1.5.5. LearnSpace for Education
LearnSpace for Education is an interactive classroom software
with a multitude of helpful features that encourages learning. Learnspace
has features that make it easy for a lecturer to make a complete lesson
plan that both teaches and tests their students as they want. With
earnspace both students and teachers can share their ideas on classroom
screens or projectors.
The screen at the front of the room is controlled by laptops, tablets and
smartphones. Instructor and student devices merge together to create an interactive
learning environment. It has many features that the teacher wants and is a
viable option
Good Features:
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Students share their work on the classroom display. Many students can share
simultaneously.
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Teachers can wirelessly distribute problems to student devices and see answers
appear on their own device.
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Ability to use multiple screens as you would use multiple blackboards
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Teachers have the ability to walk around the classroom and control the
presentation wirelessly with a smartphone
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Show slides from your phone with a flick of the finger. Save a copy of the
slide off to the side by flicking left or right. See your notes in the palm
of your hand.
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Smartphone and tablet cameras can be used to instantly show demonstrations
or student work.
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From any personal device a student can create a pointer onto the display
to aid in asking a question or making a comment
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Supports multiple students sharing at one time.
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The teacher can distribute an image and ask students to draw over it
to answer a question.
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Questions can be integrated into your slide deck so that they arise automatically
at the right time.
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Very easy to navigate
Bad Features:
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Cannot gauge attendance with the app
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No abiltiy for a collapsible lesson plan
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Can't give permission to individual students to put something on a screen
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Multiple students can be onscreen at once, creating clutter
Missing Features:
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Saving custom whiteboard content for students
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Ability to create slides by uploading a written document
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Expandable slide headings and dynamic slide fitting
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Custom instructor console
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Multiple whiteboard layers, public and private layers
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Session-long voting meters/sliders
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Noteworthy features:
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Can create many types of quizzes that autmatically happen throughout the lecture
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