Author: Jacob Shumway of Lucidpress
Arguably more important than the knowledge a student gains through formal education are the skills he or she develops. Indeed, future employers are likely to evaluate them according to their communicative and collaborative abilities. That’s why it’s so important for teachers to give students plenty of opportunities to work together and to share their findings with one another.
Lucidpress, a free design and publication app that will soon offer integration with Google Classroom, can help with both objectives. With its variety of professional templates and its easy-to-learn interface, it’s a perfect entry-level tool for students and teachers alike. Here are a few ways to make the most of it in the classroom.
Lucidpress, a free design and publication app that will soon offer integration with Google Classroom, can help with both objectives. With its variety of professional templates and its easy-to-learn interface, it’s a perfect entry-level tool for students and teachers alike. Here are a few ways to make the most of it in the classroom.
Fostering Collaboration
Whenever a student creates a Lucidpress document at school, that document is stored in the cloud, allowing him or her to access it from a home computer, tablet, laptop, or mobile device. What’s more, multiple students can log in to work together on a single document in real-time. The bottom line? Team members need not crowd around a single device, nor does the collaboration have to stop when the bell rings.
What kind of group projects can be completed in Lucidpress? Here are just a few ideas:
What kind of group projects can be completed in Lucidpress? Here are just a few ideas:
- Science project reports
- Book reports
- Brochures for a research project
- Media collages about a country or historical event
- Flyers for school events
- Newsletters, either for parents for for classmates
Peer Feedback
Sometimes students can learn just as much from each other as they learn from their teacher. To make that happen, teachers can offer students the chance to view their peers’ work in Lucidpress. Once in the editor, they can leave comments on what they liked and what could be improved.
Easily give peer feedback to other students in class
The admin control panel makes it easy to differentiate between users with editorial and view-only privileges. Lucidpress’s new update for educators will even let students compile their work into a sleek digital portfolio.
Improve Presentation Skills
Give students credit for publishing or sharing their work online:
Standing in front of a class isn’t the only way to present. Nowadays, digital presentation can be just as important. Teachers can instill digital etiquette in their students by helping them prepare their Lucidpress documents to be shared online, whether that’s through social media or a class blog. As they become more aware of their digital audience, students’ quality of work will naturally improve.
Standing in front of a class isn’t the only way to present. Nowadays, digital presentation can be just as important. Teachers can instill digital etiquette in their students by helping them prepare their Lucidpress documents to be shared online, whether that’s through social media or a class blog. As they become more aware of their digital audience, students’ quality of work will naturally improve.
Share your work anywhere!
Let students teach each other:
Still, there’s nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned presentation. Once Lucidpress documents are finished, they make great presentations, whether they’re printed out physically or simply opened in a browser. By having your students explain their work to their parents or peers, they’ll internalize the information better themselves. Plus, they’ll be more eager to share
It’s easy to get started with Lucidpress: simply sign up for for an account with your school email, then request a free educational upgrade along with accounts for all of your students. If you like what you see, you can then move to a premium account, which offers administrative controls and additional storage, as well as Google Classroom integration.
About the author
Jacob Shumway, a native of the Intermountain West, recently graduated from BYU with a degree in English. He wishes he’d had tools like Lucidpress available to him as a student, but now he is content to share them with others.
Still, there’s nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned presentation. Once Lucidpress documents are finished, they make great presentations, whether they’re printed out physically or simply opened in a browser. By having your students explain their work to their parents or peers, they’ll internalize the information better themselves. Plus, they’ll be more eager to share
It’s easy to get started with Lucidpress: simply sign up for for an account with your school email, then request a free educational upgrade along with accounts for all of your students. If you like what you see, you can then move to a premium account, which offers administrative controls and additional storage, as well as Google Classroom integration.
About the author
Jacob Shumway, a native of the Intermountain West, recently graduated from BYU with a degree in English. He wishes he’d had tools like Lucidpress available to him as a student, but now he is content to share them with others.
