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Forum reply- How would you use Kahoot and Mentimeter in the classroom?

There are various ways how an educator can use these web2tools in the classroom which will definitely be a huge benefit for the students' performance. I would use Kahoot during revision week, just   a week before exams, where students will be revising the topics and at the same time enjoy it. As regards to Mentimeter I can use it in class by asking a specific question and the students brainstorm different answers or vote for the student to be elected in the Eko Skola committee.

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Flipped Classroom

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Methods and tools: a comparison | Flipped classroom | Projects | University of Groningen

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We can roughly subdivide tools for flipped classroom in three categories: Student-response systems, tools for recording video and discussion platforms. The tools selected here are mainly selected on ease to use for teachers. Teachers should be able to quickly use these tools from their own work place, be it at home or at the university.

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Mentimeter - how to use it in the classroom

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Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one!

Spread the word with an online flyer. They're easy to make and impossible to mess up :)

What is it?

From the Mentimeter website, "Mentimeter is a web-based tool that lets you engage and interact with your audience in real-time. You set the questions and your audience can give their input via a mobile phone or any other internet connected device."

Polling website

Allows for quick assessment to check for understanding

Easy to use - students can use phones or computer/laptop/chromebook as long as they have internet connection.

Multiple ways to display results to facilitate discussions with students

Can generate QR codes for voting

Question Types:

Open Ended

Multiple Choice

Vote on a scale from 0-5

Benefits:

Students who may not be comfortable speaking in front of others can have a voice through voting.

Promotes global awareness. Students are exposed to other points of views.

Increased student engagement

Classroom Integration Ideas

Icebreaker: Open the class with a question to spark a discussion relevant to what you will be discussing in class. The Assumption Wall activity is a great instructional strategy for this as well.

Exit Ticket: Ask an open ended question to see what students learned that day in class.

Check for understanding: Ask open ended or multiple choice questions that align with material just covered in class to see if students are understanding the concepts.

Student Choice: Allow students to choose the next novel or vote on which type of project they would like to complete.

One Word Splash: Students submit a one-word summary of the day's lesson. When setting up the question, choose to have results displayed as a word cloud. The words that are submitted the most will appear the largest.

Gauge student understanding: Ask a scaled question to see how confident your students are feeling in understanding the material being covered in class.

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Design and share beautiful flyers just like this one! Spread the word with an online flyer. They're easy to make and impossible to mess up :) From the Mentimeter website, "Mentimeter is a web-based tool that lets you engage and interact with your audience in real-time.

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Voting tools, 'clickers' or audience response systems are all terms for the combination of software and hardware which enable students or audiences to click a button on a device and have their votes display rapidly and dynamically on a screen.

There are many audience response solutions available, ranging from comprehensive systems with dedicated credit-card like controls, to elegant online software which partners well with ubiquitous mobile technology such as phones, tablets or laptops.

One such online tool is called Mentimeter. It is easy to use and very quick to display results in real time. In common with most online tools, Mentimeter has both a free and paid-for versions. Free versions often have restrictions which limit their usefulness, but Mentimeter's free version does not have a limit on the number of students who can participate and includes the two most popular question types for voting - multiple choice and those which call for a free text, or 'tweeted' answer.
How to use Mentimeter
Instructors can create a free account with Mentimeter and prepare as many questions as they wish before a lecture or teaching session. During the lecture, students participate by visiting a web page on their phone and entering the number displayed on the screen to begin voting. A distinct advantage of Mentimeter is that students do not have to create their own account or download an app. To vote, they just need to enter new question numbers displayed on-screen in front of them. All votes are anonymous.
Using voting tools for teaching and learning
You can use Mentimeter (or a similar voting tool) to add some interactivity to a lecture or to take a quick 'pulse' to gauge understanding at the start or the end of a session. Voting tools are invaluable for the Flipped Classroom model in which students undertake some learning before the in-class time. When students come to the contact session, a voting tool can be used to see how well they have understood what they have learned. A multiple choice question can be set and if the majority of responses are correct, students can partner up and try and convince the other that they are right!

Questions which require a free text answer are great for prompting discussions. Students can 'tweet' sentences which appear on-screen in front of the group. With Mentimeter, you can highlight one of the contributions by bringing it to the centre of the display where it is automatically highlighted.

You can keep a Mentimeter voting session open for a space of time and you can embed the live results on your Blackboard. When students vote, they can refresh the page and see how their choice has altered the results. Note that the embedded version doesn't display on Apple iOS devices, so just include a link to the live voting page so students can view it just by a single click.
Help and advice
If you are thinking of trying out an online tool such as Mentimeter, your Faculty Learning Technologist will help you start out. It is important to note, however, that Web 2.0 tools are not centrally supported by the University. Check out their Help facilities and video guides so you know that you have recourse to specific support and always read the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions before signing up. With any technology, it is always advisable to have a Plan B too!

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Introduction Voting tools, 'clickers' or audience response systems are all terms for the combination of software and hardware which enable students or audiences to click a button on a device and have their votes display rapidly and dynamically on a screen. There are many audience response solutions available, ranging from comprehensive systems with dedicated credit-card...

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I can't for the life of me remember who recommended mentimeter to me. I think I came across it while surfing blogs or it may have been through Twitter. Either way, whoever you are, thank you so much. I used it yesterday in class and really enjoyed it.

If you haven't come across it, mentimeter lets you conduct surveys in real time. You pose a question (it only takes a few seconds). The bit where you put in the question looks like this

Your audience/class goes to a webpage, types in a six digit code and then answers your question. It is kind of like the ask the audience thing in Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

So yesterday, I was talking to a group of students for the first time. As part of their course, they have to do a needs analysis of their own learning. So I posed the question, which of the four skills do you think is your strongest. One by one, their answers start popping up on the screen, until it looked like this.

So then I can ask them to talk about why they think this is. It was a bit gimmicky but as an introduction to thinking about their strengths, it was fun. Plus, nice to have a visual representation that everyone has different strengths (or at least different perceptions of strengths - although in saying that, the first answer to pop up was listening!).

So then I posed an open ended question. I explained that they could think about it over the weekend and then I waffled on about something or other. When I turned around, they had already answered the question.

Of course, for it to work, you really have to have a projector in your classroom, and for the students to have internet access on their phones.

However, if you're lucky enough to have those, I was thinking you could use it in these 5 ways:

1. If you are in an exam preparation class, you could use it to hold a vote about which part of the exam to do for that Friday's mock exam (e.g. reading, listening, writing).

2. If there is a particularly tricky question, you could use it to see how many people got it right or not (really just a fancy alternative to a show of hands).

3. It generates graphs, graphs based on their opinions. Might make IELTS writing part 1 more interesting.

4. The students could collaborate and use it to carry out in class surveys. They could then use it for presentations or writing up reports based on the data. In that sense it is kind of like a simplified version of survey monkey

5. If you are having a classroom debate, you could pose a question at the start of the class (something like - do you agree with such and such - yes no). Then have the in class debate. Then repeat the survey and see if the opinions have changed.

Any other thoughts on how to exploit this would be most welcome.

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I can't for the life of me remember who recommended mentimeter to me. I think I came across it while surfing blogs or it may have been through Twitter. Either way, whoever you are, thank you so much. I used it yesterday in class and really enjoyed it.

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Kahoot in the classroom

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I have become obsessed with Kahoot! You can find it . It is a free online, game-based learning platform that can be used for any content area and easily integrates technology into your classroom. I had heard about it, had attended a professional development session about it, but had no idea if I could actually use it in the arts classroom. Well, we did... and it was amazing!

My Technology Review of Kahoot!

When I evaluate these programs, I judge them based on this set of specific criteria:

Ease of Use: Is the program easy to use for teachers and students

Pros: What is good about the program

Cons: What can be improved or can cause instructional hiccups

Classroom Application: Can students use this program in other content areas and for a range of topics?

Ease of Use: Is the program easy to use for teachers and students?

Yes! Teachers signup and login with an email account. Once a user, you can create your own games, or kahoots. You can also copy existing games from others and adapt them to fit your needs. Students sign in using a game code from any device that has an internet connection and you're off and rolling with an amazing learning game. Teachers need to project questions to a visible screen for all students and they answer the questions on their own device. Kahoot! keeps track on a leader board that is shown after questions are answered, so students can compete.

Pros:

Teachers can tailor kahoots for their specific needs, content areas, or units of study.

Kids love it! Even my middle schoolers! They were so excited and cannot wait to do it again.

It is a wonderful way to integrate technology into any classroom environment.

Kahoot! tracks wrong answers, so you can assess how many students missed a specific concept and revisit it.

Cons:

The answers can only be true or false, yes or no, or multiple choice. This can be a limitation. There is a new game on Kahoot! called Jumble. This challenges students to place correct answers in a correct order.

Since students receive more points for quicker answers, it can emphasize speed over substance. It is a good program for review, but not for instruction.

Classroom Application: Can students use this program in other content areas and with a range of topics?

YES! Kahoot! is a program that can reinforce concepts in any classroom.

How to Use it: Tips and Tricks for Success

In the arts classroom, I was shocked to learn that my students did not know the basic artists or their work. No one in my class could identify "Starry Night" and they had no idea who Van Gogh was. Because we have such a short time with them, they are only exposed to those we introduce around a lesson.

So, I was inspired to create an Art Kahoot! that included a range of questions about specific works of art, artists, the elements and principles of art, and artistic processes. The first time we played, it was a little rocky because they did not have previous knowledge. I asked them to just select their best guess. After each question, we went over the correct answer and I added some background information. A fun fact about the artist, or the history of the process that was featured.

When we played it again, they were quicker to answer and recalled the information. A week later, we tried it again and they did much better. Now they request it every week. Though this focuses on memorization, I am relieved that they are at least being exposed to basic art knowledge in the short time I see them.

Students can also help create Kahoot! questions. This provides an added layer of instruction.

TIP:

Pay attention to how long you give students to answer the questions. When you create your kahoot, you can select specific time limits. If the time is too long, students will google the answers, but if the time limit is too short, they will become frustrated. I found that for harder questions, 30 seconds was a good time limit and for easier ones, I selected 20 seconds. That seemed to work the best.

Final Thoughts:

Try it! You won't regret it! Kahoot! is a wonderful tech tool that encourages learning in a fun and engaging way. If you are hesitant, try it with your family or friends first. Teachers love it for its flexibility and learning capabilities. Students love it because it is a blast!

Helpful Links:

Find more Creative Resources for the Classroom from EducationCloset

5 Tech Tools That Support Arts Integration and STEAM

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Technology Review: Kahoot! In the Classroom

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I have become obsessed with Kahoot! You can find it HERE. It is a free online, game-based learning platform that can be used for any content area and easily integrates technology into your classroom. I had heard about it, had attended a professional development session about it, but had no

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If you haven't heard of Kahoot! yet, you've got to check it out! The teachers in our community frequently rave about the free website teachers can use to play review games and quizzes with their students. Bonus: Kids can log in to the platform from any device, even their cell phones.

Last week, teacher Beth asked for some specific advice on how to use the site: "Can anyone give me ideas for how they use Kahoot! in their classrooms? I'm not sure I'm using it as effectively as I could. Thanks!"

Beth, we've got you covered. Check out these ideas for using Kahoot! in your classroom from real teachers:

1. How to get started: "Go to getkahoot.com and create a free account. You can search the public quiz games or create one of your own. I'm not even that tech-savvy, but I played around with it and figured it out. It's pretty simple." - Dawn K.

After you've created an account, launch a game and then have students input the unique pin at kahoot.it.
2. Tap into the kids' love of technology and competitive natures... "There's a new 'ghost' feature that lets the kids play against their previous score. They love it!" - Suzanne K.

3. ... But still keep the volume at a minimum. "I play calmer music from Pandora if the Kahoot! music is too overstimulating for the students. If they get too rowdy, I limit how often we do it until they get the message." - Jo Marie S.

4. Use the results to direct classroom activity organization. "I use the data as a way to organize and pull small groups." - Renee Q.
5. Assess student understanding. "It works great for assessing where students might be missing a concept or content." -
6. Zero in on the needs of individual students. "You can get detailed reports of which child missed which questions!" -
7. Conclude class with a quick round. "You can use it at the end of class or after notes for a formative assessment. I always have to do it at the end because they get too excited if I do it in the middle of class." - Nikki S.

8. Try it for review (and check out comparable free sites, too!). "I love it for review! I make my own, but also search others and duplicate, then pick and choose questions that work best for the material I'm covering. I love it, and so do the kids. Another new favorite site like this is Plickers. Check it out!" - Stephanie H.

9. Need a last-minute time filler? "Create at least one Kahoot! game for each of your units, then play it when you have a random, unexpected ten minutes to fill." - Erin F.

10. Warm up the class with a game. "I use it as my class starter. I do a quick five questions on topics we've covered or material learned from a previous class." - Darenda B.

On the flip side, you could also do this as a pre-assessment, piquing students' interests and gauging what they already know about the topic by asking questions before teaching the material.
11. Assess students' knowledge before the start of a unit. "I use is it for mental/oral starters in maths and I've also used it to assess subject knowledge before starting a new topic and after, although I think Socrative is better for that." - Emma L.

12. Include a game in your sub plans. "Here's a simple sub plan: The students play a game of Kahoot!, and after each question, have the students explain why that's the correct answer." - Calypso B. Love it!

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12 Ways to Use Kahoot! in Your Classroom - WeAreTeachers

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If you haven't heard of Kahoot! yet, you've got to check it out! The teachers in our community frequently rave about the free website teachers can use to play review games and quizzes with their students. Bonus: Kids can log in to the platform from any device, even their cell phones.

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Trying out Mentimeter

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Trying out mentimeter

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Website to create open ended , surveys, polls etc.. website

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Create fun and interactive presentations for your meeting, event, conference or classroom. Mentimeter is a free, easy-to-use software that you can use online.

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Mentimeter Tutorial

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Exploring Mentimeter

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Exploring Find Kahoots

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My first quiz on Kahoot

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Kahoot tutorial

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EdTech Tutorial: How To Use Kahoot! To Gamify Your Classroom

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Kahoot! is a really fun and motivating app for learning. Games and quizzes which incorporate videos, images and diagrams can be created by the teacher and then students can compete against each other.

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Kahoot website for students. They must enter PIN to start.

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Join a game of kahoot here. Kahoot! is a free game-based learning platform that makes it fun to learn - any subject, in any language, on any device, for all ages!

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QR codes in the classroom

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Creating and Using QR Codes in the Classroom

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This tutorial and all future videos will be on a new YouTube channel. Check out "Teched Up Learning" for great technology based tutorials. All videos try to stay under five minutes.

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Food for thought

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Create Free QR Codes

Our QR Code Generator is FREE for anyone to use with no sign-up or account required - fully functional, 100% ad-free, permanent QR codes that don't expire. Generate as many QR codes as you need for FREE with no restrictions on commercial use. No time limits, just free QR codes you can use with confidence straight away.

Dynamic QR Code created without a subscription are subject to 50 scans per month per QR Code.

23 Free QR Code Data Types

Free users can access 23 of our 26 QR code data types (PDF, Image and Attendance Tracking require a paid subscription). Websites, YouTube, Google Maps? Meh! Everyone gives you those, but our free users can create fully functional non-expiring QR codes for App Store Downloads, Dropbox file sharing, SMS and email messages, Bitcoin, Paypal and more. And you can create as many of them as you like.

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Qr+Codes Teaching Resources | Teachers Pay Teachers

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Ethos, Pathos, and Logos QR Codes Worksheet → This is a great hands-on activity for students reviewing or just learning for the first time about ethos, pathos, and logos. Students can work individually, with partners, or in small groups.

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QR Codes

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The magic of QR codes in the classroom - Karen Mensing

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Answer Garden website

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Tools

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Are you organizing a conference and would like some promotional material for sharing AnswerGarden with your attendees? Or would you like paper handouts for a classroom assignment? Check out these ready-to-print AnswerGarden goodies:

Handout #1: AnswerGarden Factsheet 2014

Tutorials

Several AnswerGardeners have created demonstration videos in a variety of languages. How fantastic is that? Check out the following YouTube playlist for these AnswerGarden tutorials. And if you also created a tutorial and it is not yet listed, please let us know and we will add your video!

iPad App

We've recently launched a free iPad app! The new AnswerGarden for iPad app makes it easier to connect your AnswerGarden to your audience as it automatically detects AnswerGardens that are shared over local WIFI networks.

AnswerGarden Logos

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Subscribe to our newsletter and be the first to know about updates and new functions. Or be one of the last and browse the previous newsletters.

MicroGarden

MicroGarden is a very compact interface for AnswerGarden. You can use MicroGarden as a blind poll: polling without showing the results instantly. Have a look at MicroGarden.

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AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic brainstorm tool for online brainstorming, real time audience participation and classroom feedback.

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Answer Garden clip

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Last year Donna Baumbach created a Google Slides presentation titled 26+ Ways to Use ThingLink In the Classroom. Yesterday, I received an email from Donna in which she shared the updated version of that presentation. The presentation now contains more than 65 tips and ideas for using ThingLink in the classroom. The presentation is open to contributions from others. If you have ideas to add to the presentation, you can do so here. Big thanks to Donna for creating and sharing this excellent resource about one of my favorite web tools. By the way, ThingLink is now available as an iPad app too.

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65+ Ways to Use ThingLink In Your Classroom

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Last year Donna Baumbach created a Google Slides presentation titled 26+ Ways to Use ThingLink In the Classroom. Yesterday, I received an email from Donna in which she shared the updated version of that presentation. The presentation now contains more than 65 tips and ideas for using ThingLink in the classroom.

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An introduction to ThingLink for Teaching and Learning

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Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. There are seven different layouts to choose from that allow ... more

Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. There are seven different layouts to choose from that allow users the ability to present information in various ways, create maps, and make timelines. Easily create an account and build a new board. Add images, links, videos, columns for sorting or refining organization, and more. Return to your Padlet to add additional information at any time and collaborate with others. Settings offer options to make Padlets open for public contributions, private, or moderated by you (you approve all contributions before they show). Free accounts allow you to make 3 Padlets that include search, themes, stats, premium wallpapers, and cross-device support for uploaded videos. You can always delete an old Padlet to make a new one. This is a device-agnostic tool, available on the web but also available for free as both an Android and iOS app. Use it from any device or move between several devices and still access your work. App and web versions vary slightly.

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In the Classroom
Use a Padlet to collaborate in collecting ideas, brainstorming, and more. Use this tool easily in your Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) classroom since all students will be able to access it for free, no matter what device they have. Padlet does not show which work is attributable to which student, so you may want to require that students initial their contributions in order to get credit. If allowing all students to post to the wall or make comments, you may want to discuss internet safety and etiquette and establish specific class rules and consequences. Making the setting private again will prohibit content from later being replaced by classmate "vandalism."

Use a Padlet to collect webquest links and information to share with students. By leaving the wall open to comments, solicit input, discussions, or viewpoints from students. They can even contribute other sources they find. Color code resources to indicate different reading levels or "high challenge" sources for your more able students. Assign a student project where students choose their theme and design a wall around it. For example, have students create a wall about an environmental issue. They can include pictures, audio or video, links, and other information to display. Use as a new format for book reports. Do your students have favorites such as music or sports? Create a wall around these favorites or hobbies. Use a wall for grammar or vocabulary words. Create walls for debates or viewpoints. Post assignments, reminders, or study skills on a wall. Do you use student scribes or reporters? Use the Padlet site to create a wall with the goings-on in class. Embed your walls in a blog, wiki or website. See a similar tool (and more ideas to use either tool) in the TeachersFirst review of Lino here. Decide which one you prefer! Unfortunately, the Padlet embedded viewer is very small but can be scrolled in both directions.

Use Padlet as a class space during snow days and school breaks. Share the link to a teacher-created, public wall where students can share notes about what they did during the snow day or respond to a thought-provoking question.

Encourage creativity and organization by having your gifted students (or anyone doing independent projects) create Padlets to collect ideas, images, quotes, and more in an "idea bin." Require them to share a brainstorming Padlet to show you the ideas they considered before they launch into a project. Have them brainstorm (and later sort/color code) the possibilities for a creative problem solving or "Maker Faire" project. In writing or art classes, use Padlet as a virtual writer's journal or design notebook to collect ideas, images, and even video clips.

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Have you ever had students create digital products and you couldn't think of a way to display them, so that all of them could be accessible at the click of the mouse? Well, not only will this free tool give you a way to do that it will also give you a cool eye-catching way to display their work and create other ways for interacting with your students and for them to collaborate with each other.

In Richard Byrne's Free Technology for Teachers blog on the use of Padlet in the classroom, he discusses three ways to use Padlet. Some of you may know Padlet by its previous name "Wallwisher". In Three Good Ways To Use Padlet In The Classroom, Richard explains how to use this awesome free website to create interactive KWL charts, do group research, and showcase your students work. I will also share some ways that I have used Padlet in my class.

Thinking about when I make KWL charts in class, we usually run out of space, I have horrible handwriting so we can't read it the next day, I spell something wrong, or maybe I'm the only person interacting with the chart. Through the use of Padlet, everyone who has the link can collaborate at one time, space is unlimited, and it includes spell check! As the teacher you can customize the page to look the way you want it to with cool backgrounds , titles, pictures and etc. You can even upload files, add images, videos, slide shows and a whole array of things. Padlet offers ways to allow for anonymous post, for those students who have great ideas but are too shy to share. While the KWL chart to the right is neat, I wonder if the teacher would of had more space would there had been more for What They Learned? Padlet might be a solution to that problem and as far as what you can include on paper, Padlet goes far beyond. The teacher could have had the students insert pictures of ladybugs or articles for where they found interesting information on ladybugs.

Because Padlet is a collaborative resource, any number of people could add information at anytime. Richard discussed ways to use it for group research, the students do not have to wait for the other to finish to add their information, because as we all know, sometimes we forget the good stuff when we have to rely on remembering it. Thinking about Jessica from DiscoveryEd, this too would be a good resource in a 1:1 environment.

Padlet is also a good resource to showcase student work, this can be sent to anyone who has Internet access, other students are able to see the work of their classmates and make comments if necessary. This brings me to an idea that came across my mind. Since the shift to technology has taken place there should also be digital bulletin boards throughout schools to post things such as Padlet presentation, SMART notebooks that students create, PowerPoint Presentations, Prezis, and etc. Standard bulletin boards still have a place in schools but digital ones would have a different impact on how students work is presented, especially when it is something that was created on a computer.

Some ways that I have used Padlet in my class are to pose "Ticket Out the Door" (formative assessment) questions to my students. It would be something really quick, I would have the Padlet displayed on the SMART board so that everyone could see what was taking place, especially for people who were observing or doing walk-through's, the students would respond from their laptops and when finished go into transition. This was a cool way to close out a lesson and give the students time to reflect. Another way that Padlet could be used is for vocabulary words, looking at word walls for the EOG and those common test taking words, you could give the students an EOG word of the week or day and have them do something pertaining to that word everyday throughout the week, from using it in a sentence, explaining how they used the word, or a number of other things using Padlet. The best thing of all is that it is paperless, so there aren't any small sheets of paper to keep up with and you as the teacher can give feedback right there on the wall.

I'm interesting in seeing ways that you think you may use Padlet in your class, could you see this being a tool that would be easy for your students to use? Are there any other sites that you have come across that are similar to Padlet?

If you would like to learn more about Padlet, here is a tutorial. There isn't one on Lynda.com yet, so hopefully this will suffice.

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Online tools and resources have made it easier for teachers to instruct students, and for students to collaborate with those teachers and with other students and parents. These "Web 2.0" teaching tools aren't magical, but they may seem to defy definition at times since they save time, help you to stay organized, and often take up little space on a computer. Some of these applications are Web-based, which means that they can be accessed from any computer.

The following list is filled with tools that will make a teacher's, or those enrolled in the best online education programs, life easier. The categories are listed in alphabetical order and the links to each tool are also listed alphabetically within those categories.

Aggregators

The following list includes free tools that you can use to stay on top of current events, including headlines and blogs.

1. Aggie: Aggie is an open source news aggregator that's also a desktop application. It downloads the latest news and displays it in a Web page.

2. Awasu: Awasu is a state-of-the-art feed reader that comes loaded with features for both casual personal use and professional, high-powered information management. Use this tool for content archiving, coupled with an advanced search engine, and use advanced features to manage your configurable channels. The personal edition is free to download and use.

3. Bloglines: This is more of a personal news aggregator than a bookmark tool, but it's sophisticated and highly useful for teachers who want to stay on top of current events in any given topic.

4. FeedReader: This is a free reader that is simple to use. It supports podcasts.

5. RSS Reader: This RSS reader is able to display any RSS and Atom news feed (XML).

6. WikiNews: Anyone can contribute, and articles are written collaboratively for a global audience. They strive at all times to meet the policy of using neutral point of view, ensuring that their reporting is as fair as possible. Since this is a wiki, you can combine this site with other objectives in a project for your class.

Bookmark Managers

Bookmark managers make it easy to build a personal directory where researchers can tap into sites and materials that have been saved online and share them with others in most cases. The following bookmark managers are free to use, but they all have different angles. In other words, teachers and professors can do more with these sites than save a page or two.

1. del.icio.us: This is a popular social bookmarker, but it's an easy tool to use if you have a handle on how to use tags.

2. Diigo: Turn your students onto this tool, which works like a bookmark manager with a highlighter or with sticky notes. This is an ideal way to research for a paper or to create a new project for class. This site works much like MyStickies, but without Diigo's highlighter.

3. Facebook: While Facebook is a social utility that can connect you with friends as well as with students, you can also use this tool to bookmark Web sites and specific Internet pages.

4. LinkedIn: Sometimes you just want to get away from the students. LinkedIn provides a way for you to communicate with your peers instead (or not), and it's also useful for bookmarking.

5. Pinterest: With Pinterest, teachers can organize and share anything from lesson plans, ideas, and crafts using a virtual bulletin board. Teachers can also use this tool to network with other educators.

6. Twitter: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of answers that can be no longer than 140 characters and spaces per post. Use this tool to help your students stay up-to-date, as you could advertise a Twitter address that students could use to learn about school projects, reading assignments, and other announcements. You can also use this tool as a bookmark manager for research.

7. Yahoo! Bookmarks: Yahoo! Bookmarks is not intended to be a social bookmark site like the others. Instead, it essentially allows you use your personal bookmark list at any computer. In fact, it acts and feels very much like your browser's built-in bookmark manager.

Classroom Tools

You need tools to help assess class progress. You need tools to help keep students and parents apprised of the students' progress. You need all sorts of tools, you need them at your fingertips, and you need them to work efficiently. Some of those tools are listed below.

Collaboration

Part of teaching is collaboration. Teachers need to communicate with peers, administrators, and students. The tools listed below - some free and some for a cost - will help you stay on top of your projects with ease through open channels for collaboration.

Course Management

You may need more than simple classroom tools like a quiz generator. You may need content, the ability to communicate, organization tools, and more. The following site offers at least one of these tools in combination with other capabilities. Most are open source and/or free.

E-learning

The following list includes tools that teachers will find helpful with educational technology or electronically supported learning.

1. Annenberg Learner: This tool is a haven for educators because they can find a plethora of free videos to enhance their teaching.

2. Course Builder: This tool allows teachers to construct their own courses from scratch. With access to Course Builder's software and instructions on presenting course material, educators will have the means to create courses for as few or as many students they like.

3. Curriki: As a free resource, teachers can create and share their best curriculum and teaching practices, and mix and match lesson plans, videos, animations, and photos to create custom teaching tools.

4. eStudy: eStudy is an open source e-learning and collaboration platform for colleges and universities. In addition to usual course management facilities, eStudy provides special support for role-play simulations in computer science.

5. Open Study: In its mission to make the world one large study group, this social site encourages students to work with other students who are studying the same material as them.

6. PBS Learning Media: Using PBS Learning Media, teachers have access to videos, games, audio clips, photos, lesson plans, all of which they can save and share. Best of all, it's free.

Gamification

By utilizing gaming methods and mechanics, these tools will help teachers bring a little interactive fun and excitement into their classrooms.

1. BadgeStack: Used by organizations such as the New York City Department of Education and the American Association for State and Local History, BadgeStack is set up to deliver digital badges to students once they master a skill.

2. CourseHero: Using this web learning platform, students in high school and college can access course materials such as flashcards, tutors, and courses.

3. FunBrain: Geared toward younger students, FunBrain provides users with interactive games in subjects such as math, reading, and literacy.

4. MangaHigh: Teachers can use this game-based tool to teach math concepts to their students. The best part: it's absolutely free!

Office Suites

The tools listed below behave just like any other commercial office suite applications. The only difference is that they're free to use.

1. Google Docs: Google has managed to replicate Excel, Word, and PowerPoint with Google Spreadsheets, Docs, and Presentations, respectively. You can upload, create, and store all these files online, and then download them to other office applications and save them on your hard drive or share your work with others online. Google surrounds these tools with their famous search application, access to online books, and a scholars' search for online documents. The tools for teaching are virtually endless.

2. Apache Open Office: Download this free office suite to replace Microsoft Office tools. It is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project that includes key desktop applications such as a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation manager, and drawing program with a user interface and feature set similar to other office suites. OpenOffice.org also works transparently with a variety of file formats, including those of Microsoft Office, and the vendor-neutral OpenDocument standard from OASIS. You can also save files in PDF format.

3. ThinkFree: This beta system offers Word, Excel, and PowerPoint clones that run in any browser for free. These are java applications, so they take a moment to 'warm up' before you run them, but once you have the program running the process runs smoothly and quickly. ThinkFree opens and saves to standard Microsoft Office formats such as .doc, .xls, and .ppt on your hard drive. They can also save documents to PDF, something you can't do with Microsoft. If you want to save files on ThinkFree's servers, you have 30 megabytes of storage space to use for free. This is a truly intuitive tool, especially if you're already familiar with Microsoft Office.

4. ZOHO: Zoho is an office productivity suite that works much like Google Docs in that you have access to spreadsheet, word, and an online presentation tool. You can upload, save online, download, and share. You also have access to other tools such as mail, project management software, and more that make this suite perfect for classroom projects.

Office Tools

Oh sure, you have a stapler, a copier, and access to other tools. But, what if you could gain access to file converters, presentation tools, and other management resources from almost any computer? Or if you could download some tools and use them from your computer at any location? These tools could make your life a little easier or at least help you out of a jam.

Productivity

If you need to get something done quickly, there's no better method than to organize your mess. Pull notes, dates, to-do lists and more together with the following tools.

1. 30 Boxes: 30boxes is a calendar tool that has the extra feature of allowing you to track headlines from RSS Web feeds. You can add your calendar to Google's Blogger or to your Facebook page. Share it with friends, family, or with students who need to know when that project is due.

2. HiTask: Dragging and dropping goodness makes this task tracker a fun tool to use to stay on top of things. Colored tags can be applied so users can easily identify and review important items. Meetings or reminders can be set by dragging their instance onto a calendar and into a time based schedule. Members of teams can also be assigned certain tasks by dragging the task onto the person's name. It's a very clean and east to use application. It does not allow for unlimited information, but there is an option for a $12/year for a premium account.

3. Remember the Milk: If you're a list freak, this tool is right up your alley. You can manage your tasks even when your computer is not connected to the Internet. You can choose to receive reminders via email, SMS, and instant messenger (AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Skype and Yahoo! are all supported).

4. TiddlyWiki: This is a reusable, nonlinear notebook that you can use to keep track of projects. This tools works with all major desktop browsers on Windows, Macintosh and Linux and many mobile browsers such as the Apple iPhone and the Nokia 770/N800.

5. Zamzar: This free online file conversion tool will help teachers organize their videos, images and documents.

Public Content Management (Blogs, etc.)

Use blogs to teach, to build classroom community, to create class projects and more. The sky's the limit on what you can do with these tools. What's nice is that these blogs are free to use, although some may be free to specific groups of educational professionals or learners. And, these content management systems range from very, very easy to use to somewhat sophisticated (that is, you might need to know some code for installation or maintenance).

Storage

Nothing beats a backup for storage; however, when you need to share files or if you need to gain access to files from another computer, online storage and transfer is the way to go. However, we don't suggest uploading student test papers to grade on vacation in the Bahamas. That's counterproductive.

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What's new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below to access two super cool and very useful iOS apps that can be utilized to engage students in your classroom!

" Write About

Use visual prompts via this web tool to engage students in digital writing activities. Educators can upload images, choose from keywords in the database or set specific writing tasks. Easy marking and editing allows teachers to provide honest feedback in a safe space.

" Quizalize

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links can be found here.

Many Easter blessings coming your way! Here's to a day filled with love, laughter, hope and spending quality time with those that mean the most to you!

Matthew 28:6 ♥

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Hi Everyone,

My name is Sarah Mallia and I am a year 4 teacher at De La Salle College. I have been teaching for the past 8 years and still enthusiastic about learning new pedagogical practices especially in the field of technology.

I think that the way forward is to keep abreast with the changes happening in society as a whole, mainly in technology as we are teaching students who will apply for a job or a career that has been not invented yet. I am in favour of technological use if it is used properly. I think that with the use of technology, we as educators, can reach out to all the students including struggling ones whilst at the same time making school life a little bit brighter.

During this course I would like to be introduced to new apps and technological methods that I can use with my students especially now that we are using the Learn Pads. I would like to feel confident enough and motivated to use the apps introduced in different topics and subjects which at the end will be of benefit to my students. I did a number of international and national courses related to technology which have been fruitful and helpful. In the past I already did another course through iLearn which was also very beneficial to my professional growth so I am sure that after this course I will be able to express the same feelings.

Good luck to all the participants and looking forward.

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How to use a Padlet - ideas from other participants:

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1. predictions before reading a story;
2. write interesting notes during the show and tell session;
3. to write down information;
4. brainstorming;
5.upload videos;
6. Etwinning projects;
7. share favourite web tools;
8. writing rhyming words;
9. new vocabulary that they learn;