POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN TEACHING

3/2023

HPGD3203

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN
TEACHING AND LEARNING

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E-MAIL : nurasyikinmohdnoh19@oum.edu.my
LEARNING CENTRE : SEBERANG JAYA
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 List your references separately in the APPENDIX page.

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Question 1
Blooket
About:
Blooket is an online educational platform
that provides teachers with tools to create
and customize interactive games for their
students. Teachers can create and host
games for their students on this site for
quizzes and reviews. Students can join
games on their personal gadgets and
compete themselves against other students.
Teachers can monitor student progress and students and utilize a mobile device with the
identify areas that require review with
Blooket’s assortment of game types.
Blooket’s advantages include better
knowledge retention, stronger critical
thinking abilities, improved cooperation and
collaboration skills, more self-confidence,
and increased engagement and enthusiasm
for learning.
Teachers can benefit from Blooket in a
number of ways, such as intuitive platform
with a wide range of game modes, the
ability to monitor student progress and
pinpoint areas that require reinforcement,
access to a library of pre-made games, and
the ability to design custom games to fulfil
certain learning goals.
Plickers
About:
Plickers is a platform that enables teachers
to engage their students in formative
assessment activities using a combination of
printed cards and a mobile device.
“Plickers” is a combination of the words
“paper” and “clickers.” Plickers are rather
easy to set up because teachers need only to
print the Plickers card and distribute to
app to monitor students’ performance and
control the activities. In short, it works as a
personalized Plickers card, a printed page
featuring a QR code, and lettered response
alternatives (A, B, C, D) are given to every
student and the orientation of the card (how
student holds it up) determines their chosen
response.
Next, after students answer the questions,
using a mobile device (usually a smartphone
or tablet) teachers will scan students’
responses in real time. Plickers instantly
records and displays the responses,
providing a real-time feedback to the
teacher. Therefore, Plickers allows teachers
to gauge student understanding, identify
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 areas that may need further instruction, and
adapt their teaching accordingly.

Blooket Plickers

Key Features

1. Teachers can customize games, 1. Teachers can subscribe to their

questions, and content to align with preferred subjects to use the
specific curriculum and learning resources in class. Examples of the
objectives. subjects including Science,
Computer Science, History and Art.

2. Teachers need to print the Plickers

2. Teachers can also share worksheets
with the same topics to be used as
quiz in the class.
card and each students will have
their own unique cards to answer
the questions. Therefore, formative
evaluations are made possible by
Plickers without requiring separate
devices for every student. Students
utilize cards with QR codes printed
on them.

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 3. Blooket offers a variety of interesting
games mode for students to choose
while answering the questions. The
games are also parallel to the theme
of the game mode students choose.

3. Compared to more flexible tools,

Plickers may be limited in the
variety of question types it can
handle because it is primarily meant
for multiple-choice questions.

4. Blooket provide tools to help with

assessment and instructional decision-
making by producing reports and
analytics on student performance.

4. Allows teachers to assess students

understanding immediately during
the lesson and displaying student
responses in real time.

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 5. Teachers can create own formative
5. In order to assist teachers take questions for students but limit until
attendance, students must put down five questions for free account.
their names before the games started. Students will show their cards to
answer the questions and teachers
will use device to scan the answers
and recorded in the system.

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 Blooket
Advantages of each tools
1. Blooket’s emphasis on game-based
learning makes learning engaging
for students possible by transforming
academic material into lively,
competitive games. In addition, my
observations from the classroom
suggest that this method can improve
student enjoyment of the material
and cultivate a positive attitude
towards it. Students keep on trying to
answer the questions and also enjoy
the variety of games where they can
choose the characters who will assist
them in the games and win the battle.
They feel satisfied and like addicted
to the games.
2. Teachers/ instructors can modify
games from Blooket to fit
particular curricular requirements
and adjust the material to meet the
goals of each students. For instance,
after the introduction or explanation
of the topics, teachers able to create
questions reference to the notes/
explanation given to assess students
understanding. In short,
customization allows teachers to
Plickers
1. Since students cannot duplicate
their peers’ responses, Plickers are
made for quick and simple setup,
needing the delivery of printed cards
to each student. Therefore, we may
conclude that teachers are able to
assess students more accurately. In
addition, based on my observations
in the classroom, some students
tend to mimic their friends
responses rather than trying to
answer the questions themselves out
of fear that they will get it wrong or
a sense of embarrassment if they
make mistakes. However, Plickers
are special because students can’t
replicate their classmate’s
responses and using this method,
teachers can assess students
understanding more accurately.
2. Besides, students who are shy or
passive in class can also benefit from
Plickers as some students find it
awkward or embarrassed to offer
assistance and respond to inquiries
during teacher assessments. Some
students are clever but less
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 address the unique requirements of
their classrooms, ensuring that the
content aligns with instructional
goals.
3. Teachers may rapidly track their
students’ progress throughout
games with Blooket’s real-time
feedback feature because it have
tools for producing analytics and
statistics on student performance on
particular topics we choose to assess.
As a result, quick feedback helps
teachers’ spot areas where students
are struggling or confused, allowing
for prompt remediation and
curriculum modifications. In other
words, analyzing data can help
teachers assess the effectiveness of
games, track individual and class
progress, and inform instructional
decisions.
4. Blooket also is designed with ease
of use in mind, catering to the needs
of both educators and learners
because this platform is accessible
for both educators and students
which can result in greater uptake
and user-friendliness, lowering the
learning curve.
interactive during the lesson.
Therefore, these types of students
will enjoy Plickers well and help
teachers to assess their
understanding.
3. Formative assessment is made
possible with Plickers, eliminating
the need for individual devices for
every student. Hence, Plickers
guarantees that every student can
engage in assessments in
environments where not all students
have personal devices, fostering
inclusivity and enabling students to
feel more at ease in the classroom.
4. Besides, Plickers simply need to
have individual printed cards sent to
each student, making setup quick
and simple. The setup’s ease of use
allows for impromptu assessments
and minimizes the possibility of
interfering with a lesson’s flow.
Plickers are simple to set up and
concise, making it appropriate for
both primary and secondary
education. Additionally, Plickers is
has its privacy because the
instructors have to create their own
questions rather than importing
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5. Blooket provide multiplayer modes
which will encouraged students to
collaborate and engage in friendly
competition by having support for
multiplayer modes among students.
Therefore, these collaborative
gameplay can enhance the social
aspect of learning, promoting
teamwork and communication skills.
others ready-made questions as in
Blooket.
5. Plickers is especially designed for
formative evaluation, assisting
teachers / instructors in monitoring
student comprehension throughout
classes and generating data
illustrating their performance. In my
opinion, through these, teachers have
the ability to evaluate the
comprehension of their students and
plan accordingly to enhance their
performance in the upcoming class.
Thus, regular formative assessments
facilitate continuous learning on the
part of the students and enable
teachers to modify their lessons in
response to ongoing input.
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Analysis on four aspects:
Blooket
Blooket offers so many engaging
games in both single and
multiplayer modes, naturally
encourages motivation and
engagement during the lesson. As
a result, group assessments are
offered in addition to individual
assessments, which will promote
cooperation and healthy
competition. In my research and
in-depth observation, Blooket’s
emphasis on gamification makes
it a great tool for engaging
students and creating a dynamic
learning environment. Although
students might prefer the games
over the questions, but an
intriguing aspect is that they can
play and learn simultaneously.
Teachers can customize games
and quizzes with Blooket to meet
specific curriculum demands
because the platform offers for
Aspects Plickers
Plickers employ a card-based
response method, which brings
Engagement and some innovation to the evaluation
Gamification of students’ performance.
Additionally, Plickers’short
response approach encourages
active participation from
students. The platform is suited
for brief and targeted interactions
because of its distinct reaction
mechanism, even though it isn’t
as gamified as Blooket. In short,
Blooket has a unique method
compared to Plickers in terms of
engagement as Blooket have a
slight edge in terms of
engagement due to its explicit
focus on game-based learning
compared to Plickers. However,
the effectiveness depends on the
preferences of the students and
the learning objectives of the
teachers.
Plickers make it easier to create
questions that are appropriate for
rapid evaluations in class. It
offers a restricted set of question
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considerable customization
choices. Thus, we can see that
Blooket offers a great degree of
flexibility, enabling teachers/
educators to carefully match
activities to their learning
objectives. In conclusion, Blooket
excels in customization, making it
well-suited for educators who
want detailed control over the
content.
Blooket is free to use, however
there is a premium model with
extra features that require a
membership. The price varies
according on the features needed,
so it can be a reasonable choice
for everyday use.
Blooket is a novel, entertaining
platform that allows games and
evaluation at the same time. It is
game-based in nature and
requires little instruction for
students to get started.
types that are useful for an easy
evaluation and a brief,
Customisation uncomplicated conversation
and Content following the evaluation. In
Creation summary, Plickers is simple to
use and easy to understand,
however it might not give as
much flexibility as Blooket.
Only five questions or fewer are
Cost and allowed for the assessment in
Affordability Plickers’ free version. The
premium subscription is required
to access the extra features, such
as creating more than five
questions for assessment. Lastly,
Plickers might be attractive to
teachers on a tight budget due to
its affordability.
Teachers are the only ones who
need a device typically a phone
Scalability and with the applications installed to
Ease of scan the responses from students.
Implementation Therefore, Plickers has the
advantage of being simple to set
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Furthermore, it is simple to
incorporate into the instruction
that is already in place, and every
student has online access to the
platform, either individually or in
groups.
up and requiring little equipment
to do the assessment. Due to its
simple to use, Plickers is able to
gain interest quickly.
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Question 2:

a) Lesson Plan

Date / 19/11/2023
Class Loyalty Form 2 Time 08.30 – 9.30 a.m
Day Monday

Subject English

Topic Action Verbs

Period 60 minutes

Medium Technology Canva, Blooket, Plickers

Slide presentation (showing pictures to allow students guess the

Method
action verbs), Canva presentation, Blooket and Plickers activities.

Topic for Blooket Action Verbs

Topic for Plickers Action Verbs

b) Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

Cognitive: Understand the role of action verbs in conveying actions or

Learning movements
Outcomes
Psychomotor: List and explain the characteristics of action verbs.

Affective: Identify the and categorize action verbs according to groups.

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 c) Introduction

STEPS

1. Teacher show pictures of the action verbs

Introduction
2. Students guess the suitable words to describe the pictures
(10 Minutes) shown.

3. Teacher assist students to answer correctly by giving clues.

4. Teacher explains the importance of this topic in our daily lives.

Proof of the introduction:

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 d) Application of Blooket

Steps

Learning 1. Teacher shows how to play with Blooket

Activity 1
2. Students read the instruction and ask teachers for the application
(15 minutes)
3. Teacher share the link and QR code for the games.

Prof of Blooket:

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 e) Application of Plickers

Steps:

Learning Introduction of Action Verbs via Plickers:

Activity 2
1. Teacher explain to students how to play Plickers and how to
(20 minutes) answer and show their cards to allow teacher scan the code.

2. Teacher do the demonstration while explaining the methods.

Proof of Plickers:

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 f) Group Activities

Steps:

Learning Group Reinforcement Activity:

Activity 3
1. Teacher explains how to play in group and divide students into
(15 minutes) groups

2. Students move to their own groups and answer together

3. Only the leader of the group will show the answer (the code)

Proof of Grouping Activity

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 g) Learning Check

Blooket Activity Plickers Activity

1. Useful in class for students who 1. Useful in class to assess students

loves to learn and play understanding

2. Teachers able to edit the questions 2. Studnets can check on the spot the
and allow them to re-do the activity answers and how they perform in
to improve the result and betetr class.
understanding.

Proof of Lesson Check:

Blooket:

Plickers :

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 h) Conclusion

STEPS

Conclusion 1. Teacher conclude the topic and the examples of the importance
in daily lives.
(5 minutes)
2. Teacher gives examples of sentences and shows why the verbs
are important.

Proof of Conclusion:

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i)Technical Issues:

Problems Solutions

i. Wifi issues- both Blooket and i. Using personal hotspot from

Plickers need to have wifi phone or postpone the activity to
the next day.
ii. PC problems such as no battery /
electricity issues ii. Replace using power station

iii. Use Ipad or allow students to do

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 iii. PC jammed/ got issues of broken as homework.
or update programs.

Proof of Technical Issues:

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Question 3 (OCP) :

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