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

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

FURTHER INFORMATIONS

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

TUTORIALS / LEARNING MATERIAL

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

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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FURTHER INFORMATIONS

This app advertises good data protection.

BLINK

WHAT IS blink?

A user-friendly communication tool, similar to a Facebook account. This can be used for internal communications with frontline staff and with clients and employers. There is the potential to build a network between employers, staff and clients.

 

EXAMPLES

Keep in touch with clients who are in work and develop a peer support network for both clients and employers.
An easy way to share information with clients- documents can be added to the app and read notifications can be turned on so we know who has the read information and when.

"Blink has revolutionised engagement from both staff and clients, making communication with a range of people spread out throughout the country easier than ever before! We can post memos, priority posts with madatory reads for all staff and organisational updates in a fun and engaging way."
Dave
Job-Coach

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

FURTHER INFORMATIONS

This software 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

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

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

Notability

WHAT IS Notability?

Notability is an app for easy notetaking on a blank sheet. On the website, you download templates for lists, calendars, etc. You can also upload your own files and fill out, for example, questionaires.

EXAMPLES

You can use notability to digitise notes, such as handwritten notes. The app can better recognise handwriting if the use has special foil on their tablet for writing. You can use the app to quickly sketch notes, implement pictures or for recording minutes in your team meetings.

"I use notability all day long in my daily work. It is very useful because it switches my handwriting to text."
Aaron
Job-Coach

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

FURTHER INFORMATIONS

– This app advertises good data protection
– Easy note taking app

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

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

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.

Meistertask

WHAT IS meistertask?

Meistertask is an online tool for Task and Project Management. You can work together with colleagues online and create and share todolists. It is usable on smartphones, tablets and in the web browser.

 

EXAMPLES

Example 1: We increasingly use Meistertask to maintain coordination with the trainer team and to visualise processes.

Example 2: Within our tablet courses it makes communication regarding work distributions easier, the process more transparent and also time recording is possible.

"I like Meistertask because I can see all my to-dos across all projects in one column and the tasks are sorted by the end date."
Alex
Job-Coach

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

FURTHER INFORMATIONS

This app advertises good data protection with data processing agreement DPA.

 

Book Creator

WHAT IS BOOK CREATOR?

Book Creator is a creative opportunity for self-expression and to make presentations in the form of a book. The tool is very easy to use, but also very impactful. It’s perfect for all age groups.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: In a group of trainees for a short, simple presentation of themselves in an understandable way using pictures and audio/video files.

Example 2: You can write creative Stories with pictures, colours and sound.

"I like Book Creator, because it's very easy to use and it helps me a lot with creating interactive media!"
Claudia
Job-Coach

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

FURTHER INFORMATIONS

– This app advertises good data protection with Data Processing Addendum DPA.
– Quite simple and self-explanatory.
– Can immediately create a small appealing E-Book.

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

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

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

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGES

FURTHER INFORMATIONS

It is a Microsoft and Google partner.