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VPN Services

May 22, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

A virtual private network gives you online privacy by creating a private network from a public internet connection. VPNs mask your internet protocol, so your online actions are virtually untraceable.

You need a VPM service because you could be exposing your private information and browsing habits. That is why virtual private network should be a most for anyone concerned about their online security and privacy. Also, the encryption and anonimity that it provides helps to provide your activities: sendingd emails, shopping online, or paying bills. Besides, they keep your web browser anonymous.

**VPNs essentially create a data tunnel between your local network and an exit node in another location, which could be thousands of miles away, making it seem as if you are in another place.**

This benefit allows online freedom, or the ability to access your favorite apps and websites while on the go. VPNs use encryption to scramble data when it is send a WiFi-network. Data security is especially important when using a public Wi-Fi network, because it prevents anyone else on the netwotk from eavesdropping on your internet activity.

What does a VPN hide?

Your browsing history
Your IP address and location
Your location for steaming
Your devices
Your web activity-to maintain internet freedom

AVANTAGES OF VPN

Bypass Geo-Restrictions
Increased Online Privacy
Free from Online Censorship
Safer Torrenting
Network Scalability

DISADVANTAGES OF VPN

Illigal
Decreased Performance
Monotoring by the service
Unable to Bypass 100%
Increased Cost

Watch this video to understand better HOW A VPN WORKS

The best VPN Services

**Click HERE to go to PIAprivateAccessNetwork**

Educaplay

May 12, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

This is a platform to allow teachers to create their own teaching activities. Teachers and students in all key stages and subjects areas can use it. This platform is nice to teach and practice different areas while students have fun.

**Teachers can create interactive teaching resources like maps, quizzes, pictures, dialogue analysis and matching games,riddles, crosswords, etc.**

You will have access to all the resources of the site. Also, best scores for each activity are given bellow the activity in an order of ranking. The website is available in nine European languages, but some of the resorces could be used in foreign language teaching particularly spanish.

ADVANTAGES OF EDUCAPLAY

*Teachers can introduce a new topic in an interesting and enjoyable way to keep the attention of the students.

*It offers 18 different activities like puzzels, riddles, matching games, memory games, crosswords, etc.

*You can use the activities as an assessment, diagnostic test, or just to introduce a topic for the class.

*Students can learn new vocabulary and practice vocabulary they already know.

DISADVANTAGES OF EDUCAPLAY

*Internet connexion is necessary to have access to Educaplay.

*You are not able to download games. But you can share the link of the game.

*If you want to a private account, you have to pay and get the premiun account.

*There is a lot of advertisement.

**Tutorial of how to sign up in EDUCAPLAY**

May 8, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

**An amazing tool for professionals and career development** **that allows people to upload resumés, search for a job and expand companies and business.** **Users just need to create a professional profile to share their information, achievements, and learn more about what they might be interested.**

***Some advantajes of LinkedIn:***

1. It is a social networking website designer for professionals.
2. Creates a good impression without even having to meet someone.
3. If used properly, fuels career goals, and networking strength.
4. Not just for the Jobseeker, great way to keep up with current trends and news.
**5. Quick access to companies website.**

**Some disadvantages of LinkedIn:**

1. Not suitable for small companies.
2. Website mostly used by big corporations.
3. Not a suitable site for targeting customers.
4. Forces more on advertising vacancies and employees.
5. It has a small percentage of Uk users.

To become an user in LinkedIn you have to create an account by using your celphone number, or using your email account. You are allowed to describe yourself once you create your professional profile, add your accomplishments, interestings, job preferences and experiences among many other issues to seek for a new job in LinkedIn, apply for a new job and follow a company profile.

**Click HERE to visit my LinkedIn profile.**

Facebook

May 5, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

It is a social networking site created in 2004, it has over a billion of users. It has the potencial to facilitate learning, bussines, communication, and interaction of people worldwide through instant messages, posts of pictures, videos, and information about almost any topic.

Facebook is a nice tool that everybody who has a mobile gadget is able to use. People are allow to share their personal information in their profiles of facebook, they have privacy to publish all they want, they can send request to family and friends as well as they can deny to accept request from unknown people.

There are advantages and useful things about facebook:

Besides, there are many advantages people can get through having a facebook account like sharing academic information with classmates, teachers, and people abroad. Also, facebook availability is 24/7 so, there are not incomvenients when you need to contact someone. Furthermore, you have the opportunity to improve reading and writing skills, bond with new and old friends, collaborate in fb groups, among other things.

There are some disadvantages for facebook users:

There exists negative content and spam, so people with bad intentions could make agressive comments about a company, or an audience. Also, advertisement has bad and poor reputation considering the number of law quality commercials in the site. There must be maintanience of the pages in fb because you need to delete spam, false or malicious content. Besides, privacy could turn into a problem when we talk about personal information and stalkers; fake profiles are a huge disadvantage that you certaintly will find in fb.

**Click HERE to watch a tutorial about How To Make Your Facebook Profile Private.**

Click HERE to watch a video about good and bad things of fb in bussines and education.

Click HERE to go to facebook.

GoConqr

April 20, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

**This is an awesome tool students enjoy while they learn something new!**

**Students and teachers will be alloed to create different resources.**

**Mindmaps, quizzes, and flashcards can be created in GoConqr.**

You’ll get many ADVANTAGES by using go Conqr.

*Students do not have to waste paper, they can create mind maps, flashcards, or questionaires by using this tool.

* They can share what they create in a group so that, the teacher and classmates can see it.

* It creates interests since using the computer and a different tool is catchy.

But you might find some DISADVANTAGES as well.

*If you download an image, it will look smaller.

*Mindmaps lose movement when you download them.

* There are a lot of advertisements.

**Click HERE to go to GoConqr. You can sign in using Facebook or Google.**

Canva

March 31, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

An useful tool to create and design anything to publish like posters, covers, charts, infographics, and magazines.

**You can design presentations, social media graphics, and more with thousands of beautiful layouts. You will find images, photo filters, free icons and shapes, and hundreds of fonts.**

There are ADVANTAGES like free templates, and images. You are allow to create designs in a very easy way. You can dowload it, or share it; it has twice a picture storage, and it takes short time to produce a graphic design.

Unfortunately there are DISADVANTAGES as well as advantages. Some images and graphics are only premium, so you have to pay to use them. You can not save in folder unless you have a premium account. Also, most of the good icons will cost money.

Flipgrid

March 27, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

This is a social learning tool that teachers and students can use to discuss any topic through videos. They can ask and respond questions by using the app or the website.

**This tool can be a nice option to change a boring clase into a creative one. Students can participate in an active way by using videos as responses. Any topic is allowed to be discussed.**

The ADVANTAGES of Flipgrid are that teachers can assess students, students will be self-assessed in a creative way, it improves digital, speaking, and participation skills. Also, this tool can be used as an app, or in the website. Besides, it is easy to use, and students can use this tool as an educational tool to interact.

Unfortunately, there are some DISADVANTAGES when using this tool like: without the free version teachers can not organize videos from different grids. Also, teachers must upgrade in case they want a detailed rubric. Students can only reply in a comment section, students better create another video in response.

**To acces to Flipgrid you can dowload the app in your cellphone, add the code that the teacher has provided you, sign in as a student, or teacher.**

**Another option is to access from your computer into the website with your email account, you can use the code, or scan it in case you have it.**

Piktochart

March 24, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

**Is a nice tool that teachers and students use in which you can create charts, infographics, and presentations with colors for a class.**

**You need to create an account with your email to start working in piktochart. Only add your nformation to start working. Let them know if you are a student, or a teacher to open an acount.**

**You will be able to chose a template, or to create one with all the elements you chose. Just decide if you want to create a chart, a presentation, or an infographic.**

There are many ADVANTAGES like less contamination since students do not have to spend money on paper and markers. Besides, you can download an image of your work to share it. Also, you can insert videos. You are able to personalize your work by choosing color, text, images, etc.

There are DISADVANTAGES too because audios can not be added. Also, in case you want to use some icons you need to get a premium account. In case you already made five visuals you will not be able to create more.

Play factile

March 21, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

***A learning tool to create quizzes games to assess students, to practice any topic like history, science, languages by using flashcards,memory,choice,and factile.***

**You can use your laptop, cellphone, or tablet to play. You just have to create an account that can be free to make your game as you prefer .**

This is another option to practice in the class with students to make a different class. They will learn and have fun as well. You just have to create an account to make a game by following the steps and you will have a new game.
Click on Playfactile tutorial to learn more!

**Here you have some of the ADVANTAGES this tools offers with the main purpose to learn something new in a funny way. People can play many times in a competition and teams can play together as well.**

But there are some DISADVANTAGES since you can not download the game. You can share only the link with other. Besides, you can not create more than three games, and the buzzer mood is not available in laptops and phones.

**Despite of all the incomvenientes this tool allows students to practice any topic in a game like math and history, so they do not find it so difficult.**

Voicethread

March 15, 2020Uncategorizedflorjoya

It is a learning tool that helps students to take online clases, and teachers to develop topics through videos, presentations with recordings, and images in which students can participate actively by adding comments, and recordings. Power point presentations, PDFs, documents, files, videos, and audios can be shared by using a microphone, webcam, text, phone, among others.

People can access to this tool in mobile apps, or sign into the website . Just make sure to use Chrome and Firefox browsers. You could use Microsof Edge and Safari to open Voice Threads, but not to record audio or video. Also, Internet Explorer does not support HTML5, so it can not be used with Voice Thread.

How to sign into Voice Thread:

Open the app in your cellphone, or go to the page in your computer, tap “sign in with email”, enter your email address and password, and tap “sign in”. Click HERE to sign into the tool.

Advantages of VOICETHREAD

Increases student participation
Increases student engagement
Increases collaboration
Builds community
Creates interactive activities
Assesses students

Disadvantages of VOICETHREAD

It takes self-dicipline
Plagiarism
Cheating
Isolation

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