Ed. Tech. for Teachers
Collaboration and Discussion
Flipgrid
Flip the Classroom with Flipgrid
Flipgrid is made for having face-to-face interactions between students and teachers. Teachers can set up a grid (community), add topics, questions, and writing prompts. Students can record and add video responses to the topics for their teacher and peers to review. Teachers can create multiple topics and invite participants to their grid for enhanced communication and participation.
Padlet
Pin Your Creativity to the Board with Padlet
This online cork board gives you the ability to pin notes, pictures, files, and links to other places. You can also use Padlet to collaborate and engage in online discussion and share resources with others. You can share your Padlet on your social media and you can share it with others so that they can make contributions to your Padlet board. Whether you are using it as a bell ringer activity, collaborative notetaking, exit ticket, or to collect student work to share in class, Padlet can meet a variety of needs and enhance the classroom experience.
Skype in the Classroom
Reach the World with Skype in the Classroom
With this free service, you can connect your class to people and places all over the world. You can participate in Virtual Field Trips, Skype Lessons, Skype Collaborations, Mystery Skypes, and host Guest Speakers.
StartSOLE
Create Student Experts with StartSOLE
This self-organized learning environment starts by asking students a big question. Students will investigate the big question and work in small groups to research answers to the question. At the end of the research, the groups will present their research findings to the class. StartSOLE has a bank of great "big questions" that can be filtered by subject area. As the teacher, you can build lessons using the lesson planner, set a timer for your students, and keep a collection of your teacher-created resources in your SOLE account.
Google Hangouts
Connect from Anywhere with Google Hangouts
With Google Hangouts you can connect with your class from anywhere. You can use Hangouts Chat to hold discussion rooms with your students on any class topic or subject. Hangouts video allows you to conduct a video conference call with students, parents, or colleagues by simply adding them to the conversation. To set up a meeting, you just share the link and your invitees will join you instantly.