https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j An outline of online educational tools en-us 2020-06-05 12:09:05 UTC 2024-10-14 08:29:57 UTC hello@padlet.com danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/612844893 This software selects key words from a text you type into the system. It will select images to represent the key words for the text. You can choose to have it read by the software's machine voices or you can voice over it yourself. The platform then reads your text aloud and plays the images as the words are read. The software can be used in a variety of languages. It is free for educators until August 31st, 2020.
Who is it for: Educators and Students
Platforms it can operate on: All devices-it is web based.
Example of use: In an English classroom write a paragraph on the platform turn off the AI image selection, have students pick their own images to represent the key words from the text. ]]> 2020-06-05 12:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/612844893 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/612869872 Unfortunately it has poor reviews on Google Playstore: ]]> 2020-06-05 12:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/612869872 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/612885107 Office 365 Users will have access to Microsoft Forms. With this app you can create, assign and give feedback on pre and post assessments. The software allows for a variety of question types and the instructor can select the correct response. The system will pick up the selected response and auto-grade the learners responses. Further when implemented with Microsoft Teams the instructor can give tailored feedback to the learner on their exam or assignment.  Instructors can further see which questions were easy or difficult as the system shows in a pie chart the percentage of students who responded correctly or incorrectly on the assessment. This could help with future lesson planning.

Who is it for: Educators and Students
Platforms it can operate on: All devices
Example of use: I created the linked Microsoft Forms for a Pre-assessment for my 4th Graders on Author's Purpose.
Relevant Ratings: 49 out of 75 reviewers gave this app 5 stars, another 18 of the 75 gave it 4 stars on G2.com 

]]> 2020-06-05 12:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/612885107 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614190766 Google has released "Google Read-Along" early for educators. The app is designed for younger learners aged 5+. It allows the reader to read aloud to children's stories, the app provides audio feedback to help the reader sound out and produce the words on the screen when needed. It sounds like a great app for young learners and ELL students who struggle to read. It is available in 180 countries and in nine different languages.

One drawback, I am unsure of the permissions of the app, I would be concerned with the privacy of the child as their voice could be recorded by the company.-surveillance capitalism-

Who is it for: Educators and young Students- it is free :)
Platforms it can operate on: Android devices
Example of use: Young learners can now read books aloud with specific feedback from the application.
Relevant Ratings: The app has gotten some great feedback by users on the play store cite. One critique is the limited amount of languages the app supports. Another was that the selection of stories were limited in that they were only children books. 

Developers are working to increase the amount of languages for future updates to the program.

]]> 2020-06-06 12:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614190766 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614223622 This is another free digital tool for educators. This could have been posted in the Elementary section as well, however there are a variety of material for older elementary, middle to high school learners. There appears to be a variety of projects and writing prompts to enable and encourage learners to write. It looks very cool, I might use it in a creative writing course next school year.

Who is it for: Educators and Elementary-High School Students
Platforms it can operate on: Any device-web based
Example of use: This could be used to inspire students to write as it has many writing prompts and other activities that could be applied to bell-work or for a creative writing course.
Relevant Ratings:  A review on Facebook gave it a 5 out of 5 star rating and commented on the website saying something like this will put an end to anti-bullying.]]> 2020-06-06 13:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614223622 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614256528 This software consolidates other messaging apps and e-mails in one spot for parent-teacher communication. It also allows school admin to see all parent-teacher communications. The app costs $200 USD for the initial set-up then costs another $4 USD for each student enrolled within the system.

Who is it for: Educators, administrators and parents
Platforms it can operate on: Any device-web based
Example of use: A parent wishes to communicate with the teacher or school administration, but has multiple means of doing so, this app will streamline the process making it easier to communicate with the school.
Relevant Ratings:  A user on commonsense.org reviewed the product by awarding it 5 out of 5 stars and commenting:" Excellent way to bridge the gap from school to home! Parents appreciate getting the inside look at what is going on in their student's classroom in forms of pictures, newsletters, reminders and private messaging capability."]]> 2020-06-06 14:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614256528 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614354877 A play on World of Warcraft, Class Craft turns classroom behavior into a game. Almost like a Class Dojo where learners earn points for good behavior or merit and can lose points for not so great behavior by the rules created by the instructor. The avatars in the game gain experience points and can explore the imaginary world while battling monsters. More XP points from good behavior unlocks different abilities the learners can use to battle bosses. The software comes with a noise meter making it easy for the instructor to set a limit as to how much noise students can make during a given activity.

Who is it for: Educators, Parents and  Students
Platforms it can operate on: All devices, web based
Example of use: An instructor needs to encourage the learners to make smart choices. The instructor could use this Role-Playing game to encourage learners to make smart choices in order to enhance the learning opportunities in the classroom.
Relevant Ratings: Commonsense.org gives it a 4 out of 5 stars and mentioned 95% of students would recommend this program.]]> 2020-06-06 16:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614354877 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614397994 The linked article below is for upper-grades math, section of the more homepage https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/ which offers a wide variety of resources of multiple subjects for online learning for k-9th Grade learners.

Who is it for: Educators and young Students- it is free :)
Platforms it can operate on: It is web based
Example of use: An English teacher could use this to incorporate what the students are learning in math in their English class. It includes both reading and math problems. To extend the lesson an instructor could create "creation" or "research" tasks for math problems or to extend the article or write it from a different point of view or perspective.
Relevant Ratings:  Reviews on Facebook give it a 4.9 out of 5 stars based on the opinion of 28 users.

]]> 2020-06-06 17:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/614397994 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/615154491 Another viable assessment website free for teachers. Once signed up instructors could make a quiz or search for one in the library. It shows scores to instructors and identifies areas learners need to work on. 
Who is it for: Educators and young Students- it is free.
Platforms it can operate on: All web-based devices
Example of use: An instructor wants to assess a students knowledge or understanding of a given learning target. This could be used as pre or post assessment tool.
Relevant Ratings: .It has an average of 4 out of 5 stars on commonsense.org for use by educators. ]]> 2020-06-07 13:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/615154491 danschmidtimmi https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/629101750 2020-06-16 15:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/danschmidtimmi/4fu9foacenk5971j/wish/629101750