As I was scrolling through Facebook posts today, I happened to see an ad for this app called Recap. It looked interesting so I clicked on it. Boy... am I glad I did! This is one of the most interesting web 2.0 tools I have seen and I know the teachers at my school and their students are going to love it.
So Recap (http://letsrecap.com) is a tool that allows the teacher to pose a question to his/her students in either text or video format. Students then respond to the question by recording a short video on their chromebook, macbook, or iPad (no Andoid app yet!). The teacher can then use these videos to judge how well students understand the content. The videos can be shown to the class one at a time or in a special video montage that the app creates automatically. Recap is completely free! Students can either have an account set up for them with email and password or the teacher can share a code that students use to access the questions. Sign up is super easy and quick. Below is a screenshot of what it looks like from the teacher's perspective when a question has been answered.
You will notice that students can also assess how comfortable they are with their answer to each question (Located in the top left corner of the screenshote). This is a quick way for teachers to see how comfortable students are with the content without embarassing any of the students.Teachers can also quickly see who has not completed an assigned question.
Check out this YouTube video to see the app in action! This app is pretty new, in fact it is still in beta testing, so I was unable to find a whole lot of additional information to share with everyone. However here is what I was able to find for you. - Blog post from Innovate, Instruct and Inspire: http://innovateinstructinspire.blogspot.com/2016/04/lets-recap.html - Press Release from PR Web: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/02/prweb13196434.htm - Teacher Resources from Let's Recap site: http://letsrecap.com/what-teachers-are-saying/ So how can we possibly use this app? - Assessments (You can ask up to 10 questions at a time) - Entrance/Exit Slips - Homework Assignments - Getting to Know You project at the beginning of the year - Book Reports - Quick Reviews - Surveys These are just a few ideas. I would love to hear yours! Please share in the comments.
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