1. Duolingo Duolingo, if what they claim is true, is the most popular language learning app. The app is free and with less than 100 MB of download, you can create your profile and start learning a language right away. Currently there are 30 million English learners in the app. The process of learning is very easy to understand. There modules and each of them has vocabulary and grammar rules for you to learn. Activities contain listening, translating and writing. Repetition is also a key factor. As you move forward, the app tracks your progress and if one of your module knowledge is weakens, it warns you so that you can practice it again and strengthen your skill. You can also set daily goals and discuss the language rules in Duolingo forum. 2. Busuu This app is very similar to Duolingo. The process is just a bit different. The first thing I realized was that Busuu is more explanatory. Rather than letting you to deduce the rules, it gives them clearly. This app has an also a ...
Today, I made a Thinglink. For those who don't know what it is, Thinglink is a website where you can create informational interfaces like this one . This is a great tool that can be used to teach certain subjects besides various other things. Other than boring images you can also use videos and 360° videos. It also supports VR and this can bring the materials that you can create to a whole new level. Here is the Thinglink I made. Just click on those icons. And here it is as a link: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1321843713453850625
Augmented Reality is a new kind of technology that augments reality. It can be said that it is a combination of VR and reality. If you don't know about VR I suggest you to read my previous post . In VR all we see was virtual stuff but in AR that virtual stuff is experienced together with reality. The picture above explains it well actually. There is no chair in the room but the phone adds it using the AR technology. There are marker based and markless AR technologies. In marker based AR to see the virtual model a marker is needed. In markless AR however, we don't need to use any other material. If the device you are using is compatible with AR technology you can download and experience the AR right now. There various apps you can use and some of them are even free. One is Sketchfab. People like you create 3D models and upload them to this platform and you can summon those models on your desk or on your hand whenever you want. This technology is already used in language teachin...
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