FLIPSNACK

This is an amazing software that allows to everybody to creat a virtual book from a PDF document. 

https://www.flipsnack.com/es/accounts/sign-in.html

ADVANTAGES

-It is a free software, you only need to subcribe.
-You upload your PDF document designed as you want, images, type or color of words and images, even the cover of your book.
-You can add sound when you pass the page.
-You can save your books in your account.
-You can share your book in social webs.

DISADVANTAGES

-If you don´t have internet, you cannot see the book.
-Flipsnack just allows 20 sheets maximum.
-It takes time to upload your documents.

As a teacher...

It is usuful to teach, explain or give examples about a viewed topics in a interactive way. You can add imagges and colors as you want to do it more interesting and attractive to your students.
As well, you can ask your students to do a virtual book to explain what they understant about a topic and get realize if they are really getting the knowledge wanted.

PINTEREST

It is a web and a mibile application that allows to share images, GIFs, information and videos in order to allow other users to creat boards to keep ideas organized to discover and creat new ideas and hacks.

  

https://www.pinterest.com.mx

ADVANTAGES

-It is a free site, yoou just need to creat an acount.

-You can find ideas about anything you think (teaching, learning, food, etc.)

-You can creat your own board with organized ideas with you likes and interests.

-You can follow boards of others and see their ideas, images, hacks, GIFs, etc.

-You can creat and upload your own information or post images from other websites in you Pinterest.

-You can interact with each other through liking, commenting and repinning each other´s stuff.

-You can find ideas in any language.

-As a blogger, it is a good site for promoting and marketing your content.

https://pin.it/cunv3sdxqvt4ej

DISADVANTAGES

-You can´t share something in Pinterest unless it has a image.

-It is easy steal images from others, there is not protection.

-Pinterest realies enterily on look and not really text to sell ideas.

As a teacher...

Pinterest is very usuful web because you can find activities, printables, ideas or images about a class or how to explain a topic. For its very visual aspect you can use this site to capture interest in a board and use it as a portafolio as well. Then you can show it to your students. 

INFOGRAPHICS AND PRINTABLES

INFOGRAPHIC

It is a visual representation (diagram) with explicative and easy images, the purpose is to summarize, explain and communicate information in a entertening, fast and visual to help understanding.

PRINTABLES

It is an amazing idea to help us as a teachers to creat physical material for our students, it could be grammar, vocabulary or culture exercises.


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PIKTOCHART 

It is a web which allows us to creat printables and infographics in a easy way. 
https://create.piktochart.com/dashboard

ADVANTAGES:

-It is online and free.
-You can add to many images and graphics.
-The web brings many ideas and templates which are innovative, colorful and interesting.
-They are very useful for teachers for planning and prepare lesson and design materials.
-Graeter student egagement.
-With infographics  is easy to remember and assimilate complicated information.
-The printables are easy to elaborate, the web brings ideas to do it.
-You can add your oun image in the background.
-You can add GIFs in your infographic.
-You can share it in the socia media.

DISADVANTAGES:

-You need to pay for templates which are more complex and professionals.
-It is a little be difficult to work with all the little images that the templetes have.
-It works better in Chrome or Firefox.