Steve
Associate Professor of Trust Systems
Used Powtoon for 2 weeks :-)
Oct 2020
Sure. I have found it in the short time I have used it to be fun to use, entertaining whilst educational for the students, and a really quick way to make ideas stand out. I'd liken it to the same kind of feelings I had about HyperCard back in the day. With Powtoon and Explain Everything (the other go to for me) I have all the tools I need to go much further with my remote and face to face (eventually!) teaching
Steve found Powtoon:
- Moderately improves attainment“I've only used it in one session but it was much more engaging than usual and allowed me to cover more material by far”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“In the session I used it I was able to discuss the content of the week (supply chains) as well as how to do peer reviews of each others' assignments on top of bringing in material aboutOperations Management that I couldn't get to in a different format”
- Slightly increases student collaboration“To be honest, I'm neutral because I haven't tried that yet, but I will!”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Sure - the one I gave above re what I could cover. As well it allows me to remote teach in a much more engaging way that delivers information in a paced environment”
- Slightly improves teacher knowledge and skills“I'm not sure, to be honest. I think it may, at least teacher knowledge of the students they are working with, used properly”
- Slightly saves school money“I paid for it myself ;-) That's sure a savings for the university!”
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