G. W. Long High School
Janet Corder
Nearpod
Open www.nearpod.com.
Click on the Join Session button.
Type in the Pin Number the teacher gives you.
Wait for the teacher to begin.
Nearpod also has an App for most devices!
Flipgrid
Flipgrid is a video response tool that is used to create discussions among all students within your classroom. Teachers post a topic or question via text or video and the students respond to the prompt. Flipgrid also gives students the ability to comment on their classmates' responses.
Key Features:
- All of your videos are located in one location.
- You can Freeze a Topic to continue sharing the videos but prevent new recordings.
- Student comments can be turned on or off.
Flipgrid Tutorials/Blog Posts:
Quizizz
Quizizz is a student-paced, online formative assessment tool that allows the students to answer multiple choice questions on their device.
Let's try it out!
- On your device or laptop, open quizizz.com.
- Click Join a Game.
- Enter the Game Code the teacher provides and click Go.
- Type in your name and click Join Game.
- Wait for the teacher to begin the game.
Good Luck!
Take a look at some of our favorite Quizizz features:
- Easily create a quiz by using questions from multiple public quizzes
- Math symbols
- Highlight keywords with red, green or blue text
- Make your own Memes
Other Quizizz features:
- Easily create a quiz by using questions from multiple public quizzes
- Highlight keywords with red, green or blue text
- Make your own Memes
Quizlet Live
Let's give it try!
- Open quizlet.live.
- Type in the code the teacher has given you.
- Type in your name.
- Quizlet Live will assign you a team. Find your teammates and get together.
- Wait for the teacher to begin the game.
Flipquiz
Flipquiz is a Jeopardy-style game that is great for reviewing information. Divide your class into two teams and start playing! Flipquiz is ideal for interactive whiteboards, but it will work with a computer and a projector.
Padlet
Padlet is a virtual wall/bulletin board that allows students to create a sticky note to express their thoughts on a common topic. It can also be used as a collaborative tool like the activity in the Google Slides section. Padlet allows us to post text, links, images, and a wide variety of files including video.
New from Padlet:
Padlet has added 2 new formats:
Shelf - Posts can be sorted into a series of labeled columns
- Canvas - Move posts around free-form style
Collaborate and assess with Reactions. Grade, star, upvote, or like posts - a simple way to give quantitative feedback. Read more about Reactions here.
You can now highlight text in your posts.
Categorize posts with Colors. Customize your posts one of five colors. Learn more about Colors here.
Seamlessly link your pages to an LMS. Learn more here.
Examples:
Bingo Baker
Create online bingo games on Bingo Baker! You can use the free version or for $14.95 for a lifetime, all of your games will be stored in your own account.
Open bingobaker.com/play/1539772 on your device.
Click the Free space.
Click the answers to the correct science vocabulary word as they are called out.
Shout Bingo if you win!
Spiral
Quickfire - Use Quickfire as a formative assessment tool to see what the whole class is thinking.
Discuss - Allows the teacher to create interactive presentations to spark creativity in class.
Team Up - Teams of students can create and share collaborative presentations from linked devices.
Clip - Turn any public video into a live chat with questions and quizzes
Creating a Shortened URL
- Copy the URL (address) of the website you want to direct the students to.
- Open tinyurl.com.
- Paste the URL into the Enter a long URL to make tiny: field.
- You can click Make TinyURL field and the site will create a shortened URL for you or you can make a custom URL by adding your own title in the Custom Alias field.
- Click Make TinyURL. If you are making a custom alias and the alias you chose has already been taken, the site will inform you that your alias is not available.
Safe Share TV
YouTube and Vimeo videos without ads and clutter. You can edit video at the start/end position.
- Sign up with an email and password
- Copy the URL (web address) of the YouTube or Vimeo video.
- Open Safeshare.tv and paste the URL into blank and click the green check mark.
- The new link contains the YouTube video without ads.
- It is saved to your SafeViews
Free version you can create 20 Safeviews and 2 Playlists. You can have 10 contacts and 2 circles from Contacts. Premium version is $9.99 per month and everything is unlimited.
*Viewpure.com is another site that allows you to remove the ads from YouTube videos. You can also search for videos from the home page.
Classroom Screen
You can…
- Choose a background
- Type your instructions in the text area and zoom
- Choose a work symbol
- Set a timer
- Show the clock & calendar
- Use the traffic light
- Pick a random name
- Use the calculator
- Draw in-screen or full-screen
- Generate a QR-code
- Drag and drop the icons in the right place
- Select a language
Trading Cards
Trading Cards by Read Write Think allows students to share their understanding of various topics. Available on the Web and as an app for IOS and Android.
Create trading cards for any number of categories, including:
· Fictional person
· Real person
· Fictional place
· Real place
· Object
· Event
· Vocabulary word