Blendspace
Collect resources in one place to create a bundle.
What is Blendspace?
Blendspace is a free web tool for teachers to collect resources in one place to form a bundled, interactive lesson for students or colleagues.When you create a Blendspace lesson, you can pull in videos from YouTube, websites, pictures, Flickr images, or links and images from Google. You can import from Gooru, OpenEd, Dropbox, or Google Drive. AND you can always upload your own files, like PowerPoints or resources housed on your own computer. Pretty much any resource you can imagine or that you would pull together to share can be embedded into a Blendspace lesson.
https://youtu.be/aQ_Mg3lSoew
Create Quizzes with Blendspace
Blendspace also gives you the ability to add in multiple choice quizzes into your lessons so that your lessons are more than just sharing info - it helps you assess students on what they're learning right alongside the content.When you create a quiz, select the correct answer (if applicable), and then Blendspace can even autograde your assessments for you, too. I see flipped classroom teachers flipping over the ability to put in websites or video clips and immediately follow up with questions before moving on to the next piece. And while the quiz feature of Blendspace is limited to a multiple choice question format, don't forget that since you can pull from Google Drive, that means you COULD create a Google Form with deeper, more open-ended questions and include that in your lesson as well.
https://youtu.be/aXVi0XoL9SU
Let students create!
Another perk of students having a Blendspace account is that students can then create Blendspace "lessons" of their own. How cool would it be for students to use Blendspace to share what they've learned as a final project instead of a boring old poster or written report? Talk about authentic assessment! Let students curate and create resources to teach a topic or show their learning in a more meaningful and engaging way with you and their peers.
https://youtu.be/m3SIsMKbVG8