Classroom Tech Tools
Because of the Covid 19 pandemic, our teachers have encountered new tech tools and ways of learning that, if properly utilized, can help strengthen remote and in-person education in the long run. Even video conferencing can be used in new ways; for example, sending a positive “video note,” conferencing with parents, or discussing social and educational issues with a group of students.
Our creative and innovative educators have discovered some effective sites and apps and ways to make them work:
Activity-based apps
for grades 6-12 math activity (free and paid version)
Video that describes it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV5-1xZ9_ss
Practice content for various concepts
Make self-paced learning with interactive video lessons.
Can add questions for students to answer while watching a video
Tracks how students do with the video assignments
Integrates with various apps (free)
Provides game templates online (scavenger hunt, quiz show, board game), word puzzles (to be printed), flashcards and other activities
Provides demos of each and instructions on how to use the templates
For vocabulary words and other knowledge-based content (free)
Provides study flashcards
Covers areas of science, foreign language, arts & humanities, math, social sciences and others.
Organizational-based Apps
A Chrome extension that enables students and teachers to log in to their applications.
Can be used at home and at school
Integrates Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Gmail, and Google Calendar into a cohesive platform to manage student and teacher communication.
Can design assignments, grade them within the app, and send summaries to parents
A learning platform for meaningful student engagement
Student takes pictures of work to upload for teacher
Student can record thoughts/explanations about work
Teacher can share work with parents
Interactive Assessment Tools
An interactive assessment tool that allows teachers to check for knowledge with premade questions.
Access to 3,000 Edulastic assessments, 38,000 standard-tied questions, and 30 question types
Integrates with Google Classroom, Clever, and several others
Video discussion platform to enable discussion between teachers and students.
Can assign a question, give a due date, and students can record their answer, review their response, and post it to the grid. [Free and paid versions].
A way to teach and give assignments online and where students can complete the work.
Can turn PDF worksheets into interactive assignments.
Saves paper
An interactive presentation software that can take polls and collect responses
Students respond on phone and responses are collected from everyone immediately and displayed on screen if hooked up to the computer
Can display one-word answers as a wordle or word cloud
Works with Google Slides (free and paid versions)
Provides interaction and formative assessment in conjunction with Google Slides
Has training videos