The Learning Network

The Learning Network is an excellent site from the NY Times that provides an abundance of of educational resources and lesson plans for students and teachers.  This free and "reliable" news source is ideal for HS aged students and covers a variety of current events going on in the world.  Best of all, The Learning Network has a a wide range of activities such as: quizzes/vocabulary, writing prompts, images, lessons, and much much more.

I highly recommend checking out The Learning Network by clicking here!!!

BookWidgets

BookWidgets is an excellent site for creating educational games/quizzes.  BookWidgets is ideal looking for teachers to save time by having their educational games/quizzes automatically graded.  This is all done in a user-friendly interface and educational portal that allows teachers to: track and monitor students in real-time.  Best of all, BookWidgets makes it easy for educators to assess student learning and differentiate instruction through detailed reports/graphs.

I highly recommend checking out BookWidgets by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.

Edu-pal

 Edu-pal is a new Chrome extension that lets educators create polls and quizzes in Google Meet.  This is done through a very user friendly interface as long as both users (students/teachers) the extension and using Google Meet through their browser.  Once a poll or quiz is created students see the question and then can answer them in real-time making it easy for teachers to assess student learning.

I highly recommend checking out Edu-Pal by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Richard Byrne's award winning blog for the tip.

Teacher Made

TeacherMade is wonderful resource for easily converting old resources (i.e. worksheets, PDFs, Google Docs i.e.) into online activities.  TeacherMade is very user-friendly, and once a user uploads their document, they can then add a question to make it an interactive assignment.  Best of all, TeacherMade has a built-in-grader that saves teachers time and makes it easy to assess student learning and differentiate instruction.

I highly recommend checking out TeacherMade by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Richard Byrne's award winning blog for the tip!!

involve.me

involve.me is an excellent site for creating online quizzes.  What separates involve.me from other sites is the abundance of features it offers as well as how easy it is to use to create a quiz.  involve.me uses a drag-n-drop editor to create quizzes where teachers can add images or timers.  Also, a educator can select through a template or customize an already created quiz.  Finally, once the quiz is created a teacher can include comments, and the answers, so the quiz will be graded in real-time.  This is a great way for educators to assess student's learning and differentiate instruction.

I highly recommend checking out involve.me by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.

Triventy

Triventy is a excellent site for creating collaborative quizzes or surveys.  The way this works is a user creates their own questions or customizes an existing one and then invites students to add their own.  Once the quiz is started (up on a board, projector, screen etc.) a teacher can invite students via unique URL to join.  Once the quiz is finished the participate get results in real-time similar to the way Kahoot works.

I highly recommend checking out Triventy by clicking here!!!

Play4A

Play4A is a relatively new site that I just found out about for Game Based Learning and creating quizzes.  This is a great educational tool that teachers can use to easily create games/quizzes that they can then use w/ their students.  This is a fun way to assess student's learning of a subject and differentiate instruction.

I highly recommend checking out Play4A by clicking here!!!

*Play4A is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Play4A

Play4A is a relatively new site that I just found out about for Game Based Learning and creating quizzes.  This is a great educational tool that teachers can use to easily create games/quizzes that they can then use w/ their students.  This is a fun way to assess student's learning of a subject and differentiate instruction.

I highly recommend checking out Play4A by clicking here!!!

*Play4A is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

Play4A

Play4A is a relatively new site that I just found out about for Game Based Learning and creating quizzes.  This is a great educational tool that teachers can use to easily create games/quizzes that they can then use w/ their students.  This is a fun way to assess student's learning of a subject and differentiate instruction.

I highly recommend checking out Play4A by clicking here!!!

Badaboom

Badaboom is a new "game based" learning tool that I just found out about from the amazing educator and friend, Naomi Harm.  Badaboom bills itself as an alternative to Kahoot, where educators can make quizzes/games and then have students answer them in a "game" setting.  These quizzes can be multiple choice, have multiple answers, and even have written or drawn responses.  As w/ Kahoot, student's can respond via their mobile devices and responses can be shared via the web up on a projector.  Finally, Badaboom makes it easy for educators to integrate "game based learning" into the classroom as well as differentiating instruction.

Below is a brief demo...



I highly recommend checking out Badaboom by clicking here!!!

Gimlet

Gimlet is a excellent new site for creating quiz style games that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's great blog.  Gimlet reminds me a lot of Kahoot where a teacher creates a quiz (or converts a Quizlet), has students join on their device via unique code and then take the quiz.  A teacher can see all student's results in real-time and then differentiate instruction.  Best of all are the detailed reports that make it easy for teachers to track a students progress and see how their whole class is doing.
 
I highly recommend checking out Gimlet by clicking here!!!

Quiz Game Master

Quiz Game Master is a neat little site I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog.  This site lets users create their own custom quizzes or use one of their own.  Quizzes can then be shared w/ others or downloaded to save them.  Best of all, are the abundance of different quizzes/games a user can create such as: Racing Quiz, Dragon's Lair, QuizBoard, and much much more.

I highly recommend checking out Quiz Game Master by clicking here!!!

Quiznetic

Quiznetic is a new site for creating quizzes/games that students can all play at the same time.  All a teacher has to do is create questions and select their track to have students answer questions and try to win this Game Based Learning racing game.  Best of all, students can join using any device (via a unique code), questions can contain videos/pictures, and track student data.

I highly recommend checking out Quiznetic by clicking here!!!

Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.

Qzzr

Qzzr is a new free online tool for creating quizzes that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's excellent blog.  This easy-to-use site lets users create fun quizzes that includes multimedia content.  Best of all these quizzes can be embedded into a site/blog and then lets users track their stats.  This might be a good way for educators to assess student learning and then differentiate instruction.

I highly recommend checking out Qzzr by clicking here!!!

QuizPedia

QuizPedia is a free new site or app (iOS/Android) for creating quizzes.  QuizPedia takes a unique spin on quiz creation making students the creator of the quiz.  This helps increase their learning knowing that their content will be viewed by others, as well as help their competency w/ technology.

However, this does not mean that teachers can't use QuizPedia, as the educational portal allows teachers to create quizzes them and share w/ students as well as track their progress and accounts.  Also, they can share their quizzes w/ other educators, copy/paste already created quizzes to save time or use as a template, and partake in the QuizPedia forum.

I highly recommend checking out QuizPedia by clicking here!!!

Click here if you want to see a QuizPedia example.

Qiuzalize

Quizalize is a great site for creating game-quizzes to assess student's learning in real-time.  A educator can browse Quizalize's library of quizzes created by other users or use one of their many templates to get started.  Best of all is the all NEW teacher's dashboard that allows educators to track student's progress and differentiate instruction in a fun "Gamify" way.

New Features

• New Teacher Dashboard (making it even easier to integrate into the classroom)
• Export from Quizlet into Quizalize
• Export from Zondle into Quizalize

Below is a brief demo...



I highly recommend checking out Quizalize by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Quiz Creators click here.

Triventy

Triventy is a excellent site for creating collaborative quizzes or surveys.  The way this works is a user creates their own questions or customizes an existing one and then invites students to add their own.  Once the quiz is started (up on a board, projector, screen etc.) a teacher can invite students via unique URL to join.  Once the quiz is finished the participate get results in real-time similar to the way Kahoot works.

I highly recommend checking out Triventy by clicking here!!!

For a more detailed review check out Richard Byrne's terrific blog.

Quizalize

Quizalize is a fantastic learning tool for educators to create game based learning quizzes.  What separates Quizalize apart from similar sites is the detailed reports generated as well as how easy it is to differentiate instruction and see how each student or class is doing on any given topic.

Also, Quizalize features a new dashboard integrating Zzish, which allows teachers to track student progress in real-time, while generating detailed reports and seeing exactly which questions were answered correct and which ones were answered wrong w/ their "given" response.  This innovative dashboard makes it easy for educators to integrate Quizalize into their classroom and can be used for any curriculum or subject.

Finally, Quizalize allows for teachers to create "team" games where a classroom can be divided in half and students can answer questions anonymously while not having to worry about being embarrassed getting wrong answer.  This is a great way to engage students and introduce game based learning as well.

I highly recommend checking out Quizalize by clicking here!!!

*Quizalize is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

GoConqr

GoConqr (formerly known as ExamTime) has recently been through a major site overhaul which has improved on the user interface, mobiles apps (iOS/Android), and polished new look.  This is an excellent learning tool for education that lets users create, flashcards, mindmaps, quizzes, and more.

Here is more email from their promotional email...

• ExamTime is now GoConqr. We’ve changed the name and given it a fresh look to better reflect what the learning platform is all about. It’s still the same team behind GoConqr, the same great tools and features. Read more about the change below
• We’ve recently passed the 1 million member mark. Over 1 million students and teachers from around the globe have signed up for better learning with GoConqr. Our community is increasing rapidly by the day, with thousands of learning resources being created and discovered daily. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve given users on our basic accounts more free subjects
• New mobile apps launched! After thousands of requests from users, we are delighted to announce that GoConqr is now available as an iOS or Android app. View, discover and share great learning resources on the go

Below is a demo video...

I highly recommend checking out GoConqr by clicking here!!!

For my Pinterest board on Web 2.0 for Schools click here.

Quizalize

Quizalize is a fantastic learning tool for educators to create game based learning quizzes.  What separates Quizalize apart from similar sites is the detailed reports generated as well as how easy it is to differentiate instruction and see how each student or class is doing on any given topic.

Also, Quizalize features a new dashboard integrating Zzish, which allows teachers to track student progress in real-time, while generating detailed reports and seeing exactly which questions were answered correct and which ones were answered wrong w/ their "given" response.  This innovative dashboard makes it easy for educators to integrate Quizalize into their classroom and can be used for any curriculum or subject.

Finally, Quizalize allows for teachers to create "team" games where a classroom can be divided in half and students can answer questions anonymously while not having to worry about being embarrassed getting wrong answer.  This is a great way to engage students and introduce game based learning as well.

I highly recommend checking out Quizalize by clicking here!!!