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Great for -   Assessment, Formative Assessment, Presentation, Flip classroom, Classroom Management, Instructional Strategies, Differentiate instructions Have you wondered if your students are actually watching the videos you assign? PlayPosit can provide the answer. Use PlayPosit to embed quiz-type questions, facts, or links to websites in a video you create or a video you find from on site library or sources such as YouTube, TEDx, Vimeo, Khan Academy, and other popular video platforms. From inside Canvas, instructors can create an assignment that requires students to interact with the video they watch. PlayPosit also includes analytics, so instructors can see how students respond to questions. Instructors can even assign students the task of creating an interactive video. Data can then be analyzed on the individual or group level, providing powerful insight into educational trends in the classroom. Using video effectively in the classroom requires switching s...

  Liveworksheets.com is an educational tool which allows teachers to transform their traditional printable worksheets (in format .doc, pdf, .png or .jpg) into interactive online exercises with self-correction. These interactive worksheets may include fill-in-the-gaps activities, join with arrows, multiple-choice, drag and drop, sounds, videos, listening exercises and even speaking exercises. The site gives an option to create an interactive workbook system, where workbooks can be assigned to one or more students at a time and are organised by class/level. Since the Live Worksheets are interactive worksheets they help save paper, ink, and time, and are fun to complete. Teachers create an account to upload worksheet pdfs, then drag text entry boxes on top of the worksheet. The student then enters the answers online. Questions can be fill in the blank, multiple-choice, matching, drag and drop, join with arrows, recording audio, word search, and more, with new activities frequently add...

  Instructional Strategy#11: Annotating Text Annotating text is a strategy that engages students in close reading to build their vocabulary and reading comprehension. Students identify difficult or confusing passages within a text and then seek to explain them.                                                                                                                                                               (Click on the images to enlarge) Blow, M. (2016). Engage readers and increase comprehension: Ann...

  Instructional Strategy#10: Crosscutting Cards Each subject has skills and processes that should happen, no matter the grade or content standard. This strategy helps students understand the connection between those processes and their learning.                                                                                                                          (Click on the images to enlarge) Happy Learning!

  LearningApps.org is a web application, to support learning and teaching processes with small interactive modules. It is a website that gives the teachers an opportunity to create their own simple applications (apps). Teachers can create more than 20 types of apps, for example, memory game, word search, hangman or crossword. What’s more, after you register you can create classes for students and monitor their progress. The modules can be used as a part of the lesson, it can not only be used directly in learning materials, but also for self-studying. The aim is to collect reusable building blocks and make them available to everyone. Blocks (called Apps) include no specific framework or a specific learning scenario. The blocks are therefore not suitable as complete lessons or tasks, instead, they must be embedded in an appropriate teaching scenario. Learners can benefit from a wide variety of learning apps to improve their knowledge about many different topics in a game-like way. Ho...

  Instructional Strategy#9: CHOICE BOARDS Choice Boards are an accessible and customizable way to bring differentiated instruction into any classroom. Themed activity grids can be designed with activities of varying difficulty levels and point values for students to choose from. They allow students' personal interests and preferences to be stimulated for greater engagement and active learning. Sample Template for Choice Boards                                                                                                               (Click on the images to enlarge) Happy Learning!

      Educational games can be a fun way to engage students while also teaching or reviewing subject area content. These can include activities such as word searches, crossword puzzles, bingo games, flashcards, Jeopardy games, and more. When teachers use game-based learning (GBL) they can enhance the learning experience of the students. Gamification is applying game process and game design techniques to engage and motivate students to achieve their goals. Using Gamification is a great way for teachers to use Formative Assessment in the classroom. There are lots of tools online that can be used to create such activities. One creative option is to use  Google Sheets templates from Flippity . This is a free website that provides a wide range of templates that you can download, fill in with your own content, and then play online through the Flippity site.   Flippity easily turns any Google spreadsheet into flashcards, a badge creator, a...