Educational Technology: Guide to GoConqr

What is GoConqr?

• GoConqr Introduction (Einbetten)
• Bildunterschrift: Watch this video to learn more about WHAT GoConqr is!
• GoConqr is a multimedia platform that allows teachers and students to create, discover, and share learning resources.
• Think Quizlet, but more interactive! GoConqr offers slides, which I'm utilizing right now, which Quizlet does not offer. Similarly to Quizlet, GoConqr offers flashcards, courses you can join, and subjects you can favorite in order to filter the study set suggestions you get.
• GoConqr is meant to enhance an active and self-directed learning style. Teachers can compile exactly what information they want to relay to the class, and each student can work to master the content at their own pace. In a secondary education atmosphere this is a more common way of learning.

How to use GoConqr?

• How to Use GoConqr (Einbetten)

SAMR Model & Use in the Classroom

• GoConqr falls under the Modification tier of the SAMR model. It allows all of the pertinent information to be located in one place where the teacher can monitor the progress of students, but lets students work at their own pace to master the content, within reasonable limits. This modifies the traditional lecture style classroom, and redesigns it into a self-propelled learning warehouse.
• GoConqr would best be used, in my classroom, for assignment and studying purposes. Students can create study sets which will be personalized to the information they feel they need to master the most, helping each student to thrive in their own way.
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Making the Most of GoConqr

• The resources that are linked to the right perfectly explain how each content component of the tool works. Click through to see a bit about each feature!
• GoConqr is helpful to teachers because they can create classrooms for their students to join, and put exactly the info that they want on that class page. This helps to make sure the information is easily accessible and the same for all students.
• For students, GoConqr is easy to use! One keyword will provide tons of information in all different types of sets, slides, notes, Mind Maps, and flashcards are shown on this slide.
• GoConqr Quick Guide to Getting Started
• Mind Maps with GoConqr
• Using GoConqr to study History
• Making the Most of GoConqr Flashcards

Exploring GoConqr (cont) & Challenges/ISTE

• The GoConqr Guide to End of Term Exams
• How well do you know GoConqr?
• An immediate challenge I noticed when I opened the webpage was the layout of it. The home page is flooded with different link bars, which can be overwhelming, especially to brand new users. Hopefully, with the direction of some explanatory GoConqr slides like this one, students will feel at ease and have a better sense of direction when it comes to navigating the website.
• GoConqr encapsulates ISTE Standards: 1a,1b,1c, 2c, 2d, 3a, 3b,4d, 5c, 5d, 6d, 7b, 7d for students. GoConqr allows students to utilize at least one section of each of the seven standards for students.
• When it comes to ISTE Standards for Educators, GoConqr practices: 1a, 1b, 1c, 2b, 3b, 3c, 4b, 4c, 5b, 6c, 6d, 7a, and 7c. Similarly as with students, GoConqr incorporates at least one subset of each of the seven ISTE standards for educators.