We've all scoured the internet for review games and/or templates to use with our students. Google has been my best friend since I started teaching. Why create it yourself when you can find it online, right? I stumbled upon FlipQuiz this week while I was searching for a website where the STUDENTS can create the quizzes for each other. Yes, I could have used my old PPT Jeopardy game but I was looking for something a little more engaging. Enter FlipQuiz. FlipQuiz is great for teacher creation to use as an all-class review but I think it's even more beneficial to students if they're the ones looking at the content, thinking deeply, and creating the questions. It's easy to use and sign up is super easy with a Google account. They can make custom categories, and import pictures to go along with the questions. Preview it anytime to view what your game will look like. Each question is presented on it's own question card and you just have to click to reveal the answer. If you do the paid version, the website will tally the score but if you have the free version you will have to manually tally each team's score. It's a great way to assess your students as they're creating the questions and swapping quizzes with each other. My first teacher is trying it out today and I can't wait to see what the kids come up with!
Here's the link to their Demo so you can try it out for yourself!
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Y'all! Spring break is just around the corner - literally A DAY AWAY - and I'm pretty excited about it! (could you tell?) Before I break for a week in Philadelphia, visiting my new niece, I wanted to share Adobe Spark with y'all. Adobe Spark is a great tool for curation and has three different presentation options that your students can pick from. I use "Post" with students when they're wanting to make an infographic for a project or when they're wanting to make something that will quickly grab people's attention. We've used it with Theatre productions, biography projects, quotes that they put on websites and in other projects, etc. It's easy for the students to create and share. Everything is customizable and doesn't require a lot of tech ability. I recommend using this when first starting your students out with tech.
"Page" is more used for portfolios, journaling, etc. I've used this with our Foreign Language department when students are creating travel guides for various cities, with Art when their students are showcasing their work, and with History classes when explaining events during a war or presenting information about a historical figure. Page allows students to present their information in a professional and creative way, all in one place. "Video" is great for students just starting out with video tools. It walks students through adding pictures, video, and/or text and allows for 10 seconds of voice over on each slide. I've used this with Speech classes, Spanish classes, Art classes, ELA classes, etc. Great easy tool and it's easy to download or share via a link. Check out the Spark Inspiration Gallery, here. A test will only tell us so much about a student's understanding. Anyone can memorize basic facts so how do we know how much our students are retaining and understanding? We have to get creative with how we're getting feedback. Here are a few ways to get a better understanding of what your students are grasping. RecapRecap is a video response tool that allows students to verbally respond to a topic or question. The teacher can post a question or record themselves asking a question. Then, students create a short video response. Recap will then take all of the responses and put them into a Daily Review Reel for the teacher to view and give feedback. This is great for evaluating student understanding. Recap has made it easy for the teacher to see in just a few short moments how well the student can explain their answer and thinking. Students can use a computer, an iPad or tablet, or their phones. PadletPadlet is an oldie but goodie in my mind. I love that it's so easy for students to use. They don't have to create an account and it's a simple click & type. All you have to do is create an account as a teacher and click on "Make a Padlet". It walks you through the steps and you can even customize the URL. This can be used for any subject in a variety of ways. Students can reflect on a unit they're studying, answer questions, give feedback, have discussions, etc. You can change the layout from freeform to grid to stream depending on how you want to view the responses. Below is a student example that some of my World History teachers did with their students. I've even used this when teaching professional development to do introductions, goals, and get feedback. AvatarsAvatar programs like Voki and Tellagami are great for student feedback. Even Apps like Sock Puppets and Yakit Kids can be the creative answer to get your students engaged while providing you with feedback that will allow you to gauge the level of student understanding! Let your students create an animated recording of their voice / podcast explaining a math problem, analyzing a poem, answering questions, etc!
....Not like the Xanga blogging experience of your High School days, but blogging in the sense of student creation for the purpose of active engagement, learning, and global communication. Students can create a website or blog about a particular topic and then add information to it. This lets the student have a purpose and reason for doing the assignment other than just getting a grade. They're getting the opportunity to share their ideas with the world. They're feeling a purpose behind the assignment. They're engaged. Here are several ways you can incorperate blogging into your classroom. MathJournaling and blogging in Math is becoming more and more popular. Students are learning through explaining concepts and thinking outside the box. They can blog about vocabulary words - write what the term means and any prior knowledge they have. They can incorperate videos that explain what the term is and/or websites that offer tutorials or help on the term. They can also blog about how they're solving particular problems and how they worked through the different steps. They can include memes and gifs to make it fun and interesting. The possibilities are endless. ELAThere are so many ways that a blog or website would be a great tool for students to use in the ELA classroom. Students can create blogs that compare different works. They can keep a creative writing blog and see their progress from the beginning of the year to the end. Students can create blogs or websites instead of doing a traditional book review. They could also create a blog or website that simply analyzes or explains a speech, poem, etc. Foreign LanguageStudents can create blogs about cities or countries they're visiting. They can write in Spanish and create a professional looking website/blog instead of doing a poster or powerpoint. For Spanish classes that will take an AP test at the end of the year, Science & Social StudiesScience and Social studies could do this as well with a scientist or historical figure. They can make different tabs for various things about the person. Blog or create a website to explain cells or battled during the Civil War. Blogging or creating a website can really be used for any project in any subject. What they would put in a powerpoint have them put on Weebly, Blogspot, Google Sites, etc. Let your students get creative and think outside of the box in a new and exciting way.
Polling can be used for a variety of reasons in the classroom. You can get feedback from your students on a project, use it for exit tickets, ask simple questions to see a level of understanding, use it it for giving formative assessments, ...the list goes on.
I've put together a list of a few of my top favorite polling websites that you can use with your students in your classroom. Tally
Tally is a simple-to-use website used for asking questions. When you open the website, there is no sign in required. All you do is create your poll/question and give possible answer choices. As soon as you push enter on your keyboard, you'll notice that the URL changes. This is the URL that you will give your students. It's that quick and easy!
Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere is great. It allows teachers to have their students text their answers to the app or website, once given a code, and their answers will appear on the screen. The teacher can also set it up where answers appear as a word cloud, bar graph, etc. It does require a sign in but the benefits outweigh that headache. We use this a lot in staff development trainings as well. Check out the video and click on the logo above to visit their website for more ideas on how you can use Poll Everywhere in the classroom.
Tricider
Tricider is quickly becoming one of my favorite polling tools for the classroom. You don't have to log in if you don't want to; simply type your question in and share the link. Anyone can add ideas and then vote on them. If you want to edit your posts at a later date, create an account and log in. Edit via the link at any time. Click above to see my Tricider example, add an idea, and vote on your favorites! To go directly to the website to begin creating your own Tricider, click on the logo.
Dotstorming
Dotstorming combines a few features into one tool. It has the Pinterest/Padlet feel while still allowing you to vote on ideas. I love that it has a chat feature built into the right side of the website to allow for further discussions in your class. Your students can add as many ideas as they would like and then vote on their favorites. This can be used in ELA when discussing a particular theme or idea in a book, in Math to discuss how to best solve equations, in Social Studies when analyzing certain events..the list goes on!
Google Classroom
Google continues to make Classroom better and better. In the fall of 2016, they added several new features which are incredibly useful for teachers. One of them is the ability to poll your students. Simply click on the + sign in the lower right hand corner and select "Create Question". Type in your question, choose if you'd like them to answer via multiple choice or short answer and then select "Ask". You can also easily see how many students have and have not answered your question. Visit Google Classroom to learn more.
Moodle
Moodle is a Learning Management System that allows teachers to create a space for resources, assignments, discussions, lessons, and much much more. One of their features is "Choice". Choice allows the teacher to quickly poll students directly in their course. This is a great feature so that students don't have to type additional URLs and the results stay in one central location. Choice on Moodle allows the teacher to publish the results or leave them unpublished as well as gives the teacher the choice on how he or she would like the information presented - horizontally or vertically. Check into getting Moodle for your District. You won't be disappointed!
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