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Flipgrid is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display. From my experience, even the shyest of kids can shine through the Flipgrid application.
Google Expeditions is an immersive education app that allows teachers and students to explore the world through over 1000 virtual-reality (VR) and 100 augmented-reality (AR) tours. You can swim with sharks, visit outer space, and more without leaving the classroom. This technology is a great asset to teachers who want to engage their students by giving them a first hand look at the geographic locations they are studying.
BrainPop is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12, together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, mathematics, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music. It is a brilliant way for teachers to introduce new topics to students, and a great outlet for students to review and use to ask and answer questions.
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, used as educational technology in schools and other educational institutions. Its learning games, "Kahoots", are multiple-choice quizzes that allow user generation and can be accessed via a web browser. Kahoot’s gamification features can help channel students competitive nature into learning. Kahoot can also be used to review.
Storybird is an online storybook making website. As an educational tool, students can read stories that were created by other users on the web. They can also create their own stories by selecting pictures, dragging and dropping them into their books, and adding text. This can give teachers great insights on how their students think/learn/and communicate with other students. It may also help bring students out of their comfort zone.
ABCya! is a website that provides educational games and activities for school-aged children. The games on the website are organized into grade levels from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade, as well as into subject categories such as letters, numbers, and holidays. This website also plays into the exciting new age of gamification. By substituting paper pencil homework students can practice their English composition and many other skills while not feeling repetitive.
Classcraft is a fantasy-based game in which students can be warriors, mages, or healers. They form teams, and points are earned or lost based on classroom behavior and performance. You can also gamify existing curriculum, with students “fighting battles” against your questions.
Quizlet is a web-based tool that allows users to create study tools such as interactive flashcards, tests, and study games. Quizlet provides engaging, customizable activities with contributions from people all around the world. Quizleet taps into game culture - The Quizlet Live feature is very much a game and students spend an amazing amount of time playing and mastering games that are quite challenging. Through gamification, motivation can be added to the learning experience in your classroom.
Funbrain offers hundreds of games, books, comics, and videos that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy. It is K-8 and offers a multitude of activities to promote learning. One way to incorporate funbrain into the classroom is to encourage students to make comics describing the lessons and key concepts being discussed in class. Not only will this promote creativity and critcal thinking, but it may also help students retain knowledge easier and more effectively depending on their learning styles.
Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool that can be used to amazing effect in the classroom. The app's concept is simple. A teacher can create presentations that can contain Quiz's, Polls, Videos, Images, Drawing-Boards, Web Content and so on
