Some people may write inappropriate things on online forums or blogging websites.
-Online bullying can happen through blogs or online forums.
-Sometimes people don’t have the write answer or they give you the wrong one on purpose.
-Everyone will normally give slightly different answers each time so its hard to know who to believe.
Online Experiences
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