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Symbaloo: The heart of my digital learning process

 INITIAL SYMBALOO


We have only been in this course for a few days, and we have been asked to create a Symbaloo. We need to organize the resources we use for learning, and later on, we will add new ones.
I decided to divide it this way because in the middle it is Google, which is the tool I use to access all the others, and on the sides I placed the different tools I use.

In the pink square, we have the creation apps. To create original and creative designs, I really like Canva, although I have also used Genially sometimes. I also use Word and PowerPoint very regularly.

The blue square contains games: I have always used Kahoot, but I consider that I must start using others, so this is the reason why I have left some spaces. 

In the green square, we have the Google tools I use the most. First of all, without any doubt, Google Drive, as I upload all my documents there, and we always use it for group work. Secondly, Gmail, because I use it a lot for everything. Then we have YouTube, which I also use a lot to watch videos (both for fun and educational objetives) and to show videos to the kids I work with as a monitor or teacher. And I also have Google Calendar that I use it to organize myself. 

I included WordReference as a dictionary because it is definitely the one I use the most and I love it.

And finally, I added ChatGPT, because I use it a lot mainly to come up with activities or games to do with my kids, and at university for ideas and index for assignments. However, I believe that overusing it is not good, for example, I would never use it to write an entire assignment.

FINAL SYMBALOO

Regarding the changes, I have added a large number of new resources. I have included them because I feel I have learned a lot and I have also used them, and what's more, I plan to continue using them. 

I have also added Quillbot and iLovePDF, which were websites I used before but forgot to include. I wanted to add Tinywow, but it didn’t let me. I would have placed it together with iLovePDF. I discovered this last one recently, and I think it is super useful for everything related to PDFs, PowerPoints, Word documents, etc.

I believe these changes also reflect my improvement as a teacher, since I have discovered many resources to work with my students, and I am very grateful for that.

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