ShowMe

ShowMe is an App where teachers can create content in a lecture-like format for others. This App allows one to make a ShowMe. A ShowMe looks a lot like a teacher is using a smart board in class. Teachers can record their voices discussing the topic. Once designed, teachers can share this ShowMe to anyone, anywhere in the world or a teacher can keep the information private. Anyone can look up a ShowMe to learn something new or to include in a lesson.

As an ESL educator, the fact that this app has an entire category dedicated to ESL excited me. In my experience, there is not a wide variety of content available for ESL educators, especially since the implementation of WIDA. This makes it very hard to create lessons. Since there is little curriculum, teachers are often making entire lessons from scratch! ShowMe would be great way to introduce to students any lessons for ESL students.

In my undergrad, I learned a lot about a new trend in education: The Flipped Classroom. The Flipped Classroom is where student’s complete lectures outside of class, and time in class is reserved for doing assignments and other activities. ShowMe would be a great means of implementing the Flipped Classroom. Students can easily watch a ShowMe outside of class, anywhere and anytime.