Google sites (URL: https://sites.google.com/) is a tool that allows you to create a website in an environment similar to desktop publishing software. The platform provides easy to use options for laying out the content in the form of connected webpages. The platform works like a charm for users who want to setup something quick for the web, and are working with the static content. One key advantage of this platform is its ability to integrate with other tools in the G-suite. If you have a Google id you can start making your website right away!
What is a mind map? To put it plainly, it is a technique to represent ideas as a web (or a network or a connected representation) of interconnected ideas. There are multiple tools out there that allows one to create mindmaps for all possible situations. You can draw a mindmap on a piece of a paper, using a drawing tool on your PC, or through a specialized application. Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is one such (Java based) application that provides functionality to create useful mindmaps.
Tableau is a data visualization software that allows users to create multiple visualizations (like, barchart, piechart, etc.) seamlessly. It allows allows the users to create interactive dashboards with data. Multiple data formats, such as .xls, .csv, .json, etc. are supported, and to create visualizations the user can drag and drop the rows and column elements to its respective place.
Tableau is a data visualization software that allows users to create multiple visualizations (like, barchart, piechart, etc.) seamlessly. It allows allows the users to create interactive dashboards with data. Multiple data formats, such as .xls, .csv, .json, etc. are supported, and to create visualizations the user can drag and drop the rows and column elements to its respective place.
Scratch is a no-code platform with online and offline environment to create applications such as games, animations, interactive applications, etc. It can be categorised as an educational tool primarily because it can be used in classrooms, to teach codeing.
Figure 1 below shows a snapshot of the interface, it has a panel for connecting blocks that programme the actions of the sprite. These blocks are categoried based on different functionality, such as Motion, Looks, Sounds, etc.
Orange data mining software is a tool that can be used to perform multiple data driven tasks, such as data visualization, machine learning, statistics, etc.
It is a GUI based software program built on Python that provides a visual programming environment for the users to design their data-driven workflows. It is accomplished through small units of function blocks called widgets. These are the entities in the software that takes an input and provides an output. These widgets can be connected through links in order to create the desired workflow.
Tinkercad is an application that allows the users to create prototypes for their product ideas. It allows the creation of 3D models, electronic circuit prototypes, and animations. In the session we explored the 3d solid creation module of the software through which 3d models can be created.
In order to create a 3d model the users can make use of the default models that are already available, such as a cuboid, cylinder, etc. there are multiple such libraries created that hosts different kinds of models.
In order to create a complex solid the user can use Boolean command such as a union or intersection to construct the geometries from the basic shapes. Figure 1 demonstrates the result of one such exercise, where tinkercad is used to create a 3D model of a furniture
H5P is a platform that can be used to create an interactive content. This interactivity is facilitated through an HTML 5.0 platform and it can be integrated into a web platforms, or LMSs like moodle.
Cozmo is an educational toy robot that can be utilised in different ways for learning. The product is developed by Digital Dream Labs and is available to general public for purchase via common online retail platforms across the globe.
The current product version is 2.0, the details for which can be viewed on their website: Meet Cozmo | Digital Dream Labs
The product package includes a robot toy and three blocks that can be utilized in multiple ways to design the interactions with the robots. The toy is embedded with sensors such as a camera, proximity sensor, and a small screen for displaying emotions.