With the coronavirus pandemic, many were from the students who changed the classrooms for their rooms to follow the school year. Depending on the type of subject in question, this task can be more or less simple through the teacher's explanations.
However, when we talk about subjects such as mathematics or science, where an image is worth a thousand words, things get complicated if we do not have the possibility of visualizing the explanation through an image. The solution is to use whiteboard applications, applications that allow students to follow the explanations as if they were in the classroom.
However, this is not the only utility that these applications have, since they are also ideal when you are working on a project with other people, by showing the paths to follow, solutions to problems faced along the way ...
Digital whiteboard applications are much more versatile since they allow us add multimedia content in video format, image, links, references ... so they are also ideal when we are organizing a work for class, we are developing a project ...
Like other applications of this type, if we want to get the most out of this type of application, we will always find the best options in the applications that allow us continue our work on other devices like computers, tablets ...
Miro
One of the most complete applications that we can find in the Play Store is called Miro, a platform for online collaborative whiteboard that allows different teams to work together.
Each of the boards that we can create with this application, allow us to add photos, documents, links, references to maximize workflows after the class or meeting is over.
With the Android application, we can add sticky notes that we can turn into digital notes, capture ideas on the fly, share the boards we create, invite other members to collaborate with them, add and / or review comments that other team members have added ...
The tablet app offers us greater versatility which also allows us to make drawings easily, work with files in PDF format adding notes, use it as a second screen with Zoom or Microsoft Teams, present concepts and / or projects ...
Miro is available in addition to Android, both for Windows as for macOS. Downloading the application for Android is completely free, as well as for Windows, iOS and macOS.
The free version offers us up to 3 editable boards. If we want to keep all the boards that we make, we must make use of one of the subscriptions that it makes available to us from 8 dollars.
LiveBoard - Interactive Whiteboard Application
The LiveBoard application allows us create live presentations with students (It is designed for the educational field). During the course of the classes, we can ask the students to answer on the board and thus check that they are attentive.
The application allows us record video presentations and thus be able to share them with other students, review them later, publish them on social networks or upload directly to YouTube as well as allowing us to invite anyone to the classes by sharing a public link.
If we do not want to talk about the classes in video format, we can export the whiteboards directly to PDF format. LiveBoard is available for download completely free of charge and offers us a 14-day trial to see if it really meets our needs.
Whiteboard
If our needs do not go through using applications with a large number of functions and all we want is a digital whiteboard To practice with our children the subjects that cost the most, the application you are looking for is Whiteboard.
With Whiteboard you can write with your finger on the screen of your device to make explanatory drawings, write letters or numbers ... and erase it easily by previously clicking on the eraser icon.
Whiteboard is available for your download completely free, includes ads but no in-app purchases. Nor does it include any other option that allows us to export the drawings that we create, since, as I have commented, it is nothing more than a blackboard like the ones in schools but digital.
Magic board
If you are looking for an application for the little ones to entertain themselves drawing whatever goes through your imagination, Magic Slate is likely to be the application you need. With this application we can make brush strokes of different thicknesses with which we can not only draw, but also color.
Includes an option to undo the last strokes that have been made accidentally. In addition to allowing the little ones to express their creativity, it is also ideal for review numbers and letters, learn colors… The application is available for download completely free of charge, includes ads and requires at least Android 4.1.
jamboarding
The digital whiteboard that Google makes available to us within G Suite is Jamboard, an application that is associated with the Google payment application package for companies and educational centers.
Jamboard allows both students and teachers work together on the same blackboard, making it a great tool for students who have to continue studying from home and want to test their students during class.
The application offers us a large number of writing styles and colors, we can share the boards with other people, add sticky notes, photos and stickers as well as highlight the elements of the board with a pointer.
Whiteboard
The Whiteboard app is a tool extremely simple to use ideal for work, day to day or to study. Not only can it be used for writing and doodling, but it can also be used as notepaper, temporary notebook, doing calculations ...
It is also ideal for education in younger children, since it allows us to review what they have learned in school in a fun and totally different way. Whiteboard offers us three types of strokes and different colors, so the little ones can also use it to entertain themselves.
Application allows us to store in image format all the content that we write on the board in order to share it with other people, review the content if it is annotations ...
Whiteboard is available for your download completely free of charge.
myViewBoard
Another interesting application that we have at our disposal as a digital whiteboard is found in myViewBoard, an application that we can download completely free for Android and that does not include any type of ads.
If you use a digital whiteboard usually and you want to get the most out of it with your smartphone or tablet, with this application you can do it easily, since it is compatible with most digital whiteboards on the market.
myViewBoard makes available to us a large number of options and form of scoring such as pencils, markers, painting tools, sandwiches, schemes as well as a large number of backgrounds with which we can highlight our creations.
In order to install this application on our device, it must be managed by Android 5.0 or later.
