Biteable

Biteable is an online platform where you can edit videos and present them in class to make the lesson more interesting all the while gaining the students' attention. You need to create an account first before you can start making videos. You can click on the 'Sign Up - Free' button at the upper left corner of the screen. Once you have signed up, it will automatically direct you to your 'welcome' page. This page is where all of the videos that you have created will be displayed. You can start creating your videos by clicking on the 'Create a New Video' button on your video page. Before that, if you are planning to continue making videos on this site but does not want to get everything mixed up, you can create a folder and sort those videos into their designated folders. Next, you can either pick your templates from the ones featured on this website or start from scratch. Before picking the templates, you can preview it first to see what the template is like.

(Your video page)

Once you have picked your template, you can start editing your video. There are five main sections on this page. The first one is the timeline section, where you can organize your contents according to the order that you preferred. The second section is the colour section where you can choose the background colour you preferred your video to be. The third one is the audio section, a section where you can edit the audio that you want to include in your video. The next section is the preview section, a section where you can have a look at your almost finished product for any mistakes or errors so you correct it before publishing the video on the website. There is also the editing section where you can include your own contents in the video and time it to how long you want a certain scene from the video to last.

(The video editing page)

This tool can be used by both the teachers and the students. It is indeed beneficial for a teacher to implement it in the classroom as they can encourage the students to think more creatively on how to do their assignments. Since this website focuses on video making, the teacher can introduce them to the students so that they can use it in their future assignments, be it individually or in a group, to make it more interesting. It will create a more fun classroom that allows the students to be motivated to learn. It also enables the teacher to approach and understand the students in a new way that is different from the one in traditional classrooms.

Students could help improve the quality of their assignments or presentations by using this tool. This is because this tool allows students access to a variety of features that would be helpful for them in making videos so that their presentations or assignments would not look so simple and traditional. Students would feel more interested in learning if tools like this is implemented in the classroom. This is due to the fact that this website promote creative thinking by applying graphics and many other interesting visual and auditory aids that can attract the students' attention in class.

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VeeR

(The main page)

What is virtual reality?

"the computer-generated simulation of a three-dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by a person using special electronic equipment, such as a helmet with a screen inside or gloves fitted with sensors."

VeeR is an online website that provides its users with a variety of virtual reality videos according to the users' preference. VeeR can also be used on your smartphones by downloading the application on your AppStore or Google Playstore. This website can be accessed by everyone for free. All you have to do is sign up if you do not have an account yet, or just click on the 'Log In' button if you already have one and experience augmented reality in the best way possible. It is also easy to use as you can upload any virtual reality contents that you made yourself on your profile and share it with everyone else. You can also browse for the virtual reality videos that you want to watch and select the best ones out of the many videos featured on this website.

(The sign up page)

This tool is indeed beneficial for ESL teachers as they provide a more interactive approach than the traditional method of teaching. In a traditional classroom, the teacher is the dominant figure and the students would only listen majority of the time. By using this application, teachers would be able to initiate interaction in the classroom, be it among the students or between the students and the teacher, making it more lively like how a language classroom should be This is because, virtual reality videos allows the students better understanding on the topic that they are learning.

This application not only benefits the teachers but the learners as well. Learners differ in their method of acquiring knowledge. Some learners are more visual while some are more auditory. The games in this website have both of those features incorporated into them. While there is no method that could cater to the needs of every students in one classroom, the many interactive, interesting features on this application could at least help the learners learn in their own way without falling behind their other classmates. This tool can also help them be more cooperative in class, develop team work and engage more in their lessons.

Examples of Virtual Reality videos from YouTube:

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