Digital Toolbox for Engaging Education by Wayne Wheeler

Google Workspace for Education

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 16:15:40 UTC

Google Workspace for Education offers a suite of free, collaborative tools including Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets, enabling students to co-create and collaborate in real time from anywhere. Perfect for enhancing communication and group projects.

Padlet

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 16:15:41 UTC

Padlet allows students and teachers to collaborate on boards, documents, and websites. It supports a variety of content including text, images, videos, and links, making it an ideal tool for interactive assignments and digital storytelling.

Flipgrid

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 16:15:42 UTC

Flipgrid is a video discussion platform where students can share ideas and learn from each other in a fun and supportive environment. It encourages active participation and voice sharing, ideal for promoting student engagement and reflection.

Canva for Education

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 16:15:42 UTC

Canva for Education offers teachers and students a powerful, yet easy-to-use graphic design tool to create beautiful presentations, posters, social media graphics, and more. It fosters creativity and visual literacy in the classroom.

Adobe Spark

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 16:15:49 UTC

Adobe Spark enables students to create stunning graphics, web pages, and video stories in minutes, helping develop digital storytelling skills. It's a fantastic tool for projects, assignments, and personal expression.

Kahoot!

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 16:15:50 UTC

Kahoot! is an engaging platform that lets teachers create fun learning games in minutes. Students love competing in quizzes, which can be customized for any subject, enhancing review sessions and learning retention.

Quizlet

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 16:15:51 UTC

Quizlet is an online learning tool that supports study through flashcards, games, and quizzes. It's great for memorization and review across subjects, encouraging independent and collaborative study.

Screencastify

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:06:25 UTC

Every student can be Sal Khan working out problems with explanations. This tool was first recommended to me by a teacher in Kenya, who explained how Screencastify transformed her math assessments by allowing students to show what they’re thinking from wherever they happen to be working. Screencastify is also valuable for reducing cheating as teachers can observe students working and explaining problems instead of just recording answers.

Mural

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:08:31 UTC

This has been a lifesaver for virtual collaboration. Mural allows teachers, students, and other contributors to write on virtual sticky notes and then organize and reorganize them in real time. The best in-person meetings are always the ones where the collective expertise of the room can be captured visually, and if we can’t be in the same room with students—or colleagues—Mural is the next best thing. Even better, there’s no need to go back and summarize or clean up evidence from the meeting. The Mural is the artifact. Many teachers are now using Jamboard in a similar way.

Pear Deck

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:14:23 UTC

Pear Deck does to Google Slides what Edpuzzle does to videos. Slides become interactive, and teachers are able to collect feedback immediately.

Magic School

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:27:14 UTC

"Magic School" is a captivating educational platform that takes students on a magical learning journey through interactive lessons, engaging activities, and immersive experiences. In this enchanting virtual school, students explore various subjects such as math, science, language arts, and more, using digital tools and resources to enhance their learning. With spellbinding visuals, personalized learning paths, and opportunities for creativity and innovation, Magic School sparks students' curiosity and inspires a love for learning. Join us at Magic School, where every lesson is a magical adventure waiting to unfold!

Edpuzzle

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:33:37 UTC

As your all-in-one video platform, Edpuzzle enables you to create engaging learning experiences for your students and streamline video use across your school or district.

Gimkit

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:38:23 UTC

There’s a reason why games engage students. They choose to play them on their own time. Whenever we can integrate how our kids like to play and have fun with their learning, engagement takes place. We love this tool because high schoolers created it. It’s a classroom game-show platform where students own virtual currency they can “invest” during the game to boost their score.

Storybird

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:45:25 UTC

Some of the most magical classroom moments are when students create and tell a story and then celebrate it by sharing it with each other. These publishing parties were some of my favorite teaching memories. If you do the writer’s workshop model and are looking for a tool to help bring your students’ creations to life, this is it. Students select artwork from professional artists and create a book. Plus, there are over 700 creative challenges students all over the world participate in.

OER Commons

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:50:02 UTC

OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.

Go Noodle

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:53:41 UTC

Brain breaks and mindfulness are so effective in helping our students take a break and refocus. Go Noodle is hands down the best tool for this. We love using these videos as warm-ups and closers too. Indoor recess? No problem, Go Noodle!

Logitech Pen

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:57:27 UTC

If your students complain that taking notes is boring and tedious, the Logitech Pen (for Chromebook) and Logitech Crayon (for iPad) are some of the best tech tools for student engagement. Kids can write, draw, sketch, and annotate digitally without losing the retention benefit that handwritten note-taking provides. They also encourage student collaboration since they pair automatically and can be used with multiple devices at once.

Factile

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 17:59:21 UTC

I don’t know a student who doesn’t love playing Jeopardy. It’s so much more fun than flipping through flashcards or completing a study guide on paper. This tool is so quick and easy to use. You can create a Jeopardy-style quiz board in just a few minutes.

Kid Blog

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 18:01:22 UTC

So often, our students feel like writing is a talent they have or lack. They don’t realize that it is a muscle that they can develop through practice. When we call our students writers, and introduce them to the same practices that professional writers use, it’s engaging. Kidblog is such a great tool because it’s a platform for students to consistently publish their writing. Best part, it’s safe, and there are opportunities for students to share their writing with classmates and students all over the world.

Near Pod

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 18:03:01 UTC

There’s a reason why Nearpod is so popular; it works. I’ve never met a teacher who didn’t like using it because it takes what you already have (Google Slides, Powerpoint, YouTube Video) and makes it interactive. From polls to game-based quizzes, virtual reality, and simulations, there are so many ways to bring your students from passive recipients to active learners.

Goosechase

wwheelernh — 2024-05-09 18:05:56 UTC

We love this app for icebreakers and interactive team building. You can use it to set up scavenger hunts where you put students on teams, and they work together to find different objects you assign. They take a photo of the objects and post them on the app. Best part: the app does the hard work for you and keeps track of points, so you can declare a winner at the end.

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