Technology Toolbox by Faith Espinosa

Gamma

faithespinosa — 2024-03-16 23:39:50 UTC

Gama is a website powered by AI that helps teachers build a slideshow in seconds. You are able to add in objectives and standards to help you create exactly what you are needing and looking for to teach your students. This also help give you more information to work with when teaching your students.

Curipod

faithespinosa — 2024-03-16 23:54:17 UTC

Curipod is an AI generated website that helps teachers create interactive lessons. You can include any prompt into it, and it spits out a whole lesson for you to teach. If you are struggling thinking of a prompt or some extra information you need on a subject you are teaching, Curipod would be a great resource to get you started.

Wordwall

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 02:12:19 UTC

Wordwall is a great tool for student engagement because it provides a wide range of interactive games such as quizzes, matching activities, word searches, and more. There is a wide variety of templates that you can choose from, and you can put any content in these templates. These games make learning fun and engaging for students, encouraging active participation in the lesson.

Hello History AI

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 02:37:36 UTC

Hello History AI supports history teachers by providing organized content, primary sources, and interactive features for engaging students. Through this website, teachers can find high-quality resources, lesson planning tools, and opportunities tailored to student needs. Also, collaborative projects and discussions foster a supportive community where teachers can share ideas. With these resources and support, history teachers can enhance their lessons, deepen student understanding, and create dynamic learning experiences in the classroom. A cool example you can do with your history students is having them choose a historical figure to interview. With Hello History AI, you can talk with historical figures where conversations feel authentic.

Magic School AI

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 02:41:12 UTC

Magic School AI is a great AI tool that teachers can use for any lesson. This website helps aid teachers with ideas and resources. Magic school AI can also recommend educational resources, like articles, videos, and interactive simulations, based on students' interests and learning objectives. This helps teachers create and help better their lessons with good material and information.

Gimkit

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 02:41:16 UTC

Gimkit is a great tool for formative assessment. The quizzes can be used in many different ways by teachers. They can make quizzes for the whole class, for smaller groups, or for individual students. This lets teachers personalize how they assess students based on what each student needs. Gimkit also gives instant feedback and progress monitoring that teachers can use to assess student understanding and track learning progress.

Kahoot

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 02:57:14 UTC

Kahoot is perfect for helping students review for assessments, or even providing whole-class assessments. It lets teachers create quizzes with different question formats, including multiple choice, true/false, polls, puzzles, and open-ended questions. This variety helps teachers to assess students' understanding through different methods, which is very accommodating students' needs. Kahoot is a fun and engaging tech tool that helps students review tests and important information with fun quizzes. I will absolutely be using this in my class!

Nearpod

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 15:32:47 UTC

Nearpod offers a comprehensive set of features and tools for both formative and summative assessment. Nearpod is great for teachers if you are looking to gather real-time feedback during a lesson or give a formal assessment at the end of a unit. Nearpod provides the flexibility and functionality to support many assessment needs. You are also able to track your students progress with the interactive activities and lessons

Socrative

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 16:17:26 UTC

Socrative is a great website for review and interactive learning activities. It's overall an effective tool for alternative assessment by offering a wide range of interactive activities, real-time feedback, differentiated assessment options, and data analysis. It helps teachers assess student understanding in different and meaningful ways that promotes deeper learning and understanding. This is a great diverse tech tool that helps review students.

Team Builder

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 16:43:13 UTC

Team builder is a great website/app to use for physical education or fitness classes. You are able to give students a list of workouts and and monitor progress. Team Builder provides tools for managing team projects, like task assignment, deadlines, and progress tracking. Teachers and students can collaborate on project documents, share files, and communicate with team members within the app. An example of how you could use team builder, is posting the weight room lifts or schedule of your days activities on the app so students can access it and know exactly what to do.

Artsonia

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 16:51:56 UTC

Artsonia allows teachers to curate and showcase their students' artwork online. Teachers can provide comments, feedback, and ratings on individual artworks to promote their students' creativity and talent. Artsonia also provides a platform for students to receive recognition and feedback from a wider audience beyond the classroom like community members, including relatives, friends, and parents. Families can engage with their child's artwork by commenting, sharing, and purchasing products featuring the artwork. Parent involvement serves as an endorsement of their child's artistic abilities and achievements.

Prezi

faithespinosa — 2024-03-28 16:56:50 UTC

Prezi is a great student engagement tool because it lets you add pictures, videos, and sound to your presentations. These extras can make ideas clearer, give more background information which make students more interested. Prezi also lets multiple people work on a presentation together. This helps students work together on projects, share ideas, and create content as a team. Prezi is very interactive for students.

Google Forms

faithespinosa — 2024-03-29 03:41:43 UTC

Google forms is a great tech tool for teacher directed instruction. Google Forms is a technology tool used for teacher-directed instruction because it allows teachers to create surveys, quizzes, and assessments to gather information from students. Teachers have control over the design and content of the google forms, like the types of questions, response options, and formatting options. An example of this would be a history teacher makes a Google Form quiz about World War II, that has different question types like multiple choice and short answer. If the teacher sends the link out to the class, the students can join and the teacher can see students' answers and use the results to understand how well students know the material.

Goosechase

faithespinosa — 2024-03-29 03:58:56 UTC

Goosechase is a great student engagement tool for students because it is interactive and gets students moving. GooseChase is a fun game where students work together to complete challenges and solve puzzles. It is a fun activity where students explore, think, and problem-solve while having fun. They can take photos or videos of their tasks, which adds excitement. It encourages teamwork, creativity, and hands-on learning, which makes it a great way for students to have fun together while learning. An example of using this, would be at the beginning of the year having students group up and go on a scavenger hunt to get to know each other, work together, and critical think.

Google Slides

faithespinosa — 2024-03-29 04:02:12 UTC

Google Slides is a teacher directed tech tool because it lets teachers create presentations where they can control what's shown, how it's organized, and how fast it's presented. As the teacher presenting, you have complete control. You can customize the slides to fit what students need to learn, add pictures, videos to make it more interesting, and use presenter mode to guide students through the content. Basically, Google Slides gives teachers the tools they need to lead the class well.

Google Drawing

faithespinosa — 2024-03-29 04:06:01 UTC

Google Drawing is a great teacher directed tool because teachers can create visual aids like pictures and charts to explain concepts better. They have control over the design, so they can customize anything to fit their lessons, which can. be so helpful. Teachers can add text, shapes, and images. A big part of Google Drawing is teachers can make engaging visuals that improve student understanding. This can improve teaching and keep students interested in learning.

Quizziz

faithespinosa — 2024-04-02 16:59:43 UTC

Quizizz is a tool for both formative and summative assessment. It provides teachers with a platform to create interactive quizzes and assessments for their students. For a formative assessment, Quizziz can make informal quizzes to check for understanding during a lesson. These quizzes can include a variety of question types such as multiple choice, true/false, and open-ended questions. For a summative assessment, teachers can create longer quizzes that cover a broader range of topics and concepts. I would use this in my classroom to review any concept or topic of learning.

Peardeck

faithespinosa — 2024-04-02 17:00:53 UTC

Pear Deck is a technology tool for both formative and summative assessment. Teachers can create interactive presentations with many different question types to measure student understanding during lessons. Pear Deck also allows teachers to design end-of-unit or end-of-year assessments, monitoring student progress and gathering responses for later review and grading. This is a helpful tool to use in the classroom with all of its engaging features.

Geobra

faithespinosa — 2024-04-02 17:01:25 UTC

Pixton

faithespinosa — 2024-04-02 17:25:34 UTC

Mindmeister

faithespinosa — 2024-04-02 17:25:54 UTC

Seesaw

faithespinosa — 2024-04-02 17:26:03 UTC

Teacher Interview Infographic

faithespinosa — 2024-04-09 16:51:24 UTC

Follow, Learn, Share

faithespinosa — 2024-04-23 17:02:28 UTC

TPACK Jamboard example

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 13:46:07 UTC

Wordwall Technology Presentation

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 13:50:58 UTC

SplashLearn

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:08:42 UTC

SplashLearn is a great website for student engagement. It is easy to explore and can engage students by turning learning into a game. It uses points, levels, and rewards to motivate students in math and reading activities. This website adjusts difficulty based on each student's performance, which can be helpful for student learning. Students can get feedback and can track their progress. I would use this in my classroom for students to learn a topic in a fun way.

Technology Lesson Plan #1

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:13:12 UTC

Technology Lesson Plan #2

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:14:18 UTC

GoNoodle

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:21:57 UTC

GoNoodle is a great website that engages students by blending movement and interactive content into learning. I would use this in my classroom as a "brain break" for my students. It has activities like dance-alongs, little exercises, and brain breaks, which help promote physical activity while in the classroom. GoNoodle helps students refocus and enjoy learning more. Its encourages active participation, which is great because it helps create a positive classroom environment.

TPACK and SAMR explained

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:27:56 UTC

TPACK model

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:29:52 UTC

Google Classroom

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:34:40 UTC

Google Classroom empowers teachers to manage their digital classrooms efficiently. They can create assignments, quizzes, and announcements, share resources, and communicate seamlessly with students. With full control over content, including deadlines and grades, and features like progress monitoring and attendance tracking, Google Classroom ensures a structured and organized learning experience for students.

EdPuzzle

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:38:58 UTC

Edpuzzle helps students learn at their own pace by engaging with educational videos. They can answer questions, take quizzes, and join discussions within the videos. Edpuzzle lets students control their learning by pausing or reviewing content as needed. It also gives instant feedback to help students track their progress and improve. Edpuzzle supports student-centered instruction by having active engagement through videos and other learning experiences. I would use this in my classroom for a flipped classroom lesson if I needed to or if it made sense to do.

Google Earth

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:45:25 UTC

Google Earth gives teachers a versatile tool to enhance geography and science lessons. With Google Earth, teachers can create custom virtual trips and pin locations that students can access and learn more about.

Gemini

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:52:44 UTC

IXL

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 14:58:59 UTC

IXL focuses on students by tailoring learning to their needs. It creates individualized learning paths for each student based on their strengths and weaknesses, which is very helpful to student needs. Students can receive targeted practice questions which allows them to focus on areas where they need the most improvement. There are also interactive activities and visual aids. There is also easy access, so students can learn whenever and wherever. I would use this to help students who may be struggling as a tool for extra guidance or help. This could also be used to challenge students in their learning.

Class Kick

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 15:13:14 UTC

Quizlet

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 15:28:31 UTC

Diffit

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 15:39:53 UTC

Kiddle

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 15:44:38 UTC

Kiddle is a great tool for elementary grades. Since I will be an elementary teacher, I can use this tool for almost anything. If I want students to do their own research for something, I can use Kiddle as guide for them.

Book Creator

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:05:19 UTC

Book Creator allows students to make their own digital books, encouraging creativity and self-expression. It is easy to access and students can personalize their projects and collaborate with peers. Book Creator also supports individual learning styles. Overall, Book Creator promotes creativity and ownership. I would use this in my classroom for a science lesson where they can create a book over a specific topic like seasons, the lifecycle, etc. It can be used for almost any subject.

Class Dojo

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:08:34 UTC

ClassDojo is a comprehensive technology tool that helps teachers run their classrooms smoothly by allowing communication, behavior management, and classroom organization. ClassDojo lets teachers communicate easily with students and parents through messaging too which can be very helpful because then parents can fee more involved. I would use this in my class as a motivation for students and a way to communicate with parents.

Coggle

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:11:27 UTC

Edutopia

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:12:19 UTC

Edutopia is a website that offers a variety of resources, research, and best practices for educators. It has articles, videos, and guides on many topics related to teaching and learning, like instructional strategies, classroom management techniques, and professional development resources. This can be such a great tool for teachers to run their classroom smoothly. Edutopia targets so many different topics in the classroom which can help teachers deal with many different things. It serves as a valuable resource for teachers to gain insights, ideas, and inspiration to help their teaching practices.

Planbook

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:12:51 UTC

Planbook is a website that simplifies lesson planning and organization for teachers. This can help teachers with their workload by making things easier. It allows them to create, schedule, and update lesson plans, units, and assignments. There are also customizable templates and features for organizing objectives, standards, materials, and many different things, so teachers can plan efficiently. Planbook helps teachers stay organized, save time, and focus on teaching well.

Piktochart

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:13:32 UTC

Canva

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:14:30 UTC

Class Craft

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:15:08 UTC

Formative

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:16:09 UTC

My TPACK Model

faithespinosa — 2024-04-30 16:53:26 UTC