教书绝非偶然！教书需要付出很多努力，尤其是现在的学生很容易被Facebook和Instagram等时间杀手分心。但是，让您分心的相同设备（口袋里的Windows Phone或包里的(Windows Phone)Windows平板电脑）实际上可以用作在学校或大学学习课程的有效媒介。
面向教师(Teachers)和学生的Windows应用商店(Store)应用
Windows正日益成为一个教育平台。因此，某些帮助教师和学生参与学习的教育应用程序可用于激发明天的创造者所在的教室的创造力。以下是受教师和学生启发的应用程序
1] Edmodo 应用程序
(Edmodo app)适用于Windows 10的(Windows 10)Edmodo 应用程序旨在通过为教师和学生提供一种即使在课余时间也能联系和协作的方式来缩小他们之间的沟通差距。适用于Windows(Windows)的免费应用程序设计有一套完整的功能，可在Edmodo的 Web 版本中找到。
学生可以在离开教室时使用该应用程序发送笔记、发布回复、查看消息和即将发生的事件。该应用程序与Microsoft Office完美集成，因此学生可以使用他们的Microsoft凭据登录并访问学习管理系统内的(Learning Management System)Google Drive或Microsoft Office 365库。
当您第一次启动该应用程序时，您会发现Edmodo的界面与(Edmodo)Facebook应用程序非常相似，并且大量借鉴了Facebook的活动提要中的某些元素。然而，与Facebook不同的是，Edmodo是围绕连接而不是朋友组织的。这些连接具有组，可以是永久课程或临时学习社区。
一旦教师创建了连接，他就可以为学生提供笔记、为他们创建警报或给他们分配作业。教师被赋予了额外的权力，因此可以从流中比学生做更多的事情。例如，他们可以通过以下方式过滤帖子
- 社会接近度
- 作者
- 帖子类型
帖子可以从简单的注释到包含附件和重要链接的文件。教育工作者可以使用流发布作业，甚至在需要时要求学生重新提交作业。
根据所做的更改与否，教师可以批量为作业评分，如下面的屏幕截图所示。
那不是全部。Edmodo还具有测验功能，可以将其保存到您的库 ( Collection ) 并从中加载，也可以即时创建。设计它们的过程非常简单。老师需要做的就是为测验指定一个名称，为其问题设置时间限制，创建一些问题[这里有更多选择。例如，框定的问题可以是MCQ(MCQs)（多项选择题(Multiple Choice Questions)）类型或真/假混合、匹配列等]，并将其分配给学生或小组。
此外，教师可以使用投票将问题的副本单独发送给学生或小组。
通过这种方式，这个应用程序(this app)可以帮助教师和学生创建安全的小组，让学习超越课堂。
2]点击查看应用程序
该应用程序(This app)提供了数以千计的优质教育视频，可通过我们的 BYOD 友好视频平台访问。该应用程序中的课程旨在满足课程需求，并且作为您学校订阅的一部分免费提供。该应用程序的一个很好的功能是，如果您使用平板电脑或Windows 手机(Windows Mobile Phones)等移动设备，ClickView允许您在没有互联网连接的情况下下载视频并观看它们。您还可以在学校内分享它们或将它们上传到您的个人工作区。
如果您不属于ClickView学校，您可以注册ClickView并体验 30 天的免费试用期。此优惠仅适用于澳大利亚教育工作者。
3] 苏格拉底应用
Socrative是一款独特的Windows平台应用程序，专为教师设计，帮助他们提出问题并让学生实时回应他们的询问。教育工作者可以通过应用程序的仪表板(Dashboard)组织、测验、快速问题调查和其他方式来评估学生的理解水平，如下面的屏幕截图所示。
此外，他们可以即时评分、汇总和提供结果的视觉效果，以帮助教师找到进一步指导的方法。要开始，只需注册一个Socrative Teacher帐户。您的 Socrative 帐户将与其他Socrative 应用程序(Socrative Apps)以及通过 Socrative.com 上的所有浏览器一起使用(Socrative.com)。在这里(here)下载。
使用设置学校电脑应用在学校设置 Windows 电脑。(Use the Setup School PCs app to setup Windows PCs in Schools.)
Microsoft Store apps to help Teachers & Students communicate effectively
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Windows Store apps for Teachers & Students
Windows is increasingly becoming an educational platform. As such, certain educational apps that help teachers and students engage in learning can be used to inspire creativity in classrooms, where the makers of tomorrow reside. The following are the apps inspired by teachers and students
1] Edmodo App
Edmodo app for Windows 10 intends to lessen the communication gap between teachers and students by offering them a way to connect and collaborate even after class hours. The free app for Windows is designed with a full suite of features found on the web version of Edmodo.
Students can use the app to send notes, post replies, check messages, and upcoming events while away from the classroom. The app integrates well with Microsoft Office so that the students can log in using their Microsoft credentials and access Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365 libraries inside the Learning Management System.
When you first launch the app, you will find Edmodo has an interface that is quite similar to the Facebook app and borrows certain elements heavily from Facebook’s activity feed. However, unlike Facebook, Edmodo is organized around connections and not friends. These connections feature groups, which can be permanent classes or ad-hoc learning communities.
Once the teacher has created connections, he can provide notes to the students, create alerts for them, or give assignments to them. Teachers are wrested with additional powers and therefore can do more from the stream than students. For instance, they can filter posts by
- Social proximity
- Authors
- Post type
Posts can vary from plain notes to files containing attachments and important links. Educators can use the stream to post assignments and even request students to resubmit assignments if required.
Based on the changes made or not, the teacher can grade the assignments in bulk as shown in the screenshot below.
That’s not all. Edmodo also features quizzes, which can be saved to and loaded from your library (Collection), or created on the fly. The process of designing them is quite easy. All the teacher needs to do is assign a name to the quiz, set a time limit for its questions, create some questions [There is more choice available here. For instance, the questions framed can be an MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) type or a mix of true/false, match the columns, etc.] and assign it to a student or group.
Also, the teacher can send copies of the question individually to a student or group using polls.
This way, this app can help teachers and students create secure groups that take learning beyond the classroom.
2] ClickView app
This app offers thousands of quality educational videos that are accessible through our BYOD-friendly video platform. The courses found in the app are designed to keep the needs of the curriculum in mind and are available for free as part of your school’s subscription. A good feature of the app is that if you are using mobile devices like tablet PCs or Windows Mobile Phones, ClickView allows you to download videos and watch them without an internet connection. you can also share them within your school or upload them to your personal Workspace.
If you do not belong to a ClickView school, you can sign up for ClickView and experience a free 30-day trial. This offer is only available for Australian educators.
3] Socrative app
Socrative is a unique app for the Windows platform, designed for the teachers to help them pose a question and have students respond to their inquiry in real-time. Educators can assess their students’ level of understanding by organizing, quizzes, quick question polls, and others via the Dashboard of the application as shown in the screenshot below.
Also, they can instantly grade, aggregate, and provide visuals of results to help teachers find ways for further instruction. To get started, simply register for a Socrative Teacher account. Your Socrative account will work with other Socrative Apps and via all browsers at Socrative.com. Download it here.
Use the Setup School PCs app to setup Windows PCs in Schools.
