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Saturday, November 23, 2024

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Technology can assist Trainers of Synchronous Electronic Learning teachers in meeting the needs of learners in electronic learning environments. Some digital tools provide free access for educators and are beneficial to students.

Mentimeter

Mentimeter

Mentimeter is an online presentation-building tool that facilitates audience engagement. The tool allows presenters to include polls, multiple-choice and open-ended questions, quizzes, and scales that audience members can interact with live.

Where is the tool used?    

Mentimeter is used for blended learning, distance education, flipped learning and other online learning projects in schools, universities, workplaces.

How to use the tool?    

Mentimeter is a platform that can be used for online learning that enables you to engage with students using presentations and quizzes, multiple choice questions, ranking, scales.

Track learning and understanding by asking questions and downloading results. Communicate and interact with your students.

Specifics for SEL contexts    

Mentimeter can be used for SEL training by:

  • Icebreaking
  • Checking knowledge
  • Promoting debate
  • Gauging opinion an

Learning activities    

  • Delivering trainings/workshops: Using effective icebreakers that can warm up a conversation, reinforce the topic of discussion, and ensure that everyone is engaged in a session.

  • Give audience time connect and vote: using a presentation link everyone can connect, watch and answer to your questions.
  • Verify knowledge: using quiz competitions it’s possible to set questions to verify the knowledge.
  • Collaborate with users: all users enrolled in the course can interact using open ended questions to start a debate and encouraging the learning.
  • Take advantage of social tools: it offers different possibilities for users to collaborate, communicate and exchange opinions, just as if it were a social media.
  • Run a survey before, during or after your meeting or lecture

Accessibility and technical specifics     

Type of tool:

  • Free and Open-sources

Materials needed:

  • Internet
  • Videocamera/Laptop/PC
  • Microphone

Accessibility:

The application is accessible online on the MENTIMETER platform in standard and extended mode. It is also available on Mobile mode.

It provides clear instructions, FAQs, and tutorials for users who may need more support when first using the app.

Links to videos and instructions

Complete tutorial on using MENTIMETER for Training: https://www.mentimeter.com/campaigns/tools-for-online-teaching

 

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