Quizlet

WHAT IS Quizlet?

With Quizlet, you can create flashcards, use these flashcards for practice and play learning games with these flashcards. A flashcard always consists of the front, the term, and the back, the definition.
This app is particularly good for practising technical terms from the learners’ everyday professional life. It is possible to access a large repertoire of flashcards on different topics.

EXAMPLES

1. A trainee is trying out a new area of work. A lot of work is done with tools. As the trainee often has to provide tools to his colleagues, it is necessary that he knows the names of the tools. Together with the trainee, the job coach takes photos of the tools used. In the pro version of Quizlet, the trainee’s own photos can be integrated on the flashcards. The name of the tool is written on the back. The job coach can share the finished flashcard with the learner. The trainee can practise the tool names with a free version.

2. A worker changes work area within the hotel and now has more contact with the guests. As international guests also check in at the hotel, she has to learn some words in English that are important for the “hotel” area. The worker has to ask for room numbers at breakfast and answer easy questions from the guests. Together with the company colleagues, words and short phrases are identified that the employee should know. The job coach prepares a flashcard together with her. The app also supports the employee in pronunciation, as there is a read aloud function. As feedback to the boss, the employee can indicate her learning progress, which is displayed in the app.

"This app is particularly suitable for people whose mother tongue is not english or who have problems with reading and writing. Through the photos of their own company and the possibility of reading the terms aloud, people without reading skills can also get into a practice mode and independently expand their vocabulary."
Alex
Job-Coach

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 The learning materials can be sent to the learners via a link.

Money Dashboard

WHAT IS MONEY DASHBOARD?

Voted the Best Personal Finance App four times since 2017, Money Dashboard is a personal fiance and budgeting tool, available on desktop and smartphone app. With a simple, clutter-free design, Money Dashboard is a go-to tool for helping to manage the finances of your clients.

EXAMPLES

1) Assisting clients in managing their finances.

2) Setting a budget for clients, with the tool allowing for spending to be categorised for ease of use.

"Money Dashboard is the best banking aggregator/personal spend management app on the UK market. I've used various different apps and Money Dashboard (both Classic & Neon) are by the far the most intelligent for categorising transactions and show the most useful information for actually managing your spend. The best part about the app (on both web and phone) is that they are not trying to sell you financial products or other services, and are instead just focusing on providing a solid money management experience."
Emma
Job-Coach

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

This app advertises good data protection.

Signal

WHAT IS Signal?

Signal is a messaging service for your Smartphone (or PC). You can easily communicate with your team or individuals, eg. your trainee.

EXAMPLES

You can use the tool for group communication in your team for fast messaging, instead of long e-mail communication.
You can also use it with you trainees in the same way. Sometimes it’s easier to reach the trainees through messages instead of e-mail or phone.

"Signal is easy for me to use with my Jobcoach and give feedback about what's going on in my new job."
Ramon
Client

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

This app advertises good data protection.

TUTORIALS / LEARNING MATERIAL

Help Center:
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us

How to use Signal:

Erste Schritte mit Signal:
https://support.signal.org/hc/de

Primeros pasos con Signal:
https://support.signal.org/hc/es

Google Classroom

WHAT IS Google Classroom?

Google Classroom is a teaching and learning platform. This user-friendly tool helps teachers to manage courses, assess performance and enriches learning for students.

EXAMPLES

1. We use Google Classroom for organising training modules with our clients.

 2. Google Classroom is used in our tablet courses to organise and manage a course week with teachers.

"I use google classroom for my tablet course in Graz to organise my English class and empower students to learn at their own pace and with several materials." "My teaching content can be prepared quite well in small bites. It's easy to use as both an online version (for example during homeschooling) and in-person."
Lisa
Job-Coach

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

– This app advertises good data protection.
– Training module planning becomes more efficient and divisible. 
– Time resources can be saved. 
– Content can be updated, supplemented or shared very quickly. 
– Good overview of the achievements of individual trainees.

Microsoft Forms

WHAT IS Microsoft Forms?

It is a tool for creating questionnaires, surveys and polls to collect feedback from a target audience (Employees, Participants, Clients, Companies). The survey created can then be shared as a link or QR code and also completed on smartphones. The results are shown in real-time and can be exported to an excel file to analyse afterwards.

 

EXAMPLES

Microsoft Forms can be used to monitor a job placement.

1. Creating a questionnaire to have the feedback of the company regarding the progress of a worker with additional support needs.

2. Creating a questionnaire to know how the participant feels at the place of work.

3. You can also compile quizzes yourself as part of educational materials.

"We like it because it is an excellent tool to monitor the progress of the job placement and detect and solve any issues if they arise. For us, it is very important to evaluate the relationship between the employer and the employee on a regular basis. We also like the option to create small learning quizzes for our participants."
Ana
Job-Coach

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

This app advertises good data protection, whereas Microsoft 365 products were not GDPR compliant at the time of testing.

Kahoot

WHAT IS Kahoot?

It is a game-based learning platform with a fun and interactive approach free of charge. You can create evaluations of any subject like in a quiz with the objective of engaging the users by playing. It can be also used to organise debates, deliver presentations or training sessions.

EXAMPLES

Participants’ engagement is much more appealing if it is done through play, as it is easier to catch the attention of the participants.

1. It can be used to evaluate the content learned at class and at the same time train the digital skills as the participants can use their mobile devices to answer the questions.

2. For presentations in companies, it can be used to evaluate the knowledge about disabilities of the team.

"It is very difficult to have the attention of a group so starting with a quiz in which everybody can participate in a relaxed way helps us to connect with our audience."
Aaron
Job-Coach

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

It is a Microsoft and Google partner.

 

MindMeister

WHAT IS MindMeister?

MindMeister is an online mind mapping application that allows its users to visualise, share and present their thoughts via the cloud”. These mindmaps can be shared publicly or others can be invited to collaborate. Changes can be tracked in real time. In addition, there are various design options and templates – links, videos, images and PDFs can also be included.

EXAMPLES

1) You can do a short planning sessions with your colleagues on a topic or project using Mindmeister and visualise it with structure.

2) You could also plan with participants to visualise their tendencies and preferences in the vocational orientation. Entire network structures (“My personal network”) can also be displayed.

"We use Mindmeister in projects, for example, to work constructively on generating ideas with our (European) project partners."
Ana
Job-Coach

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

Hosted in the EU and is GDPR compliant.

 

Microsoft ToDo

WHAT IS Micosoft ToDo?

To Do is a digital to-do list. With To Do, you can create task lists in a variety of different ways. You can either use predefined lists or create your own lists to keep track of things, for example if you have different areas that you want to organise. Apps for the desktop or mobile devices are available for To Do, so that you can access the list from anywhere if you have internet access. To use To Do you need a Microsoft account.

EXAMPLES

1) Collaborative working: Responsibilities can be assigned when working with others.

2) “To dos” with sub-items: To a single task, you can add sub-tasks that you have to work on.

"We use To Do because it helps to save paper. On the other hand, colleagues can work well together when several people are involved in a task, as responsibilities can be assigned and you can always see what has already been done and what is still open."
Claudia
Job-Coach

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

This app advertises good data protection.

 

InA.Coach

WHAT IS InA.Coach?

The InA.Coach app is a digital task assistant that was developed together with job coaches and participants. In the app, work processes can be mapped in individual steps and each step can be backed up with aids such as written instructions, videos, checklists or timers. In this way, people can independently master even more complex tasks at their workplace with a contemporary tool.

EXAMPLES

1) This app can be used, for example, at the start of a new task as part of an in-company qualification. The job coach and participants can take photos of the individual work steps together. Together with their colleagues, they can record what is particularly important in these work steps and also record this as a text or voice message. This can create an individual work aid that can be expanded and changed over time.

2) If-then jumps are an important function. While analog paper-based aids must always present all contingencies and can lead to a flood of information, this digital task assistance allows steps to be specifically displayed only when they are actually needed and otherwise remain hidden. For example, if a check shows that there are still sufficient quantities of a particular product in the warehouse, the reordering step does not need to be displayed.

"The app has been kept simple to make it as intuitive as possible for participants and job coaches. At the same time, however, it has a sufficiently wide range of assistance for completing tasks so that participants with very different support needs can master individual work steps independently. Meanwhile, there is even a calendar function that can be used to assign specific tasks to specific days and times. This could also be used by company supervisors."
Delia
Job-Coach

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

The developers offer a monthly online seminar on the use of the app.

Miro

WHAT IS Miro?

Miro is an online whiteboard that can be used collaboratively. Its features include simple brainstorming, mindmaps, diagrams, structured evaluation discussions, flowcharts, activities for events etc. Through countless shared templates from Miro and its users, you can be inspired and adapt them to your own needs without much effort. In this way, numerous use cases can be found for which Miro is suitable and helpful, even for internal cooperation and job coaching.

EXAMPLES

1) Miro can be used well for structured evaluation interviews, as it is easy to use and the graphic presentation is clear and appealing. Thus, a structure can be worked out (or taken from among the countless templates), which is then filled with content during the discussion.

2) For work tasks that require participants to make rule-based decisions, a tree diagram can be a supportive visual aid. For example, if letters have to be enveloped according to their weight and size, but participants cannot see both factors at the same time, such an easy-to-create diagram can facilitate the step-by-step process of deciding on the appropriate envelope.

"Miro is an intuitive tool for preparing content graphically alone or collaboratively with others. It helps us in project planning as well as in working with participants in the workplace."
Sophie
Trainer

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

Informations about data protection: www.miro.com/legal/privacy-policy/

TUTORIALS / LEARNING MATERIAL