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This is a presentation given to the faculty at my high school on 6/5/14. Our school is embarking on a formal BYOD program in the fall, and my role is to help prepare teachers for the onslaught of digital devices.
This presentation highlights 10 apps that teachers can use to engage students. This is one of many versions to come, I am sure, as we chart this BYOD territory.
Look for future versions of this presentations highlighting other tools to be used in a 1:1 or BYOD environment. All of these tools are cross-platform, some are free, and some are 'free-mium' apps.
Enjoy!
This presentation highlights 10 apps that teachers can use to engage students. This is one of many versions to come, I am sure, as we chart this BYOD territory.
Look for future versions of this presentations highlighting other tools to be used in a 1:1 or BYOD environment. All of these tools are cross-platform, some are free, and some are 'free-mium' apps.
Enjoy!
10 in 10 minutes for BYOD
Published on Nov 18, 2015
10 great apps for use in a BYOD classroom. These tools are excellent resources for teachers to use to engage students in projects, control devices, teach reading, or to get instant, formative feedback. This is by no means a complete or exhaustive list, just the 10 I picked for this particular presentation. I hope it inspires you to try something new! Let me know how I can help get you started on your path to digital integration...thanks!
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10 in 10
Tools for a BYOD classroom
This is a presentation given to the faculty at my high school on 6/5/14. Our school is embarking on a formal BYOD program in the fall, and my role is to help prepare teachers for the onslaught of digital devices.
This presentation highlights 10 apps that teachers can use to engage students. This is one of many versions to come, I am sure, as we chart this BYOD territory.
Look for future versions of this presentations highlighting other tools to be used in a 1:1 or BYOD environment. All of these tools are cross-platform, some are free, and some are 'free-mium' apps.
Enjoy!
This presentation highlights 10 apps that teachers can use to engage students. This is one of many versions to come, I am sure, as we chart this BYOD territory.
Look for future versions of this presentations highlighting other tools to be used in a 1:1 or BYOD environment. All of these tools are cross-platform, some are free, and some are 'free-mium' apps.
Enjoy!
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1. NEARPOD
- Deliver in class or out of class & view stats
- Convert PPT to NPP Presentations
- Add quizzes, polls, free-response questions
- Embed videos, audio files, images, text
- Deliver presentation to a class and 'control' delivery
Will always be my number 1 resource. Not only are you able to deliver content to multiple devices and platforms, but you can get instant feedback from students.
Formative assessments, quizzes, polls, free-response questions, drawings, and more. Control the delivery content and control the activity and response from students. Get real-time statistics and student data.
We are purchasing a school licence for nearpod, so you will be able to set up classrooms and use the tool for multiple classes of students.
Get a free account at www.nearpod.com - available on the web, for iOS and for Android devices.
Loads of free content available - presentations already created for delivery to students on loads of common-core-aligned topics in all content areas.
Formative assessments, quizzes, polls, free-response questions, drawings, and more. Control the delivery content and control the activity and response from students. Get real-time statistics and student data.
We are purchasing a school licence for nearpod, so you will be able to set up classrooms and use the tool for multiple classes of students.
Get a free account at www.nearpod.com - available on the web, for iOS and for Android devices.
Loads of free content available - presentations already created for delivery to students on loads of common-core-aligned topics in all content areas.
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Related to NEARPOD
- HaikuDeck
- Prezi
- Google Presentations
- PowerPoint
- PearDeck
www.haikudeck.com - beautiful cloud-based presentation system.
www.prezi.com - for non-linear presentations, good for showing connections between ideas in a presentation.
docs.google.com - cloud-based presentation creator, very similar to PowerPoint, but also very Google. Simple, very few frills, often frustrating to use.
www.prezi.com - for non-linear presentations, good for showing connections between ideas in a presentation.
docs.google.com - cloud-based presentation creator, very similar to PowerPoint, but also very Google. Simple, very few frills, often frustrating to use.
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2. Diigo
- Social Bookmarking utility
- Catalog research for projects, presentations, speeches
- Read web content more effectively with annotation tools
- Diigo "captures" content 'as is' - no more broken links
- Collaborative
With Diigo, students can capture content from websites and articles they find online. The "capture" utility can create screenshots, and save html versions of web pages for all time - no more broken links. All content saved to Diigo is stored in the cloud online as long as your account is active.
Students can sign in with their Google account, and store the content they capture by tag, category, or folder within their own personal library. They are also able to collaborate with others to gather material for group projects, research, or writing.
The reading tools are also very cool. Students can read web-content, highlight, sticky-note, and annotate parts of an article, and share their own notes with others.
Sign up for a free account at: www.diigo.com or sign in with Google/Twitter/Facebook/OpenID.
Students can sign in with their Google account, and store the content they capture by tag, category, or folder within their own personal library. They are also able to collaborate with others to gather material for group projects, research, or writing.
The reading tools are also very cool. Students can read web-content, highlight, sticky-note, and annotate parts of an article, and share their own notes with others.
Sign up for a free account at: www.diigo.com or sign in with Google/Twitter/Facebook/OpenID.
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Related to Diigo
- Scoop.it
- StumbleUpon
- Digg
Scoop.it - excellent curation resource. Create a 'social network' based on topics or individuals. Save and build social 'walls' of found content. See how it works, sign up for free, and follow me at: http://www.scoop.it/u/jonathan-jarc
www.pinterest.com
www.reddit.com
www.stumbleupon.com
www.digg.com
www.pinterest.com
www.reddit.com
www.stumbleupon.com
www.digg.com
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3. Kahoot!
- Quizzes, polls, and games
- Creates a live, loud and active environment
- Select from existing or make your own
- Students respond via any device
- Instant, real-time, formative feedback
Kahoot! empowers educators and captivates learners. Through the creation of a trusted learning space, educational content is delivered by asking meaningful questions in real-time, creating a social, fun and game-like environment.
Kahoot! flips the classroom with a pedagogy based on encouraging a loop from ‘learner to leader’ within the learning space, which maximises the precious learning time spent in the classroom and empowers learners to lead.
Students can create their own Kahoot's for any content area, use images, text, or even video from YouTube as the question content. Great idea for getting kids involved in their own learning. Kahoots can be set up in quiz, poll, or discussion format.
Create your free account, find Kahoots, or make your own quiz/poll/discussion at http://getkahoot.com
Kids join a Kahoot on any device with a browser at: http://kahoot.it.
Kahoot! flips the classroom with a pedagogy based on encouraging a loop from ‘learner to leader’ within the learning space, which maximises the precious learning time spent in the classroom and empowers learners to lead.
Students can create their own Kahoot's for any content area, use images, text, or even video from YouTube as the question content. Great idea for getting kids involved in their own learning. Kahoots can be set up in quiz, poll, or discussion format.
Create your free account, find Kahoots, or make your own quiz/poll/discussion at http://getkahoot.com
Kids join a Kahoot on any device with a browser at: http://kahoot.it.
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Related to KAhoot!
- Poll Anywere
- Socrative
- Infuse Learning
Poll Anywhere - http://www.polleverywhere.com - create polls and surveys via text message or web browser. Students respond to a variety of questions. Poll results are able to exported via image or PowerPoint slide.
Socrative - Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Excellent variety of questioning. Easy to use. www.socrative.com
Infuse Learning - http://www.infuselearning.com - built for BYOD, this is more than just a polling and student response system, its a way to match what you do in the classroom with a digital tool. Great feedback, instant analysis, good for polling, responses, and even brainstorming. T/F, multiple choice, scale, open response, draw response, set order, or numeric answer types are all available.
Socrative - Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Excellent variety of questioning. Easy to use. www.socrative.com
Infuse Learning - http://www.infuselearning.com - built for BYOD, this is more than just a polling and student response system, its a way to match what you do in the classroom with a digital tool. Great feedback, instant analysis, good for polling, responses, and even brainstorming. T/F, multiple choice, scale, open response, draw response, set order, or numeric answer types are all available.
4. Exit Ticket
- Real-Time Intervention - formative data
- Check for comprehension, support instruction
- Track data over time, classes, standards
- CCSS aligned goals, standards-based tickets
- Timed tickets, show/hide answers & results
Real-Time Intervention. See performance & progression metrics for each individual student and the class as a whole, in real-time.
Long Term Data. See individual and class progress over time with ExitTicket’s longitudinal data, empowering both teachers and students to see academic progress in real-time and over the course of the year.
Exit ticket was designed by teachers, for teachers. Use this tech tool like you would a 'traditional' paper exit slip. Only now, kids use any BYOT technology, feedback is instant, results are longitudinal, and teachers can share and reuse tickets.
www.exitticket.org - look for the "Free for teachers" link halfway down the page (you probably have to scroll down to see it).
Long Term Data. See individual and class progress over time with ExitTicket’s longitudinal data, empowering both teachers and students to see academic progress in real-time and over the course of the year.
Exit ticket was designed by teachers, for teachers. Use this tech tool like you would a 'traditional' paper exit slip. Only now, kids use any BYOT technology, feedback is instant, results are longitudinal, and teachers can share and reuse tickets.
www.exitticket.org - look for the "Free for teachers" link halfway down the page (you probably have to scroll down to see it).
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Related to Exit Ticket
- Poll Anywhere
- Socrative
- Google Forms
- Haiku Polls / Assessments
Poll Anywhere - http://www.polleverywhere.com - create polls and surveys via text message or web browser. Students respond to a variety of questions. Poll results are able to exported via image or PowerPoint slide.
Socrative - Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Excellent variety of questioning. Easy to use. www.socrative.com
Socrative - Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Excellent variety of questioning. Easy to use. www.socrative.com
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5. Subtext
- Social Reading/Fluency Platform
- Add web text, pdf, or open-source content
- Build-in comprehension questions
- Students highlight, comment, interact "in-text"
- Teachers monitor progress, tutor, provide feedback
Subtext is an amazing platform for teaching reading and monitoring student progress through text. It is applicable in any subject area where you ask students to read text from online sources, pdf files, fair-use content, or content you purchase through the app or online bookstores.
Subtext allows teachers to build classes, add a text assignment, monitor student progress through the text, build in questions throughout, highlight key passages, see what students highlight as important, and much more.
As a student, anyone can highlight key points, take notes, add bookmarks, and even post questions to the group or the teacher when necessary. Students encounter questions as they are posted by the teacher, can participate in discussions within the application, and are 'tracked' as they read.
Any teacher that assigns reading, and is concerned about 'how to teach reading' in their own content area, should use Subtext as a supplement to their classroom instruction with text. Available via any web browser, iOS App and Android App. Visit: web.subtext.com
Subtext allows teachers to build classes, add a text assignment, monitor student progress through the text, build in questions throughout, highlight key passages, see what students highlight as important, and much more.
As a student, anyone can highlight key points, take notes, add bookmarks, and even post questions to the group or the teacher when necessary. Students encounter questions as they are posted by the teacher, can participate in discussions within the application, and are 'tracked' as they read.
Any teacher that assigns reading, and is concerned about 'how to teach reading' in their own content area, should use Subtext as a supplement to their classroom instruction with text. Available via any web browser, iOS App and Android App. Visit: web.subtext.com
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Related to Subtext
- Curriculet
- Booktrack
Embed a layer of questions, quizzes, and rich media annotations into any reading assignment. Create assignments from pdf files, or commonly used text lessons. Curriculet has a wide variety of existing CCSS aligned reading assignments you can buy and use with your own students - or make your own.
Track mastery of literacy skills and Common Core standards in real-time. See how students are progressing through a piece of text, and gage understanding as they go. Ask questions, get feedback, interact with students.
Check it out at www.curriculet.com
Track mastery of literacy skills and Common Core standards in real-time. See how students are progressing through a piece of text, and gage understanding as they go. Ask questions, get feedback, interact with students.
Check it out at www.curriculet.com
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6. Turn-it-in.com
- Plagiarism checker for student writing
- Digitally grade student writing assignments
- Construct and score writing with rubrics
- iPad grading: voice comments, quick marks, highlights
- Haiku LMS Integration (SUMMER 2014!)
iPad app gives you: Originality Report, QuickMark comments, voice comments, custom text comments, and highlights—everything you need to provide effective feedback on student work.
Turnitin is a comprehensive cloud-based solution that helps students learn by facilitating personalized feedback. Teachers Ensure Originality by checking students' work for potential plagiarism by comparing it against the world's largest comparison database.
Evaluate Student Learning with Easy drag-and-drop editing marks, voice comments and rubrics make grading faster for instructors and give students legible, timely feedback.
Easily Organize and Distribute Peer Review Assignments
Automated assignment distribution, an option for anonymous reviews, and instructor questions to guide students allow for peer reviews in even the largest classes.
And...it will be integrated with Haiku LMS this summer. WOO WOO! Visit: http://turnitin.com
Turnitin is a comprehensive cloud-based solution that helps students learn by facilitating personalized feedback. Teachers Ensure Originality by checking students' work for potential plagiarism by comparing it against the world's largest comparison database.
Evaluate Student Learning with Easy drag-and-drop editing marks, voice comments and rubrics make grading faster for instructors and give students legible, timely feedback.
Easily Organize and Distribute Peer Review Assignments
Automated assignment distribution, an option for anonymous reviews, and instructor questions to guide students allow for peer reviews in even the largest classes.
And...it will be integrated with Haiku LMS this summer. WOO WOO! Visit: http://turnitin.com
Related to turnitin
Rubistar is a rubric creator. Visit: http://rubistar.4teachers.org
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7. Evernote
- Digital note taking and resource management
- Online and Offline modes
- Upload content to folders with organizing tags
- Share folders publicly or in groups
- Tied to: Skitch, Penultimate, and WebClipper
Evernote is a cloud-based archive for all your digital content. When you have a class where students are asked to save and organize class notes, Evernote suits this purpose even better than Google Drive or Dropbox. Evernote allows you as the teacher or the student to create folders, tags, and notes that help to categorize your work's content. Save links, files, images, screenshots, photos, videos, or whatever needs to be saved in an online archive.
Students can use iPad apps like Penultimate or Skitch to create notes, visualizations, diagrams, and then store them in their Evernote accounts in an organized way.
Teachers can use Evernote to snapshot board diagrams or notes, and upload them via their smartphone. All photos and notes are tagged, dated, and added to folders. Teachers can then share folders of content via Haiku LMS, email or other social website.
Evernote will be great for BYOT, when students are taking digital notes, and looking for useful, cross-platform note taking and resource/content management control.
Students can use iPad apps like Penultimate or Skitch to create notes, visualizations, diagrams, and then store them in their Evernote accounts in an organized way.
Teachers can use Evernote to snapshot board diagrams or notes, and upload them via their smartphone. All photos and notes are tagged, dated, and added to folders. Teachers can then share folders of content via Haiku LMS, email or other social website.
Evernote will be great for BYOT, when students are taking digital notes, and looking for useful, cross-platform note taking and resource/content management control.
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Related to Evernote
- Microsoft OneNote
- Stickies
- Tomboy
- Google Keep
www.OneNote.com - all your notes on one device. If you are a Microsoft fan, OneNote might be for you.
Keep - https://keep.google.com, just like Stickies, but syncs with your other Google stuff.
Keep - https://keep.google.com, just like Stickies, but syncs with your other Google stuff.
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8. Padlet
- Collaborative 'white board' for brainstorming
- Drag-and-drop; video, audio, images, files, etc.
- Use for note-taking, discussions, feedback
- Export 'walls' as image or pdf files
- Re-Share or Embed in Haiku
Padlet is a great resource when it comes to taking notes, or working with others in a live, brainstorming session. Participants can 'join' the construction of a "wall" and contribute content, comments, or feedback instantly.
The system is platform independent, and is available in the cloud. All content is able to be exported as a stand-alone file in pdf or jpg format - for easy long-term archiving. A student, or a group of students can use Padlet to get ideas, links and resources generated for a project in a quick and dirty way. Later, the resources can be organize, archived, or re-designed to look nicer, and to be more organized.
Padlet users can sign in with their Google account, and share content with other users. Only users invited to collaborate on a "wall" can edit or view. The privacy on this platform is very good, and limits intrusions and oversharing.
The system is platform independent, and is available in the cloud. All content is able to be exported as a stand-alone file in pdf or jpg format - for easy long-term archiving. A student, or a group of students can use Padlet to get ideas, links and resources generated for a project in a quick and dirty way. Later, the resources can be organize, archived, or re-designed to look nicer, and to be more organized.
Padlet users can sign in with their Google account, and share content with other users. Only users invited to collaborate on a "wall" can edit or view. The privacy on this platform is very good, and limits intrusions and oversharing.
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Related to Padlet
- Spaaze
- Popplet
- Bubbl.us
- Lino (en.linoit.com)
Links to mindmapping and concept mapping tools:
www.spaaze.com
www.popplet.com
www.bubbl.us
Lino - en.linoit.com
www.spaaze.com
www.popplet.com
www.bubbl.us
Lino - en.linoit.com
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9. Easel.ly
- Infographic creator
- Cloud-based application, loads of presets
- Projects: compare/contrast, timeline, relationships
- Visually appealing, creative, alternative to PPT/Prezi
- "concept mapping" and diagramming for vocabulary
Infographic creator - easy to use, drag and drop simplicity to visualize your data or content.
http://easel.ly
http://easel.ly
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Similar to Easel.ly
Infographic Creators;
Infogram - www.infogr.am
Visually - www.visual.ly
Piktochart - www.piktochart.com
Visualize Me - www.visualize.me
Infogram - www.infogr.am
Visually - www.visual.ly
Piktochart - www.piktochart.com
Visualize Me - www.visualize.me
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10. Docs/Kaizena
- Docs is a collaborative, cloud-based word processor
- Online and offline mode, good with Chromebooks
- Kaizena is a Chrome/Google Add-On
- Create voice and video comments on Google Docs
- Add highlights, text comments, and tags
Kaizena is the Japanese word for 'continuous improvement'. www.kaizena.com
Effective feedback is an extremely important part of the learning process. From book reports to math assignments, students rely on their teachers and peers to guide them in the pursuit of improvement. Kaizena is building tools that make it incredibly easy for teachers to provide high quality feedback to students. When students have the support they need to improve, learning happens.
Kaizena is a fast and simple way to add voice comments, text comments and resource links to student work, then push them back to Google Docs and Google Drive for long-term storage and tracking.
Tone-of-voice, nuance and vocabulary are all important for students to hear from their teachers. When they hear you, they can better understand the feedback you aim to provide. Attach a lesson or video to a common problem once, and Kaizena remembers it for next time. Giving feedback with Kaizena is faster than a word processor and much faster than a red pen. Every feature is designed to save you time, because fast feedback is high quality feedback.
Effective feedback is an extremely important part of the learning process. From book reports to math assignments, students rely on their teachers and peers to guide them in the pursuit of improvement. Kaizena is building tools that make it incredibly easy for teachers to provide high quality feedback to students. When students have the support they need to improve, learning happens.
Kaizena is a fast and simple way to add voice comments, text comments and resource links to student work, then push them back to Google Docs and Google Drive for long-term storage and tracking.
Tone-of-voice, nuance and vocabulary are all important for students to hear from their teachers. When they hear you, they can better understand the feedback you aim to provide. Attach a lesson or video to a common problem once, and Kaizena remembers it for next time. Giving feedback with Kaizena is faster than a word processor and much faster than a red pen. Every feature is designed to save you time, because fast feedback is high quality feedback.
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Similar to Kaizena
- VoiceThread
- Evernote
- Doctopus
Kaizena is the Japanese word for 'continuous improvement'. www.kaizena.com. Add it to your Google Drive account asap!
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Phew.
Now What?
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