News from Wilson Library
December Edition
Skype in the classroom
Formative Assessment Tools
Padlet - A quick way to have students leave a digital exit ticket with a simple URL.
Quizizz.com - Free self-paced quizzes to review, assess, and engage--in class and at home.
Quizlet.com - Search millions of study sets or create your own. Improve your grades by studying with flashcards, games and more.
Plickers - Formative assessment made easy. Free card activity that is a low tech option for formative assessment.
Goformative.com - Lots of question types - many are unique. Data can be sorted and shared. Has automatic grading.
Google Forms - Collect and organize information big and small with a free Google account. Data can be collected and dispersed in a number of ways.
Digital Citizenship Resources
Digital Footprint Checklist - Tips to clean up your digital footprint.
7 Steps to Good Digital Parenting - Tips and tricks for parents.
Family Link - (for Android devices)- Create a Google Account for your child that's like your own and lets parents manage apps, keep an eye on screen time and set timers on the device.
Be Internet Awesome - Games and curriculum to help teach students to be internet smart, alert, strong, kind and brave! Kids can play their way to being Internet Awesome with Interland, an online adventure that puts the key lessons of digital safety into hands-on practice with four challenging games.
Connect Safely Guides - A growing collection of clearly written guidebooks that demystify apps, services and platforms popular with kids and teens.
Common Sense Media - Scope and sequence of digital citizenship resources around:
Internet Safety
Privacy & Security
Relationships & Communication
Cyberbullying & Digital Drama
Information Literacy
Creative Credit & Copyright
Self-Image & Identity
Digital Footprints & Reputation
NetSmartz - NetSmartz offers free, multimedia Internet safety presentations tailored for specific audiences – parents and communities, tweens, teens, and younger children.