Storyboard That is the wonderful educational tool that educators everywhere are using to create storyboards, timelines, graphic organizers, project based learning, and much much more. Recently, they released their Earth Day Activity Guide to celebrate this important day.
Lyrics2learn uses Hip-hop and rock to boost K-5th grade reading
fluency, and offers 4 levels of interactive comprehension practice. Kids read along with rappers and
rockers during each lesson. Kids
memorize quickly while learning about about character building, history, science,
and grammar and boost reading skills.
Each fluency video is followed by 4 levels of interactive
comprehension. Lyrics2learn gives
students and educators immediate feedback and tracks data.
Land of Venn is a fantastic iOS game for practicing Geometry. This is done in a tower defense style game (i.e. Plants vs Zombies) as students try to defend their land Venn from monsters by drawing geometric shapes. This game has tons of replay value as users have over 30 levels to complete as well as earn money to buy spell upgrades and more. This game is ideal for Adaptive and Game Based Learning, as well as aligned to Common Core Standards.
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.
Help Teaching is an excellent site for educators, parents, and others looking for educational resources such as quiz/test creators, online assessments, or worksheets/printables. These printables are for K-12 and cover a wide range of subjects. Also, there is a test/virtual room where students can take online assessment and get results in real time.
Quiz Hero is one of my favorite new free mobile (iOS/Android) apps for Game Based Learning. This amazing app uses an RPG style (i.e Bards Tale anyone ;-) to help students learn a wide variety of subjects, such as Math, Vocabulary, Science, etc. The game follows a familiar RPG formula where users select a class (i.e. mage, warrior, archer) and then begin a fun filled educational quest. There is a ton of interaction w/ other characters, an easy walkthrough for beginners, the ability to buy/sell/craft items, and much much more. As users level up they unlock more features, problems get harder, and more of the quest and areas are revealed.
Erase all Kittens is an interesting online game that I just found out about from Free Technology for Schools. This game has a rather cool concept as it has kids hacking into levels to help them complete the game and rescue all the kittens by editing html code. It's very easy to get started and has students learning basic concepts of coding/programming.
Pindex is an interesting new (private beta) that I just found out about from the amazing blog Free Technology 4 Teachers. It is very similar to Pinterest where a user can "pin" a image or video, w/ some nice sharing options. However, there is a nice feature that awards digital badges for users who complete a "course" on a given topic.
Class Compete is a fantastic Game Base Learning and Assessment system that educators are using to help boost student's test scores and eliminate test anxiety. Class Compete works on any mobile device (iOS, Android, etc.) and follows the familiar "running/racing" game formula. Students will answer questions from any subject as they race against opponents to try an win. Educators can even create their own content and best of all assess student progress through detailed reports. This makes it easy to differentiate instruction and even works for Blended Learning or the "Flipped" classroom model. Finally, there is even a parent portal where parents can track their child's pro
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.
Learnteria is a new site for finding educational resources, reviews, sites, and more, that I just found out about from Tech Learning's blog. This is a great place for educators to rate and review resources as well as find a wide variety on resources such as: STEM, sites, books, etc.
FreshGrade is a wonderful new tool for educators looking to create digital portfolios of their students work. The way this works is through an easy to use mobile app (i.e. parents, students, and teachers) that allows teachers to capture student work through, video, audio, photos, text (notes), etc. Also, FreshGrade easily allows educators to share student's work through a tap of a button, to either the student or parent. Finally, using the web app a user can use FreshGrade to assign activities, assess them in real-time, and even differentiate instruction.
Quick Rubric is the wonderful new (beta) site for creating rubrics from the creators of Storyboard That. This is far and away the easiest site I've seen for creating a beautiful rubric where a user can add a row or a column w/ a tap of an arrow button. Everything inside of the rubric is customizable (i.e. from the heading to customizing points) and a user can save/print out as many rubrics as they need.
Weo is an excellent new site for mobile learning that reminds me a tad of Pinterest. The way this works is educators create a class and then can manually add students or have them join via a unique "class code" (i.e. ClassDojo), making it ideal for CIPA/COPPA compliance. Once the class is created then educators can then search for assignments and "pin" them to a board similar to the way Pinterest works. Also, they can create their own assignments if they are not finding the ones they want and assign them to a class. Finally, students can then complete their assignments online and educators can get results in assess them in real-time to help differentiate instruction.
Lyrics2Learn is a wonderful site for helping improve student's reading fluency. The way this works is by combining music w/ lyrics/text to increase fluency and comprehension. Lyrics2Learn is ideal for grades K-5, works w/ any subject, and is aligned to Common Core Standards. Also, it helps educators save time, motivate students, create life-long learners, and much more.
Matific is a great site for finding educational resources for Math in grades K-6th. These resources include videos, worksheets, activities, and more w/ an educational portal that allows educators to track student progress. Also, teachers are using this to assess students performance in Math and differentiate instruction. There is even a free mobile (iOS/Android) app for El Ed math games.
NameCoach the innovative site for learning students names and how to pronounce them correctly has just released their latest update, Directory Integration Service. Directory Integration Service allows a district/school to embed a voice recording of your students' name pronunciation directly into your existing directory listings.
Recap is an excellent new (beta) site/app that educators are using for students to reflect on their learning through video. The way this works is a teacher assigns a question to a student group of students, the students record their thoughts using Recap/video, and then student's results can be shared to other educators, parents, class, etc. This is a great way for educators to assess students and differentiate instruction while helping students reflect on their own learning. Also, students can use Recap to create digital portfolios so they can asses their own learning needs.
Chronicle is an amazing iPad app that helps educators harness and organize their best teaching methodologies. This is done by "chronicling" a students' data and using it in a beneficial and meaningful way. Chronicle is an all-in-one tool that teachers are using for classroom management, grading, assessing, and so much more.
Digipuzzle is a wonderful site for finding educational games and puzzles. Educators are using this for centers or free time for students to introduce Game Based Learning into the classroom. Finally, Digipuzzle is a great site to find games/puzzles for different holidays.
CodeQuest is a super fun iOS app that is currently free designed for teaching young students how to code in CSS or HTML. The way this works is like most games where a user progress from level to level learning the basics of coding. Once they complete the level they earn badges and unlock more of the game. Best of all there is a parent section where they can signup to get emails of detailed progress reports.
30hands Pro the excellent iOS app for project based learning, flipping a classroom, and digital storytelling. Educators are using 30hands to integrate technology in a easy and seamless way.
*Be Sure to check out the printable activities on Easter.
Grid Lines: Ordered Pair Game is one of my favorite iOS Math apps from Math File Folder Games. This game designed for El Ed and Middle School allows players or multiple players on multiple devices (up to 5) via bluetooth to try to shoot alien ships by drawing a laser through them by plotting points on a graph (grid line). Besides having high replay value the game generates detailed results that can then be emailed to a parent or teacher.
GoClass is a wonderful site/app for flipping a classroom. This is a fantastic solution for educators to be able to manage their classes/students and create dynamic lessons that can be shared on mobile devices. Students can login to a session on their mobile device and then follow the lesson following the "show-explain-ask" method. Teachers can then get instant real-time feedback on student engagement and learning as well as attendance.