EDU 228 Technology Top Ten List

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.
Kahoot is a website and app that allows teachers to create quizzes and assignments. The app uses creativity and critical thinking to engage the students in a new way while teaches can gain their knowledge and understand the material being taught. I believe the SAMR is a redefinition because it takes the way students used to benchmarks and create it into an engaging quiz method. I will use this in my future classroom to check children's understanding after a lesson.

BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology. This website is a creative way to explain and bring the daily questions kids ask in a fun way with fun characters. The six C's I think that is used in this is critical thinking. The SAMR is Augmentation because it replaces lessons with a clip talking about it. I will use this in my classroom as an education of a topic that we will begin learning in class.

Google Expeditions allows a teacher to guide students through collections of 360° scenes and 3D objects, pointing out interesting sites and artifacts along the way. This website is a huge hit in the time field trips might not be the safest option for learning. This website allows kids to see a view of a place like a life experience. The six C's in this is critical thinking and communication. The SAMR I think is redefinition because it allows the teacher to do more field trips. I will use this in my classroom when the ability to travel to a place we are talking to give the students a better picture of what the lesson is on

Bitmoji is your own personal emoji. Create an expressive cartoon avatar, choose from a growing library of moods and stickers - featuring YOU! Put them into any text message, chat, or status update.
Bitmoji was an app created to enhance emojis in texting and communication. But due to the pandemic teachers all around the country created a bitmoji classroom with PowerPoint and this new way of the classroom using the six Cs of creativity and communication. The SAMR is a modification because it modifies the way communication and the classroom are changed. I will use this in my classroom in a fun and interactive way even though hopefully it will be in person.

Build wonderful classroom communities with parents and students. This website allows teachers to create a classroom to keep students and parents engage in the classroom and keep the children in line with a point system. This classroom uses substitution for the way the teacher used to manage behavior I feel the six c would be mostly communication. I would use this in my future classroom to help keep parents and students on top of work and communicate.

Flipgrid empowers social learning in PreK to Ph.D. classrooms around the world. Use video the way your students do. Flipgrid is a website that can really help students who have a fear of writing and grammar errors. I feel like this website could really have benefited me through schools because grammar and writing were not my specialties and this method I would thrive in when talking about a book I read. C's cover is communication and critical thinking. The SAMR level is a modification it changes the way you use to engage with students and get feedback. I feel like I will use this in my future classroom with book reports or answers that I would like a long response but the grammar is not there especially with younger kids.

Explore Nearpod's award-winning K-12 interactive lessons, videos, and formative assessments. Built for distance learning, hybrid, and school-based settings. Nearpod is a great way to for teachers to change the way they use to make boring powerpoint presentations. Making the SAMR modification because teachers use this platform to change the way students engage and learn new information. The six C's is critical thinking and communication because you can use answers and interact with the teacher and other classmates. I feel in my future I will use nearpod when I want todo lectures so that I know the students are engage and not unfocused

Whether you need a way to reach and engage families or share resources that help stakeholders teach and learn, Remind helps you stay connected with your school community. Remind is a great app to reach out to the parents and students to connect and let them know important dates coming up in the class or remind the students to bring something. The six C is communication. I feel this website is great cause everyone has a busy schedule and might not check a planner or news letters which is also why I think the SAMR level is modified. I will use this in my future classroom to remind students and parents of the test, items, and or important notifications

Mursion is a virtual reality simulation company that delivers experiential learning for essential skills in the workplace. This website simulation while I won't use it in my future classroom I will be using it in my near future. I feel this is a way of communication and critical thinking. Mursion helps future leaders in a simulation of the what-if. I think the SAMR is Augmentation because it a new way of learning.

Quizlet is a website that allows teachers and students to create flashcards to learn new material where it will take students the ability to student and test. This website uses Communication, Connectivity, Collaboration to help students learn the material. I would the SAMR is Augmentation due to the fact that it replaces flashcards and other study habits. I will use this in my future classroom to help students who are struggling or preparing them for finals and tests.